1919 REPORTS PRESENTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - OF THE State ot Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, Etc., Office of the Secretary of State, 1919. PAWTUCKET PAWTUCKET LINOTYPING COMPANY 1919 •i £ 3 . ‘I ' 2r ; ft Si' tat t of iRljnftr itelanii atti JIrmriitettrF {Hantatuma. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL TREASURER FROM JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31 1918 PROVIDENCE THE OXFORD PRESS 1919 GENERAL TREASURERS. BEFORE THE PARLIAMENTARY PATENT. PORTSMOUTH AND NEWPORT. T reasurers. Robert Jeoffreys, William Balston, Robert Jeoffreys. NEWPORT. Robert Jeoffreys March 16, 1641, to March 13, 1644. Jeremy Clarke 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 Clarke, Newport May 22, 1649, to the separation. PROVIDENCE AND WARWICK. Randall Holden, Warwick May, 1652, to May, 1654. PORTSMOUTH AND NEWPORT. John Coggeshall, Newport May 17, 1653, to May 16, 1654. UNION RE-ESTABLISHED. John Coggeshall, Newport May, 1654, to Sept. 12, 1654. Richard Burden, Portsmouth Sept. 12, 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 22, 1662, to Nov. 25, 1663. March 12, 1640, to March 16, 1641. .March 16, 1641, to March 16, 1642. UNDER THE ROYAL CHARTER OF CHARLES II. John Sanford, Portsmouth John Coggeshall, Newport. Peter Easton, Newport. . . . Thomas Ward, Newport.. Pelege Sanford, Newport. Weston Clarke, Newport.. *John Woodman, Newport Nov. 26, 1663, to May 4, 1664. 1664 to 1672, 1672 to 1677. 1677 to 1678. 1678 to 1681. 1681 to 1685. 1685 to 1686. 4 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. John Holmes, Newport William Hiscock, Newport... Nathaniel Sheffield, Newport.. John Holmes, Newport Edward Thurston, Newport... Joseph Borden, Portsmouth.. Abraham Borden, Newport... Gideon Wanton, Newport.... John Gardner, Newport Thomas Richardson, Newport. Joseph Clarke, Newport Henry Sherburne, Newport. . . Constant Taber, Newport.... William Ennis, Newport Thomas G. Pitman, Newport. John Stearne, Newport William S. Nichols, Newport John Stearne, Newport Stephen Cahoone, Newport... February, 1690, to May, 1703. 1703 to 1705. 1705 to 1708. 1708 to 1709. 1709 to 1714. 1714 to 1730. 1730 to 1733. 1733 to 1743. 1743 to 1748 1748 to 1761. 1761 to 1792. Died. .October, 1792, to May, 1808. 1808 to 1811. 1811 to 1817. 1817 to 1832. 1832 to 1838. 1838 to 1839. 1839 to 1840. 1840 to 1843. UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. Stephen Cahoone, Newport Edwin Wilbur, Newport Samuel B. Vernon, Newport Samuel A. Parker, Newport George W. Tew, Newport Samuel A. Parker, Newport Samuel Clark, Lincoln John G. Perry, South Kingstown Samuel Clark, Lincoln John G. Perry, South Kingstown Samuel Clark, Lincoln Clinton D. Sellew, Providence... Walter A. Read, Glocester 1843 to 1851. 1851 to 1854. 1854 to 1855. 1855 to 1866. May, 1866, to March, 1868. March, 1868, to Feb. 4, 1872. Died. Feb. 15, 1872, to 1887. 1887 to 1888. 1888 to 1890. 1890 to 1891. 1891 to Dec. 27, 1897. Died. Dec. 28, 1897, to May 31, 1898. 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 Andross. REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 5 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 McClellan, 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., 1900. Postmaster at Chepachet from 1866 to 1885. 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. Office Staff of General Treasurer. Bookkeeper • • Leverett C. Stevens Bond Clerk Hattie M. Church Check Clerk .....James V. Greenhalgh Clerk . ..Carrie E. Oatley REPORT Office of the General Treasurer, February 4, 1919. To the Honorable General Assembly: I have the honor to present a report of the receipts and disbursements of the General 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>573>949 20 Resources available during 1918 $5>°67>496 41 Payments from general fund during 1918 4,571,256 00 Balance December 31, 1918 $496,240 41 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 $165,945.26, 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, 1917 $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 an issue of $850,000 bonds of the Charitable Insti- tutions Loan of 1918, but a sale of $25,000 of these bonds was found sufficient to meet the current requirements under war REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 9 conditions. A sole of $125,000 bonds of the Bridge Construc- tion Loan of 1917 was also made during the year. The funds of these loan accounts are subject to the orders of the State Auditor, from time to time, and are kept on deposit in certain banks in the city of Providence at two per cent interest on daily balances. The bank deposits at tin* close of the fiscal year covering these funds were in the following banks: Industrial Trust Company $77,334.41: Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company $63,640.84; National Exchange Bank $124,705.76. BONDED INDEBTEDNESS. The bonded indebtedness of the State at the close of the fiscal year was $7,702,000, an increase of $68,000 during the year. There was an addition of $150,000 by the sale of bonds of the Bridge Construction Loan and of the Charitable Institu- tions Loan of 1918 and a reduction of the indebtedness by the retirement of $72,000 State House Construction Loan bonds, due 1924, which the late General Treasurer Read was able to purchase at a price that resulted in a profit of $2,238.00 to the sinking fund. The sinking fund account for the fiscal year may be summarized as follows : 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 00 $7,702,000 00 1.263,843 63 Securities and cash in Sinking Funds Net bonded indebtedness December 31, 1918 $6,438,156 37 10 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. A certificate of the Sinking Fniul Commissioners showing an examination of the securities and deposits in the sinking fund, as of the fiscal year ending December Ml, 1918, is in- cluded in this report. There wax, at the close of the fiscal year, a total of $2,407,884.05 represented by cash and securities in the cus- tody and control of the General Treasurer as follows: Balance in general fund $496,240 41 Balance in loan accounts 265,687 01 Securities and cash in sinking funds 1,263,843 63 Permanent school fund 249,941 19 Touro Jewish Synagogue fund 72,011 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.) 5,920 51 Soldiers’ Home Burial Lot fund 1,020 00 During the fiscal year covered bv this report, with the 1 | exception of the last two weeks, this office was administered by the late Walter A. Read, of Gloc ester, 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 valuable services, not only in this office, but also in many other posi- tions of usefulness and responsibility, 1 have prefaced this report with a brief record of his public activities. RICHARD W. JENNINGS, General Treasurer. REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 11 SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS, * State Tax for general purposes $672,671 74 * State Tax for highway purposes 221,404 48 *Tax on savings deposits 703,262 84 *Corporate excess tax, business corporations 984,020 82 * Franchise tax, business corporations 17,744 33 *Gross earnings tax, public service corporations. . . 294,684 35 *Franchise tax, street railways 2,595 94 *Tax on inheritances and deposits therefor 301,738 40 *Tax on bank shares 8,820 27 *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 150,945 04 *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 15 Lobster fishermen’s licenses . 1,215 00 ^Peddlers’ licenses . . . 555 00 Milk dealers' licenses 250 00 *Duty on auctioneers 1,138 44 Fees for examination practice of medicine 340 00 Fees for examination practice of midwifery 285 00 Fees for examination trained nurses 595 00 *Fees for analysis commercial fertilizers 2,240 00 *Fees for charters 37,28 o 00 Fees for civil commissions 1,552 00 *Fees, miscellaneous 239 28 Income from interest and dividends: On general deposits . 15,585 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 12 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. *On Permanent School Fund $11,948 00 *On Corporate excess and Franchise taxes overdue 1,423 4* *On Inheritance taxes 383 49 *On Agricultural Loans 69 59 ^Interest, miscellaneous 220 83 Receipts from Boards, Institutions, etc., for sup- port, care, tuition, rents, sales, labor, etc.: State Institutions in Cranston t 54,5/5 18 Penal and Charitable Commission 2,594 66 State Home and School 3*396 41 State Sanatorium 9,382 70 Exeter School 3,246 32 ^Tuition, State Normal School 9,292 98 State Board of Agriculture 999 57 Harbor Commission, rents, wharfage, etc 1 5,632 74 Metropolitan Park Commission 3,396 97 Automobile department, sale of number plates. . . . 629 32 Sale of laws, schedules and Court reports 824 68 Rent of armories 2,001 00 *Sales, miscellaneous 1,195 76 Refund of agricultural loans 36,584 38 Soldiers’ Relief, National Home for Disabled Sol- diers 8,925 00 * Highway improvement, payments by cities, towns, etc 6,244 01 Stone bridge maintenance from Bay State Street Railway Company 750 00 The Rhode Island Company, share of cost of in- vestigation 9,868 1 5 Unclaimed dividends Warwick Institution for Sav- ings 561 83 Board of Firemen’s. Relief, unexpended balance. . . T.780 21 * Repayments and refunds, miscellaneous 227 96 $4,573,949 20 *Sce detailed statement. REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 13 DETAILED STATEMENTS OF RECEIPTS. STATE TAXES. State Tax , Due December 15, 1917. Central Falls $483 83 West Greenwich 161 85 $645 68 State Tax, Due June 15, 1918. Barrington $2,406 54 Bristol 3,773 30 Burrillville 2,010 90 Central Falls 6,362 87 Charlestown 548 24 Coventry 2,329 08 Cranston 11,034 6 0 Cumberland 4,550 07 East Greenwich 1,361 42 East Providence 7 A 10 49 Exeter 247 51 Foster 289 59 Glocester 533 22 ITopkinton 881 27 Jamestown 1,535 83 Johnston 1,919 °5 Lincoln 2,758 32 Little Compton : 1,113 97 Middletown 1,630 41 Narragansett 1,843 5° New Shoreham 480 22 Newport 30,568 28 North Kingstown 2,295 20 North Providence 2,396 49 14 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. North Smithfield $1,389 00 ' Pawtucket 30,164 26 Portsmouth 1,440 05 Providence 174,929 53 Richmond 727 44 Scituate 1,768 28 Smithfield 1,508 97 South Kingstown 3,293 45 Tiverton 2,065 5 2 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 6,691 16 Charlestown 555 75 Coventry 2 ,344 55 Cranston 11,600 51 Cumberland 4,599 40 East Greenwich 1.407 63 East Providence 7,974 18 Exeter 247 01 Foster 292 83 Glocester 629 45 Hopkinton • 842 00 Jamestown 1,582 15 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 15 Johnston $2,077 °4 Lincoln 2,840 25 Little Compton 1,113 99 Middletown L733 9° New Shoreham 462 34 North Kingstown 2,375 65 North Providence 2,451 48 North Smithfield 1,436 69 Pawtucket 32,582 48 Portsmouth L455 61 Providence 181,284 9° Richmond 788 55 Scituate L549 9 1 Smithfield L744 5 2 South Kingstown 3,332 82 Tiverton 2,131 38 Warren 3,513 57 Warwick 8,420 61 West Warwick 5.075 49 West Greenwich 168 40 Westerly 5,439 33 Woonsocket 16,874 87 $326,223 55 RECAPITULATION. 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 16 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. HIGHWAY TAXES. State Highway Tax, Due December 15, 1917. West Greenwich $53 95 State Highway Tax, Due June 15, 1918. Barrington $802 18 Bristol 1,257 76 Burrillville 670 30 Central Falls 2,120 96 Charlestown 182 74 Coventry 776 36 Cranston 3*678 20 Cumberland 1,516 69 East Greenwich 453 81 East Providence 2,470 16 Exeter 82 50 Foster 96 53 Glocester 177 74 Hopkinton 293 76 Jamestown 51 1 94 Johnston 639 68 Lincoln 919 44 Little Compton 371 32 Middletown 543 47 Narragansett 614 50 New Shoreham 160 07 Newport 10,189 42 North Kingstown 765 07 North Providence 798 83 North Smithfield 463 00 Pawtucket 10,054 75 Portsmouth 480 01 Providence 58,309 85 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 17 Richmond $ 2 4 2 4& Scituate 5^9 4 2 Smithfield 5 ° 2 99 South Kingstown 1,097 82 Tiverton 688 50 Warren 1,099 28 Warwick 2,806 87 West Warwick 1,691 83 West Greenwich 53 95 Westerly 1,751 22 Woonsocket 5 , 34 2 °6 $115,267 46 State Highway Tax , Due December 15, 1918. Barrington $852 89 Bristol 1,298 80 Burrillville 716 02 Central Falls 2,230 38 Charlestown 185 25 Coventry 781 51 Cranston 3,866 83 Cumberland 1,533 l 3 East Greenwich 469 21 Exeter 82 34 Foster 97 61 Glocester 209 82 Hopkinton 280 66 Jamestown 527 38 Johnston 692 35 Lincoln 946 75 Little Compton 371 33 Middletown 577 96 New Shoreham 154 11 18 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. North Kingstown $791 88 North Providence 817 16 North Smithfield 478 89 Pawtucket 10,860 83 Portsmouth 485 20 Providence 60,428 30 Richmond 262 85 Scituate 516 64 Smithfield 581 5r South Kingstown t,iio 94 Tiverton 710 46 Warren 1,171 19 Warwick 2,806 87 West Warwick 1,691 83 West Greenwich 56 13 Westerly 1,813 n Woonsocket .• 5.624 95 $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 $221,404 48 TAX ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS. Savings Banks. Centreville Savings Bank $5,165 23 Citizens Savings Bank 53,. 422 23 Columbus Exchange Bank 2,803 95 Gorham Savings Bank 334 51 Island Savings Bank 6,448 23 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 19 Mechanics Savings Bank ( Woonsocket ) . . . $8,250 66 Pawtucket Institution for Savings 29,525 73 Peoples Savings Bank 53,488 44 Producers Savings Bank 14,281 17 Providence County Savings Bank 5, 661 08 Providence Institution for Savings 130,643 09 Savings Bank of Newport 46,865 92 Smithfield .Savings Bank 2,218 57 Wakefield Institution for Savings 5,' 014 79 Wickford Savings Bank 1,627 07 Woonsocket Institution for Savings 38,521 47 La Credit Union de Notre Dame de Central Falls. . 804 87 $405,077 01 Trust Companies. Industrial Trust Company $127,696 95 I talo- 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 20 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. RECAPITULATION. Savings Deposits. Savings Banks Trust Companies National Banks $405,077 01 271,846 49 26,339 34 $703,262 84 CORPORATE EXCESS TAX. MANUFACTURING, MERCANTILE AND MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATIONS. Due July 1, 1912. Hennessey Laundry Company $149 40 New England Land Company 15 90 Walnut Hill Cemetery Company 8 54 Due July 1, 1913. Beattie, Roy H., Incorporated $137 78 Girard Brothers Company 64 91 Hennessey Laundry Company 149 69 New England Land Company 15 90 Walnut Hill Cemetery Company 13 58 Due July 1, 1914. Beattie, Roy H., Incorporated $137 Hennessey Laundry Company 168 26 New England Land Company *. T 5 9° Walnut Hill Cemetery Company 9 67 Due July 1, 1915. Beattie, Roy H., Incorporated $137 78 Enterprise Real Estate Corporation 86 99 Hennessey Laundry Company 164 53 New England Land Company 15 90 Walnut Hill Cemetery Company \2 23 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 21 » Due July i, 1916. Beattie, Roy H., Incorporated $137 78 American Loan Company 139 65 Castritius, A. L. Company 34 16 Crown Confection Shop 7 00 Globe Optical Company 22 14 Hennessey Laundry Company 165 58 Miller, Henry F. & Sons Piano Company 112 21 New England Land Company 15 90 Powers-Dundas Company 356 76 R. I. Security Company 48 95 Walnut Hill Cemetery Company. 4 94 Due July 1, 1917. American Loan Company $139 65 Amstaco, Incorporated 53 60 Anshen, L. J. Company 280 96 Atlantic Refining Company 21 37 Bay State Cranberry Company, on account to 00 Beattie, Roy PL, Incorporated 137 78 Bens, William Company 21 16 Benjamin Brothers Company 2 oc Beyer Brothers Commission Company 206 39 Brown, Gilbreth Company, Incorporated 37 31 Bonnet Point Land Company. . . 25 21 Canadian & Southern Lumber Company 36 00 Cranston Bottling Company 21 04 Crown Confection Shop 21 98 Crown Realty Company 12 50 Dimond Company 585 50 Domestic Sewing Machine Company, Incorporated. 7 07 Dyer Credit Company 28 00 Feeley, W. J. Company 858 43 Flint Farms, Incorporated 82 66 22 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Gallasi, T. V. Company $89 88 General Plastering Company 51 17 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 77 Merrill, S. K. Company 289 98 Narragansett Bay Realty Company 184 78 New England Amusement Co 120 00 New England Land Company 15 90 Oakland Cemetery Company 3 74 Olneyville Provision Company 25 12 Openshaw, James Company 70 00 Paige Motor Company of Rhode Island 139 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 1 2 95 Raphael-Gouse Textile & Supply Company 13 28 Saywell-Lundgren Company 7 5 ° Safety Locker Company 88 00 l T Silverworkers Mutual Loan Company 173 47 Smith, Benjamin F. Company 474 21 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 23 Sweeney Brothers Company $21 60 Unique Findings & Supply Company 16 40 Vito, A. Construction Company 35 91 Walnut Hill Cemetery Company . 7 88 Western Mercantile Corporation 811 Wilkinson, James Company 8 14 Williams, Charles H. Company 30 80 $8,999 63 CORPORATE EXCESS TAX. 1918. MANUFACTURING, MERCANTILE AND MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATIONS. A. A. A. Spooling & Winding Company $58 4 7 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 71 72 Adie-Brown Land Company 61 67 Adjustment Bureau of the Providence Association of Creditmen 1 72 Adrian, William F. Company 58 71 Aetna Bottle & Stopper Company. 420 10 Agawam Chemical Works 117 31 Akerman Company 70 32 Aldrich- Eldredge Company 560 94 Allen Feature Film Corporation 72 10 Allen Fire Department Supply Company 1 73 35 Allen Hippodrome Corporation 224 28 24 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 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 52 Almy Water-Tube Boiler Company 306 31 Amber Star Films Corporation 100 20 Alsace Worsted Company 5,138 86 America Land Company 157 27 American Ball Company 69 88 American Brass Company 517 19 American Bridge Company 508 10 American Bottling Corporation 209 78 American Coated Paper Company 142 54 American Coin Lock Company u8 60 American Cotton Oil Company 8,784 19 American Electrical Works 10,699 23 American Emery Wheel Works L 2 79 65 American Enamel Company 5 22 39 American File Renewing Company 26 09 American Fish Culture Company 165 00 American Flyer Company 240 00 American Hair Cloth Company 700 00 American Loan Company, Incorporated 1 39 65 American Locomotive Company 479 26 American Multiple Fabric Company 557 57 American News Company 224 31 American Oil Company 184 17 American Oyster Company 92 72 American Paper Tube Company 699 54 American Plumbing Company 34 t r American Radiator Company 530 84 i American Roll Gold Leaf Company 373 64 American Screw Company 5,145 85 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 25 American Ship Windlass Company $73 36 American Silk Spinning Company 4,757 18 American Sugar Refining Company 51 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 4,321 3 1 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 1 3 Apco Mfg. Company 14 1 50 Apponaug Company 2,259 95 Aquidneck Realty Company 41 09 .Arcadia Amusement Company 95 00 Arcadia Print Works 304 68 Armour Fertilizer Works 101 20 Armour & Company 3 °9 r 73 Arnold Company 5 00 Arnold, Hoffman & Company, Incorporated 1,107 9 2 Arnold Realty Company 1 5 52 Ashaway Line & Twine Mfg. Company 166 33 Artesian Well & Supply Company 333 14 Ashaway Woolen Company 376 go 26 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Associated Merchants Stamp Company $4 00 Astor Lunch Company 101 29 Atlantic Coast Fisheries Company L957 67 Atlantic Mills of Rhode Island 5, 016 56 Atlantic Refining Company 21 37 Atlantic Tubing Company 972 54 Atlas Machine Company 116 80 Atlas Sheet Metal Works 22 84 Atwood, Crawford Company 186 12 Austin Company no 07 Autocar Sales & Service Company 134 27 Autosales Corporation 71 00 Bachrach, Louis Fabian, Incorporated 18 91 Baird-North Company . . . f 1,4 33 17 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 15 86 Barker Artesian Well Company 43 20 Barker Building & Realty Company 17 58 Barker, Ralph R. Incorporated 64 9 r Barker & Company, Incorporated 20 37 Barnai Worsted Company 781 23 Barrett Company 46 02 Barrett, W. E. Company 362 50 Barrington Steam Brick Company 125 17 Barstow Realty Company 9 1 1 Barstow Stove Company 253 1 r Bartelt-Comstock Company 38 00 REPORT O^F GENERAL TREASURER. 27 Bartlett, Milot Company $21 00 Bassett Jewelry Company 669 74 Bates, Dr. Sanatorium Company 24 76 Bayer Company, Incorporated 1,638 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 137 78 Beckwith Land Company 14 46 Bedell, Incorporated 219 88 Begin Bros. Incorporated 37 39 Belcher & Loomis Hardware Company 2,277 22 Belmont Lunch Company 169 01 Belmont Realty Company 4 2 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 00 Birchall Mfg. Company 76 Bishop Bros. & Baker Company 27 45 Bishop, J. W. Company 630 59 Blackstone Glazed Paper Company 337 34 Blackstone Hall Company 32 70 Blackstone Machine Company 32 03 Blackstone Mfg. Company 1,646 24 Blackstone Specialty Company 11 25 Blackstone Stocking Company 58 00 28 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Blackstone Tire & Rubber Company $129 97 Blake, F. N. Company . 65 96 Blanding & Blanding, Incorporated 371 16 Bliss & Company 237 04 Bliven Opera House Company 20 57 Block Island, Newport & Providence Transporta- tion Company > 175 40 Blodgett & Orswell Company 1,617 64 Bloom, S. Company, Incorporated 42 00 Bodwell Land Company 130 70 Bonner & Barnewall, Incorporated 144 31 Borden’s Premium Company, Incorporated 1 35 Border City Gametting Company 34 4° Boss & Seiffert Company. 48 76 Boston, Providence & Fall River Express Company 10 60 Boston Store Land Company 19 28 Boston Wire Stitcher Company 686 40 Boucher-Tetu Company 57 88 Bourne Mills 357 37 Bourn Rubber Company 673 23 Bowen, C. W. & R. M. Company 41 Bowen, Philip J. Hardware Company 55 14 Bower Piano Company 30 00 Bowery Street Land Company 119 82 Bradburn Motors Company 117 48 Bradstreet Company 27 64 Branaghan Bottling Company 86 85 Bradford Dyeing Association (U. S. A.) 583 03 Branaghan, J. H. Company 76 91 Brayton, D. W. Company 22 43 Bray ton, L. Foundry Company 106 98 Breidenbach, R. A. Incorporated 334 70 Bridge Company 50 76 Bridge Mill Power Company 462 16 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 29 Bridge's Amos D. Sons, Incorporated $95 27 Brier Mfg. Company 190 66 Briggs, J. & Sons Company 230 16 Briggs, S. J. Company, Incorporated 54 16 Briggs & Company, Incorporated 32 88 Briggs & Nichols Barrel Company, Incorporated. . . 62 65 Brightridge Land Company 32 50 Bristol Ferry Company 49 83 Broad Street Power Company 73 60 Broadway Hardware Company 224 00 Broadway Storage Company 53 60 Broadway Tire Exchange Company, Incorporated. . 111 24 Brooks, C. E. Company 60 86 Brown Bros. Company 112 67 Brown, Edward A. Company 125 73 Brown Howland Corporation 23 90 Brown Land Company 244 55 Brown, William R. Company 15 43 Brown & Dean Company 88 00 Brown & Mills . 15 90 Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Company 41,814 86 Brownell Machinery Company 1, 273 66 Brownell & Field Company 916 25 Brown, King & Company 592 95 Brunnckow, C. G. Company 158 76 Bryant & Stratton-Rhode Island Commercial School 102 07 Buckingham Company, Incorporated 29 77 Budlong Rose Company 295 44 Buell Realty Company 2 29 Builders Concrete Stone Company f 75 88 Builders Iron Foundry 1 ,273 23 Builders & Merchants Exchange 34 20 Burdick Clarke Company . 1 19 44 Burgess Mills 1,447 44 30 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Burke Engineering Company $19 13 Burnham Store Company 153 03 Burns, 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 5 5° Butman & Tucker Company 115 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 1200 Cape Ann Fish Company 20 00 Capitol Real Estate Company 15 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 ,24 . REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 31 Cartier, M. N. & Sons Realty Company $17 20 Casino Amusement Company 912 Cassella Color Company 32 69 Castner, Curran & Bullitt, Incorporated 919 66 Castritius, A. L. Company 26 96 Cataract Tire & Garage Company 43 36 Cellini Company 80 00 Centreville Mills 62 00 Central Automobile Tire Company 132 22 Central Coal Company, Incorporated 65 05 Central Falls Furniture Company 93 32 Central Falls Stone Company 54 35 Central Real Estate Company 5 1 56 Central Realty Company 7 38 Central Tool Company 148 41 Central Warp Company, Incorporated 100 55 Centerdale Worsted Mills 7,647 33 Century Colors Corporation 158 91 Chaffee, Thomas K. Company, Incorporated 154 29 Champion Horse Shoe Company 364 27 Champlin, Arthur D. Company 5° 33 Champlin Lumber Company 181 41 Champlin, S. B. Company » . 276 94 Chandler Motors of R. I., Incorporated 104 80 Chapin-Northup Company 20 48 Chapin & Hollister Company * . 99 1 5 Cheapside Land Company 20 12 Cherry Neck Realty Company 112 18 Chester, F. E. Mfg. Company 492 87 Chevrolet Motor Company of New York, Incor- porated 277 37 Child & Miller Company 1012 Childs Company of Providence 270 41 Church, E. C. Company 249 46 1 32 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Churchill House Corporation $7 City Bellevue Laundry Company 70 City Fuel & Feed Company 67 Claflin, George L. Company 378 Clapp, B. P. Ammonia Company 810 Clapp, Otis & Son, Incorporated 46 Clark Mfg. Company 268 Clark & Coombs Company 543 Clason Architectural Metal Works Company 171 Cleveland Vapor Light Company 96 Cleveland Worsted Mills Company 246 Clinton Mfg. Company 930 Clinton Realty Company 18 Coates, Hurdis Company 30 Coats Co-Operative Association 1 Coats, J. P. Incorporated (R. I.) 12,206 Coe, W. H. Mfg. Company 179 Cohn & Rosenberger, Incorporated of R. 1 138 Cole Teaming Company 52 Collins Brothers Machine Company 149 Collyer Insulated Wire Company 826 Collyer Machine Company 12 Colored Worsted Mill 2,925 Colquhoun, D. & Son, Incorporated 106 Columbia Graphophone Company 12 Columbus Club Building Association 8 Colvin Foundry Company 434 Colwell Worsted Mills 760 Commercial Camera Company 768 Commercial Corporation 5 Common Sense Gum Company 959 Compartment Garage Company 2 Comstock, j. F. & Sons Company 200 Comstock Land Company 200 • 68 5 i 43 35 3i 40 2 3 26 19 99 02 04 80 34 76 35 9 1 65 2 3 20 4 2 00 90 27 89 45 40 26 96 60 54 7 2 80 98 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 33 Comstock, R. W. Land Company $1,713 75 Conant, H. Real Estate Company 87 64 Conaty, Bernard Company, Incorporated 33 4° Conductors & Engineers International Investment Company 66 52 Congdon & Carpenter Company 2,214 2 4 Consolidated Car Fender Company ]88 93 Consolidated Land Company 247 80 Consolidated Rendering Company 942 35 Consumers Brewing Company 238 70 Continental Finishing Company: 375 66 Continental Metals Company 64 76 Contrexeville Mfg. Company ' 468 81 Cook, A. S. Company 180 18 Cook, Dunbar, Smith Company 740 57 Cook, Edward Plate Company 319 39 Cooke, Byron S. Company 133 83 Cooke, C. H. Company 80 26 Cooke, Henry W. Company 26 58 Co-operative Loan, Mortgage & Real Estate Com- pany 1 19 16 Copeland Mill Supply Company 14 2 [ Cory & Reynolds Company 24 40 Cottrell, John T. Company 892 41 Coupe, Murphy Company 18 00 Coventry Company 2,057 43 Cowen Braid Mfg. Company 270 12 Coy, Frank W. Real Estate Company 45 00 Craft & Newton, Incorporated 67 04 Cranston Worsted Mills 2,621 56 Credit Foncier Canadien 73 15 Creditors National Clearing House 6 34 Crefeld Waste & Batting Company 1,740 10 Crescent Braid Company, Incorporated 128 21 34 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Crimmings, J. J. Company $64 77 Crocker- Johnson Company, Incorporated 19 20 Crompton Company 1,106 36 Crompton & Knowles Loom Works 3,044 27 Croaker Company 174 05 Crosby, J. D. Company 650 88 Cross, A. T. Pencil Company 47 47 Crown Food Products Corporation 24 16 Crown Garage Company 46 62 Crown Worsted Mills, Incorporated 622 26 Crucible Steel Company of America 660 25 Cruise & Smiley Construction Company, Incor- porated 199 00 Crumb Quarry Company 241 20 Cudahy Packing Company 383 01 Cuddy-Gardner Company 115 43 Cumberland Land Company 208 05 Cumberland Worsted Mills 395 09 Curran & Burton, Incorporated 1,542 18 Cushing Realty Company 18 72 Cutter & Wood Supply Company 208 42 D. W. F. Engineering Company 57 56 D. & N. Mfg. Company, Incorporated 40 46 D. & W. Fuse Company 1,812 55 Daggett & Miller Company, Incorporated 163 53 Darling, C. H. Company 55 62 Darling, C. P. Company 336 12 Darling, George E. Company no 89 Darling-Slade Construction Company 420 31 Darlington Textile Company 105 94 Darrow-Mann Company 24 40 Dart, E. M. Mfg. Company 594 34 Davol Rubber Company 1,122 60 Dean, John M. Company . 566 78 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 35 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 1 7 35 DeNevers Bros. Furniture Company 97 46 Dennis Real Estate Company 1 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 56 Dexter Realty Company 8 00 Dexter Yarn Company 3,622 40 Diebold Safe & Lock Company 10 69 Dillman Bakery, Incorporated 186 69 Dillon & Douglass, Incorporated 194 37 Direct Importing Company 116 84 Direct Rubber Company 140 80 Dodge Sales & Engineering Company 77 14 Dodge & Camfield Company 357 ot 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, Charles B. & Sons 53 32 Doran, James C. & Sons 60 66 Doran, M. J. Company 122 12 Douglas, W. L. Shoe Company 1 88 55 Douglas, William Company 28 27 Dover, George W. Incorporated 158 76 Doyle, L. T. Company, Incorporated 1112 Draper, J. O. Company 1,-376 52 Dudley Hardware Company 106 54 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. :Ui Duffy Hardware Company $40 42 Dun ford Mfg. Company 8 00 Dunn Worsted Mills 3,407 45 Dupuis, Frank Company 266 14 Dyer Real Estate Company 54 Dyerville Mfg. 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 Advertising Company 49 63 Eastern Advertising Company (R. I.) 122 86 Eastern Bolt & Nut Company 767 17 Eastern Coal Company 1,412 29 Eastern Construction Company 91 27 Eastern Finishing Works 508 05 Eastern Home Building Association 3 36 Eastern Nail Company, Incorporated 318 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 56 Elaborated Ready Roofing Company 31 22 Elizabeth Mill 4,022 36 Elliott-Fisher Company 19 20 Elm Cottage 60 00 Eltngrove Farm . 7 05 * i REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Elmwood Realty Company of Providence $44 00 Elsbree-Valleau Company 1 18 73 Emery Theatre 200 40 Empire Bottling Company 49 28 Enterprise Real Estate Company 32 00 Enterprise Realty Company 21 16 Equitable Realty Corporation 55 08 Era Narrow Fabric Company 36 78 Esmond Mills 3*673 25 Ettlinger Mfg. Company 3 32 Eureka Dyeing & Bleaching Company 145 59 Eureka Land Company 39 12 Evans, Henry R. & Son Company 1918 Evans Roller Company 57 34 Evening Call Publishing Company 213 40 Everett & Barron Company 90 72 Everlastik, Incorporated 1,551 54 Excelsior Carpet Cleaners, Incorporated 23 Excelsior Loom Reed Works 21 47 Exchange Real Estate Company 481 45 Faerber, Peter & Sons Company 63 20 Fairbanks Company 262 74 Fairbanks, Morse & Company 18 95 Fairhaven, Incorporated 1 93 Fairmount Foundry & Engineering Works 156 67 Fairmount Land Company 4 74 Fales Textile Company 10 42 Fales & Jenks Machine Company -2,463 69 Fall River Ice Company 12 92 Falls Yarn Mills 919 84 Famiglietti Brothers Company 298 70 Farber Cornice Works 10 55 Farbwerke-Hoechst Company 24 72 Farnum, J. B. Company 429 17 38 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 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 15 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 1000 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 1,294 5 2 Foss-Hughes Company t 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 1 62 Franklin Auto Supply Company 40 10 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 30 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 53 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 Iron 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. . . 139 94 Gately, E. & Company 33 7 2 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 3 1 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 1 37 40 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Giusti Brothers Company $101 39 Gladding Dry Goods Company 1,311: 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 1 10 Globe Braiding Company 62 66 Globe Optical Company 22 14 Goff, D. & Sons 6,295 63 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 1 76 Goodby-Rankin Company 332 28 Goodrich, B. F. Rubber Company 604 64 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Mass 334 50 Gorham Mfg. Company 11,658 62 Gorman Company, Incorporated 114 32 Gove Lumber Company 9 40 Gowdey, J. A. Reed & Harness Mfg. Company. ... 23 09 Graham Mfg. Company 75 05 Graham, W. H. Corporation 212 93 Grand Union Tea Company 7 ° 34 Granite Building Corporation 6 64 Grant, Alexander & Company, Incorporated 42 48 Grant Brothers, Incorporated 48 t 4 Grant, Daniel & Son Company 3 - 5 ° Grant Vacuum Cleaning & Sales Agency 23 57 Graphite Mines Corporation 67 43 Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company 1,024 5 2 Greene, R. L. Paper Company 941 55 Greene, S. H. & Sons Corporation 2,182 65 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 41 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 1 9 Guerin Spinning Company 1,479 75 Gulf Refining Company 978 94 H. M. H. Company 227 56 Hall, F. A. Company, Incorporated 66 98 Hall, Fred E., Incorporated 53 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 i 5,286 75 Hamly n, William H. & Son 200 00 Hammel Oil Burning Equipment 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 Hanlev-Hoye Company 453 14 42 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 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 11 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 Hayward Rubber Company, Incorporated 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 , 7 56 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 1 Publishing Company 97 76 Herb-O-Phosa Company 54 87 Herreshofif Mfg. Company, Incorporated 1416 32 Herrick, William H. Company ro 78 Hesse Mfg. Company 222 10 Higgins, J. LI. Company 145 78 Higgins, R. R. Company (R. I.) 16 18 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 43 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 Hoefler-Fisher Company 75 29 Hoey Mfg. Company 14 72 Holbrook Raw Hide Company 288 32 Holmes, George H. Company 59 03 Holmes, H. LI. Company 12 16 Holt, A. & Company 103 53 Home Bleach & Dye Works 80 00 Home Builders Company 1400 Llomestead Realty Corporation 1 20 Hope Building Company 29 42 Hope Company 3,427 3 r Hope Drug Company 96 16 Hope Foundry Company, Incorporated 106 it Hope, John & Sons Engraving & Mfg. Company. . . 84 56 Hope Land Company . 71 67 LI ope Mill Supply Company 152 .23 Hope Paper Company . 95 18 Hope. Private Hospital 10 op Hope Rubber Company 14 1 89 Hope Webbing Company (Mass.) 5,537 9 1 Horsemen of Rhode Island 12 80 Llorton, H. F. & Sons Company 84 54 Horton, H. R. Company 44 52 Hough Realty Company 1 72 Hough, W. S. Jr. Company 704 37 Household Furniture Company 896 06 Howard Braiding Company 397 91 Lloward’s Motor Livery, Incorporated 22 00 Hoxsie Nurseries, Incorporated 40 16 44 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Hughes, William Company $313 14 Humes Construction Company 43 10 Huntoon & Gorham Company 144 77 Hutchison & 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 2 2 \ Improved Seamless Wire Company 617 20 Improved Tenement Corporation 8 2f 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 7 4 61 Inlaid Company 318 65 Interlaken Mills 3,550 61 International Braid Company 3,980 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 1 8 33 Jackson, Samuel Company 86 75 Jacob Brothers Company T23 78 Jacoby, Julius J., Incorporated 29 70 Jager, Charles J. Company 174 08 James & Holst rom 42 98 Jenckes Knitting Machine Company 25 t 60 Jenckes Spinning Company 18,171 53 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 45 J e licks 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. Company 45 22 Johnson, Oliver & Company, Incorporated 114 06 Johnston, John F. Company 30 06 Jones, Edward S. Sons Company 67 29 Jones Lunch Company 114 69 Joslin-Lena Company 50 19 Joslin Mfg. Company 4,585 49 Joyce Brothers & Company 263 49 K. Mfg. Company, Incorporated 11 28 K. & W. Amusement Company 4 00 Kalkman Pharmacy, Incorporated 87 90 Kalle Color & Chemical Company, Incorporated. . . 254 53 Kapland Remnant Company 12 59 Kaps & Reinacher Company 34 70 Kazanjian Company 2 83 Reach Land Company 14 22 Reach & Brown Mfg. Company 246 05 Reams & Rocheleau Company 73 87 Reasbey & Mattison Company 59 65 Reljikian Company, Incorporated 21 77 Rendall Mfg. Company 683 79 Rennedy’s of Providence 359 08 Renneth Ridge Company 3 84 Rent Mfg. Company 1,105 83 Renworthy Company 44 13 Renyon, James S. Realty Corporation 44 16 Renyon, John J. Mfg. Company 315 83 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 46 Kern Music Company Kile & Morgan Company Kimball, Richard D. Company Kimball & Colwell Company King, McLeod Company Kinney Company Klipstein, A. & Company Knight' & Knight, Incorporated Knowles’ Horace B. Sons, Incorporated Korper & Company, Incorporated Kresge, S. S. Company Kuttroff, Pickhardt & Company, Incorporated La Tribune Publishing Company La dew, Edward R. Company, Incorporated Lafayette Worsted Company Lane, Frank T. Company Langelier Mfg. Company Lawton Spinning Company Leach, M. J. & Sons Corporation Leader Weaving Company Leand Realty Company Lebanon Mill Company Lederer, Henry & Brother, Incorporated Lederer Realty Corporation Lederer, S. & B. Company Leeder & Bernkopf Company Leonard-Rooke Company Lescault Realty Company Leslie- Judge Company Leu-Payne Company Lewandos French Dyeing & Cleansing Company. . . Lewis & Paige, Incorporated Leys, William Dry Goods Company Liberty Stores Company, Incorporated $23 21 474 1 7 1 12 572 29 555 58 281 35 80 23 6 00 i°7 75 34 60 746 17 408 35 61 34 37 87 11,185 74 172 28 638 44 5>6°3 3° 38 80 • 594 64 32 OO 2.587 43 1 18 79 227 78 296 42 IC )2 56 34 0 175 93 27 21 9 60 34 24 4 17 196 1 1 103 10 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 47 Library Bureau $4 63 Liggett, Louis K. Company 2,594 9 1 Lincoln Machine Company 1 5 1 °8 Lind-Sampson Needle Company 41 25 Lind, T. W. Company 242 39 Linton, P. & A. Company 140 48 Lippitt Woolen Company 1,349 20 Littlefield Mfg. Company 48 00 Livermore & Knight Company 371 13 Livingston Worsted Company 3,026 10 Logee, E. L. Company 33 2 4 Longley Motor Sales Company 67 20 Lonsdale Bakery Company 365 67 Lonsdale Company 18,799 97 Loose Leaf Mfg. Company 19 62 Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company 867 86 Lorimer, L. B. Company . 44 88 Lorraine 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 56 Mackenzie & Winslow, Incorporated 232 54 MacMillan & Kennison, Incorporated 40 00 48 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. MacNeil Jewelry Company $28 08 MacWatty Belting Company .' 127 68 Maguire, Charles B. Company 642 50 Maguire, J. T. Company 70 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 2,110 80 Manufacturers’ Building Company 57 9° Manufacturers Fuel Company of R. 1 35 7 1 Manufacturers Power Company 368 00 Manufacturers’ Refining Company 154 97 Manville Company 7,846 72 Maplehurst Greenhouses, Incorporated 45 52 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 1 57 95 Mason Mfg. Company 485 04 Mason, Robert D. Company 479 67 Masonic Temple Company . . 115 80 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 *7 64 McKenzie-McKay Company 1,018 47 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 49 McKinnon Construction Company $46 40 McLauthlin, George T. Company 1 39 McMahon, J. E. Company 28 70 McWilliams Mfg. Company 32 42 Mechanical Accountant Company 98 13 Mechanical Fabric Company 2,328 13 Meiklejohn Company 641 58 Mercantile Advance Company 45 bo Mercantile Trading Company 11 42 Merchants Cold Storage & Warehouse Company.. 667 34 Mercury Publishing Company 13 20 Merrimac Land Company 9 92 Merrimac Realty Associates, Incorporated 22 47 Merrimac Rome Company . 54 06 Merriman Solidified Oil Company 5 52 Metals Corporation 36 00 Metropolitan Furniture Company of Boston 41 46 Metz, H. A. & Company, Incorporated 5 94 Mexican Petroleum Corporation 7*807 12 Meyer, L. H. Company 58 1 5 Middlebrook Wool Combing Company 159 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 Miskiania Camp 1 20 Mitchell Fertilizer Company 143 16 Model Dyeing & Printing Company 633 54 Modern Shoe Stores Corporation . 355 58 Mohican Company $96 5 7 Mohr Realty Corporation 4 73 Monahan Vehicle Company 108 49 Monast Realty Company 149 91 Monette, J. B. Company, Incorporated 82 87 Montrose Worsted Company 1,771 4$ Moore, George C. Company 807 52 Moore, J . W. Company 185 43 Morin, John B. Company, Incorporated 36 97 Morse-Brooks $10 & $15 Shops 1 18 84 Morse, Fred W. Company 157 38 Morse, R. F. Company 31 76 Mossherg Wrench Company . . . ; 357 31 Motor Protection Company . . 3 30 Motor Sales & Service Corporation 32 40 Motorcycle Supply Company . . 41 60 Moulton & Son Company 24 Mount Hope Distilling Company 328 42 Mount PI ope Farms 80 31 Mount Hope Spinning Company 999 57 Mourin, J. P. Company 44 00 Mo wry, A. Company 214 40 Mum ford’s Restaurant, Incorporated . 68 00 Mundell Realty Company 1 35 Musical Instrument Sales Company 96 85 Mutual Investment Association 19-81 Mutual Realty Company 88 96 Mystic Woolen Company . 374 87 Namquit Worsted Company 1,818 83 Narotex Company 194 88 Narragansett Association 363 3r Narragansett Bay Oyster Company 264 51 Narragansett Belting Company 114 97 Narragansett Brewing Company 4*083 64 REPORT OK GENERAL TREASURER. 51 Narragansett Cotton Mills $3 72 Narragansett Dairy Company, Limited 41 or Narragansett Equipment Company 26 05 Narragansett Finishing Company 783 32 Narragansett Fish Company 7 64 Narragansett lee Mfg. Company 98 60 Narragansett Improvement Company ... 45 73 Narragansett Machine Company 2,069 85 Narragansett Milling Company 328 09 Narragansett Realty Company 57 52 Narragansett Rubber Company 485 10 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 Company 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 00 National Gas Furnace Company 12 40 National India Rubber Company 6,140 80 National Machinery Company 29 11 National Realty Company 217 82 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 11 Nayatt Point Oyster Company 64 New Cliffs Hotel Company 68 New England Bakery i . . 102 73 52 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. New England Butt Company $1,001 02 New England Consolidated Company 1 20 New England Dyeing & Finishing Company 104 79 New England Furniture Company 90 New England Granite Works . 273 60 New England Hosiery Company 57 36 New England Land Company . . . . 15 90 New England Machine & Electric Company 249 86 New England Sales Company, Incorporated 11 95 New England Supply Company /. 189 67 New England Ventilating & Heating Company. ... 15 71 New England Window & House Cleaning Company 39 31 New Method Laundry 59 61 Newell Coal & Lumber Company ' 1,786 5r Newport Beach Association 360 56 Newport Casino 270 80 Newport City Laundry Company 36 48 Newport Coal Company 270 98 Newport Country Club 231 44 Newport Engineering Works 5 56 Newport Fisheries Ice & Cold Storage Company. . . 109 34 Newport Horse Show 60 Newport Ice Company 129 55 Newport Industrial Company 393 20 Newport One Price Clothing Company 138 26 Newport Paper & Grocery Company 554 89 Newport Realty Company 27 60 Newport Transfer Express Company 35 20 Nicholson File Company 17,409 92 Nicholson Thackray Company 411 00 Nichols Mfg. Company 154 74 Nickerson Art Metal Company 282 52 Nicol Building & Realty Company . . . 22 63 Nitro-Tungsten Lamp Company 27 33 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER Nitrogen Corporation $17 55 Nitrogen Products Company 176 15 Nonnabo Chemical Company 459 97 Norcross Brothers Company 44 56 Norris Bedding Company 54 °4 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 64 Oakdale Mfg. Company 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 Building Association 3 89 Oden Brothers 47 15 Office Appliance Company 47 9 1 O’Gorman 25c Store Company 136 13 O’Leary, Arthur, Incorporated 6 40 Olney, Joseph & Son, Incorporated 117 16 Qlney & Payne Brothers, Incorporated 739 74 O’Neill & Block, Incorporated 32 39 Opie, P. H. Company 321 38 Original Bradford Soap Works, Incorporated 130 56 Orrell Mfg. Company, Incorporated 40 00 Orrell Mills, Incorporated 1,212 #62 Oscar’s Clothes Shop, Incorporated 97 62 Ostby.& Barton Company 3,5 37 74 Oswegatchie Textile Company 704 91 Otis Brothers Company no 86 Otis Elevator Company 593 95 54 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Oxford Land Company $151 76 Packard, J. S. Dredging Company 113 50 Packard Motor Car Company of Boston 1.755 69 Palmer Company 48 39 Paragon Worsted Company 1,712 91 Park Spring Dyeing & Bleaching Company 133 70 Parker Mills 41461 Parker Realty & Mortgage Loan Comany ; . . 4 1 37 Parks Brothers & Rogers’ Incorporated 1,205 6° Pascoag Realty Company 1,201 27 Pascoag United Co-operative Association . . 27 15 Paull-Oatman Company 10 38 Pauli, 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 t6 Pawtucket Furniture Company . . . . 233 28 Pawtucket Gas Company of New Jersey, ........ 208 00 Pawtucket, Glazed Paper Company . . . 391 35 Pawtucket Hair Cloth Company 108 39 Pawtucket Hosiery Company ................... 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 Pawtucket Spinning Ring Company 145 06 Pawtuxet Valley Textile Company 256 71 Paxson, J. W. Company 82 43 Payne, George W. Company 152 30 Payton & Kelley Company , , . . , 621 84 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Peace Dale Mfg. Company Pearce, F. T. Company Pease, L. F. Company Peck, Asa & Company, Incorporated Peck, John W. & Sons Company Peckham Brothers Company Peckham Company Peckham, L. W. Company Peerless Box Company Peerless Electric Company Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Company Peoples Loan Company Pequot Shirt Company Perforated Pad Company Perkins Brothers Company ...... Perkins Land Company Perry, Buxton, Doan Company Perseverance Worsted Company Peterson, George P. Company Phenix Braid Mill Phenix Lace Mills Phillips Lead & Supply Company . . . Phillips Wire Company Phinotas Chemical Company Pierce, Roy W. Company Pilgrim Novelty Company Pillsbury Flour Mills Company Pinckney Farm Land Company . Pinniger & Manchester Company Pitman Land Company Pitman, T. T. Corporation Place, Oscar E. & Sons Company Plainfield Realty Company Plews, R. Mfg. Company 52 00 76 16 L39 7 73 52 70 86 00 136 00 32 1 2 24 16 84 16 306 LS 1 12 88 401 32 125 86 59 58 557 5 2 7 2 5 45 2,115 96 \2 79 6 00 471 84 603 93 9.329 12 7 72 146 49 48 04 121 16 2 32 286 58 4 67 342 19 643 61 IS 40 145 76 56 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Pocasset Ice Company $40 07 Pod rat- Freeman Company 7 9° Ponemah Mills 2,667 43 Post & Lester Company of R. I., Incorporated 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 Priscilla Worsted Mills 1,063 5° Proffitt-Larchar Advertising Corporation 12 52 Profile Cotton Mills 119 51 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 03 Providence Braid Company . 1 ,028 69 Providence Brewing Company 1,532 47 Providence Building Company 144 83 Providence Churning Company 1,471 59 Providence Dairy Company 260 to Providence Dental Company 18 80 Providence Dry Dock & Marine Railway Company 213 80 Providence Dyeing, Bleaching & Calendering Co. . 842 42 Providence Electric Mfg. Company 94 89 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Oi Providence Engineering Works $20 00 Providence Fittings Company 5 2 2 5 Providence Ice Company 859 7 5 Providence Journal Company 8,735 4 1 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 or 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 208 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 76 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 2 5 9 2 Putnam Foundry & Machine Company 20 40 Queen Dyeing Company 6,143 20 Quidnick Greenhouses, Incorporated ........ 62 16 58 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Quidnick- Windham Mfg. Company $743 t>3 Quinebaug Company 82 13 Quinham, J. W. Company 61 27 Quinn & Company, Incorporated 7599 Ralph’s, Incorporated 76 19 Rand Company 14 95 Raphael-Gouse Textile & Supply Company 42 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 . 1 12 Reardon & Company 19 01 Reed House Furnishing Company 58 04 Reed, William B. Company 42 94 Reetz, Robert C. Company 60 27 Regal Shoe Company 201 29 Regina Lace Company (Mass.) 1.123 25 Regina Spinning Company 73 09 Register & Guide Company 6 00 Reiling & Schoen, Incorporated 952 48 Reiner Company 164 03 Reliance Yarn Company no 48 Remington, Horace & Son Company 271 70 Remington Printing Company 140 97 Remington Typewriter Company 95 52 Retail Grocers Syndicate, Incorporated 59 09 Revere Rubber Company 2,670 32 Rex Mfg. Company 186 43 Rhode Island Baking Company 103 44 Rhode Island Braiding Machine Company 151 38 Rhode Island Card Board Company 701 14 Rhode Island Concrete Company 9 95 Rhode Island Co-operative Coal Company 45 27 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 59 Rhode Island Covering Company . ... $105 25 Rhode Island Cranberry Company 153 04 Rhode Island Crown & Cork Company 18 58 Rhode Island Electric Protective Company 280 00 Rhode Island Estates Corporation 33 21 Rhode Island Fish Company 259 36 Rhode Island Fittings Company 385 16 Rhode Island Iron & Steel Company 2 33 Rhode Island Label Works, Incorporated 154 96 Rhode Island Lace Works 169 27 Rhode Island Malleable Iron Works 658 36 Rhode Island Mansion Company 133 91 Rhode Island Oyster Farms Company 129 04 Rhode Island Paving & Granolithic Company. ... 4 64 Rhode Island Perkins Horse Shoe Company 181 02 Rhode Island Processing Company 399 1 7 Rhode Island Pure Water Company 24 30 Rhode Island Roofing Company 18 30 Rhode Island Rug Works, Incorporated 37 1 5 Rhode Island Safe Deposit Company 32 19 Rhode Island Shell Fish Company 189 20 Rhode Island Silk Company '86 00 Rhode Island Supply Company 157 97 Rhode Island Supply & Sprinkler Company 706 40 Rhode Island Telephone & Electric Company 21 17 Rhode Island Textile Company 242 98 Rhode Island Tool Company 1,903 20 Rhode Island Vending Machine Company, Inc... 24 82 Rhode Island Window Cleaning Company 50 20 Rhode Island Yarn Company 204 00 Rhodes Brothers Company 82 60 Richards, Isaac P. Company 16 63 Richards Land Company 2 87 Richey, Browne & Donald, Incorporated. 64 22 60 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Richmond Lace Works $951 2T Richmond Land Company 115 92 Richmond) Mfg. Company 86 24 Richmond Park Plat Company 47 5 1 Richmond Street Garage 1809 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 Roche ford Harness Company 5 18 Rodman Mfg. Company 1,722 39 Rooke Automatic Register 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, PI. Company 66 88 Rounds, T. W. Company, Limited 49 36 Rowley, Frank G. Company j 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 7° Rueckert Mfg. Company 137 08 Rumford Chemical Works 3,387 80 Rumford Textile Company . .. 1,197 65 Rust, H. B. Company 133 52 Ryan Pharmacy, Incorporated 27 03 S. & B. Amusement Company $2 64 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 61 S. & S. Novelty Company, Incorporated $86 22 Safety Engineering Company 8 23 St. Clair’s, Incorporated -117 14 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 Land Company ro8 40 San Souci, J. O. Company 257 85 Sanderson Mfg. Company 52 44 Sands, Taylor & Wood Company 326 53 Sanitary Bottling Company, Incorporated 130 23 Sargent, 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. Company 1,406 31 Saylesville Co-operative Association, Incorporated. 25 34 Scattergood, A. T. Company 380 68 Schott- Suter Company 80 61 Schrieber, A. H. Company 196 64 Scientific Textile Finishing Corporation 3 1 95 Scotia Worsted Mills 3,106 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 Machine Tool Company 174 64 Shannock Narrow Fabric Company 307 82 62 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 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 3,516 22 Sherman’s, R. A. Sons Company 446 23 Sherry Casino Company 103 44 Sherwood Ice Company 92 90 Shove, Isaac Company 49 61 Silbert, David F. & Company, Incorporated 17 49 Silverworkers Mutual Loan Company 30 40 Simons, M. & Company, Incorporated 30 97 Simplex Tool Company 55 5S 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 1,473 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 21 1 70 Smith, E. E. Company 9018 Smith, George S. Engraving Company . ." 39 88 Smith- Gibbs Company 77 37 Smith Granite Company 161 41 Smith-Holden Dental Supply Company 295 36 Smith, John P. Realty Company 11 17 Smith, L. C. & Bros. Typewriter Company 23 30 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 63 Smith, Robert E. Company $136 48 Smith, R. P. & Son 52 16 Smith & Holden Company 122 87 Smithfield Land Company 32 00 Snow & Farnum Company 74 36 Snow & Westcott Company < 187 27 Snowdon Worsted 1 Mills, Incorporated 430 19 Solway Dyeing & Textile Company 2,955 28 South County Bird Company 6 92 South County Real Estate Company 1060 Spalding Plaster Company 3 54 Spencer, E. L. Company 636 72 Sperry & Hutchinson Company 80 25 Spouting Rock Beach Association 179 36 Sprague- Cooke Company 50 00 Spring Plouse 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 11 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. I 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 64 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Stebenne, T. & Sons $68 33 Steinert, M. & Sons Company 205 59 Stephans Nut & Bolt Company 145 71 Sterling Handkerchief Company 2 80 Sterling Realty Company 31 21 Sterling Silver Mfg. Company 340 60 Sterling Tire Corporation 296 19 Stern, Louis Company 833 05 Stevens & Company, Incorporated 643 84 Stillwater Grain Mills 23 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 32 Sullivan Investment Company 340 68 Sullivan, J. P. & Sons, Incorporated 62 95 Sullivan Motor Express, Incorporated 41 45 Summerfield Company, Incoqiorated 432 32 Sutcliffe, Adam Company 378 96 Swan & Finch Company 38 44 Sweeney Brothers Company 22 82 Sweet, Williams & Son, Incorporated 134 18 Swift- McNutt Company 61 14 Swiss Cleansing Company 156 12 Swiss Textile Company 196 05 Sydney Worsted Company 1,589 2 5 Sylvestre & Brodeur Company 28 00 Taft-Pierce Mfg. Company 2 ,794 34 Talbot Brothers Company 150 13 Tallman & Mack Fish & Trap Company 38 28 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 65 Tamarack Company $5,161 44 Tanner, Charles S. Company 511 12 Tarkiln Mfg. Company 375 3r Terminal Warehouse Company of R. I., Inc 282 98 Texas Company 7,488 13 Textile-Finishing Machinery Company 957 93 Textile Products Company 80 84 Thayer, P. E. Company 83 40 Thompson Finishing Company 34 1 6 Thompson Hardware Company 39 8 r Thompson, John R. Company 82 96 Thompson & Thompson, Incorporated 105 55 Thornton Amusement Company 28 00 Thornton Brothers Company 261 70 Thornton, R. E. Company 21 60 Thurston Mfg Company 36 32 Tierney-Colgan Company 96 69 Tierney, The P. & J. Company 45 38 Tiklen-Thurber Corporation 336 41 Tillinghast, F. A. Company 214 Tillinghast, L. H. Supply Company 307 07 Tillinghast Stiles Company 3,036 70 Times Publishing Company 2,204 43 Times Square Auto Supply Company 120 00 Tinkham, William Company 77 20 Tisdall, C. Company 367 22 Title Guarantee Company of R. 1 1,124 32 Titus, A, C. Company 296 46 To Kalon Building Association, Incorporated 14 40 Toole, William K. Company 488 07 Tower, James H. Iron Works 906 43 Toy Theatre Company 20 00 Traveler Shoe Company 51 62 Travers Land Company of Newport 69 39 66 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Travers Motor Supply Company, Incorporated. . . . $26 62 Trosseau Chemical Company 5 85 Tubular Woven Fabric Company 285 97 Tucker, J. C. Company . 592 10 Tullis Court Land Company 324 08 Turko Club 1 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 3 r Union Carbide Sales Company 30 63 Union Charcoal Company 198 61 Union Co-operative Association (No. 1) 3 20 Union Co-operative Association (No. 2) 1 04 Union Electric Supply Company 251 67 Union Hand Laundry Company 16 72 Union Metal Goods Company 23 80 Union News Company 159 49 Union Paint & Varnish Company 90 44 Union Realty Company 3 21 Union Trading Company 12 48 Union Wadding Company 6,828 87 Union Webbing Company 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 1,509 15 United Land Company . . 16 80 United Railway Signal Company 173 71 U. S. Alizarine Company 6 32 U. S. Amusement Company 34 60 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 67 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 4 2 Unity Masonic Company 8 24 Universal Optical Corporation 181 03 Universal Patents Company 3,600 00 Universal Plate & Wire Company 95 95 'Universal Textile Company 12 90 Universal Winding Company 3,357 18 Updike Real Estate Company 651 Urquhart-Swift Land Company 96 Utility Company 221 03 Utter Company, The 129 16 Valley Falls Company 1,147 98 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 Vester, Alfred Sons, Incorporated 109 08 Vim Truck Sales Company 118 93 Visitor Printing Company 21 99 Vito, A. Construction Corporation 47 87 68 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Vocalion Company of Boston Vose, George L. Mfg. Company W. M. Mfg. Company W. & K. Company W. & W. Wall Paper Company, Incorporated Wage Earners Emergency Hospital Waite Auto Supply Company Waite, Evans Company Waite, Thresher Company Wakefield Land & Investment Company Wakefield Mfg. Company Wakefield Mills Company Waldorf Lunch of Rhode Island Wales & Smith Baking Company Walk-Over Shoe Company Walker, Robert L. Company Walker Webbing Company Wall, A. T. Company Walnut Hill Cemetery Walton-Day Company, Incorporated Wanskuck Company Ward Baking Company Wardwell Braiding Machine Company Wardwell Lumber Company Warren Brothers Company Warren Dye Company Warren Mfg. Company Warren, Moore & Company Warwick Coal Company Warwick Lace Works Warwick Lumber Company, Incorporated Warwick Mills Warwick Neck Land Company Washburn-Crosby Company $109 61 144 71 15 46 1,567 27 28 51 49 7 ° 390 06 1 19 56 1,032 56 4 00 32 69 715 99 330 5 8 109 81 3 8 75 i57 84 90 38 472 16 15 24 28 47 24,359 °r 1,092 65 431 22 134 17 62 82 45 6 7 4,069 55 22 72 156 S 8 396 26 56 40 4,011 06 2 52 l8o 30 *1 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 69 Washburn Purizone Company $21 58 Washburn Wire Company 9,722 2 3 Washington Company x 9 57 Washington Real Estate Company 7 1 5^ Washington Row Company 19 1 77 Watch Dog Novelty Company 158 Waterman Land Company 127 39 Waterman, T. W. Company 48 3° Watjen, H. E. Company, Incoq>orated. . . . 1 04 Watkins, D. M. Company 663 25 Watrous, Ralph C. Company 20 00 Wauregati Company 5 22 67 Waypoyset Mfg. Company 4,051 15 Weatherhead-Thompson Company 1 5 1 96 Weaver & Company, Incoq)orated 252 52 Webb, E. C. Oil Company 160 37 Weeden Land Company 115 34 Weeden & Company . 17 96 Weekapaug Land & Reach Improvement Company. 8 00 Weeks Furniture Company 53 x 5 Wellman Lumber Company 150 00 Wells, W. A. H. Company, Incorporated 59 95 Welsbach Company 209 07 Welsbach 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 Westerly & Watch Hill Ice Company 9 20 Western Electric Company, Incorporated 353 73 70 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Western Mercantile Corporation $8 n 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 19 What Cheer Beef Company 222 19 What Cheer Laundry . 467 77 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 3 r Whitehead Brothers Company 71 02 Whitestone Mills 10 00 Whitney Law Corporation 31 16 Wholey Boiler Works 159 20 Wickford Milling & Supply Company 47 53 Wightman & Hough Company 246 01 Wilbur, J. W. Company, Incorporated 21 09 Wilbur, Jacob W. Incorporated 29 68 Wilkinson, E. DeF. Company 219 88 Wilkinson, James Company 8 14 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 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 71 Winsor & Jerauld Mfg. Company $224 20 Wirth, Jacob & Company, Incorporated 373 45 Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company 33 3 2 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 Wool worth, F. W. Company 1 -533 45 Woonsocket At'hletic Union 14 67 Woonsocket Bijou Company 60 00 Woonsocket Co-operative Association 18 42 Woonsocket Country Club 6 60 Woonsocket Dyeing & Bleaching Company 1,043 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 & Ditson 79 76 Yale Jewelry Mfg. Company 47 48 Yardley Pearl Works 9 92 Yawgo Line & Twine Company 78 80 72 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Young, Leonard & Harrall Company $78 77 Young Orchard Company 894 80 Zarr, Incoqx>rated 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 1, 1916. Abbott Run Company $25 00 Dececo Company, The 25 00 Fargo, E. A. Company 5 00 Niantic Dyeing Company 7 5 ° Providence Merchandise Company 2 5 ° Rhode Island Automatic Fountain Company 12 50 Due July 1, 1917. Aetna Realty Company 2 5 ° Armour Fertilizer Works 50 00 Abbott Run Company 2 5 00 Dececo Company, The 25 00 Francis Chemical Company, Incorporated 2 5 00 Hahn, Isaac Land Company 2 5 ° Interstate Ice Company . . . . 4 20 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 73 Invincible Tire Company $o 42 McLean, J. R. Company 7 50 Niantic Dyeing Company 7 50 Oakland Cemetery Company 21 26 Providence Merchandise Company 2 50 Rhode Island Automatic Fountain Company 12 50 Taxi Service Company of Rhode Island 27 50 U. S. Electric Generator Company 50 00 $340 88 Due July 1, 1918. Abbott Run Ice & Grain Company $25 00 Abedare Weaving Company 25 00 Aberdeen Land Company 7 5° Abbott Run 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 Allens Avenue Land Company 25 00 Alliance Well Company 2500 Amergold Company, Incorporated 12 50 American Annular Rolling Company of R. 1 7 50 American Block Company 25 oo American Building Company 7 50 American Jewelers Findings Corporation 20 00 American Oyster Comporation 2 50 American Webbing Company 2500 Anchor Oil Company 75 00 Andrews Land Company 27 72 74 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 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 Asha way Clay Company 2500 Associated Merchants Stamp Company 21 00 Atlantis Mining Company 82 50 Attleboro Mfg. Company 25 00 Attleboro Sanitarium & Hospital Company 57 50 Austin & Stone, Incorporated 37 5° Banigan, Joseph Rubber Company 312 50 Barden Reservoir Company 25 00 Barker Building & Realty Company 2 42 Bars tow N. Company 20 00 Barstow Realty Company 15 89 Bay State Jewelry & Silversmiths Company 7 5° Bear Hill Gold Mining Company 25 00 Beckwith Land Company 3 04 Belknap Mills Corporation 75 00 Berry Spring Mineral Water Company, Ltd 25 00 Beverly Land Company 123 58 Bigelow Land Company 1 53 Bigney, S. O. Company 75 00 Birchall Mfg. Company 24 24 Blackstone Land Company 12 50 Block Island & Improvement Company 25 00 Boston Store Land Company 105 72 Bowen, 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 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 75 Brown, George L. Company $15 00 Brown Land Company * 255 45 Bucklin, Charles R. Belting Company 25 00 Buell Realty Company 10 21 Burdick, Charles J. Real Estate Company 25 00 Burges Land Company 25 00 Burke Engineering Company 5 ^7 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 Chernack Mfg. Company 12 50 Chestnut Grove Casino Company 2 50 Child & Miller Company 2 38 Church Land Company 12 50 Churchill House Corporation 7 32 Cia Mexicana De Alambre “Phillips” Mexico City. . 2 50 Citizens Ice Company 10 00 Citizens Trust Company 50 00 Clark, John J. & Company 7 50 Club Pothier Realty Company 5 00 Coastwise Fish & Transportation Company 25 00 Coats Building-Loan Association 25 00 Coats Co-Operative Association 23 24 Coe Ribbon Gold Leaf Mfg. Company 25 00 Collyer Machine Company 1300 Columbus Club Building Association 16 55 76 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 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 50 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 S p 2 Dennis Real Estate Company 6 45 Derwil Realty Company 5 00 Diamond Ice Company 25 00 Diamond Machine Company 32 50 Dime Messenger Service Company 2 50 Doleman 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 1 86 East Greenwich Savings Fund & Loan Association. 25 00 East Shore Land Company 5 00 East Side Realty Company 7 ,S° Eastern Beef Company 2 50 Eastern Film Corporation 25 00 Eastern Llome Building Association 9 14 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 77 Eastern Wreath Mfg. Company $4 65 Eaton Realty Company 25 00 Eden, C. H. Company 25 oo Electric Systems Corporation 2500 Elmgrove Farm 45 Elmwood Novelty Company 2 50 Emerson Apparatus Company 2 50 Emery Amusement Company 62 50 Empire Realty 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 5 ° Fidelity Loan Guarantee Company 25 00 Fidelity Mercantile Agency 9 45 Fidelity Realty Company 7 5 ° Field Engine Turning Company 2 50 Field Land Company 2 5 00 Fisher, J. M. Company 27 50 Fisk-Bennett Company 2 50 Fitch ville Mfg. Company 50 00 Fitzgerald & Company, Incorporated 40 Fletcher Hotel Company 7 5 ° 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 5 ° Franco American Realty Company 6 46 78 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Franklin Real Estate Company $22 56 Freemasons’ Building Asso. of East Greenwich. ... 4 50 Freemasons’ Hall Company 21 08 French Knitting Company 12 50 French River Textile Company 250 00 Fulton Fuel & Road Oil Company 150 00 Fulton Land Company 25 00 Gardner-Lofdal Company 2 50 General Plate Company 25 00 General Supply Company 2 50 Gibbs Land Company 75 00 Gilbreth, Frank B. Incorporated 113 Gilman Land Company 17 50 Glenlyon Dye Works 2 50 Glenwood Mfg. Company 7 5 ° Globe Land Company . 25 00 Gold Mark Knitting Company (R. 1 .) 12 50 Good-Will Soap Premium Store 74 Goodwin- Sherman Motor Car Company, Inc 7 50 Gorham Garage Company 2 50 Granite Building Corporation 86 Greene Farm Land Company 62 50 Guaranty Used Motor Car Company 2 50 H. W. K. Company 7 50 Hahn, Isaac Land Company 2 50 Harding, Patrick E. Construction Company 7 50 Hardman Railroad Tie Company 7 , 5 ° Hardware Agency Company 7 50 Harris Farm Dairy Company 2 50 Harris Lithograph & Publishing Company 25 00 Harris, S. A. Realty Company 12 50 Hazard, Anna Land Company 20 00 Heaton Mfg. Company 43 20 Hebert Construction Company 2 50 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 79 Heirs of Thomas Burgess, Incorporated $55 00 Heilman, 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 5 100 Homestead Realty Corporation 3 80 Hope Fruit Company 2 50 Hope Land Company 40 83 Hope Private Hospital 15 00 Hope Publishing Company 32 50 Hope Spring Company 25 00 Hopkins Machine Works, Incorporated 10 ,00 1 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 5 ° 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 80 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Jewelers Manufacturing Company $5 00 Jewelers’ Protective Association '2 50 Joslin Himalaya Company 25 00 Kazanjian Company 2 17 Kenneth Ridge Company 8 66 Kilburn, 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 Tuiia Lace Company 50 00 Lafayette Land' Company 2 50 Landholders, The 5 00 Leach & Garner Company 5 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 2500 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 55 Marvel Rubber Company 25 00 Mashapaug Land Company 7 5° Mason, Volney W. & Company, Incorporated 12 50 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 81 McCabe, Edward J. Incorporated $21 96 McCrillis, A. R. & Son, Incorporated. . 50 00 McLaughlin, George T. Company 23 6r Mechanics Building Company 2 50 Medway Mfg. Company 25 00 Menopad Mfg. Company 25 00 Mercantile Trading Company 1 3 58 Merriam Company 5 00 Merriman Solidified Oil Company 29 48 Metacomet Realty Company (No. 2) 25 00 Metallic Shell & Tube Company 37 5° Miller, Joseph W. Land Company.' 20 00 Milot Brothers Company 10 00 Miskiania Camp 23 80 Modern Equipment Company 2 50 Mohr Realty 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 25 00 Narragansett Cotton Mills 46 28 Narragansett Land Company 75 00 Narragansett Pier Company 20 00 Natick Mills 250 00 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 2500 82 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. New England Consolidated Company $i i 30 New England Furniture Company 910 New England Mfg. Jewelers' & Silversmiths' Asso. 5 00 New England provision Company 7 5 ° New Idea Realty Company 25 00 New Orpheum Amusement Company 2 50 New Star Amusement Company . 2 50 Newport Cooperative Association for Saving and Building 250 00 Newport Horse Show t 90 Newport Taxicab Company 5 00 Newport Trust Company 125 po Niantic Dyeing Company 7 50 Nitrogen Corporation 7 45 Nornay Worsted Company 62 5° North Swansea Mfg. Company 7 5 ° Norton Taxi Motor Company 25 00 Oak Valley Mills 5 00 Oakland Cemetery Company 19 40 Ocean Highland Company l 7 5 ° O’Gorman, Roger Jr. Company 10 00 Old Colony Advertising Company 2 50 Old Colony Co-operative Bank 625 00 Orpheus Corporation 2 50 Paine, George L. Company 25 00 Pawtucket Hair Cloth Company 24 11 Pawtucket Safe Deposit & Trust Company 250 00 Pawtucket Warehouse, Incorporated 2 50 Pearce-Mauran Land Company 50 00 Pearce Realty Company 2 50 Peck Realty Company 7 5 ° Peckham Brothers Company 7 5° Peckham Realty Company 1 5 00 People’s Grocery Company 2 50 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 83 Perry, William H. Company $25 00 Phenix Trust Company 25 00 Pilgrim Machine Company 7 5° Pilling Chain Company . . . * 2 50 Pinckney Farm Land Company 22 68 Pitman Land Company 5 33 Pocasset Cemetery Corporation 2 5 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 50 00 Producers Trust Company 2 50 Providence Arcade Corporation 25 00 Providence Blower Company 40 32 Providence Building Company 255 17 Providence Engineering Corporation 125 00 Providence Musical Association 2 50 Providence Realty Company 2500 Prudence Land Company 7 80 Puritan Lunch Company 7 5° Purity Cross, Incorporated 37 ,5° Quidnick Reservoir Company 2500 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 Renaud, I. Company 12 50 Rhode Island College of Nursing 25 00 Rhode Island Conservation & Development Co 25 00 84 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Rhode Island Country Club $37 50 Rhode Island Exhibition Company 25 00 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 15 17 Rhode Island Printing Company 7 5 ° Rhode Island Pullclean Towel Company 12 50 Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Company 25 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 5 ° Robinson Jewelry Company, Incorporated 7 5 ° Roger Williams Finishing Company 25 00 Roger Williams Narcotic Cure Company 2 50 Roger Williams Savings Fund & Loan Association. 875 00 Rosenberg Realty Company 10 00 Roy, L. J. & Company, Incorporated 20 Rum ford Company 2 50 Russell Medicine Company 7 5 ° Saart Brothers Company 25 ,00 Safety Engineering Company 16 77 Sakonnet Golf Club 2 5 00 Samoset Company 57 5° Samsy Mfg. Company 5 00 Sanborn, A. J. Sons, Incoqx>rated 15 00 Saunders’ Marine Safety Device Company 2 50 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 85 Sayles, Albert H. Realty Company $25 00 Sayles, Albert L. 2nd Land Company 5 00 Security Company 1 65 Sheldon Building Company 52 08 Shepard, John Jr. Real Estate Company 25 00 Shepard Land Company . . 87 5° Slater Realty Company 25 00 Slater Trust Company 250 00 Smart & Austin Company 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 Sterling 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 5° Telegraphone Sales Company 12 50 Thornton, F. L. Company 2 50 Tillinghast, F. A. Company 2 68 Times Publishing Company 12 50 Tips Aero Motor Company 25 00 86 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Tiverton Brewing Company $1000 To Kalon Building Association, Incorporated to 60 Tockwotton Company 7 50 Turko Club i 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 1 46 Watrous, Ralph C. Company.. 5 00 Weatherhead-Thompson Company 25 00 Webb Mfg. Company 7 50 Webster Company 45 00 Walling, Charles H. Company 2 50 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 87 West Pharmacal Company, Incorporated $4 43 West Providence Land Company 5° 00 Westerly Dye Works 4 08 Westerly Furniture Company 10 00 Westerly Quarries Company 15 00 Westerly Savings Fund & Loan Association 100 00 Westminster Bank 75 00 Westminster Land Company 7 5° Weybosset Investment Company 12 50 What Cheer Stables Company 16 55 Wheeler, Mary C. School, Incorporated 25 00 Wheeler & Chadbourne, Incorporated 2 50 Whipple & Campbell Company 110 Whitcomb Farm Company 2 50 White Lace Company 25 00 White Rock Mill 62 50 Wick ford Oyster Company 5 00 Wilcox, L, M., Calder Company 2 50 Winnebago Mfg. Company 12 50 Winslow Realty Company 50 00 Woonsocket Building & Loan Association too 00 Woonsocket Company 2 50 Woonsocket Co-operative Association 6 58 Woonsocket Land Company 2 50 Woonsocket Realty Company 5 93 Woonsocket Trust Company 12 50 Woonsocket Wholesale Grocery Company 25 00 $17,403 45 88 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. FRANCHISE TAX. Recapitulation. Receipts for 1918 tax $17,403 43 Receipts for tax of previous years 340 88 $17,744 33 GROSS EARNINGS TAX. Public Service Corporations. Adams Express Company $2,420 72 Colonial Navigation Company 800 00 Dyer Transportation Line 331 59 Jamestown & Newport Ferry Company 1,030 00 New England Steamship Company 139 93 Providence, Fall River & Newport Steamboat Co.. 1.258 50 Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company 857 67 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. . . 80,546 43 Wood River Branch Railroad Company 174 68 Bay State Street Railway Company (Ry. Dept.) . . . 2,192 59 Newport & Providence Railway Company 1,325 30 Rhode Island Company 59*683 91 Shore Line Electric Railway Company 1,089 9 2 Pullman Company 1,479 2 3 American Telephone & Telegraph Company 4*395 03 New England Telephone & Telegraph Company. . . . 1,945 87 Providence Telephone Company 45*440 73 Southern New England Telephone Company 2 59 Westerly Automatic Telephone Company 945 00 Western Union Telegraph Company 2,413 65 Barrington Water Company 63 50 Bay State Street Railway Company (Ilium. Dept.). 2,510 62 Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Company 15,627 55 Bristol & Warren Water Works 827 22 Drownville Water Company 47 74 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 89 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 2491 97 Pascoag Water Company 125 76 Pawtucket Gas Company 5,583 94 Pawtuxet Valley Water Company 256 19 Providence Gas Company j 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 1 79 55 Tiverton Gas Company 65 20 Wakefield Water Company 278 35 Warwick & Coventry Water Company 333 92 Westerly Light & Power Company L455 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 90 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Estate. Deposit. George H. Richardson Mary Hamilton Buck Catherine Abell ' Mary Hurley Maria Heald Anna R. Cranston William H. Patt Albert Horton, Jr., alias George G. Palmer Thomas H. Frauley Augusta G. Hazard Frank N. Lamb Elijah R. Tefft Roger McCormick Nathan B. Hail Rebecca S. Phillips Henrietta B. Jenckes. Ellen Baker Thomas Shaw Safe Mary E. Knowles Mary P. Babcock Nicola Capelle Charles H. Dodge Mary Knobloch Clarence O. Valentine Mary O’Reilley Sarah L. Harrington Emma C. Smith John Reid William B. Wait Mary E. Parker Gorham N. Thurber William W. Batchelder Net Amount. $9 59 5 >° 9 2 66 6 20 f/ 9 r 5 62 28 76 376 00 en 1,498 29 7 80 • 2 7 45 8,011 02 16 37 24 56 14 24 1,470 09 21 54 33 52 254 30 162 27 609 9 i 47 07 563 00 34 48 223 27 35 6 7 2 22 10 33 440/ 59 1 1 9 r 62 29 125 60 15 96 455 88 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 91 Estate. Deposit. Elizabeth L. Sweet Edward. F. Aldrich Harriet N. Webster Job E. Carpenter Susan Almy Smith Susan M. Eddy Isaac C. Greene Edward S. Aldrich Daniel Beckwith David O. Black John Conley, alias John H. Arnold Sarah Marchington Sarah C. Wood Charles E. Blake Martha Ann Fisher Rebecca B. Rose Philip Case John E. Gobeille Susan Manchester James H. Fredericks. Joseph H. Cushing Susan M. Carpenter Nicholas J. Gardiner Joseph G. Johnson James McArdle Ermina A. Newell Carrie Maude Hough Elvira B. Bates Matthias Wicklund John H. Spink Mary E. Douglass David Beckwith Net Amount. $3 69 i,i 5 ° 14 12 99 12 876 5 I 14 02 I44 62 374 1 7 2A39 05 175 82 11 64 194 52 60 03 7 09 52 90 99 63 12 05 6.115 37 ,67 47 1 39 175 87 335 65 14 12 1.334 84 236 76 47 24 54 58 45 n 324 49 3 47 21 74 10 52 1,786 l6 JJ2 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Estate. Deposit. Edward S. Aldrich Hayley S. Pike Frank E. Richmond Alice D. Mumford Peter A. Underwood Isaac R. Perkins John Suttrell Davis C. Anderson Alice Conant Gilbert B. Roffee Susan E. Peckham Bethena A. Pendleton Arabella G. Thompson Herman Rosenberg Sophie T. A. Tillinghast William H. Coveil, Jr Sarah E. Ralph Sarah F. Bourne William W. H. Cannon Rebecca M. Hoag Seraphina W. Smith Carl Siegel Joseph M. Bates Bridget Fennessy Mary E. Smith Jerry L. Wightman Annie Anderton John B. Hawkins Elmer S. Knowles Charles A. Henry Richard G. Davis Edward T. Kenyon Maria L. Hazard Net Amount. $663 19 995 OO 289 76 212 35 5 i 1 7 11 96 30,31 91 78 43 p 7 I l6 69 5 1 402 99 146 04 149 76 194 18 258 19 67 59 1,064 84 426 37 27 38 7 4 ° 73 83 62 29 266 08 5 21 49 60 1 1 1 92 34 97 34 24 70 13 1 16 22 1 19 66 21 81 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 93 Estate. Deposit. Adelaide Horton Bethena A. Pendleton Henry F. Jenckes Charles H. Cowell Israel P. Rounds . Crawford Carter Allen Susan C. Chace Sidnie C. Newman Caroline M. Remington Julia E. Gates . Maria E. Burlingame Catherine C. Miller i Sally F. Bates William Stanley Byron Sv Cooke Annie M. Whitaker Emeline W. Kilton Walter I. Goff Mary Rothwell Mary Ann Dodge John Walter Perry Charles H. Dodge Amelia A. Greene Charles Morris Smith Henry S. Cole Ellen L. O. Sheldon Rosalie R. Ford Frances E. Robinson Thomas Boardman, Jr Charlotte A. Markham. . . John B. Spink $231 74 Lois A. Judkins Tillie A. Spitz Net Amount. $13 11 408 25 63 OO 139 63 6 23 120 85 5 77 18 34 5 45 121 84 2 59 70 07 71 79 291 92 715 61 19 89 6 78 7 98 29 77 33 2 5 17 26 80 86 i53 88 L97 1 33 303 55 101 13 2,134 62 234 92 40 90 123 38 105 29 61 46 04 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Estate. Deposit. Net Amount. Phebe Maxson Durfee $11 40 Philip D. Hall " 1 15 28 James Wilson 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 90 Sarah E. Norman 1T2 34 Susan E. Arnold 40 Herbert M. Howe 575 00 Esther B. Lawton 1 10 Virginia Caselli 17 00 John Howard Manchester 759 58 Chester T. Calder 1 08 Frederick H. Watkins 814 43 Ida F. Draper 8 08 Marcus M. Inman 45 86 Marv E. Potter 4 24 John H. Hayden 19 38 James M. Ripley 3403 02 Charles B. Gardner T96 80 Rufus G. Angell 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 Kernochan 2,086 87 Henry Lawton 21 41 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 95 Estate. Deposit. Net Amount. Jeanette S. French $28 39 John Smith 9° J 1 N. Duncan Chapin 226 15 Benjamin Hall 449 Mary K. Cole 66 2 r Charles H. Young 178 98 Sylvanus Warren 88 90 Daniel J. Boyd 249 49 William A. Bosworth 79 55 Francis A. Talbot 21 23 Annie E. Braley 127/4 Abby Langworthy 73 81 Edwin C. Phillips 14 65 James Carroll to 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 : 1 ,798 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 51 Clinton N. Williams 61 35 96 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Estate. Deposit. Abby F. Martin Laura G. Bosworth William A. Carter Abigail M. Reynolds Maria A. Page Ida F. Draper George A. Griffin John H. Hayden Joseph R. Bullock Susan A. Ashton Eugene W. Mason Wealthy Hart George McKenzie Oliver Kendall William Auger Luola M.- Sprunt Wendell R. Bates Guan M. Hutton William Halkyard John Hazard Reynolds Oliver Kendall Mary Clark Buffington Joseph N. Nelson Walter S. Hackney Jane Murphy Henry F. Horton . Euphemia Gendron Elizabeth Howland Elizabeth B. Phillips Stephen B. Brown Wilhelmina H. Van Wyke Martha W. Fish George M. Long Net Amount. $46 97 hi 97 48 56 265 97 141 41 5 00 24 24 65 82 489 32 91 43 338 43 117 96 163 76 432 85 63 86 T 5 00 6 86 658 25 1,005 2 8 23 13 228 16 5 00 31 89 5422 34 35 5 1 41 28 T 9 3 1 58 59 J9 05 70 TO 33 33 6 19 46 50 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 07 Estate. Deposit. Net Amount. Otis A. Miller $14 06 Charles H. Stebbens 1 53 34- Maria M. Foster 6 83 Emma R. Whitaker 248 60 Charles H. West 93 ^4 Susan A. Howe 29 75 Andrew Luther 39 5 ° Janet C. James . . . 7 34 Chauncy J. Jaques 8 99 Alfred B. Evans 8 37 Robert Wilson 22 83 Alice 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 1 22 Bradford Gay 64 33 Hannah E. Bachellor 16 80 Ramon Guiteras 25 75 Waity A. Champlin 5,023 79 William H. Perry 2,700 83 William E. Bray ton 4,038 35 Michael Joseph Keeffe 20 35 Walter T. Maxfield 477 55 William Adam Purrucker 2 9 49 Mary M. Purcell Crosson 76 97 Mary E. Williams 8 78 John P. Freeborn 50 56 Frederick R. Hazard 359 83 98 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Estate. Deposit. William Williams George Leigh Malvina A. Milliken Stephen Attmore Tucker Mary E. L. Mitchell Patrick Murphy Mary H. Ellis • Dutee Wilcox Benjamin Seabury Hayley S. Pike Frank E. Richmond Eliza W. Howland Abby Jane Bradbury $6 77 Caroline Amelia Brown Weeden Ruth M. Harrington Malvina A. Milliken Edward deVanx Morrell Rowland Gibson Hazard Sarah F. Bourne Caroline A. Cromwell John C. Mertz James Henry Singleton Thankful E. Wilkinson Amory Chapin Richard Hayward Hugh Denerby Ethan T. Sheldon John J. Mason Joseph W. Knight Robert B. Richmond Margaret Murray Harriet E. Cole Nancy A. Lawton Net Amount. $789 53 4 99 1 41 98 3° 3 2 120 00 64 02 1,216 36 2,802 61 2,186 54 1,282 14 796 62 2,275 84 208 10 18 25 354 13 537 50 94,895 fio 919 19 30 45 19 45 8,857 99 8 06 192 85 235 03 54 65 184 47 2.481 94 6 88 24 25 27 97 552 OO IO 90 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Estate. Deposit. Mary J. Marshall George Henri DeFoy George M. Long John M. Smith Jonathan Chace Capitola I. Spalding Mary McDonald Daniel Burrows Patrick H. O’Connell Mary A. Watson Helen H. Jones Joseph T. Sheldon Robert H. Blanding Alfred K. Hawes Harriet A. Harrison Jane M. Palmer John Mulcahey Charles G. Tost Alice Thurber Florence M. Joslin Charles E. Wilbur William Clark, Jr Margaret A. Ryan Ellen Taylor Harriet E. Cole Ellen L. O. Sheldon Sarah M. D. Gardner Charles E. Wilbur Edwin Reynolds Samuel A. Colvin Marguerite Trinque Susan A. Barrett L. Irena Mathewson 99 Net Amount. $191 01 121 93 46 50 451 77 30,686 42 62 51 2 60 313 62 42 36 120 40 96 36 3 3i 8 75 13 1 14 49 20 70 I I T 47 44 2,211 51 37 59 9 1 l 9 1,602 86 117 96 is 00 2,099 85 254 43 1,540 66 467 32 543 85 12 52 4 1 7 35 21 L3 02 100 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Estate. Deposit. Net Amount. Abby F. Mathewson $52 22 Ida A. Colwell 2,375 64 Alice Keteltas ’ 152 3 7 Frederick Stephan 3 2 49 Sanford Mowry 331 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 11 40 Alice 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 1 63 Amanda M. Sayles 1810 George A. Pope 163 68 George Chilson Phillips 7,4 49 53 Edgar A, Mowry 33 87 Helen M. Burton 128 55 JoJin James Carr 139 83 Sarah M. Dodge 45 88 George A. Pope 150 93 Herbert E. Dodge T52 49 Catherine E. McSoley 19 94 Alfred Chabot 2 15 Ephraim Bedford . . •. 8 99 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 101 Estate. Maria A. Steere Charles C. Gardiner . Eleanor S. Bennett . . Elizabeth C. Markland Ellen M. Jencks Thomas McCurry . . . Abby S. Crandall .... Mary E. King Imogene B. Kern Harriett E. Wilbour . Frederick Hough Frederick Hough Florine L. Mat hews on Martha A. Brown Horace Slocum Emma A. Berrian . . . William Griffin Henry M. Rhodes Deposit. Net Amount. $9 30 7* 955 74 94 48 81 98 344 65 4 50 96 37 506 60 35 42 510 33 4 62 4 62 6 87 5 08 3 4 i 80 99 40 09 15 06 $431 08 $301,758 53 Rebate of Taxes 451 21 $301,307 3 2 Deposits 431 08 $301,738 40 102 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. TAX ON BANK SHARES. Banks and Trust Companies. As ha way National Bank $236 64 Blackstone Canal National Bank 843 70 Centreville National Bank of Warwick 339 53 Columbus Exchange Bank of Providence 400 00 High Street Bank 478 80 Industrial Trust Company 276 79 Italo- American Mutual Trust Company 144 40 Kingston Trust Company 188 30 Merchants National Bank of Providence 1,497 80 Mechanics National Bank of Providence 189 58 Morris Plan Company of Rhode Island 946 20 National Exchange Bank of Greenville 309 37 National Exchange Bank of Newport 98 84 Newport Trust Company 210 00 Newport National Bank 117 52 Pawtucket Safe Deposit & Trust Company 1 1 40 Phenix National Bank of Providence 822 30 Phenix Trust Company 380 00 Providence National Bank 307 72 Producers Trust Company 13 60 Wakefield Trust Company 504 02 Washington Trust Company 540 00 Westminster Bank 118 40 Woonsocket Trust Company 20 00 $8,994 91 Refund to Cities and Towns for bank shares of non- resident shareholders 174 64 $8,820 27 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 Blackstone Mutual Fire Insurance Company. . . . ! . 4,423 26 Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Company 374 06 Enterprise Mutual Fire Insurance Company 2,766 74 Firemen’s Mutual Insurance Company 6,108 34 Franklin Mutual Fire Insurance Company. . . . l . . . 123 40 Hope Mutual Fire Insurance Company 2,524 33 Manufacturers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company.. 4,619 11 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 1 .104 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. FOREIGN INSURANCE AGENTS. Fire and Marine. P, Skinner, Jr. $287 9 7 Theophilus Topham 85 91 Abraham Ingham 57 Vernum L. Miner 62 86 Edward P. Butler 89 22 William H. Severance 29 97 William R. Randall 93 91 George A. Schuyler 3 43 Edward L. Spencer 13 20 Silas R. Richmond 4 45 M. Louis B. Sweatt 119 08 Edwin H. Farnum 69 67 Clark H. Straight 50 Di Jeser & Ortoleva 55 12 George N. Saillant 15 52 Howard E. Thorpe 16 30 % Edwin F. Cary 25 27 H. A. Mackinney 44 15 C. B. Frechette 50 Edith C. Logee 221 07 Walter E. Shannon 6 26 Duncan A. Hazard 21 64 Matthew J. Lynch 23 03 N. E. Kendall 26 24 George W. Callahan 32 63 John E. Babcock 49 95 L. J. Morrisette 6 29 Albert H. Knight 1 83 Fred E. Hathaway 1 1 54 Gam well & Ingraham 1,317 26 Henry C. Sherman, Jr 53 88 John W. Ramsbottom 1 5 59 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 105 Joseph Perkins, Jr $111-57 B. Thomas Potter 1 95 Charles W. Greene 43 10 Herbert L. Dyer 21 53 Charles A. Morgan 705 51 Andrews & Weaver 96 13 The Joseph L. Fleurant Insurance Agency 198 86 Alexander M. Blake 5 62 T. A. Gardner & Company 64 09 Benjamin J. Dyer 14 46 P. Skinner, Jr. 1 18 A. P. White 96 23 Frederick P. Church 27 26 Thomas D. Higgins 8 51 Charles H. Philbrick 643 14 Frank W. Coy . 270 65 Felix F. Thurm . 24 40 Joseph L. Sanders 29 70 A. Lincoln Hambly 119 00 Beach & Sweet 2,812 43 Coates, Hurdis Company 92 67 Oscar J. Rousseau 10 64 Herbert C. Calef 12 51 Packer Braman 1,744 18 James T. Kaull 43 3 1 Wheeler W. Arnold 48 77 Charles G. Easton 25 Clifford 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 154 76 John L. Borden 8 93 1 00 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Moses E. Shippee $224 44 Great American Insurance Company 4 08 Stanley N. Chase 208 55 James P. Healey 6 69 Scott & Farrell 5 63 Stanley N. Chase 1 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 61 1 30 George N. Girard 248 85 Girard & Ninteau 2 29 Norberg & Company 11 15 John C. Budlong 11 30 C. E. Boon & Company 101 48 Adam J. Dotzert 22 13 Bertram W. Wall 55 15 Thomas R. Rathbun 251 69 John A. Gammons 945 11 William E. Doyle 9 61 John C. Cosseboom 182 10 James Keough 43 81 Thomas O'Brien r t 08 W. Russell Sweet 4 20 William H. Draper 26 64 Ida J. Morin 76 46 E. L. Watson & Company 1,879 10 Howard I. Lee 1,013 33 Donald S. Tonge 197 23 Henry C. Anthony 9 99 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 107 Royal G. Luther $59 5 1 John A. O’Connell i,749 43 Clarence A. Hammett Company 206 66 Beach & Sweet, Incorporated 7 53 Dwigfit C. Lord & Son 40 49 Lewis L. Simmons 7 16 F. X. Roberts & Son 63 38 W. A. Lester L679 5 ^ William C. Mowry 222 88 Lyman W. Budlong 93 R. P. Smith & Son L567 16 John F. Kirby 24 01 Herbert P. Sutton 65 65 Misael Gaulin & Son 43 1 7 Edward M. Burke 1 98 Irvine O. Chester 177 90 Joseph S. Blume & Company 53 28 James W. Burke 6 18 Howard B. Perry 39 45 Holden & Greene 1 73 34 Edgar E. Matteson 13 45 Daniel Mclver 19 27 James W. Cook 309 86 J. B. Parsonage 449 01 Andrew F. Denegan* 1 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 51 32 Leon E. Dan forth 23 04 John B. Carpenter 208 79 108 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. John E. McOsker $13 67 J. Urban Edgren 47 10 DeBlois & Eldredge 794 01 Melvin C. Johnson 1 75 83 American Druggists Fire Insurance Company 141 94 William C. Chambers 84 67 Antonio Marcaccio 163 76 Elmer C. Mason 96 56 Leo R. Donahue 3345 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 1 35 8 1 Walter H. Robinson 205 60 Edward McCabe & Son 94 2 t The Isaac Shove Company 967 70 Herbert B. Davis 1 3 53 George I. Parker 95 55 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER 100 Arthur O’Leary, Incorporated $95 1 93 Richard A. Hurley no 54 Elmer W. Mason t 14 38 W. L. Kelley 82 91 Matthew J. Gallagher 430 24 Maryland Motor Car Insurance Company 84 91 Starkweather & 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 . . . . A 969 James Keough 8 53 Daniel Mclver 8 05 M. J. Gallagher 481 Richard Smith 3 76 Myles M. Mulligan 3 32 P. F. Kinion 2 60 E. H. Richardson 1 22 T. C. Brown, Jr 84 Bernard Cunningham 35 Frank B. Knowles 40 William D. Goff Company 338 86 Harold Holt 901 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 Winfield Fuller Company, Incorporated 258 61 Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford 525 99 Orient Insurance Company 221 99 Royal Insurance Company, Limited no 07 Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford 15 41 110 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Colonial Fire Underwriters ’ $44 84 Glen Falls Insurance Company 124 15 The American Insurance Company 14 20 The Farmers’ Fire Insurance Company 44 49 Massachusetts Fire & Marine Insurance Company 17 6 9 Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company 8 89 The Mercantile Insurance Company of America ... 80 34 Nord-Deutsche Insurance Company 68 47 Fidelity-Phoenix Fire Insurance Company 397 45 The Home Insurance Company 554 91 Svea Fire & Life Insurance Company 54 5° The North River Insurance Company 64 20 The Eagle & British Dominions Insurance Com- pany, Ltd 83 25 United States Fire Insurance Company 98 26 North British & Mercantile Insurance Company. . . 36 16 Michigan Commercial Insurance Company 39 88 Phoenix Assurance Company, Ltd., of England... 127 17 Connecticut Fire Insurance Company 11513 Michigan Fire & Marine Insurance Company 126 54 Fire Association of Philadelphia 267 48 Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance Company 7 79 The Reliance Insurance Company . 20 36 The Marine Insurance Company, Ltd., of London 20 71 Columbia Insurance Company 28 12 Western Assurance Company 59 99 The Yorkshire Insurance Company, Limited 56 74 The Franklin Fire Insurance Company 12 11 Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Company 63 08 Hartford Fire Insurance Company 234 51 Queen Insurance Company of America 68 52 The Netherlands Fire & Life Insurance Company. . 132 28 Prussian National Insurance Company of Stettin, Germany * 171 18 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Ill The Royal Exchange Assurance Company $36 72 Caledonian Insurance Company of Scotland 20 22 Agricultural Insurance Company 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 174 51 New Hampshire 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 10 10 German American Insurance Company 1 1 S5 Sun Insurance Office 85 98 National Union Fire Insurance Company 11 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 116 87 Westchester Fire Insurance Company 87 26 United States Lloyds 241 32 Security Insurance Company 10013 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 56 112 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Niagara Fire Insurance 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 11 P. Skinner, Jr 334 3° $60,715 16 Rebate of Taxes $299 71 Paid Firemen’s Relief Fund 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 21 1 19 Aetna Life Insurance Company 1,164 17 Equitable Life Assurance Society 6,678 34 Travellers Insurance Company 682 30 Columbian National Life Insurance Company t,toi 59 National Life Insurance Company 844 24 The Union Central Life Insurance Company 291 55 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 113 Mutual Life. New England Mutual Life Insurance Company. . . . $1,261 32 State Mutual Life Assurance Company 1,518 50 Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company 886 05 Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company 6n 62 The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company 3,100 53 The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company 1,270 21 Union Mutual Life Insurance Company 363 25 Home Life Insurance Company 261 20 Fidelity-Mutual Life Insurance Company 231 58 Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company 2 ,377 38 Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company 270 78 Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. . . . 3,0 49 52 John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. . . . 14,328 83 Provident Life & Trust Company 1,225 00 New York Life Insurance Company 2,773 38 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 22,908 18 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company... 7,76 1 39 State Mutual Life Assurance Company 477 50 $64,676 22 Accident and Casualty. Van R. Wheeler $31 80 Gamwell & Ingraham 1,119 38 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company 478 13 Henry F. Bischoff no 02 H. M. Kimball . . . 91 76 Charles H. Philbrick 28 44 Beach & Sweet 70 91 Gamwell & Ingraham 4 06 Packer Braman 3 30 Domenico Conca 3 78 114 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Andrew L. Intlehouse Royal H. Gladding B. M. Briggs & Sons Moses E. Shippee Wm. T. Stillman Stanley N. Chase Continental Casualty Company Isaac A. Shippee Masonic Protective Association J. C. Cook James E. Smith Frank E. Brown D. G. Hall George F. Burt William M. P. Bowen John A. Gammons William E. Doyle James J. Rooney John C. Cosseboom Frank E. Hagar Ida J. Morin E. L. Watson & Company .... Beach & Sweet, Incorporated. . W. A. Lester T. J. Sullivan John F. Barnes R. P. Smith & Son Irvine O. Chester Joseph S. Blume & Company . . Holden & Greene Lawrence F. Vories J. B. Parsonage William E. Brightman Chester F. Newcomb $49 01 9 61 i i 82 2 94 969 84 2 77 350 67 7 41 42 70 2 89 905 06 25 231 84 437 00 VJ 38 7 1 2,236 08 5 13 4 44 72 15 2 06 1 1 1 900 62 90 43 738 63 28 82 87 7 1 10 34 l 4 °7 IS 54 5 2 3,894 40 62 M 3 57 222 56 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 115 G. L. & H. J. Gross $277 45 Starkweather & Shepley 5,736 01 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 N. S. Brown Company 58 Leo A. Blais A 79 64 American Credit Indemnity Company 43 22 Henry W. Sutcliffe 3 36 Dwight C. Lord & Son , 5,55° 65 John Eddy & Son 72 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 451 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 or Ira Lloyd Letts 1 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 206 13 Starkweather & Shepley, Incorporated 503 63 A. A. Mulligan 244 42 116 REPORT OP GENERAL TREASURER. Sanderson Brothers $1,030 52 Commercial Casualty Insurance Company 112 81 Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland 134 15 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 351 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 15 Western Livestock Company 19 32 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 2 3 ' RECAPITULATION. State Insurance Companies $58,347 48 Fire 57, 9 1 5 45 Accident & Casualty 42,012 70 Life 27, 991 22 Mutual Life 64,676 22 Insurance Fees 1 4,347 23 $265,290 30 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER 117 FINES, COSTS, FEES, ETC., FROM COURTS AND OFFICERS. SUPREME AND SUPERIOR COURTS. Costs $11,214 29 Jurors 2,662 01 Officers 497 70 Witnesses 555 62 Fines 4,241 97 Incidentals 267 82 $19,439 41 DISTRICT COURTS. First Judicial District. Entries and Executions $303 55 Writs 16 75 Fines 3,310 00 Costs 1 ,758 80 Court Fees in Town Cases 5 1 6 55 $5,905 65 , Second Judicial District. Entries and Executions $19 60 Writs 3 25 Fines 154 00 Costs 195 05 Court Fees in Town Cases 32 60 $404 50 118 KEI’OKT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Third Judicial District. Entries and Executions $73 10 Writs 11 75 Fines 142 00 Costs 160 30 Court Fees in Town Cases 71 20 $458 35 Fourth Judicial District. Entries and Executions $96 25 Writs 7 70 Fines 394 00 Costs 362 65 Court Fees in Town Cases 106 75 $967 35 Fifth Judicial District. Entries and Executions $77 85 W rits , . 4 40 Fines 941 00 Costs 812 85 Court Fees in Town Cases 438 40 $2,274 50 Sixth Judicial District. Entries and Executions $3,547 4° Writs 568 45 Fines 22,830 00 Costs 7,194 67 Court Fees in Town Cases 69 90 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 11!) Seventh Judicial District. Entries and Executions $98 30 Writs 50 Fines 866 00 Costs 439 85 Court Fees in Town Cases 253 95 Incidentals 1 02 $1,659 62 Eighth Judicial District. Entries and Executions $121 40 Writs 9 65 Fines 873 00 Costs 579 20 Court Fees in Town Cases 22 60 Incidentals . . 6 04 $1,61 1 89 Ninth Judicial District. Entries and Executions $20 60 Fines 147 00 Costs hi 75 Court Fees in Town Cases 18 90 $298 25 Tenth Judicial District. Entries and Executions $394 20 Writs 52 15 Fines 4,045 00 Costs 1,455 40 Court Fees in Town Cases 1,409 20 Incidentals 53 28 $7,409 23 120 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 1 64 $2,456 92 Twelfth Judicial District. Entries and Executions $171 70 Writs 9 9° Fines 1,873 00 Costs 771 00 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, Washington County 45 40 Ira E. Higgins, Superintendent of State Workhouse 362 30 $13,322 99 Automobile Fines. Fines imposed by District Courts for violation of Automobile Laws, quarter ending July 31, 1917 $3,748 00 Fines imposed by District Courts for violation of Autofnobile Laws, quarter ending October 31, 19 J 7 ' 5>74 2 o° $9,490 00 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 121 COURT FEES, ETC. Miscellaneous. Eighth District Court $15 90 Chief of Police, of Lincoln 1 00 Walter R. Wightman, agent, Fourth District Court 21 80 Ninth District Court 1 25 Walter R. Wightman, agent, Second District Court 23 00 Walter R. Wightman, agent, Sixth District Court. . 16 20 Walter R. Wightman, agent, Third District Court . . 23 80 • $102 95 FINES, COSTS, FEES, ETC., COURTS AND OFFICERS. RECAPITULATION. Supreme and Superior Courts $19,439 41 District Courts 60,524 28 Jailers 13 , 3 22 99 Fines in Automobile cases 9490 00 Miscellaneous 102 95 $102,879 63 RECEIPTS FROM TOWN AND CITY LICENSES. Liquor Licenses. Bristol $M52 50 Burrillville 2,100 00 Central Falls ' 6,662 50 Charlestown 106 25 Coventry 900 00 Cranston 3.118 75 Cumberland 2,556 81 East Greenwich 962 50 East Providence 1,500 00 122 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Foster $150 00 Glocester 200 00 Lincoln 1,790 00 Newport 7, 940 82 North Kingstown 300 00 North Providence 1,450 00 North Smithfield . 650 00 Pawtucket 14,550 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 4,850 00 Westerly 2,264 5 ° Woonsocket 11,512 50 Bristol 60 00 Charlestown 6 25 Cranston * 6 25 Cumberland 725 00 East Greenwich t8 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 Refund to City of Newport 5.325 84 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 123 Shows , Pool , Billiards, etc., Returns. Bristol $85 12 Central Falls 507 25 Charlestown 44 5° Coventry 18 5° Cranston 169 25 Cumberland 78 75 East Greenwich 28 50 East Providence 168 00 Foster 2 50 Hopkinton 31 50 Jamestown 20 00 Lincoln 25 50 Middletown 25 00 Newport 1 ,595 50 North Kingstown 44 50 North Providence 83 50 North Smithfield 4 00 Pawtucket 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 Warwick 255 50 Westerly 33 00 Woonsocket 821 50 Barrington 15 00 Bristol 49 00 Central Falls 242 50 Charlestown 23 50 124 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Cranston $189 00 Cumberland 10 50 East Greenwich 25 00 East Providence 1 59 2 5 Johnston 53 50 Lincoln 10 00 North Providence 46 00 North Smithfield 22 00 Pawtucket 394 50 Portsmouth 5 00 Providence 5,9 73 25 Scituate 18 00 South Kingstown 40 50 Tiverton 30 00 Warwick 140 50 West Warwick 412 00 Westerly 80 00 Woonsocket 1,013 50 $17,870 50 RECAPITULATION. Liquor $150,945 04 Shows, Pool, Billiards, etc 17,870 50 $168,815 54 Peddlers’ Licenses. George Ettelman, State $15 00 Harris Gorman, Providence County 30 00 Edward White, State 15 °° Vincent Frank, State 15 °° H. Falcofsky, State 15 00 Simon Farley, Providence County 10 00 Lena Hanna, Washington County 15 °° # REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 125 John Arnta, Providence County $10 oo Frank Albanese, Providence County io oo Arif Hasen, State 15 00 Mihmad Mahmood, State 15 00 Philip Cohen, State 15 00 Hyman Cohen, State 1500 Joseph Wenger, State 1500 Sam Dick, State 1500 George Williamson, State 15 00 Morris Pessis, State ^ 00 Mohammed Amra, State 1500 Joseph Abid, State 15 00 May Y. Monroe, Providence County 10 00 Simon Farley, Providence County 10 00 Jacob Karp, State 15 00 Max Bret'chneider, Providence County 10 00 Elias Jacobs, State 1500 George W. Lewis, Washington County 1500 Louis Trencher, State 1500 Joseph Kallele, State 1500 Habash Kalid, State 15 00 Mary Holly, Bristol County * 15 00 Alice Howayeck, Newport County 15 00 Hyman Cohen, State 1500 Morris Miller, State 15 00 Simon Farley, Providence County 10 00 Louis Kulman, State 1500 Edward White, State 15 00 Joseph Spear, Providence County 10 00 Max Cohen, State 15 00 Philip Storch, State 15 00 Simon Farley, Providence County 1000 $555 00 Auctioneers' Duties. Fred W. Perkins, Providence $36 Robert L. Walker Company, Providence John F. Kiernan, Providence 22 M. Crochiere, Woonsocket Herbert C. Calef, Providence 36 James FI. Hurley, Providence 112 Theodore Brown, Providence 6 Samuel E. Daubney, Providence 40 E. Tudor Gross, Providence George A. Schuyler, Pawtucket 1 John W. Saball, Lincoln 6 Joseph J. Owens, Providence Clarence O. Carpenter, Warwick 3 George V. Sevin, Cranston 4 Joseph M. Provencher, Woonsocket 7 S. K. M. Robertson, Warwick 2 Henry B. Potter, Providence 36 Herman G. Tucker, Foster Walter F. Crowell, Providence 12 Thomas T. Larkin, Hopkinton James D. Caswell, Narragansett 3 Harry L. Bates, Providence 1 Warren Dawley, Richmond 2 William C. Tibbitts, West Warwick 2 Charles O. Latham, Cranston 16 Joseph A. Latham, Cranston Wheeler W. Arnold, Pawtucket Thomas W. Peirce, North Kingstown Thomas O’Brien. Pawtucket 7 Domenico Conca, North Providence 4 Norbert Lavallie, Woonsocket John C. Cosseboom, Woonsocket 29 Charles E. Conley, Pawtucket 3 45 7 T 27 66 08 16 86 32 46 13 4 7 24 43 00 13 10 1 2 13 86 26 79 55 52 94 28 '7 88 14 55 85 37 29 08 REPORT OF (JEN ERAL TREASURER. 127 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. Peekham, Middletown Patrick F. Canning, Providence Aaron Milkman, 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, Hopkinton Patrick F. Canning, Providence $4 94 7 07 4 24 2 35 16 89 8 67 18 1 35 3 54 14 38 97 IO 92 6 13 T 5 16 3 55 23 61 2 95 *7 48 1 3i 3 °6 8 80 10 39 44 3 07 9 12 53 01 15 4 57 16 51 7 87 6 88 1 22 5 34 128 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 1 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 1 48 Joseph A. Latham, Cranston 1 87 Charles E. Conley, Pawtucket 4 62 Domenico Conca, North Providence 11 44 Jonathan Andrews, Woonsocket 1 94 Charles H. Lawton, Pawtucket 41 31 Richard A. Hurley, Providence 14 02 Albert S. Greene, Burrillville 1 87 Levi Staples, Barrington 2 36 Harry R. Paquin, Portsmouth 6 59 William H. Quigley, Central Falls 5 51 David M. Knight, Coventry 321 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 2 4 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 1 40 Patrick F. Canning, Providence 3 53 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 129 Fred W. Perkins, Providence $32 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 72 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 152 00 M. L. Shoemaker & Company 32 00 Armour’s Fertilizer Works 128 00 Herbert Harris 16 00 What Cheer Chemical Company 16 00 Alpha Portland Cement Company 8 00 Nicholas F. Gaeber 32 00 180 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Berkshire Fertilizer Company $80 oo The American Agricultural Chemical Company. . . . 416 00 William B. Scott & Company 8 00 $2,240 00 Fees for Charters. Culver Dye Company, Incorporated $100 00 Portuguese Holy Ghost Society 5 00 Acme Finishing Company (Increase) 225 00 The Nut Creamery, Incorporated 100 00 Atlantic Beach Corporation 100 00 Gem Yarn & Dye Works . 100 00 Patton- MacGuyer Company 100 00 Burke-Tarr Company 100 00 R. Bolle Mfg. Company 100 00 Rhode Island Electrical Instrument Company 100 00 W. M. Harris Realty Company too 00 The Jackson Social Club 5 00 Barnai Worsted Company (Increase) 100 00 Superior Margarine Mfg. Company 100 00 Family Laundry, Incorporated 100 00 The Williams & Anderson Company (Increase) ... 50 00 Taxi Company, Incorporated 100 00 The Trustees of the Norwegian & Danish Methodist Episcopal Church 5 00 Standard Garnetting Company 100 00 Our Lady of Perpetual Aid, Polish Old Roman Catholic Church 5 00 Horton-Gardner Corporation too 00 British Relief Society of Rhode Island. 5 00 Fray Jewelry Company 500 00 Manville Fire Department 5 00 B. & H. Mattress Company too 00 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Woodlawn Finishing Company (Increase) Providence Braid Company (Increase) Oswegatchie Textile Company (Increase) Paul Stierle Company, Incorporated The Steel Specialty Corporation The Charles Worsted Company Independent Grocers & Market Men’s Association. . Columbus Cycle Club . Riverpoint Club Association Caproni Brothers Company (Increase) Rhode Island Knitting Company Providence Kiltie Band The Pawtuxet Valley Board of Trade A. & Z. Chain Company Rhode Island Registry & Identification Company. . . Thornton Cotton Duck Mills Oswegatchie Textile Company (Increase) Saint Christ Michalance Club The French Literary & Social Club of Warren, R. I. Optical Patent & Trade Mark Company Lewis L. Fales Corporation Narragansett Veteran Firemen’s Association Ukranian Library Association Italian Retail Grocers Association Wickaboxet Farms Ventrone & Company, Incorporated Rhode Island Bag & Burlap Company Providence Fittings Company The W. & K. Company (Increase.) Anglo-American Mfg. & Export Company The Retail Furniture Association of Rhode Island. . Manhasset Mfg. Company (Increase) Cranston Italo- American Club Whitfield, Gilbane Company 131 $150 00 100 00 IOO GO IOO OO IOO OO IOO OO 5 00 5 00 5 00 IOO OO IOO OO 5 00 5 00 100 00 100 00 IOO OO IOO OO 5 00 . 5 00 100 00 IOO OO 5 00 5 00 5 00 IOO OO IOO OO IOO OO IOO OO 250 OO IOO OO 5 00 300 OO 5 00 IOO OO 132 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. L. H. Tillinghast Supply Company (Increase) $20 00 Temple Mfg. Company 100 00 Jenkinson Machine & Tool Company 100 00 Cranston Welfare League . 5 00 Davisville Free Library Association 5 00 William H. Schwartz Company 100 00 The Caesar Battista Club of Knightsville 5 00 Collyer Insulated Wire Company (Increase) 300 00 Providence Farmers Exchange 5 00 Oakland Beach Civic League 5 00 The Verga Wolf Mfg. Company 100 00 The Franklin Machine Company (Increase) 200 00 Federal Independent Athletic Club 5 00 Nathanson Amusement Company 100 00 The Fairmount Club 5 00 United Americas Exporting Company 100 00 Dupuis-Blais Company 100 00 . The Carolina Company (Increase) 100 00 Manton Base Ball & Social Club 5 00 Societa Operaia Teanese di Mutuo Soccorso Cesare Battisti 5 00 Central Construction Company 10000 Cercle Franco America! 11 5 00 Aleppo Young Men’s Educational Club of Paw- tucket and Central Falls 5 00 F. David & Company, Incorporated 100 00 Sakonnet Fishing Company 100 00 Budlong Manufacturing Company 100 00 Italo-American Retail Grocers Corporation of Rhode Island 100 00 Bristol Lega Di Miglioramente Fra Glio Perrio Society . . 5 00 Stoller-PIilgers Silk Mill, Incorporated 100 00 Rocky Brook Mills Company 250 00 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 133 Saint Mathew’s Catholic Club $5 oo Rhode Island Exchange Company 100 oo American Piercing Saw Company ioo oo Premier Worsted Mills (Increase) 5 ° 00 D’l Weaving Company 100 00 Harrisville Utilities, Incorporated 100 00 H. A. Mackinney Company 100 00 J. E. Kenworthy Company 100 00 Service Dyeing & Winding Company 100 00 Hope Publishing Company (Increase) 25 00 National Wholesale Grocery Company of Rhode Island 200 00 Northern Water Company 200 00 Marion Woolen Mills 100 00 What Cheer Braid Company 10000 Oakland Beach Yacht Club 5 00 Darlington Trucking Company 100 00 The Carpenter- Jenks Funeral Home, Incorporated. 100 00 Liberty Tool & Gauge Works 100 00 California Wine Company 100 oo Warwick Novelties, Incorporated 100 00 What Cheer Haven No. 1, Daughters of Neptune. . . 5 00 Modern Machinery Company 100 00 What Cheer 'Laundry (Increase) 100 00 Narragapsett Motors Company 100 00 Vermont Creamery 10000 Union Furniture Company 10000 George E. Withington Grocery Company 100 00 New England Publishing Company, Incorporated, of Providence, R. 1 100 00 United Syrian- American Association 5 00 Williams & Merchant, Incorporated 100 00 Trustees for the Eastern Nazarene College 5 00 The Young Orchard Company (Increase) 50 00 134 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. J. P. Taylor Company $100 oo Ashaway Grange No. 50, P. of H 5 00 Federation of the Societies of the North End of the City of Providence and State of Rhode Island. 5 00 Majestic Clothing Company 100 00 Hayes Loom, Reed & Harness Company 100 00 National Coated Paper Corporation 250 00 The J. C. Hall Company (Increase) 100 co J. A. Lind Company 100 00 Armeno-American Publishing Company, Incor- porated 100 00 Banner Needle Company 200 00 Eagle Weaving Company 100 00 W. W. Wightman, Incorporated 100 00 The Enterprise Dye Works, Incorporated 300 00 Standard Emblem Company 100 00 Fontaine Realty Company 100 00 The National Grocery Company, Incorporated 150 00 West Glocester Light & Power Company 100 00 Parkin Yarn Company 100 00 The Longmeadow Sporting & Fishing Club 5 00 Laline Building Moving Company 100 00 H. D. McLean Trucking Company 100 00 Trinity Square Jewelers, Incorporated 100 00 The Anderson Sheet Metal Company . 100 00 Starkweather & Shepley, Incorporated (Increase) . . 500 00 Battery A of Rhode Island, Welfare League 5 00 Cold Spring House 100 00 Draft Regulator Company 100 00 Metropolitan Transportation Company 100 00 Saint Michael Club 5 00 British Empire Club 5 00 E. M. Dart Mfg. Company (Increase) 100 00 Excelsior Lodge No. 90, Vasa Order of America. . . 5 00 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 135 Acme Braid Company $10000 Aldrich Brothers Company 3.000 00 Pettaconsett Mfg. Company 100 00 W. H. Graham Company of Rhode Island 100 00 East Greenwich Columbus Independent Band 5 00 The Master Barbers Association of the City of Providence 5 00 The Hazeloch Medicine Company 100 00 St. Paula Independent Irish Catholic Benevolent Union 5 00 Johnson Brass Foundry Company 100 00 Teanese Social Club 5 00 Providence Needle Company 200 00 Hamel Oil Burning Equipment Co., Incorporated. . 100 00 Lyon Silk Works, Incorporated 100 00 Rhode Island Oil Gas Company 100 00 Red Cross Lodge No. 25, Knights of Pythias 5 00 R. Livingston Beeckman Association of East Provi- dence 5 00 Assyrian Jacobite Apostolic Church of St. Ephraim 5 00 Towarzystwo Najswieszegi Imienia Jezus Przy Parafi Sivientez Jadwigi 5 00 C. IT. Pease & Company 100 00 Panara Brothers, Incorporated 100 00 Joseph Benn & Sons, Incorporated (Increase) 1,100 00 Roy Rawlings, Incorporated 100 00 Pierce-Arrow Trucking Company of Rhode Island. 100 00 National Macaroni Company 100 00 Park Clothing Company 100 00 B. B. & R. Knight, Incorporated 12,000 00 Union for Rehabilitation of the Village of Haght. . 5 00 Putnam Warehouse Company 100 00 Kescot Mfg. Company, Incorporated .. < iqo 00 Reliable Shoe Shop, Incorporated 100 00 136 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Priscilla Worsted Mills (Increase) $50 00 Circolo Educcativo Alessandro Manzoni 5 00 Liberty Mfg. Company, Incorporated 100 00 The Wood Metal Company 100 00 Springer Social Club 5 00 Fill ford Mfg. Company (Increase) 300 00 Acme Laundry Company 100 00 La Veechia Societa Di Mutuo Soccorso Christofo Colombo No. 1 5 00 Woonsocket Machine Press Company, Incorporated 750 00 Adams Novelty Company 10000 The Elms Social & Literary Club 5 00 The Oaks Social & Literary Club 5 00 The American Society of Martians 5 00 Marine Engineering & Dry Dock Company of Rhode Island 500 00 Moses Robinson Company 100 00 Armenian American Club 5 00 John F. Sheern, Incorporated 100 00 Providence Driving Club 5 00 The Ninigret Mills Company 550 00 Trudon & Company, Incorporated 100 00 The Nutile Roofing Company 100 00 The Liberty Club of Central Falls, R. 1 5 00 The Old Homestead Literary Club of East Green- wich, R. 1 5 00 The French Worsted Company (Increase) 600 00 Eastern Lace & Braid Company 100 00 The Jolly Five Club 5 00 Blackstone Valley Transportation Company 250 00 St. Antonio Club 5 00 Harrisville Realty Company 100 00 Crescent Braid Company of Rhode Island 100 00 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 137 Pawtuxet Valley Agricultural Society $5 00 East Side Social & Literary Association 5 00 United Fraternal Club 5 00 Vaad Taharath Hameshpacho 5 00 Palin Realty Company 100 00 Newman Realty Company 210 00 Workingman’s Club of East Greenwich 5 °° Red Bridge Warehouse Company 100 00 Tubular Woven Fabric Company (Increase) 50 00 John D. Peck, Incorporated 100 00 John D. Peck Grain Company v 100 00 The Boko Social & Literary Club of Rhode Island 5 00 The Island Lumber Company 100 00 Colwell Worsted Mills (Increase) 100 00 Pascoag Realty Company (Increase) 500 00 Club La Jennesse Franco Americaine 5 00 W. S. Hough, Jr., Company (Increase) 100 00 Ricco Company, Incorporated 100 00 $37,280 00 FEES. Miscellaneous. Water analysis, etc., Board of Health $65 00 Board of Examiners in Chiropody, unexpended bal- ance 39 65 Board of Registration in Embalming 2 23 Fraternal Societies, regulation fees and charges. ... 132 40 $239 28 138 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. INTEREST. ( Interest from Charitable Institution Loans. Loan of 1914 $2,105 64 Loan of 1915 260 29 Loan of 1916 282 52 Loan of 1918 336 57 $2,885 02 Dividend 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 3,040 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 Bonds 120 00 Interest, Harbor Improvement Loan of 1913 Bonds 200 00 Interest, Highway Construction Loan Bonds 30 00 Dividend, National Bank of Commerce 1,218 00 $11,948 00 Interest, Corporate Excess and Franchise Taxes. The W. J. Feeley Company $34 34 L. J . Anshen Company 1 r 49 Unique Findings and Supply Company 60 Richter Mfg. Company 40 Bonnet Point Land Company 1 06 Western Mercantile Corporation 33 Providence Dental Company 31 Rhode Island Automatic Fountain Company 2 08 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 139 Saywell-Lundgren Company $03° Gilbreth Brown Company, Incorporated 1 65 New England Amusement Company 5 4° Crown Confection Shop 09 Olneyville Provision Company 2 66 T. N. Gallassi Company 5 59 A. Hasselbaum Company 2 39 Max Gertsacov Company 2 00 William Bens Company 2 16 Invincible Tire Company 1 78 Benjamin Brothers Company 1 20 Rex Mfg. Company 14 76 S. K. Merrill Company 17 60 A- C. J. Learned Company 1 23 The General Plastering Company 3 83 Crown Confection Shop 1 60 Charles H. Williams Company 2 41 Narragansett Bay Realty Company 10 77 Canadian & Southern Lumber Company 4 20 Dimond Company 35 51 Rocheford Harness Company f 4 36 Aetna Realty Company 13 Isaac Hahn Land Company 12 Oakland Cemetery Company 3 07 Interstate Ice Company 3 70 E. A # . Fargo Company 65 Cranston Bottling Company 2 46 Merchant Tailors Trimming House, Incorporated. . 2 45 Whitney Law Corporation 1 36 Flint Farms, Incorporated 11 07 James Openshaw Company 6 65 Sweeney Brothers Company 3 74 Dyer Credit Company 4 31 Paige Motor Company of Rhode Island , , , 14 35 140 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Rhode Island Electrical Equipment Company $8 63 Providence Printing Company 7 97 Providence Novelty Company 5 47 Benjamin F. Smith Company 36 09 La Lo Chemical Company 14 50 Amstaco, Incorporated 6 65 J. R. McLean Company 47 Crown Realty Company 1 05 German Sausage Company 3 25 Providence Merchandise Company 54 Francis Chemical Company 1 79 R. I. Security Company 9 55 American Loan Company 31 67 Domestic Sewing Machine Company, Incorporated 51 James Wilkinson Company 59 New England Land Company 26 03 Armour Fertilizer Works 3 67 Globe Optical Company 5 01 Atlantic Refining Company 1 56 Walnut Hill Cemetery Company 16 58 Hand Brewing Company 79 83 Raphael Gouse Textile & Supply Company 97 Niantic Dyeing Company 1 80 Hennessey Laundry Company 260 13 Enterprise Real Estate Company 1 1 85 Rhode Island Security Company 4 08 Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Company 17 95 Rhode Island Co-operative Coal Company 21 St. Clair, Incorporated 60 Scientific Textile Finishing Corporation 16 McKenzie & Winslow, Incorporated 1 14 Monast Realty Company 77 Talbot Brothers Company 77 Medway Mfg. Company 14 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 141 A. B. McCrillis & Son, Incorporated $o 29 Telegraphone Sales Company 07 Arcadia Print Works 1 62 Nickerson Art Metal Company 1 88 Belmont Realty Company 24 Credit Foncier Canadian 41 Musical Instrument Sales Company 52 Sullivan Motor Express, Incorporated 26 Brevitt Land Company 17 Waldorf Lunch of Rhode Island, Incorporated. ... 2 13 A. S. Cook Company 1 16 A. H. Schrieber & Company, Incorporated 1 44 Berry Spring Mineral Water Company 13 Beyer Brothers Commission Company 17 95 Marden & Kettlety Company 33 Pascoag Water Company 1 15 J. W. Moore Company 1 61 A. L. Castritius Company 6 24 E. L. Logee Company 33 Providence Land Company 27 Hayward Rubber Company, Incorporated 64 Universal Textile Company 15 W. E. Barrett Company 3 95 Fred W. Morse Company 1 82 James Hohnetrom, Incorporated 48 Jacob Brothers, Incorporated 1 38 National Furnace Lining Company n American Oyster Company. 93 Hope Rubber Company 161 The Spring House Company 26 Powers, Dundas Company 1221 Westerly Quarries Company 13 Windsor Webbing Company 97 A. J. Sanborn’s Sons, Incorporated 26 142 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Safety Engineering Company $° 45 Greenville Finishing Company, Incorporated 7 33 The Kenworthy Company 76 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 1 81 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 1 49 Era Narrow Fabric Company 72 Norris Bedding Company t 34 The William Douglas Company 70 Dun ford Mfg. Company 20 A. T. Cross Pencil Company 1 16 j S. Packard Dredging Company 1 66 Jenckes Knitting Machine Company 6 43 Central Warp Company 2 55 Broadway Storage Company 1 36 Franco- American Realty Company 63 The Washington Company 52 Continental Finishing Company 8 59 Hoey Mfg. Company 56 City Bellevue Laundry Company 1 79 Hoxsie Nurseries Incorporated 1 00 Rhode Island Roofing Company 46 Anthony-Cascambas-Gandy, Incorporated 1 54 Providence Scale & Supply Company 71 New England Bakery Company 2 56 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 143 Rhode Island Lace Works $4 2 5 Universal Optical Company 4 55 Empire Bottling Company i 24 Keasbey & Mattison Company j 46 Prudential Land Company 72 Fisk Drug Company 3 49 Frank W. Coy Real Estate Company 1 20 Redfern Mfg. Company 60 William H. Herrick Company 67 John Burns Granite Company 72 Max Gertsacov Company 55 Bourn Rubber Company * 20 05 U. S. Alizarine Company . 37 Famiglietti Brothers Company 9 03 Cadoza Sales Company, Incorporated 8 66 S. & S. Novelty Company 2 62 Faxon Company, Incorporated 69 L. J. Anshen Company 10 25 Builders Concrete Stone Company 2 30 Rex Mfg. Company 5 63 National Wholesale Grocery Company, Incorporaed 17 52 Mariani Company Branch, Incorporated 4 51 U. S. Tungsten Mining & Products Company 18 Enterprise Real Estate Corporation 97 Rhode Island Baking Company 3 10 H. B. Rust' Company * 4 15 Pawtucket Screw Company 2 50 Weeks Furniture Company * 1 63 William D. Goff Company 3 11 Standard Wholesale Company 21 90 The Kazan jian Company 16 Union Paint & Varnish Company . . . • 2 85 U. S. Electric Generator Company 7 20 New Cliffs Hotel Company 76 144 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company $25 95 Coupe, Murphy Company 60 Alexander Grant & Company, Incorporated 1 24 Safety Locker Company 11 00 Boss & Seiffert Company 1 68 Adams Brothers Incorporated 1 °5 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 1 20 Mount Hope Distilling Company 1 1 34 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 2 n Oakland Cemetery Company 77 D. N. Potter, Incorporated 94 D. Colquhoun & Sons, Incorporated 3 75 Unique Findings & Supply Company 66 Roy H. Beattie, Incorporated 160 61 The Progressive Ring Company 1 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 Yarn Company 2 57 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 145 A. Vito Construction Company $3 99 Edward S. Jones Sons Company i 67 Roche ford Harness Company 16 Roy H. Beattie, Incorporated 30 20 Western Mercantile Corporation 31 William J. Roberts Company, Incorporated 23 Sweeney Brothers Company 89 M. Winograd Son & Company 1 69 Hand Brewing Company 3 1 39 Taxi Service Company of Rhode Island 3 3° $1,423 41 Interest, Inheritance Taxes. Estate of : John A. Cowell $12 73 Susan Manchester 27 Mary R. C. Deonstyn 28 Nicola Capelli 8 36 Oswald H. Wunsch 90 Susan E. Peckham 75 Adelaide Horton 59 Bethena A. Pendleton 36 75 Sally F. Bates 95 Charles H. Dodge 5 80 Thomas Boardman, Jr 50 Charlotte A. Markham 3 65 Tillie A. Spitz ' 55 Charles E. Gorman 1 80 Rosalie E. Ford 103 06 Sarah E. Norman 3 65 Herbert M. Howe 26 93 Frederick H. Watkins 3 99 Benjamin Hall 7 00 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 146 Estate of : Mary Matteson $i 15 Charles H. Young- 2 53 John J. Butler 5 67 Maria A. Page 1 52 Wealthy Hart 10 62 George M. Long 4 74 Frank H. Martin 5 36 Mary M. Flint 5 42 Hannah E. Bachellor 40 Walter T. Maxfield 1 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 1 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 to Edwin Early 1 88 William B. Colwell n 60 R. K. Fort t 26 C. L. Richardson 1 20 F. L. Main 21 00 Walter R. Peirce 2 ()8 Byron Angell 5 50 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 147 Clifton B. Ward $5 65 Gardner H. Kelly 6 43 Louis O. Winsor 1 1 99 $69 59 Interest , Miscellaneous. On hunters’ licenses account $46 75 On deposits of State Board of Charities and Cor- rections 37 67 On deposit of Penal and Charitable Commission ... 5° On State taxes — Pawtucket, $33.51 ; Central Falls, $4.27 ; West Greenwich. $2.20 ; Johnston. $45-63 85 61 $220 83 TUITION. RHODE ISLAND NORMAL SCHOOL. City of Providence, quarter ending- November 9, 1917 $2.o&i 08 City of Providence, quarter ending January 25, 1918 2,099 74 City of Providence, quarter ending April 5, 1918. . . 2,057 4 1 City of Providence, quarter ending June 21, 1918.. . L995 75 Walter E. Ranger, Secretary 1,059 00 $9,292 98 RECEIPTS FROM SALES, ETC. Miscellaneous. Rhode Island Institute for the Deaf $168 83 Board of Education, discarded books 70 42 State House Commission, telephone booth commis- sion 14 70 State House Commission, sale of paper and boxes . . 300 80 Sheriff of Providence County, sale of junk 55 00 148 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Commission of Inland Fisheries, sale of trout, Girard Spring Hatchery $i 50 Board of Public Roads, sale of old number plates. . 5 97 James R. Cannon, truant officer, sale of newsboys’ badges 5° 5° Board of Public Roads, crushed stone 136 79 Board of Public Roads, pipe 30 40 Board of Public Roads, empty oil barrels 360 85 $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 no 79 State Board of Public Roadsi, 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 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 149 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 1,46 2 64 Bristol & Warren Water Works, repairing cuts in highways in Barrington and Warren 5 2 64 State Board of Public Roads, repairing cuts in high- way in East Greenwich 73 1 4 Providence Gas Company, repairing cuts in road, Pawtucket Avenue 23 08 State Board of Public Roads, repairing highway at Warren, Pawtucket 1 , Jamestown, Barrington, East Greenwich, Pawtucket, Bristol and For- estdale 5 2 5 38 State Board of Public Roads, repairing cross-walks, Bradford and Hope Streets in Bristol 47 06 East Greenwich Bleachery, repairs to highway. .... 44 5 ° Wakefield Water Company, repairs to highway. ... 6 38 Town of Warren, repairs to sewer trench, State highway, Warren 2,420 49 State Board of Public Roads, repairs to Bristol highway 74 47 The Rhode Island 1 Company, repairing State high- way, East Providence 18 90 State Board of Public Roads, repairing highway, town of Bristol 82 81 State Board of Public Roads, repairing sewer at Warren 6 50 Newport and Providence Railway Company, repair- ing between and outside rails at Middletown. . 254 20 150 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. State Board of Public Roads, repairs to sewer cuts in Warren $6 50 State Board of Public Roads, repairs to highway in Warren .... 811 Providence Gas Company, repairs to highway in East Providence 811 East Providence Water Company, repairs to high- way in East Providence 8 1 1 City of Providence, repairs to highway, Smith street 4 00 State Board of Public Roads, repairing cuts in high- way, Bristol, East Providence and Cumberland 72 10 $6,244 OT REPAYMENTS AND REFUNDS. Miscellaneous. \ Inman Lumber Company $0 37 Providence Journal Company 31 38 Board of Public Roads 25 10 Narragansett Electric Lighting Company $ 69 Sanford E. Kinnecom, deputy sheriff 7 00 Neemes Brothers 25 Board of Public Roads, cash 1917 18 52 City of Providence, water maintenance 9 34 Walter R. Wightman, from Butler Hospital 13 29 Board of Public Roads, traffic censor money 76 00 Board of Public Roads, rebate on freight 40 00 Board of Public Roads, refund duplicate payment 1 02 $227 96 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 151 LOAN ACCOUNTS. Harbor Improvement Loan Account. 1918. January 1. Cash in Bank $77,756 73 Payments from January 1, 1918, to December 31, 1918 $55,742 66 Cash in Bank 22,014 07 $77*756 73 Second Metropolitan Park Loan Account. 1918. January 1. Cash in Bank $96,298 32 Payments from January 1, 1918, to December 31, 1918 $41,817 06 Cash in Bank 54,481 26 $96,298 32 Charitable Institutions Loan of 1914 Account. 1918. January 1. Cash in Bank $75,029 44 Payments from January 1, 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 1. Cash in Bank $10,936 52 Payments from January 1, 1918, to December 31, 1918 $10,097 44 Cash in Bank 839 08 $10,936 52 152 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Charitable Institutions Loan of 1916 Account. 1918. January 1. Cash in Bank $12,163 44 Payments from January 1, 1918, to December 31, 1918 $7,168 63 Cash in Bank 4,994 81 $12,163 44 Bridge Construction Loan of 1917 Account. 1918. January 1. 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 Payments from January i, 1918, to December 31, 1918 $117,908 95 Cash in Bank 104.968 31 — $222,877 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 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 153 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 00 Interest from other investments 21,004 90 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 12 District of Narragansett 4 per cent, bonds, due 1919 12,000 00 30 City of Pawtucket 4 per cent. coupon bonds, due 1944 30,000 00 23 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 3^2 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 55,000 00 40 Town of West Warwick \ x / 2 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1944. . 20,000 00 154 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 32 Town of Bristol 3)4 per cent. registered bonds, due 1930. . . . $32,000 00 n Town of North Kingstown 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1940. . it, 000 00 io Town of Burrillville 4 per cent. coupon bonds, due 1922 10,000 00 142 State of Rhode Island Harbor Improvement Loan of 1913, 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1963 71,000 00 5 U. S. Treasury 4 % 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 4 *4 per cent. serial coupon bonds 56,000 00 10 Town of Bristol 3^2 per cent. coupon bonds, due 1930 t 0,000 00 20 Town of Jamestown 4^2 per cent, serial coupon bonds 20,000 00 Cash, Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company 82,371 13 Paid interest on State of Rhode Island bonds cancelled Paid for collecting Johnston bonds Paid for converting U. S. Liberty Loan bonds Bought and cancelled $72,000 State House Construction bonds due 1924 $617,371 13 254 92 83 5 22 72,000 00 .$689,632 TO per cent, coupon bonds, due 1944. . 3;ooo 00 25 Town of West Warwick 4 l /> per cent, coupon bonds, due 1944. , 25,000 00 State Highway Construction. Amount reported December 31, 1917 Annual appropriation Interest from State bonds Interest from other investments 156 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 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 % per cent. coupon bonds, due 1942 25,000 00 228 State of Rhode, Island Harbor Improvement Loan of 1913, 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1963 114,000 00 15 Town of Warwick 4 x /i per cent. coupon bonds, due 1944 15,000 00 50 State of Rhode Island Bridge Construction Loan of 1917, 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, 1 87 33 Cash, Industrial Trust Company... r 3<545 58 $ 384 , 73 2 9 1 Paid for converting U. S. Liberty Loan bonds 2 60 $ 384,735 5 1 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 $68,074 46 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 157 The Fund is invested as follows : 5 City of Woonsocket 4 per cent, coupon water bonds, due 1929. 9 Town of Westerly 4 per cent. school loan bond, due 1927. . . . 1 City of Providence 4 per cent, school loan bond, due 1927. . . . 10 Town of Tiverton refunding 4 per cent, serial bonds, 1930 to 1934, inclusive 21 State of Rhode Island Harbor Improvement Loan of 1913, 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1963 ■ . 5 Town of Warwick 4^2 per cent. coupon bonds, due 1944 20 State of Rhode Island Bridge Construction Loan of 1917, 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1967 Certificate of Deposit, Industrial Trust Company Cash, Industrial Trust Company. . . $5,000 00 9.000 00 5.000 00 10.000 00 10,500 00 5,000 00 20.000 00 2,261 94 L3I2 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 90 158 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. The Fund is invested as follows : 5 City of Woonsocket City Hall 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1923 $5,ooo 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 434 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 1 City of Providence 4 per cent, school loan registered bond, due 1927 . 5,600 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 1913, 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1963 8,000 00 14 State of Rhode Island Bridge Construction Loan of 1917, 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1967 14,000 00 Cash, Industrial Trust Company. . . 7,412 90 Penal and Reformatory Institutions Loan. Amount reported December 31, 1917 Annual appropriation $51,412 90 $25,898 64 2,212 00 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER 159 Interest from State bonds Interest from other investments The Fund is invested as follows : 4 Town of Westerly 4 per cent. coupon funding bonds, due 1939 $4,000 00 1 City of Providence 4 per cent, school loan registered bond, due 1927 5,ooo 00 15 State of Rhode Island Harbor Improvement Loan of 1913, 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due I9 6 3 7.500 00 Cash, Industrial Trust Company. . 12,614 18 Harbor Improvement Loan. Amount reported December 31, 1917 Annual appropriation Interest from investments The Fund is invested as follows : Certificate of Deposit, National Ex- change Bank 20 State of Rhode Island Bridge Construction Loan of 1917, 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1967 Cash, Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company $20,000 00 20,000 00 2,373 73 $300 00 7<>3 54 $29,114 18 $29,114 18 $34,936 4T 6,300 00 M37 32 $42,373 73 $42,373 73 160 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Charitable Institutions L oan of ic )14- 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 1913, 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1963 $ 1 0.000 00 10 Warwick Funding Loan 4 1 / 2 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1944. . 10,000 00 10 State of Rhode Island Bridge Construction Loan of 1917, 4 per cent, bonds, due 1967. . . . 10,000 00 Cash, Rhode Island Hospital Trust . Company 1,617 24 $31,617 24 Charitable Institutions L oan of 1915. Amount reported December 31, 1917. . $19,300 16 Annual appropriation 2,885 00 Interest from investments 682 $22,867 33 The Fund is invested as follows : 2 Town of Johnston refunding 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1935 $2,000 00 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 161 8 Town of Johnston refunding 4/ per cent, coupon bonds, due 194° $8,000 00 Cash, Industrial Trust Company . . . 12,867 33 $22,867 38 Charitable Institutions Loan of 1916. Amount reported December 31. 1917 $7,919 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 $9,112 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 1918. Premium on sale of bonds $787 5° Interest on cash in Bank 3 67 $791 17 The Fund is invested as follows: Cash, National Exchange Bank $791 17 162 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Office of the Sinking Funds Commission. Providence, R. I., February 4, 1919. ft The undersigned hereby certify that they have personally exam- ined the securities and investments constituting the State House Construction, Providence Armory Construction, State Highway Construction, Metropolitan Park Loan, Penal and Reformatory Institutions Loan, Harbor Improvement Loan, Charitable Institu- tions Loans of 1914, 1915, 1916 and 1918 and Bridge Construction Loan of 1917 Sinking Funds in the custody of Richard W. Jennings, General Treasurer, and find them to agree with the statement incor- porated 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. REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. I (H PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND. The following is a list of the investments of the Fund : 1 15 Town of Lincoln 4 per cent registered bonds, due 1928 $115,000 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 28 Town of Bristol 3^ per cent, registered bonds, due 1930 28,000 00 1 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, due 1936. . . . 1,000 00 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 164 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, coupon bonds, due 1963 5,000 00 406 Shares National Bank of Commerce 20,300 00 ('ash available for investment 641 19 $249,941 19 TOURO JEWISH SYNAGOGUE FUND. Established June, 1823. Cash in hand December 31, 1917 $57,211 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 10 Interest, Call Account, Industrial Trust Company. . 56 24 Interest, Call Account, Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company 1 10 70 Interest, Burrillville 3P2 per cent, bonds 70 00 Interest, Cumberland 4 per cent, bonds too 00 $75,011 81 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 165 The Fund is invested as follows: Deposit, Savings Bank of Newport $35,546 93 Participation Account, Industrial Trust Company 11,310 02 Participation Account, Rhode Is- land Trust Company 2,552 24 Call Account, Industrial Trust Com.- pany 6,414 28 Call Account, Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company 1,828 34 2 Town of Burrillville 3J2 per cent. bonds, due 1939 2,000 00 5 State of Rhode Island Bridge Con- struction Loan of 1917, 4 per cent, coupon bonds, due 1967. . 5,000 00 2 1 Shares Newport National Bank, par value $60 1,260 00 . 200 Shares Blackstone Canal Na- tional Bank, par value $25 5,000 00 32 Shares Merchant National Bank, par value $50 1,600 00 Paid City of Newport 2,400 00 Paid salary of Agent to June 30, 1918 100 00 $72,511 81 2,500 00 $75,011 8r FIREMEN’S RELIEF FUND. Chapter 363, General Laws, and Chapter 855, Public Laws. Annual Appropriation * $2,500 00 Unexpended balance of 1917 appropriation 1,780 2T $4,280 2 T 166 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER 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. $9,280 67 54 8 .? United States Treasury. . Interest on bank account $9,335 50 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 167 Payments to December 31, 1918. . . $6,099 1 9 Payments to United States, interest 16 82 6,116 01 Balance in bank $3,219 49 VENEREAL DISEASE CONTROL FUND. United States Treasury $5,899 72 Interest on bank account 20 79 $5>9 2 o 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. 3P2 per cent. State House Construction Bonds, due January 1. 1924 $318,000 00 Interest January and July. y/2 per cent. State House Construction Bonds, due January 1, 1934 395,000 00 Interest January and July. 3 per cent. State House Construction Bonds, due July 15, 1938 800,000 00 Interest April and October. 168 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. .3 per cent. State House Construction Bonds, due May t, 1 94 t 700.000 00 Interest May and November. 3 per cent. Highway Construction Bonds, due April 1, 1936 600,000 00 Interest xApril and October. 3 per cent. Armory Construction Bonds, due April 1, 1946 350,000 00 Interest April and October. 3^2 per cent. Second Highway Construction Bonds, due March 1, 1939 600,000 00 Interest March and September. y/2 per cent. Penal and Reformatory Institutions Bonds, due March 1, 1959 300,000 00 Interest March and September. 4 per cent. Harbor Improvement Bonds, due August 1, i960 500.000 00 Interest February and August. 4 per cent. Third Highway Construction Bonds, due June 1, 1942 563,000 00 Interest June and December. 3^2 per cent. Metropolitan Park Loan Bonds, due June 1, 1958 ' 250,000 00 Interest June and December. 4 |ier cent. Harbor Improvement Bonds of 1913, due December 1, 1963 476,000 00 Interest June and December. 4 per cent. Second Metropolitan Park Bonds, due February 1, 1964 300.000 00 Interest February and August. 4 per cent. Charitable Institutions Loan of 1914 Bonds, due July 1, 1964 617,000 00 Interest January and July. REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 169 4 per cent. Charitable Institutions Loan of 1915 Bonds, due September 1, 1965 $458,500 00 Interest March and September. 4 per cent. Charitable Institutions Loan of 1916 Bonds, due September 1, 1966 149,500 00 Interest March and September. 4 per cent. Bridge Construction Loan of 1917 Bonds, due May 1, 1967 300,000 00 Interest May and November. • 4^ per cent. Charitable Institutions Loan of 1918 Bonds, due August 1, 1968 25,000 00 Interest February and August. 1 > $7,7 02,000 00 Less Sinking Funds 1,263,843 63 $6,438,156 37 Amount of interest paid on State House, Armory, Highway, Penal and Reformatory, Harbor Improvement, Metropolitan Park, Charitable Institutions Loan of 1914, 1915 and 1916 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 1,939 J 7 Sixth District Court House 355 76 Miscellaneous Expense Account 1,121 38 Expenses, Jury Commissioner 461 12 Compensation, Members State Board of Health. . , 184 00 170 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. State Board of Health $47 90 Chemical Laboratory, State Board of Health 3 50 Free Employment Office 17 20 Expenses, Public Utilities 877 15 Medical Examiners and Coroners 478 40 Care and Maintenance, New State House 174 77 Law Library 185 40 Supreme Court House 6 00 Public Buildings, Kent County 135 40 Public Buildings, Washington County 78 00 Medical Inspection, Public Schools 121 80 State Home and School, Maintenance -,309 50 Expenses, Automobile Department 1,187 75 $12,013 94 TRUST COMPANIES. Chapter 232, General Laws. 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 Newport Trust Company 60,000 00 Washington Trust Company 60,000 00 Phenix Trust Company 20,000 00 Wakefield Trust Company t 8,000 00 Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island 20,000 00 Italo- American Mutual Trust Company 16,000 00 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 171 Woonsocket Trust Company $11,000 oo Producers Trust' Company 1,000 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 Laws, has deposited with the General Treasurer, bonds and securities, total par value of which is set forth below : Puritan Life Insurance Company $joo,ooo 00 CASH AND SECURITIES IN THE TREASURY FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. State House Sinking Fund $617,371 13 State Highway Sinking Fund 384,732 91 Providence Armory Sinking Fund 68,074 46 Metropolitan Park Sinking Fund 5L4 12 9° Penal and Reformatory Institutions Sinking Fund 29,114 18 Harbor Improvement Sinking Fund 42,3 73 73 Charitable Institutions Loan of 1914 Sinking Fund 31,617 24 Charitable Institutions Loan 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 Permanent School Fund 249,941 19 Touro Jewish Synagogue Fund 72,011 81 Land Grant Fund 1862 50,000 00 Cooperative Vocational Education Fund 3,219 49 Venereal Disease Control 5,920 5 1 Soldiers’ Home Burial Lot Fund 1,020 00 $1,645,956 63 172 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 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 1,480 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 19 Expenses joint special committee on public health 900 00 C. Courts : Supreme and Superior Courts. Jurors . 65,167 86 Officers 44.330 79 Witnesses 16,607 12 $126,105 77 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. District Courts. First Judicial District: Officers Witnesses . Second Judicial District: Officers Witnesses Third Judicial District ; Officers Witnesses Fourth Judicial District: Officers Witnesses Fifth Judicial District: Officers Witnesses Sixth Judicial District : Officers Witnesses 173 $2,331 03 535 60 $2,866 63 $926 85 171 00 $1,097 85 $1,090 00 241 3 ° $1,331 30 $1,498 95 747 60 $2,246 55 $737 16 281 60 $1,018 76 $14,937 12 3,389 70 $18,326 82 J74 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Seventh Judicial District: Officers Witnesses Eighth judicial District: Officers Witnesses Ninth Judicial District : Officers. Witnesses $929 30 234 20 $1,163 So $2,053 65 584 OO $2,637 65 $519 20 99 40 Tenth Judicial District: Officers Witnesses Eleventh Judicial District : Officers Witnesses $618 60 $2,515 50 44i 30 $2,956 80 $1,928 08 289 TO $2,217 l8 Twelfth Judicial District : Officers $1,369 00 Witnesses 502 40 $ 1 ,87 j 40 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 175 Incidental expenses. Supreme and Superior Courts $8,550 12 Traveling expenses and subsistence, justices of Supreme and Superior Courts 895 78 Incidental expenses, District Courts 1,799 5 r Court stenographers 12,250 00 Traveling expenses and subsistence, Court stenographers 710 18 Juvenile Courts 5,917 8° Expenses, Jury Commissioner 5,6 1 8 09 Compensation of town clerks, Jury Commis- sioner 582 63 Law Library 5,314 54 D. Orders of the Governor: Civil account 2,992 37 Criminal account L934 56 State representation at expositions and cele- brations 3,130 09 E. Public Printing : Printing 40,306 79 Binding 7,472 2 9 Publishing proclamations 859 48 F. Support of State Institutions at Cranston : Penal 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 Payments to March 31: Pay of officers, clerks and other employees, institutions at Cranston 35.603 39 176 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Maintenance and repairs, institutions at Cranston State Home and School, maintenance State Home and School, placing-out depart- ment . . Exeter School, maintenance Payments since March 31 : Penal and Charitable Commission, clerical assistance Office expenses, etc., of commission Maintenance, institutions at Cranston, State Home and School, Exeter School Pay of officers and employees, institutions at Cranston State Home and School State Home and School, placing-out depart- ment' Exeter School Repairs and furnishings : Institutions at Cranston State Home and School Exeter School Special appropriations : Unpaid bills of 1917 Construction and repairs: Under resolution 46, April 19, 1918 Undfer resolution 48, April 19, 1918 Building account Plans and specifications for permanent improvement State Home and School driveway 35>875 ib 18,204 °3 2,148 42 U3*302 37 3,440 00 498 46 656,619 27 178,760 17 20,477 T 4 1,120 00 19,417 42 17,024 77 2,013 14 2,184 82 37,340 67 31,288 99 38,596 27 92 60 4,087 43 903 86 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Payments from loan accounts: State Institutions, 1914 Hospital for Insane, 1914 State Institutions, 1915 Hospital for Insane, 1915 State Home and School, 1915 State Institutions, 1916 State Institutions, 1918 Other institutions under supervision of the Pur- chasing Agent: Rhode Island Institute for the Deaf : Pay-roll, maintenance and repairs to March 31 Payments since March 31 : Pay-roll Maintenance Repairs and furnishings Special appropriation, new building State Sanatorium : Pay-roll, maintenance and repairs to March 3T Payments since March 31 : Pay-roll Maintenance Repairs and furnishings Special Appropriations. Unpaid bills of 1917 Repairs and furnishings From charitable institutions loan, 1914. Hospital for advanced cases of tuberculosis: From charitable institutions loan of 1915. . From charitable insitutions loan of 1916. . 177 $1 1 ,279 00 58 60 ^57 39 4 60 6 33 6 67 10,257 36 10,701 73 13,366 16 19,870 90 1.259 36 40,005 79 24,693 71 39,194 91 82,315 67 4.913 72 5,198 86 3432 93 45 00 9,929 12 7,161 96 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Public Schools: Public schools Public schools, special aid Graded and high schools Supervision of public schools Rhode Island School of Design Post graduate courses at Brown University. . Rhode Island Normal School (mileage) ' Rhode Island Normal School Evening Schools Industrial education School apparatus . Teachers’ pensions Increase of teachers’ salaries Physical examination of children for employ- ment Medical inspection of pupils of public schools Education of blind and imbecile Instruction of adult blind Public libraries Traveling libraries Teachers’ examinations Lectures and addresses Teachers’ institutes Special appropriations for unpaid bills of 1917: Teachers’ pensions Medical inspection of pupils Physical examination of children Special appropriation, summer session, Normal School $120,000 00 • 3,755 86 32,520 CO 2L955 00 23,000 00 5,000 00 3,995 00 8o,377 13 8,185 59 7,079 66 3.804 54 48,972 32 5.971 26 7,838 oo 4.500 00 7.104 56 2,827 25 9.855 93 2.500 OO 2,916 70 681 16 245 27 552 15 250 00 389 00 3.987 29 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 17!) Special Appropriations: Expenditures under special appropriations not otherwise scheduled : Public Defence Fund Public Defence Fund. 1917 Agricultural loans Pay of State employees in Service Rural post roads Number plates, automobile department.. . . Cancelling note of Town of New Shore- ham Rhode Island Plospital Saint Joseph’s Hospital U. S. Life Saving Corps Suppression of gypsy and brown-tail moth Suppression of white pine rust Bounty for wild foxes Encouragement of bee keeping Publishing Volumes 39 and 40, Rhode Island reports Investigation of The Rhode Island 1 Com- pany Special appropriations for construction, re- pairs and furnishings : Rhode Island Stone Bridge Providence Armory Newport County Court House Ward room on Harrison street, Providence Rhode Island State College (building ac- count ) Armory for Mounted Commands Furniture for Pawtucket and Woonsocket Armories State Armory, Bristol $156,843 /6 7.698 31 39,045 12 4,076 39 73,632 89 u.093 14 25.000 00 40.000 00 10.000 00 4,000 00 13,893 9 2 1,005 44 942 00 668 21 1,078 00 4,013 46 2 . 39 ' 77 3.348 57 1,986 51 4,593 50 640 95 200 00 203 35 U2 45 180 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. ' Look-out stations \ $487 30 Barrington and Warren bridges 122 00 Armory, Kentish Artillery 9^ 56 Lockers, armories, Westerly, Woonsocket and Pawtucket 641 Woonsocket Court House (heating appa- ratus) 36 52 Special appropriation for unpaid bills of 1917: Expenses of Supreme and Superior Courts 1,963 64 Expenses of District Courts 399 25 Juvenile Courts 362 50 Supreme Court House 493 50 Providence County Court House 93 65 Clerical assistance, Superior Court, Provi- dence County 55 98 Factory Inspector 112 to Bank Commissioner 323 60 Commissioner of Forestry 99 ° State Board of Agriculture 1,145 75 Services and clerical assistance, auto de- partment 44 3° Pathological laboratory 174 50 Public buildings, Newport County 262 26 Public buildings, Kent County 239 64 Militia and Military affairs 66 50 Miscellaneous expenses 1,705 43 Fuel and gas / 413 15 Rents . . 12 5 00 Stationery and stamps for General Assembly 344 25 Improvement of Seekonk River 150 00 Markers for Soldiers* and Sailors’ graves. . . 247 30 Marking historic sites 122 00 Decorating graves on Memorial Day 462 83 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 181 Compensation for death of Nils W. Pearson Compensation for injuries to Georgiana . M. Johnson Payments from loan accounts : Harbor Improvement loan Metropolitan Park loan Bridge Construction loan of 1917 Expenditures from General Appropriations Not Scheduled. Construction and improvement of State roads Care of New State House Rhode Island State College > State Board of Agriculture Farm Bureaus Commercial Feeding Stuffs Commercial Fertilizers State Library State Board of Health Expenses and services, members of State Board of Health Expenses of chemical laboratory, State Board of Health Expenses of pathological laboratory, State Board of Health Inland Fisheries Girard Spring Hatcheries Soldiers’ Home Fund Soldiers' Relief Fund Relief of dependent soldiers and sailors, war with Spain Indigent Insane Care of females, etc., by probation officer Support of destitute families by probation officer . . . $480 00 300 00 55.742 66 4I,8l7 06 117,908 95 Other wish $579'°°7 20 45,261 12 40,000 OO 23,608 90 3.000 OO 1,299 8l 2,240 OO 3,030 OO 13,019 56 L3 77 40 8,998 02 12,973 54 14,500 OO 2,827 54 38,925 00 9.000 OO 2.000 OO 9.971 78 2.742 38 6,o8l 20 182 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. Maintenance of New Stone Bridge State Guard Care of Providence Armory Care of Armory for mounted commands Armories, independent companies . . Maintenance of other armories Maintaining State Arsenal Repairing buildings, etc., at State camp grounds. . . . Watchman at State camp grounds Armory rents, Rhode Island Militia Metropolitan Park maintenance fund Care and maintenances of court houses, other pub- lic buildings and monuments Expenses of officers, boards and commissions not otherwise scheduled Payments to associations, societies, asylums and hospitals Medical examiners and coroners Fines in certain cases ’ Officers’ fees in criminal cases Jails and Jailers Expenses of delivering children to the Rhode So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Free employment offices . Maintenance of Look-out stations Accounts allowed by the General Assembly Regulation and control of fraternal societies Purchase and binding of newspapers published with- in the State Rents Fuel and gas Indexing births, marriages, etc., in Rhode Island. . . Badges for newsboys, street vendors, etc Miscellaneous expenses Payments to Sinking Funds $6,438 60 49.993 30 11,574 10 5 v 38 04 1,700 OO 9,283 46 999 98 406 79 600 00 570 OO 3,010 00 36,714 10 89,204 05 46,140 05 7.163 70 9,957 5° 9,632 57 2,621 72 34 9 6 4,002 37 229 71 3.791 °7 6,195 65 396 38 -6346 56 10,501 47 500 00 100 00 14,261 15 100,075 00 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 183 n teres t Payments: State House Construction loan $71,215 co 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 1916 5,980 00 Bridge Construction loan 7,000 oo 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 70 184 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. APPORTIONMENT OF SCHOOL FUND TO CITIES AND TOWNS. Barrington $1,94009 Bristol 2,880 48 Burrillville 2,430 73 Central Falls 4,645 40 Charlestown 702 22 Coventry 2,252 42 Cranston 4,472 77 Cumberland . . . j 2,686 84 East Greenwich 1,813 46 East Providence 3*803 82 Exeter 1,254 51 Foster 1,490 86 Glocester 1,550 48 Hopkinton 1 ,723 17 Jamestown 1,070 93 Johnston 2,476 16 Lincoln 2,659 01 Little Compton 1 ,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 73 Providence 27,713 74 Richmond L359 57 Scituate L747 59 Smithfield 1 ,842 99 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. South Kingstown Tiverton Warren Warwick Westerly West Greenwich West Warwick Woonsocket Total payments 1918 185 $2,053 67 2,107 05 2,459 69 3.104 78 2,616 42 544 29 3.749 88 6,413 16 $120,000 00 RECEIPTS FROM HUNTERS’ LICENSES. Chapter 381, Public Laws. . Resident Barrington $108 00 Burrillville 410 00 Central Falls 63 00 Coventry 191 00 Cranston * . . . . 372 00 East Greenwich 53 00 East Providence 145 00 Exeter 68 00 Foster 10000 Glocester 123 00 Hopkinton I 55°° Jamestown 47 00 Johnston 164 00 Lincoln 243 00 Little Compton 99 00 Middletown 24 00 Narragansett 64 00 New Shoreham ..... 108 00 Newport 298 00 Non-resident Alien $20 00 $15 00 $143 00 15 00 425 00 63 00 191 00 372 00 15 00 68 00 10 00 155 00 68 00 100 00 123 00 155 00 47 00 15 00 179 00 45 00 288 00 50 oq 149 00 24 00 10 00 74 00 108 00 298 00 186 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. North Kingstown . . . North Providence. . . North Smithfield. . . . Pawtucket Portsmouth Providence Richmond Scituate Smithfield South Kingstown. . . . Tiverton Warwick West Greenwich. . . . Westerly Woonsocket Resident Non-resident Alien $126 00 $126 00 59 00 15 00 64 00 101 00 101 00 383 00 30 00 60 00 473 00 60 00 60 00 1.548 00 30 00 315 00 1,893 00 00 00 87 00 232 00 232 00 229 00 15 00 244 00 197 00 10 00 207 00 143 00 100 00 30 00 273 00 596 00 30 00 626 00 33 00 33 00 355 00 70 00 60 00 485 00 343 00 40 00 90 00 473 00 $8,417 00 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 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 187 Numbers 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 41 1, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 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 Numbers 51 1, 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 Due 1924. Numbers 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 74° Numbers 1041, 1042, 1043, I0 44 > io 45 , 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, io 5°> 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, ic 67, 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 $40,000 00 $10,000 00 $50,000 00 Due 1934. Numbers ubi, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105. $5,000 00 HARBOR IMPROVEMENT LOAN OF 1913. Issued December 1, 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, 41 I, 412, 4 I 3 , 4 I 4 , 4 I 5 , 4l6 $8,500 OO Numbers 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758 $6,000 00 188 REPORT OF GENERAL TREASURER. 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, 498, 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. INDEX Page 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 Firemens’ Relief Fund 165 Foreign Insurance Companies, Taxes 104 Franchise Tax, Payments 72- 88 Gross Earnings Tax, Payments 88, 89 Highway Tax, Payments 16- 18 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 Index. 190 Page 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, Payments 113 National Banks, Taxes 19 Normal School Tuition, Receipts for ...... 147 Payments During 1918 172-183 Peddlers’ 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 t 138 School Fund, Permanent Investments . s 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 Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 6. g>tatr nf 2Uj0i>r 3filatti ani IJrnmiifnr* JHatttalumfi SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE St|ate Board of Public Roads OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND JANUARY, 1919 PROVIDENCE E. L. FREEMAN COMPANY, PRINTERS 1919 §>tale af 5U|ui

tat£ of Sijoii? SolanJi mb f romitetur JUattlattotta* To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island at 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 Public Roads . 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 liqes 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 6 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 difference 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 very bad sections, unless they are rebuilt. Delays to traffic because of wornout 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. During 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 foundations 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 7 of labor available for road work fluctuated and railroad 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 wornout 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 wornout macadam was taken care of by constructing the founda- tions necessary on account of unstable or poorly drained sub-soils and laying temporary surfaces of plain macadam over the founda- tions until such time as conditions surrounding construction are more propitious. Temporary wearing surfaces 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 8 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. were dug where necessary and a number of catch basins were built. All of this work will be of value when reconstruction comes and will 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 sent through the various State highway departments and action by the State highway departments was necessary before the applications were forwarded to the Highways Council. 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 carrying 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 their desire to curtail the use of bitumens as much as possible as a fuel conservation 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 9 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 w T e 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 10 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 3^4 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 limited in types to plain macadam, bituminous macadam and a form of bituminaps 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 untried is of course premature. We shall follow with great interest the behavior of these pavements under travel. The use of the particular type of bituminous 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 be used for this type of construction and imported mineral aggregate would have been necessary if bituminous 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 bituminous 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. REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 11 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 our 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 little 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 undesirable 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 12 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 trunk lines were to fail in locations where there are no suitable parallel roads which could have been employed as detours until 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 number 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 common 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. REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 13 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 resume 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 purposes 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 7 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 14 REPORT OF STATE BOaRD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 our 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 carrying 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 owners of motor trucks. The extreme value of motor trucks in the commerce of today must be recognized. 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 with 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 15 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 maximum 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- signed 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 16 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 aimed 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 our 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 regard 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 funds 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 system 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 transferring 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 17 apparently powerless to exercise compulsion over railroad companies 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 HIGHWAYS. 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- ways but the provisions of the law in this regard have not been carried out effectively 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 18 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 existing 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 under 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 assume 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 r 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 19 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 1919. 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 commercial highways traffic. F ederal authorities are urging the prose- cution of extensive highway work during 1919 as an aid in solving our post-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 readjustment to normal conditions. The big problem still confronting us is the reconstruction of the wornout 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 ourmain trunk lines. It is preferable rather to accelerate this work. We believe that the results 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 stability in the road then existing was maintained when frost action was at its maximum. Approximately six miles of road upon this line 20 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 Matunuck. 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 traffic 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 in 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 21 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 amount 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. ' 22 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 undertaken in this State was the rebuilding of approximately 3.8 miles of wornout macadam upon the Post Road, so-called, between Wakefield and Matunuck. The work involved in this project was described very 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. \ TO JANUARY FIRST, 1919. Length, 19,459 Feet. Square Yards, 39,296. Grading : Clearing and grubbing 1.1 acres @ $400.00 $440 00 Earth excavation, 10,654 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 reenforcement purchased 19 79 Frame and grates purchased 30 81 Miscellaneous 55 66 9,314 96 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 23 New metalled surface: Crushed 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 Corner, 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 24 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 wornout waterbound macadam in the vicinity of Bonnet Point in the town of Narragansett. This section is 1.15 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. REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 25 RECONSTRUCTION IN 1918. Considerable reconstruction of wornout 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 from 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 sufficient to allow of more than one or two stages of the work to progress simul- 26 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 very 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 been 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 27 for a distance of one-half 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 until 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 unfortunate 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 bituminous macadam. Local stone was employed in order to avoid the extensive shipments necessary if imported stone were used. The foundations 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 28 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 foundations: Earth excavation, 12,957 cu. yds. @ SO. 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. yds. @ $10.00 125 00 Catch basin 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- REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 29 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 slightly 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 laying 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 during the winter and early spring because the only roads available as detours were not passable during thaws at these seasons. The 30 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 considerable 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 type of construction, in state of repair and in grade. The new longitudinal culverts were REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 31 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. Square Yards, 29,180. Drainage and foundations: Earth excavation, 10,533 cu. yds. @ $1.10 $11,586 30 Earth excavation, 2,654 cu. yds. @ $1.50 3,981 00 Ledge excavation, 5 cu. yds. @ $3.00 15 00 Stone foundation, 7,064 cu. yds. @ $2.90 20,485 60 Stone foundation, 2,517 cu. yds. @ $3.10 7,802 70 Gravel filler, 2,230 cu. yds. $2.40 5,352 00 Gravel filler, 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 masonry, 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 Asphalt 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. 32 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 be 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 $21,400.26. Completed Bituminous Concrete Surface — Putnam Pike. Plant for Heating and Mixing Bituminous Concrete Surface — Putnam Pike. i.- St > 5 X w~ fc-IL- tDoS 3 s REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 33 PUTUAM PIKE— SMITHFIELD. Approximately two miles of wornout 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 sizes 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 bituminous 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 unsatisfactory 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 34 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. settled greatly during its construction and that it disappeared com- pletely one night when it was almost 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 occur, 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 arid 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 35 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 surface. 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 flat grade had in the past caused much trouble because there was not sufficient pitch to allow of free flow 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 general 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, 3,163 cu. yds. @ $1.50 $4,744 50 Ledge excavation, 34 cu. yds. @ $3.50 119 00 Gravel for foundation, 2484 cu. yds. @ $1.50 3,726 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 Culvert pipe laid, 18" corrugated metal, 256 ft. @ $1.50. 384 00 36 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. Culvert pipe laid, 24" corrugated metal, 46 ft. @ $1.70. $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. ** The contract for the rebuilding of two miles of wornout 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 heavy in character. The locality abounds with ledges and large boulders, and the necessity for revision in grades and the opening of side ditches involved a great deal of rock work. Except 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 traffic 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. REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 37 The work of reconstructing this road was not completed during the past year. The grading and the laying of foundations and the construction of culverts are features which are practically completed, 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 const ructio*n 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 summer and fall. 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. Items. Estimated Quantities. Unit Prices. Totals. 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 Hauling and laying 12-in. corru- 4,000 cu. yds. 1.50 6,000 00 gated metal culvert 142 lin. ft. 0.75 106 50 Hauling and laying 18-in. corru- gated metal culvert 256 lin. 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 Hauling, heating and applying as- 6,500 tons, 2.50 16,250 00 phalt 60,000 gals. 0.07 4,200 00 Gravel borrow 2,500 cu. yds. 1.50 3,750 00 Sand filler 150 cu. yds. 1.50 225 00 Total bid, $45,462 30 38 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 PROVDIENCE. Approximately one mile of concrete pavement was laid upon the Taunton 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 dangeijouis for light vehicles and next to impossible 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 mounds 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS.' 39 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 afforded 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 pavement and the filling of the trenches 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 considerable 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 bole with high rubber boots. This catch basin was built late in the summer when the ground water is at its lowest, so the effect 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 hundred feet east of Six Corners. 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 Corners. 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 40 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. for this short section to Six Corners. 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 completion of the work to Six Corners 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 ledge 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 delivery was employed for all mixing; of concrete. The concrete was protected for a short time from the effect of sun, wind and rain by covering with canvas and was then 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 15, 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 $6,936 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 cu. yds. @ $12.50 $25,337 50 Miscellaneous 32 84 $25,370 34 Cement Concrete Road — Taunton Pike. East Main Road — Portsmouth. 1918 Reconstruction fi/i 3 K 3 'JC ui Ctu-P CD o ^ »— • CC- REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 41 Watchmen $2,018 25 Inspection 759 57 Miscellaneous 9 31 Total $49,606 99 MAIN ROAD— WARREN AND BRISTOL. The contract for the rebuilding of the section of wornout 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 un- completed road until work starts in the spring because of the very 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 foundations 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 laying of a new sewer system 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. 42 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 summer 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. Items. Estimated Quantities. Unit Prices. Totals. Earth excavation 5,000 cu. yds. $1.75 $8,750 00 Ledge excavation 100 cu. yds. 3.00 300 00 Stone fill foundations Laying 12-in. corrugated metal pipe 1,750 cu. yds. 3.50 6,125 00 culvert 350 lin. ft. 1.50 525 00 Laying 18-in. corrugated metal pipe culvert 28 lin. ft. 1.50 42 00 Laying 24-in. corrugated metal pipe culvert Laying 24-in. vitrified clay pipe cul- 42 lin. ft. 1.50 63 00 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 effected. For a long distance north of this curve the road is smooth, straight REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 43 and almost 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 our 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 allow 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 found that increasing 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, will remove all elements of danger. It may, on the other hand, be found necessary to build a skew bridge necessitated by modification of the angle of intersection of the railroad and the State road. 44 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 found 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 Waterbound 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 which 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 public sees the least of because it is done at a time when REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 45 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 roa'ds 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 surround- 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 during 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 all of our plain macadams annually, but the urgent necessity for reduction in the use of bitumens as a fuel conservation 46 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. measure caused us to cut down this work to approximately one- quarter of the amount usually done. A careful examination 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 found 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 far 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 applying 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 47 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, $38,800, $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 application 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 laying 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 48 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. device operated by steam. The loosening of the old macadam surfaces by the employment of this device is a rapid and inexpensive 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 bituminous 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 bituminous 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 49 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 bituminous 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 bituminous 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 all 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', which amounts 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. 50 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. COST OF PATCHING BITUMINOUS ROADS IN 1918. Road. Bristol Division. East Providence: Pawtucket Line to Warren Ave Ingrahams Corner to Pomham Ave. . Pomham Ave. to Turner Ave Willett Ave. 1916 Reconstruction. . . Willett Ave. 1912 Reconstruction. . . Barrington : Peck’s Corner to West Barrington R. R. Crossing R. R. Crossing to Nayatt Bridge (1909) Nayatt Bridge to Broad St. to County Road (1910-1912) 1913 Resurfacing at Town Hall 1916 Reconstruction R. R. Crossing to Barrington Bridge 1916 Reconstruction over and between bridges (“Amiesite”) Warren: Main St Child St Bristol : 1909-10 Construction, Hope St 1912 Construction, Hope St (North). 1913 Construction, Hope St 1912 Construction, Hope St (South) . 1912 Construction, Metacom Ave . . . Total for Division Kent Division. Cranston : City Line to Pawtuxet Bridge Warwick: Pawtuxet Bridge to Greenwood (1912) Greenwood to Williams Corner (1915) Williams Corner to Apponaug Bridge (1913) Apponaug Bridge to East Greenwich (1916) Warwick — Warwick Ave. . Wild’s Corner Centerville Road Coventry — 1912 Construction Cranston — Reservoir Ave. (1912) New London Turnpike (1916) Plainfield Pike (1912) Total Length. Total Square Yards. Total Cost. Cost per Square Yard. 19,690 30,460 $689.83 .022 15,020 32,321 534.39 .016 4,335 6,743 401.37 .059 4,879 9,817 6.50 .001 5,369 8,352 417.56 .050 5,150 8,011 37.83 .005 4,712 7,330 113.70 .015 13,539 1,055 2,225 22,138 2,151 4,637 196.85 .009 216.62 .047 2,658 5,290 6,419 12,247 485.62 .040 9,692 16,167 479.30 .030 6,855 15,233 119.38 .008 1,110 2,500 65.74 .026 2,342 5,108 17.20 .003 4,633 2,630 13,317 4,091 717.53 .054 111,184 207,042 $4,499.42 .022 5,368 12,014 488.51 .040 20,808 4,765 2,000 41,026 9,940 5,273 317.07 .008 125.26 .024 13,016 25,725 579.91 .023 18,683 33,347 426.93 .013 9,080 16,142 121.87 .007 10,280 13,232 2,500 18,275 20,784 4,927 192.68 Oil 42.14 .009 10,080 16,200 20,150 26,351 766.83 .029 108,012 233,954 $3,063.20 .013 Total for Division. REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 51 COST OF PATCHING BITUMINOUS ROADS IN 1918.— Continu ed. Road. Total Length. Total Square Yards. Total Cost. Cost per Square Yard. Newport Division. Tiverton — Fall River Line to Nanna- quacket Bridge (1912-1913) 22,352 39,761 $284.66 .007 Little Compton — Sakonnet Point Road (1912) 9,634 14,909 547.05 .004 Adamsville Bituminous 2,360 4,460 93.60 .021 Portsmouth — Stone Bridge to Anthony Hill (1916) 6,145 12,458 82.86 .007 Middletown: East Main Road (1916) 9,167 18,288 East Main Road, Newport Line (1912) 3,236 5,753 460.93 .080 Portsmouth, West Main Road (1909). 6,318 9,828 491.05 .050 Jamestown — Ferry Road 5,350 14,189 262.36 .018 New Shoreham: New Harbor to Hygeia 2,256 4,011 1913 Resurfacing 1,968 3,499 1910 Construction 2,437 4,332 Total for Division 71,223 131,488 $2,222.51 .017 Providence Division. Cumberland : Lincoln-Mendon Road (1909-12).. . . 17,612 39,405 $1,670.17 .042 Mendon Road (1916) 10,560 20,998 Mendon Road (1917) 7,619 15,317 540.69 .035 Foster — Danielson Pike (1912) 12,899 20,065 200.00 .010 Johnston — Hartford Pike (1916) 10,106 20,209 55.03 .003 Glocester : Putnam Pike — Chepachet, easterly (1912) 12,893 20,658 45.75 .002 Putnam Pike — Chepachet, easterly (1913) 7,866 12,236 45.74 .004 Putnam Pike, Connecticut Line (1912-13) 21,947 34,140 159.59 .005 N orth Pro vidence- J ohnston-Smithfield Putnam Pike (1916) 9,415 18,531 49.80 .003 Smithfield-Putnam Pike (1917) 5,295 10,590 604.41 .057 North Providence-Smith St. (1910).. . . 8,303 17,220 424.00 .025 Burrillville-Mapleville to Nasonville (1912) 19,157 32,390 448.62 .014 North Smithfield-Slatersville to Woon- socket Line (1912) 12,852 25,011 198.20 .008 Greenville Road (1910-12) 12,570 19,553 567.41 .029 Total for Division 169,094 306,323 $5,009.41 .016 52 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. COST OF PATCHING BITUMINOUS ROADS IN 1918.— Concluded. Road. Total Length. Total Square Yards. Total Cost. Cost per Square Yard. Washington Division (North). East Greenwich Post Road to Green St. (1910) 2,662 7,776 $43.40 .006 Green St. to Hunt’s River (1915) . . . 11,277 22,862 151.68 .007 North Kingstown, Hunt’s River to Devil’s Foot Ledge (1916) 11,415 23,028 32.92 .001 Devil’s Foot Ledge to Talbot’s Cor- ner (1909-1913) 11,454 19,063 363.40 .019 Talbot’s Corner to Wickford (1910) . 2,800 5,600 111.72 .020 Wickford to Hamilton (1917) 8,130 16,109 Hamilton (1909) 4,300 6,900 252.97 .037 Barber’s Heights (1912) 2,123 3,775 48.71 .013 Saunderstown Ferry Road (1909) . . . 1,866 2,903 217.53 .075 Narragansett (1907) South Ferry Road southerly (1908) 4,272 6,645 288. 76' .043 Bonnett Point to Narragansett Pier (1908-1910) 16,985 33,057 831 . 18 .025 South Kingstown, Tower Hill Road (1912) 24,615 38,290 2,641.95 .069 Total for Division 101,899 186,008 $4,984.22 .027 Washington Division (South). Narragansett — Narragansett Avenue (1909) 2,205 4,900 $32.06 .007 South Kingstown, Kingston Road (1916-1917) 8,323 17,358 41.49 .002 South Kingstown — Wakefield to Sugar Loaf Hill (1916-1917) 6,795 19,535 201.48 .010 Charlestown : Post Road (1907) 5,366 8,347 Post Road (1906) 314 488 Westerly: Post Road (1916) 5,330 10,660 Shore Road (19121 6,755 10,508 Total for Division 35,088 71,796 $275.03 .004 Summary. Total Length of Bituminous Macadam 112.97 miles. Total area of Bituminous Macadam 1,136,011 sq. yds. Total Cost of Patching $20,053.79 Average Cost Per Square Yard 0.018 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 53 DIVISION OF ROAD EXPENDITURES IN 1918 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. 54 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, JANUARY 1, 1919. Miles by Towns. Total Water- bound Mac- Cement Con- crete. Bitumi- nous Mac- Bitumi- nous Con- Miles by Coun- ties. # adam. adam. crete. Providence County. Burrillville 10.77 3.63 Cumberland 6.90 East Providence 1.92 0.93 8.57 Foster 3.98 2.44 Glocester 7.01 8.09 Lincoln. . . . 2.78 0.48 Johnston and Cranston. . . 8.08 9.64 North Providence 3.22 1.83 North Smithfield 4.60 4.82 Scituate 10 97 Smithfield 3.64 1.41 1.96 Total Miles in County 56.97 0.93 47.81 1.96 107.67 Washington County. Charlestown. . . . 11.07 1.08 Exeter 9.76 Hopkinton 11.16 Narragansett . . . 2.20 5.50 North Kingstown 8.76 9.74 7 Richmond 12.25 South Kingstown . 3.68 6.46 3.69 Westerly . 11.25 2.28 Total Miles in County. . 70.13 25.06 3.69 98.88 Kent County. Coventry 18.45 2.51 East Greenwich . 2.41 Warwick 7.81 14.90 West Greenwich 5.37 Total Miles in County. . 31.63 19.82 51.45 Newport County. Jamestown .... 4.73 0.97 Little Compton. 6.59 2.27 Middletown. . . 1.87 3.55 New Shoreham . 4.67 1.26 Portsmouth . . 6.08 4.22 Tiverton 8.15 4.23 Total Miles in County 32.09 16.50 48.59 Bristol County. Barrington 1.69 6.21 Bristol 2.63 3.33 Warren 1.07 2.93 Total Miles in County 5.39 12.47 17.86 Total Miles in State 196.21 0.93 121.66 5.65 324.45 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 55 BRIDGES, Our bridge work during 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 account 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 Elmwood bridge was moved so 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 Burrillville 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 56 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 of 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 until 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 57 Department, and complete location and construction plans were furnished to the Government engineers office 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 confined 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 BRIDGE. 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 modern 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 58 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 off 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 hundred 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 of the bridge, which more than compensated for regrading and replacing of the bituminous roadway on the approaches. The type 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 runways 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 days of prepara- tion for the actual moving, which was accomplished in less than a jb o *vt 1 $ Big River Bridge. REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 59 single day. No other unusual features, serious accidents or delays 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 1,250 cubic yards of concrete. The cost to date is $64,693.91, and it is estimated that the total cost will be about $85,000. 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 60 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 uncovered 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 amount to less than $70.00. The quality of this work and the efficiency in prpsecution 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 fill intervening. The old road followed the 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 under the larger bridge and a mill canal under the smaller structure. Repairs REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 61 to the existing structure would have been very expensive and the result unsatisfactory. The alignment could not have been modified or the width increased without an expense 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. 62 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 working 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 eliminated all pumping. The bridges are designed as simple flat slab structures, having a minimum 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 are a development from the centilever type of the same construction used on smaller work the previous season and are more suitable for structures 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 symmetrical 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 63 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 around 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 64 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 council 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 oppo- 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 under 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. REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 65 EXETER HOLLOW BRIDGE. Exeter Hollow Bridge spans a small brook at the 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 ^advisable 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- struction 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 Hill 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 interruptions 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 66 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. least possible delay. The old bridge, although 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 loading, 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 Bridge, 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 Kingstown 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 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 67 In the above assessment all of the towns in Washington County through which the road upon which the bridge is located passes are assessed. Narragansett River Bridge, No. 18. The assessment of the cost of Bridge No. 18, located near Allenton, was as follows : State pays 60 per cent $635 56 North Kingstown pays 264 81 South Kingstown pays 10 per cent 105 93 Narragansett pays 2 per cent 21 18 Charlestown pays 1 per cent 10 59 Westerly pays 2 per cent 21 18 100 per cent. Total cost $1,059 25 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. 105. The assessment of the cost of Oakland Bridge follows : State pays . 60 per cent Burrillville pays 25 per cent North Smithfield pays 8.691875 per cent. Glocester pays 3.808125 per cent. Smithfield pays 1.0 per cent North Providence pays 1.0 per cent Johnston pays 0.5 per cent $7,081 34 2,950 56 1,025 83 449 45 118 02 118 02 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 Burrillville 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. 68 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. TABULATION OF BRIDGE EXPENDITURES, 1918. New Construction. No. Name. Location. 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 Mills 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 575 $2,287 39 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 69 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. Ponagansett Bridge, Scituate, replanking 21 50 106. Oak Valley Bridge, Burrillville, plank repairs. . . 2 84 $123 29 General Engineering Expense 4,758 70 Total Expense $118,030 95 70 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 4,999 98 Balance $ 02 Construction, Improvement and Maintenance Account. Balance on hand January 1, 1918 $131,876 80 Received from fines under the Automobile Law 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 52,870 00 $10,947 79 Completion of Warren and Barrington Bridges Account. Balance on hand January 1, 1918 $1,016 65 Expenditures for year 122 00 Balance $894 65 *This total expenditure 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. REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 71 Bridge Construction Loan of 1917. Receipts. Balance January 1, 1918 $97,690 68 Bonds sold by State Treasurer in 1918 125,000 00 Miscellaneous receipts 186 58 Expenditures $222,877 26 117,908 95 Balance $104,968 31 Bills and obligations not paid 25,300 00 Balance if obligations were paid $79,668 31 72 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 participation 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 numerical strength to begin with, was further depleted during the year by the enlistment in the military and naval forces of our country of several of our most experienced and valued clerks, who courageously answered the call to duty. While deeply regretting their temporary with- drawal from our service, we record with pleasure our profound regard for that self-sacrificing spirit and sense of responsibility displayed in 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, REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 73 however, that notwithstanding 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. During 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 engineers, 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 time 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- 74 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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 Engi- neering Society in New York City of experts on illumination, 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 committee 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. Court Cases. The various courts of Rhode Island have certified to us during the past year a total of 1,522 convictions under the Automobile Law. A table of such convictions follows : REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 75 Court. Form of Violation. No. of Cases. Fines Paid. Cases Appealed. Otherwise Disposed of. •Superior .... 13 Deferred. 4 $475 1 3 years. 2 2 years. 2 6 months. 1 18 months. 15 months. 1 Probation. 1 Continued. 1 Nol prossed. 1 Committed. Speeding 7 135 8 515 1 $200 and 30 days. 3 Deferred. 1 Nolo. 1 Deferred. 2 75 1 Deferred. 4 300 5 1 year. 1 9 months. 2 6 months. 2 3 months. 19 Deferred. 4 Probation. 2 Committed. Receiving stolen automobiles 8 Deferred. Receiving stolen automobiles 1 3 years. Receiving stolen automobiles 1 6 months. ■it Receiving stolen automobiles 1 Nol prossed. Conspiracy to steal automobiles . . . 11 Deferred. Conspiracy to steal automobiles . . . 2 650 Forging and uttering receipt for automobile 1 Deferred. Failure to return to scene of acci- dent 1 Discontinued. Driving without license 1 Deferred. Inadequate lights 1 Discontinued. 1st District. Speeding 101 1,390 1st Inadequate lights 21 149 1st “ Intoxication 6 285 1st Passing trolley 19 127 1st “ Operating with nut. license .... 22 130 1st f * Reckless driving 1 25 1st “ Operating without registration .... 10 65 1st “ Excessive smoke . , 4 16 1st “ Not having control of machine. . . . 2 15 1st “ Not sounding signal . 9 38 1st “ Tampering with autnmnhillp. . . 1 20 1st “ Failure to return to scene of acci- accident 1 15 3rd Reckless driving 1 Probation. 4 th Speeding 8 120 5th ' “ Intoxication 3 200 5 th Reckless driving 1 10 5th Operating without license 1 15 5th “ Operating without registration .... 1 15 6th Speeding . . . 532 8,100 6th “ Speeding 1 40 6th Speeding 2 15 6th Speeding 1 35 6th Speeding 1 $15; Committed. 6th Speeding '2 Discontinued. 6th “ Speeding 1 Probation. 6th “ Inadequate lights 214 810 6th Inadequate lights 3 Discontinued. 6th Inadequate lights 1 2 6th • “ Operating without license 36 555 6 th Operating without license . 1 5 6th “ Failure to show license 1 10 6th “ Failure to show license 1 Discontinued. 76 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. Court. Form of Violation. No. of Cases. Fines Paid. Oases Appealed. Otherwise Disposed of. 24 2,350 6th 6 100 2 Discontinued. 5 220 6th 8 Discontinued . 6th 1 200 6th 1 Committed. 6th 7 Grand Jury. il 4 Discontinued . II 1 100 < t 1 11 mo.; appealed. ( ( 1 10 mo.; appealed. 6th ii 1 1 1 mo. ; $300, app. 6th it 2 6 mo.; appealed. 6th 2 4 mo.; appealed. 6th 1 $200; committed. 6th 30 Grand jury. 6th 2 Committed. 6th 1 10 mo; appealed. 6th 83 466 6th 2 Discontinued. 6th Failure to slow down and sound 2 30 43 217 6th 1 Discontinued. 7 55 6th 3 Probation. 6th Tampering with automobile, 3 Discontinued. 6th Failure to return to scene of acci- dent 2 50 6th FiVcessive smoke 1 2 6th Improper markers 2 15 6th Improper markers . . , 1 Discontinued. 6th Failure to display numbers con- spicu.ou.sly 3 15 6th Operating without owner’s consent. 2 Grand jury. 6th Operating without owner’s consent. 1 Discontinued. 6th 1* Receiving stolen automobiles 1 Grand jury. 7th Speeding 1 1 7th Cutting out muffler 1 5 7th Passing trolley 4 17 7th Operating without license 6 52 7th Operating without license 3 Probation. 7th Operating without license 1 Discontinued. 7th Inadequate lights 24 112 7th Inadequate lights 3 Discontinued. 8th Intoxication 5 270 8th Intoxication 1 Discontinued. 8th Passing trolley 1 10 8th Failure to return to scene of acci- dent. ... 2 100 10th Inadequate lights 2 30 10th Operating without license / 9 165 10 th Operating without registration .... 3 25 10th Reckless driving 1 50 10th Reckless driving 1 Discontinued. 10th Larceny of automobile 2 Grand jury. 10th Intoxication . 6 500 10th Intoxication . . 1 Discontiued. 10th Speeding 43 615 10th Speeding 1 15 10th Operating without consent of owner 2 Grand jury. Uth Reckless driving 4 70 11th Operating without license . 1 Discontinued. 11th I ntoxication 1 50 12th InadeQuate lights 1 5 12th Intoxication 5 450 12 th Failure to return to scene of acci- dent 1 75 Total 1,522 $20,482 312 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 77 Accidents. The compilation of accidents from investigations, accident reports and press clippings records a total of 1,085 accidents for the year. 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. No. of persons killed. 46. . . 13. . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 6 . . . 1. . . 2. . . 1. . . 2. . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 75 Deaths Probable cause of accident. . Negligence of killed. . Negligence of operator. . Reckless driving. .Auto capsized. .Unknown. . Blinding headlights. . Auto and trolley collision. .Unavoidable accident. . Skidding. . Motor, collision. .Defective tires. Injured. No. of persons injured. Probable cause of accident. 386. . . .Unknown. 181 . . . . Negligence of injured. 124. . . .Auto collision. 28 .. . . Motor and trolley collision. 11 . . . .Skidding. 13 .. . . Reckless driving. 14 .. . . Motor and wagon collision. 3 . . . . Motor and bicycle collision. 5 . . . . Auto capsized. 3 . . . . Motor and train collision. 1 . . . . Glaring headlights. 1 . . . . Intoxication. 1 . . . .No lights. 771 Licenses. n There was issued during 1918 a total of 39,596 licenses. The Board formally refused 118 applications for cause; 1,685 applica- 78 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 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: No. 44.. . 10 . . . 10 .. . 6 ... 5... 5.. . 5. . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 88 No. 16 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . Revocations, Cause. . Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. . Reckless or improper use and operation of a motor vehicle. . Operating without consent of owner. . Reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. . Failure to return to scene of accident. .Larceny of automobile. . Fatal accident. . Intoxication and failure to return to scene of accident. . Obtaining license by fraud and deceit. . Improper use of operator’s license. Suspensions. Cause. . Involved in fatal accident. . 15 days. . . .Reckless operation of motor vehicle. . 10 days .... Reckless operation of motor vehicle. .Indefinite. .Reckless operation of motor vehicle. . 10 days .... Failure to show license. . 10 days .... Intoxication. .Reckless operation of motor vehicle and failure to return to scene of accident. . 30 days .... Improper use of operator’s license. 24 Receipts. Source. Operator’s licenses Duplicate licenses Automobile registrations Truck registrations Transfer registrations Motor cycle registrations Dealer’s registrations No. Amount. 38,467 $38,467 00 1,129 1,129 00 29,178 277,748 00 7,040 55,543 50 3,179 5,240 00 1,464 2,928 00 140 4,215 00 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS. 79 Trailer 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 $385,608 00 Average fee per automobile (exclusive of trucks, motorcycles, transfers and dealers) $9,519 Average fee per motor truck 7 . 889 Expenses. Services and Clerical 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. . . $ 69 Number Plates. Appropriated $12,500 00 Expended 10,370 62 Balance $2,129 38 Number Plates. Received . Expended $739 65 739 65 Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 7. £>tat t of Kljolte 3olanfc ani Protiiitenre plantations 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 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBBAHV JAN ,0*9 1921 PROVIDENCE, R. I. THE OXFORD PRESS, PRINTERS 1919 Commissioners of Shell Fisheries AND THEIR DEPUTIES 1919. COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES Edward Atchison P. O. Address, Slatersville, R. I. Milton Duckworth “ “ Carolina, R. I. Henry K. Littlefield “ “ New Shoreham, R. I. Clinton D. Lewis “ “ West Barrington, 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 William B. Welden. John T. Smith Israel A. Smith. . . . “ Wickford, R. I. Providence, R. I. “ Warren, R. I. “ 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. 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, 1918. 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. William 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 bene- 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, 1915, 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. 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 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 ip2 inches in diameter. Previous to the amend- ment of this law, there were large quantities of little necks shipped 6 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 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 opening 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 iong 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 1912 and provides for the granting of li- REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. / 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. 8 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 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 v 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 immediately 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 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 9 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 make 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. 10 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. As to the practicability of these exemption lines, there may be considerable question, as some of the areas that are exempt are particularly well fitted for the cultivation of shellfish and the waters of the same, are comparatively clean and especially good for shell- fish culture. There is no question but what the exemption line in Providence River should be retained and possibly it might be advisable to extend the line down the river, as this river is becoming unsuitable for shellfish culture or for the production of shellfish of a’ny description, for food purposes. Public Ground There is no doubt but what the public ground that is available for shellfish culture is being reduced quite rapidly by pollution, but notwithstanding this fact, there* are quite large areas in the lower bay which are suitable for some form of shellfish culture, although not suitable for oyster culture. There are some excellent mussel beds in Rhode Island as was reported by Dr. Irving W. Field of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries and was incorporated in our report to the January Session of the Assembly in 1918. It would seem to us that there might be some use made of these mussel beds that would be of more value than what is being done at this time, as they are not being utilized only for the purpose of supplying fish bait, and the mussel is as nutritious a shellfish as any that we have, and no doubt, if a campaign of education were inaugurated showing the value of mussels, as an article of food, these beds might become valuable food producing areas. As the oyster industry in Rhode Island is rapidly decreasing, it would seem to us that it would be a wise procedure for other forms of shellfish culture to be undertaken. We feel that encouragement should be given to people who desire to engage in other forms of shellfish culture. We would recommend that the shellfish laws be amended so as to allow ground to be leased for clam, mussel and quahaug culture as well as for oyster culture. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. I l 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 1912, 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 1910, 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 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. bathing purposes and the shores adjoining the river and bay as sites for summer residents are becoming greatly depreciated in value, so that this contamination is much broader than the con- tamination of the fisheries, and if something is not done to eliminate the conditions, we will not only see the loss of the private and public fisheries, but we will also see a great reduction in values of property on the adjoining shores. If the elimination of this pollution was one of those problems which was unsolvable or that would greatly injure other industries, we might hesitate about attempting to remedy these conditions, but the fact is, that it is comparatively easy to remedy these conditions without any injury to any other business enterprises. Much of the pollution that goes into our bay might readily be taken care of by proper sanitary facilities and the manufacturing wastes that are discharged into our public waters could be taken care of by proper appliances and much of it could be converted into products that 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, and it was explained that it would not injure other industries to have sewage disposal systems established. There are a good many acres of oyster ground that have been 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 and establish business enterprise and secure these areas and plant them with thousands of bushels of oysters. Not only are these private areas destroyed, but a good many acres of public areas where clams and quahaugs may be produced are also very greatly injured and practically destroyed. We again want to call your attention to these conditions and re- iterate that unless some remedial measures be adopted by your Honorable Body at the earliest possible moment. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. T 3 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 grown 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 clean, 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 of gallons of oysters opened and shipped 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- 14 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. tary article of food, and to ship the same in interstate commerce, it does not assist the oystermen in endeavoring to discover and eliminate some of the conditions that are very injurious to the growth of oysters. The sanitary work during the past year has been performed for us by the State Board of Health, and we are in hopes to continue the arrangement with the Board of Health. We can assure you, that as long as conditions exist in Rhode Island, as they are now, it will be necessary for sanitary supervision to be observed. REPORT OF CHEMIST AND SANITARY ENGINEER OF THE STATE BOARD OF 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- i6 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. termine how early in the season oysters taken from them, may safely be permitted to be marketed. For convenience in sampling and control work these doubtful grounds have been grouped into six sub-zones or areas with natural geographical boundaries, and in making examinations of such areas the sampling points have been so located that a representative idea of the sanitary condition of the entire area may be obtained. Under this procedure all the oyster beds in one geographical group are treated as a unit, and sanitary certificates are issued to all leasees as soon as the oysters on that area are found to be of proper quality. Owners of oyster grounds in a given territory are thus placed on a uniform basis and are per- mitted to open up their grounds at the same time if they wish. The six sub-zones covering the doubtful areas are as follows : Longmeadow — including all beds on the west side of the bay be- tween Rocky Point and Conimicut Point ; Nayatt — including the various beds on the southerly side of Nayatt Point ; Warren — in- cluding the beds in the Warren River and those on the east side of the bay lying between the northerly part of Poppasquash Neck and Rumstick Point ; Bristol — including all beds in Bristol Harbor and those around Hog Island ; Kickemuit — including the beds in the Kickemuit River and those located immediately south in Sections 44, 6 1 and 66 on the map of leased oyster grounds ; Portsmouth — including the various beds in the northerly part of the Sakonnet River and those beds located north of the Island of Rhode Island in sections 95, 96, 114 on the map. Examinations were made of the Nayatt area on August 28th, Sept. 28, and October 15. This area was found to be clear on the latter date and certificates were issued on Oct. 19. The Long- meadow area was examined on Aug. 28, Sept. 3 and Sept. 28, and certificates were granted on Oct. 1. The Portsmouth area was examined on Sept. 5, Oct. 8, and Nov. 8, and the Kickemuit area on Oct. 8 and Nov. 8, and certificates for both these areas were granted on Nov. 13. The Warren River area was examined on Sept. 10, Oct. 19 and Nov. 16. On the latter date Bed No. 28- J and those beds lying south of it were found to be clear, but as beds lying farther up the river still showed contamination from the sew- age discharged from the town of Warren, it was deemed advisable RErORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. T7 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 dififerent 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 skifif 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. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 19 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 different 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 No. Location. Date. Score. WEST SHORE — UPPER BAY. 1 Below Field’s Point Aug. 8 5000 2 100 yard south of Edgewood Yacht Club Aug. 8 2300 3 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 6 East shore Rock Island (Quahaugs) ..Aug. 28 32 7 North side Gaspee Point 8 South side Gaspee Point July 19 140 20 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. Sanitary Scores of Clams and Qitahaugs — Concluded. Station No. Location. Date. Score. 9 North east side of Greene’s Island -July 19 14 10 North west end of Greene’s Island July 19 23 11 South end of Greene’s Island July 19 32 12 Near Mark Rock (J4 mile below Greene’s Island) .. .July 19 3 13 Conimicut Beach Aug. 6 14 14 Shawomet Beach . • Aug. 6 1 15 North side Conimicut Point (Quahaugs) Aug. 28 50 16 South side Conimicut Point Aug. 6 14 16a South of Conimicut Point (Quahaugs) Aug. 28 14 EAST SHORE — UPPER BAY. 17 South side Kettle Point Aug. 8 5000 18 North side Sabine’s Point (Quahaugs) Aug. 28 4100 19 Crescent Park July 16 410 20 North side Juno Point •• July 16 32 20a South side Juno Point (Quahaugs) Aug. 28 32 21 South west shore Bullock’s Neck July 22 230 22 South shore Bullock’s Neck July 22 230 23 South east shore Bullock’s Neck ....July 22 23 24 West shore Bullock’s Cove Aug. 1 230 25 North east shore Bullock’s Cove Aug. 1 230 26 South east shore Bullock’s Cove July 22 50 27 Just north of inlet below Bullock’s Cove July 22 230 28 North end of inlet below Bullock’s Cove July 22 50 29 Just south of inlet below Bullock’s Cove July 22 32 30 About one-half mile south of Bullock’s Cove July 22 23 31 Near Brickyard Creek •• Aug. 6 14 32 One-quarter mile south of Brickyard Creek Aug. 6 3 33 One-half mile north of Nayatt Point Aug. 6 23 34 One-quarter mile north of Nayatt p oint (Quahaugs) Aug. 28 23 35 North side of Nayatt Point Aug. 6 41 WARREN RIVER. 36 South east shore, near mouth of river Aug. 19 3 37 North west shore, near mouth of river Aug. 19 4 38 North west shore, mile above mouth of river Aug. 19 39 West shore below highway bridge Aug. 19 23 GREENWICH BAY. 40 South side of Warwick Neck Aug. 21 1400 41 North side, near Buttonwoods - Aug. 21 3 42 West shore, near Apponaug Cove Aug. 21 4 43 West shore, near boat shop Aug. 21 32 44 South shore, near “The Rock”.... Aug. 21 3 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 21 Pollution of Water in Upper Bay As a check on the analyses of the clam samples from the upper hay and to determine the degree of pollution of the water, samples of water were collected from 10 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 th£y 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 22 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. of the sewage to absorb oxygen and the capacity of the water to supply that oxygen. If the oxygen capacity of the water is high, a much larger volume of sewage may be disposed of in this way than if the water is of low oxygen content. It is estimated that the volume of water passing Field’s Point due to the ebb and flow of the tides is about 5460 million gallons every twenty-four hours, or something over 200 times the daily volume of sewage discharged. Studies in the laboratories of the State Board of Health during the past few years show that approxi- mately 1100 volumes of water of sea water of the average quality of that at Field’s Point would be necessary to supply the oxygen re- quired by each volume of sewage discharged. It is evident there- fore, that even if the sewage were evenly distributed through the water, so as to utilize the full effect of the dilution, the margin of safety is none too large to prevent the waters of the upper bay from becoming a nuisance. Another effect of the admixture of sewage with salt water is to cause a precipitation of the suspended and colloidal matters of the sewage, and unless the current of water flowing is sufficient to carry them away, these depositive matters are likely to collect on the bottom and form sludge beds of highly putrescible character which require large amounts of oxygen for their eventual decomposition. Deposits of this nature were particularly in evidence at our sampling stations numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. The present pollution of the upper part of Narragansett Bay, however, must not be attributed entirely to the discharge of the Providence sewage at Field’s Point. Pawtucket, Central Falls and East Providence, all contribute to this pollution through the dis- charge of sewage and manufacturing wastes into the Blackstone, Seekonk and Moshassuck Rivers. The shape of the upper end of the bay also has considerable influence upon the degree of pollution. Topographically the Providence River and upper bay down to Conimicut and Nayatt Points are not unlike the neck of a tunnel of which the lower bay forms the bell. If all of the water entering between Conimicut and Nayatt Points with the incoming tides could be discharged into the upper part of the Providence River, the dilution would probably be ample to care for all of the sewage now REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 23 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 11, 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 1, 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 contained 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. i REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 25 Dissolved O x ygen Content of Water in Upper Bay. Station. Depth of Water— -Feet. Dissolved Oxygen — Per Cent. Saturation. July 29. ' Aug. 12. Aug. 26. July 29. Top. Bottom. Aug. 12. Top. Bottom. Aug. 26. Top. Bottom. 1 10 6 12 65 I 61 18 | 21 33 31 9 18 21 15 53 51 19 0 34 32 3 10 7 9 66 54 3 27 50 48 4 15 10 12 86 42 40 10 37 I 43 5 11 10 8 68 49 38 30 75 50 6 9 12 9 62 40 40' 34 72 49 7 6 9 5 87 72 39 40 100 100 8 10 9 9 82 76 59 59 58 51 9 12 9 6 100 99 69 59 98 91 10 9 14 12 81 73 67 65 100 96 | 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 that 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. 26 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. Chemical Analyses of Water from Upper Bay. (Parts per million.) Time Chlorine. Free Ammonia. Albuminoid Ammonia. Nitrites. Station. Top. Bottom. Top. Bottom. Top. Bottom. Top. Bottom. 1 12:30 July 29. 12500 1918— Stiff S. 13200 E. wind; high tide at 1:20 p. m. .61 .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 14600 .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 14500 .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 13500 12.. 1918— No wind; 13800 .72 high tide at .68 10:45 .18 a. m. .16 .028 .025 2 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 .020 .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 14900 29. 1918— Stiff S. W. 16600 .55 wind; high .42 tide at .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 .15 .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 15500 15500 .14 .09 .19 .15 .001 .001 I | REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 27 Results of Bacterial Analysis of Water from Upper Bay. Station. Total Bacteria 37° C. Top. Bottom. July 29, 1918. B. Coli Found in Top. Bottom. 1 2200 300 .01 C.C. .01 c.c. 2 3100 5100 .001 .01 3 1400 1000 .1 1.0 4 1300 1600 1.0 0.1 5 2400 300 .1 1.0 6 1200 4500 .1 .1 7 300 600 1.0 1.0 8 600 700 1.0 1.0 9 1500 2200 .0 .0 10 2800 800 .1 .1 August 12, 1918. 1 2900 9100 .01 .01 2 2600 1600 .01 .01 3 5100 2500 .1 .01 4 2700 2500 .1 .1 5 2900 1900 .1 .1 6 2500 2400 .1 .1 7 800 4900 1.0 .01 8 5200 3400 0.1 0.1 9 2900 5900 1.0 .1 10 s 1100 2500 .1 .1 August 26, 1918. 1 3600 2800 .001 .001 2 5300 .001 3 . 750 575 .1 .01 4 1250 600 .01 .1 5 425 .1 .1 6 1750 200 .1 1.0 7 150 10 .0 8 250 125 .0 1.0 9 950 350 .0 .0 10 1000 450 .0 .0 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 28 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. pollution of the waters in which these shellfish are grown, it may not be out of place to discuss the possible efifect of pollution on fish life. In considering cause and efifect 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 processes which mix intimately with water ; and that caused by such industrial wastes as tar, oil, etc., which do not mix with the water. City sewage may injuriously affect the shellfish industry in two ways. Through contamination with city sewage, shellfish may be- come unfit for food either by reason of their filthy condition or be- cause they may carry disease producing bacteria. Typhoid fever has been known to be caused by infected oysters and for this reason no oysters are permitted to be taken from leased areas in Rhode Island until they have been proved by bacteriological examination to be free from dangerous pollution. Infection of this kind can be controlled by thorough purification of the sewage or by treatment of that sewage with some chemical which will destroy all disease germs. The sewage from the city of Providence discharged at Field’s Point is treated with disinfectant for this reason. Another, and perhaps not less serious efifect of excessive pollution by city sewage may be caused by the fact that a large amount of oxygen is needed to oxidize the sewage after it has been diluted with sea water. If the volume of sewage discharged into any body of water is excessive, the amount of oxygen in the water may be reduced to a point where the shellfish cannot obtain from the water the oxygen necessary to enable them to live and propagate. Manufacturing wastes from certain industries also require large amounts of oxygen for their decomposition, and excessive pollution with such wastes may also reduce the oxygen content of the water below the point necessary to sustain fish life. Other kinds of manu- facturing wastes may contain acids, dyes, or other chemicals which in any considerable concentration may either directly kill the shell- fish or prevent their propagation, or what is equally serious, may destroy the diatoms and other small living organisms upon which these shellfish must depend for food. The oils and tars being usually lighter than the water, float upon the surface and are thus less likely to afifect the adult oysters and REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 29 quahaugs 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 small 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 30 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. and so dense is this growth at times that clams and other growing shellfish are effectually destroyed. When it dies, or when broken off by the action of winds or tides ulva decays rapidly, not only pro- ducing an offensive nuisance, but robbing the water still further of its oxygen content. In August, 1918, for a number of days, all parts of the bay were filled with floating masses of sea-cabbage in process of decomposition. Within the past five years, extensive growths of ulva have developed in the upper bay and a number of formerly productive clam growing grounds have been entirely destroyed. The Free Shell Fisheries The productiveness of the oyster industry in Rhode Island being quite largely confined to leased ground under direct State control, is a known quantity, and as this industry returns a considerable income in rentals and taxes, its importance as an asset to the State ' has been well recognized and measures have been taken from time to time for its further development. Comparatively little attention has been paid, however, to the uncontrolled grounds which are free to the public and little is known about their value or productive- ness. A conservative estimate shows that there are between 15,000 and 20,000 acres of uncontrolled ground in Narragansett Bay which are producing food in the form of clams, quahaugs, oysters and mussels and scallops or about twice the area of the leased oyster beds in 1918. With the assistance of your various deputies, estimates have been made of the catch of these varieties of shellfish in different parts of the State during 1918. From these estimates it is evident that the total yield of these unleased areas was something like 78,000 bushels of clams, quahaugs and oysters, and 3500 gallons of scallops, and that the market value of this crop was almost $200,000. The esti- mated yield and value of the different varieties of shellfish from open territory is as follows: REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 3 Quantity Market Value Clams 40,000 bushels •• $70,000 Quahaugs 25,000 “ 100,000 Mussels . . . 8,000 “ 4,000 Oysters 5,000 “ 5,500 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 1917, I recommended that the sanitary control 32 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 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. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 33 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 greater 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 15th, 1918, at the Hotel Murphy. Rhode Island was represented by Commissioner of Shell Fisheries, Milton Duck- worth, and Clerk 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. 34 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. H. L. Gibbs of North Carolina presented a paper on “Conserva- tion and Co-operation.” On May 15th, the morning session was opened with a paper by Dr. Irving A. Field, Clark College, Worcester, Mass., on “The Food of the Oyster,” which was followed by a discussion, after which a paper was presented on the “Bacteriology of the Oyster” by Lester A. Round, Ph. D., Bureau of Chemistry, in which a re- view was given of the transmission of disease, cleansing of oysters, hibernation, conditions necessary for proper handling and shipping. This was followed by an address on “Contamination of our Fish- eries and Methods to Prevent the Same” by W. Thomas Kemp, Chairman of the Conservation Commission of Maryland. This was followed by a general discussion of the subject, in which the general pollution of State Waters were given much consideration. The afternoon session of May 15th was opened with a paper by George A. Mott on “How New Jersey Oyster Beds were depleted under the old System of Depending on Nature to furnish a supply and how the same has been developed by Applying Business Prin- ciples.” At the close of Mr. Mott’s paper, a general discussion was made, after which the members of the Association were taken down York River, in the City Launch, Thomas Cunningham. This boat was tendered the Association by the Administrative Board of the Chamber of Commerce. Oysters. Oysters are the only shellfish cultivated by private enterprises in Rhode Island, although there is no reason why other shellfish should not be cultivated as successfully as oysters. In fact, we feel that quahaugs and clams could be cultivated probably more successfully than oysters, as the enemies to the oysters are much more abundant than to the other shellfish. No doubt if there was some way in which the general proposition of shellfish cultivation could be undertaken, there would be as many engaged in the culti- vation of clams, quahaugs and mussels as there are in the cultiva- tion of oysters. While oyster cultivation has been practiced for hundreds and, in fact, thousands of years, other shellfish cultivation REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 35 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: 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 1. 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 1, 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 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 37 in an inlet into which the Narrow River empties near the southern 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 possible. 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 38 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. during the week beginning July 21. Samples taken from the same locality, but from different beds, did not show loss of spawn at the same time. The observations point to the general conclusion that oysters in Narragansett Bay produced an abundance of spawn, and while many emitted it during the last week in July there was con- siderable variation in this respect. No certain relationship be- tween locality and the time of the disappearance of spawn could be traced in these samples. Table of the Results of the Examination of Oysters for Spawn. Date, 1918. Location. Number on Map. Comparative Average of Amount'of Spawn. Very full— 4. July 8 Patience Island .... 34 3.2 July 8 Rocky Point 11 2.9 July 8 Allen’s Harbor 6 3.6 July 9 Plum Beach 41 3.0 July 9 Wickford Beacon . . 2 3.2 July 11 Allen’s Harbor 6 2.9 July 11 Wickford Beacon . . 2 3.0 July 12 Patience Island 34 3.1 July 12 Rocky Point 11 2.0 July 15 Plum Beach 41 2.5 July 15 Wickford Beacon . . 2 3.2 July '20 Wickford Beacon . . 2 2.4 July 23 Wickford Beacon . .. 2 3.5 July 26 Patience Island 34 2.5 July 27 Plum Beach 41 1.4 July 27 Wickford Beacon . . 2 2.6 Aug. 1 Patience Island 34 0.6 Aug. 1 Allen’s Harbor 6 0.8 Aug. 1 Wickford Beacon . . 2 1.1 Aug. 9 Wickford Beacon . . 2 0.4 An effort was made to test the vitality of the eggs and spawn ob- served in the various oyster samples. The method was to artificially fertilize in vitro using technique found to be most favorable by Nelson. The time elapsing between fertilization and good motility was noted, also the proportion of eggs attaining motility and the number of days which elapsed before all or practically all of the embryos died. To make observations sufficiently accurate to be of Showing Locations at Which Samples of Oysters, Water and Shells were taken. The Numbers Indicating, the Locations are Referred to in the Tables and Text. 40 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. value, however, consumed too much time to permit of other work, so that the attempt was abandoned. Of sixteen experiments, mostly on eggs of one female for each experiment, but fertilized by mixed sperm, all attained the beginning of motility in 3^2 or 4 hours. Abundant motility was observed in from 4 to 5 hours. In no ex- periment did any embryos survive after the fourth day and nearly all died before the end of the third day. Two experiments were tried to see if paraffine lining of glass would prolong the life of the oyster embryos in vitro. No difference between them and the controls in non-paraffined glass could be observed. The observa- tions of Nelson, Brooks and others on the poor resistance of oyster embryos to conditions of artificial fertilization are confirmed. The occurrence and distribution of oyster fry in various parts of the bay were observed in water samples taken between July 20 and August 24. Surface samples were taken with a bucket and filtered through the finest mesh silk bolting cloth, which retained the embryos of very small size. Deeper samples were obtained with a hose and hand pump and were similarly filtered. From 15 to 20 gallons were filtered for each sample. As the numbers of fry when present did not greatly vary in the different samples and were always few, actual counts were not made. In the following table, which records the observations the locations of sampling stations are given by numbers which refer to the accompanying map. No fry were found prior to August 3. This observation is in agree- ment with the small size of the “sets” observed during September m the main portions of the bay. In the extreme upper part of the bay, where a “set” occurred earlier, as described below, water samples were not taken. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 41 Table of Water Samples Taken for Finding Oyster Fry. Date, 1918. Location Num- ber on Map. Method of Sampling. Condition of Tide. Oyster Fry. July 20 2 Surface. Rising. None. “ 24... 2 Deeper. Falling. “ “ 24 4 “ u “ 26 2 “ Low. “ 26 36 Surface. Rising. “ “ 26 34 “ “ “ 26 34 Deeper. “ “ 27 41 Surface. Low. ■* “ 27 41 Deeper. ii “ 27 2 Surface. Rising. Aug. 1 34 “ “ l * “ 1 34 Deeper. “ “ 1 6 ii “ < i “ 1 6 Surface. “ “ 3 41 “ High. “ 3 41 Deeper. ii Present. “ 6 38 Surface. Falling. “ “ 6 38 Deeper. ii “ “ 6 37 Surface. “ “ 6 37 Deeper. ii “ “ 6 4 Surface. Low. ii “ 6 4 Deeper. “ (< “ 8 11 Falling. None. “ 8 10 “ <( “ 8 9 “ 66 9 41 Present. 9 40 “ *' « 9 39 a a “ “ 9 2 a a “ “ 12 6 “ Rising. “ “ 12 37 High. “ “ 12 2 “ Falling. “ 13 41 Rising. None. “ 13 40 a u 42 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. Table of Water Samples Taken for Finding Oyster FRY- Date, 1918. Location Num- ber on Map. Method of Sampling. Condition of Tide. Aug. 13 39 41 14 8 “ “ “ 14 7 “ “ “ 14 6 High. “ 15 3 Rising. “ 15 3 Surface. “ 15 2 Deeper. “ “ 15 1 “ “ “ 17 3 “ “ 17 1 “ “ “ 17 1 Surface. “ “ 19 39 Deeper. Low. “ 19 39 Deeper. “ “ 19 39 Surface. “ “ 19 38 Deeper. Rising. “ 19 5 Surface. “ “ 19 4 “ “ 20 41 “ Falling. “ 20 40 u “ “ 20 3 “ Low. “ 20 2 Rising. “ 24 42 Falling. “ 24 1 Concluded. Oyster Fry. Present. None. Present. None. Present. None. ‘( None. Present. None. Present. None. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 43 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 on 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 44 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. Table Showing the “Set” of Oysters at Various Locations — Concluded. D'ate, 1918. Location Number on Map. Total Number Shells Examined. Number Shells Having Spat. Total Number Spat Found. Sept. 14 2 45 7 13 “ 23 17 56 8 11 (a) it U 18 45 45 * C b ) U it 19 59 31 ee; lie) a a 20 67 48 M CO f tt a 21 46 43 * (d) a a 22 62 2 2 ' 6 6 it 23 42 2 3 a a 24 62 1 1 (e) a a a 26 43 0 0 a a 12 62 3 4 a u 13 53 50 *< [(f) U 4 6 . 14 37 24 76 1 a a 15 55 37 66 ) (<7) 16 33 14 34 l [ * Too many to count. (a) Muddy ground, poor for spat collection. ( b ) Good “set.” Many of large size. (c) Light “set,” but many of large size. ( d ) Good “set.” Many of large size. ( e ) Practically no “set.” All very small. (/) Good “set.” Average 20 mm. diam. ( g ) Light “set.” No large ones. Mostly less than 20mm. diam. In the hope that aeration and movement of the water together with its frequent renewal would facilitate an artificial propagation of oysters, a modification of the method used by the Rhode Island Commission of Inland Fisheries for propagation of lobsters at Wickford was tried. Large hatching boxes, made of matched boards, io feet square and \]/2 feet deep, were provided with two ^and filters, 2 feet square, in the floors. There were no openings in the sides. The interior was entirely painted with melted paraffin. Two such boxes were prepared. They were submerged to a depth of four feet while water slowly filtered in and were held in posi- tion by fastening them to the framework of the main raft of the floating hatchery. Water was continuously poured in from above REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 45 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 0 F. to 79 0 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 1.0 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,,ooo, embryos, estimated 46 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. from Rafter cell counts, were poured into the hatching tanks on each of the dates mentioned. The water in the tanks was examined for oyster fry by straining 15 gallons through bolting cloth and making microscopic examination of the sediment. The examina- tions were made on July 29, August 4, 5, and 11. On July 29 and August 11, small embryos with measurements correct for oysters but too small, according to Stafford, to be distinguished with cer- tainty from clam embryos were found. On the other two occasions no embryos could be seen. As spat catchers, there were introduced into the hatching cars : ( 1 ) unglazed flower pots suspended one foot below the surface of the water and three feet down and resting on the bottom, (2) sun dried, clean oyster shells on the bottom, (3) bunches of dried twigs anchored to the bottom by stones by which they were tied. One of each type of collector was put into each tank at intervals of one week, beginning 20 days after the first planting of oysters. The tank receiving water thru a sand filter was found ten days after starting the experiment to contain notice- ably fewer algae than the one receiving unfiltered water. Copepods, however, were about equally abundant in both tanks. Their eggs either escaped the filter or were splashed into the tank. An experi- ment was made to see if copepods devoured oyster embryos. One cubic centimeter of a suspension of oyster embryos five hours after artificial fertilization was put into each of two watch glasses. One cubic centimeter of sediment rich in various sized copepods freshly strained from seawater was then added to one glass. Observations with binoculars were made several times during the ensuing 24 hours. At no time were copepods seen to molest the embryos and when the experiment was discarded because both embryos and cope- pods were beginning to stop swimming there were apparently as many embryos in the glass containing the copepods as in the one without. This experiment was repeated with the same result. Under such artificial conditions copepods may not behave as they do in the open but the observation indicates no great avidity on their part for destroying oyster embryos. On September 14 the hatching experiment was terminated and the tanks prepared for landing. No “set” of oysters was found on any of the spat collectors or on the insides of the tanks. On the REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 47 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 15 and September 1, 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- 4 8 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. ply is cut off from a closed oyster. Closures of adults occur after an artificial disturbance and last for more prolonged periods than they would under natural conditions. Might this not be a modus operandi by which disturbances of oysters, transplanting, mopping, etc., could produce lowered vitality of oyster eggs? How near to spawning time such a disturbance would have to be in order to produce deteriorating effect it is difficult to conjecture. It is cer- tainly true that eggs are in developmental stages within the gonads during months rather than merely weeks. It is perfectly conceiva- ble that disturbances during the fall and winter might alter the trend of developmental changes. It seems likely, however, that disturbances nearer to spawning time would be more deleterious. There is evidence of its effect on ejection of spawn. Experience of oyster growers shows that a bed mopped for star fish in early sum- mer yields oysters soon afterwards empty of spawn while the oysters on adjacent beds are still well filled with spawn. Although in general there was less cultivation of oysters in the condemned areas at the mouth of the Providence River than in the main part of the bay, it is nevertheless true that injuries from leasees of oyster beds and from agents of the Rhode Island Shell Fish Commission show that certain beds in the former region were cultivated while certain areas bearing oysters in the main part of the bay had not been disturbed during the past year. The proposi- tion here suggested, then, cannot be looked upon as proven. It is only offered as a suggestion for further investigation rather than as a conclusion. At any rate it appears to the writer that future re- search concerning the failure of oysters to propagate satisfactorily, should include not only studies of what happens during the free swimming embryonic stages but also a study of conditions affect- ing development of spawn in the adult and especially development of the eggs. That the quantity and quality of food supply might so effect nutritive conditions as to alter the vitality of oyster eggs is conceivable. It might well be investigaed. Possible relations of pollution to this matter are discussed below. It is obvious to all interested in oyster culture that many factors may be concerned in the limitation of oyster propagation. Tem- perature changes in the water have been considered both by in- REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 49 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 50 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. whatever the effect of pollution may be it did not, so far as these observations show, prevent the development of spawn produced north of Conimicut Point early in the summer. In one respect, however, these observations might be taken to indicate an important bearing of pollution upon reproduction. It may cause depletion of adult, spawn-producing oysters in those waters most favorable to the emission of spawn early in the summer. It is reported by persons familiar with the region in former years that natural oysters were once fairly abundant in the Seekonk River and the upper part of the Providence River. That none are to be found there now seems to be the general testimony. That pollution caused their dis- appearance is, of course, not proven but the possibility should not be overlooked in attacking the problem of oyster propagation. One can readily imagine that if the Seekonk River and the upper part of the Providence River were well populated with good spawn- producing oysters the June spawn production might be enough to yield a satisfactory set over the larger part of the entire Bay. Another factor which has received much attention and is con- sidered very important in modern oyster culture is condition of the spat catching material especially its freedom from sediment or slime. That this is important to obtain the optimum amount of “set” is doubtless true but that the failure of successful oyster propagation as so frequently and widely reported in recent years is due to that is obviously an untenable view. Abundant planting of clean oyster shells at various periods in the spatting season has repeatedly proved to be of no avail. This is unquestionably true of the Narragansett Bay region. In the observations on “sets” as herein reported it was repeatedly seen that old, crumbling, slimy shells bore spat and in the “sets” observed at the Wickford hatchery, boards and piles by no means clean had collected “set.” In this connection it was interesting to note that portions of the hatching plant covered with copper paint served in many cases for the attach- ment of healthy, good sized spat. SUMMARY. 1. Oysters failed to propagate during 1918 in the main part of Narra- gansett Bay. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 51 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 propagatipn 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. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 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. Stafford, 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. REPORT OF THE CLEANSING OF POLLUTED OYSTERS IN WICKFORD HARBOR. Albert C. Hunter In undertaking this investigation in Wickford during the summer of 1918 the object was to determine the feasibility of cleansing the excessively polluted oysters of the Providence River by submerging for known lengths of time in the clean waters of Wickford Harbor. The large volume of sewage and trade waste which is allowed to flow into the Providence River and upper Narragansett Bay has so polluted these waters that the harvesting of oysters is entirely pro- hibited from some beds while from others oysters may only be harvested during the hibernating season of the oyster. Similar con- ditions exist in many harbors and bays along the Atlantic Coast, ■especially in New Haven Harbor and in Jamaica Bay. This con- dition of affairs has resulted in a great financial loss both to the Individual and to the State, as well as in depriving the public at large of valuable growing ground for one of the best of marine foods. In order to find some way of cleansing oysters grown on these polluted grounds so as to make them fit for food at any time of the year, these experiments were carried on at Wickford. Wickford, R. I., was selected as a location for a field laboratory for several reasons. A large supply of excessively polluted oysters was available in the upper bay while the water in and around Wick- ford Harbor was known to be clean and reasonably free from pollu- tion. The Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and of Shell Fish- eries of Rhode Island allowed the use of the lobster hatchery for a laboratory and offered the services of Capt. Leman Wardsworth during the summer. A preliminary survey of the waters of Wickford Harbor from the fresh water brook at the Post Road to the beacon at the mouth of the harbor showed the locations which were free from pollution. Three such locations selected for the experiment were along the south side of the channel near the Frank T. Lane oyster house, in the cove between Cornelius Island and Sanga Point and between Sanga Point and the lighthouse. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 53 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 fjom these crates and analyzed. Results of this experiment are given in Table I. Table I. Sam- ple. Station. Tide. Tempera- ture. Length of Time. Score. Total Count. c Conimicut. 5,000 5,000 5 10, COO 25,000 * D Nayatt. 9 Cl Low. 73° F. 6 hrs. CA 16 Low. 75° F. 6 hrs. 23 * DI 6 Low. 75° F. 6 hrs. 410 * C2 9 Half flood. 75° F. 24 hrs. 22-0 3,500 Cb 16 Half flood. 75? F. 24 hrs. 410 3,200 D2 6 Half flood. 75° F. 24 hrs. 230 3,000 C3 9 Half ebb. bn’ 0 O 30 hrs. 230 940 Cc 16 Half ebb. 70° F. 30 hrs. 320 1,100 D3 6 Half ebb. 0 0 30 hrs. 500 1,620 C4 9 4 hrs. ebb. 76° F. 78 hrs. 140 2,000 Cd 16 4 hrs. 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 Ce 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. 75° 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 54 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 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- ple. Station. Tide. Tempera- ture. Length of Time. Score. Total Count. E Beneath wharf. Half flood. 75° F. 5 days. 2,300 2,000 F Beneath wharf. Half flood. 75° F. 7 days. 5,000 5,700 El 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 * ^Spreaders 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 III. Sam- ple. Station. Tide. G Lobster cars. H Beneath wharf. Gl 9 2 hrs. ebb. Hi 16 2 hrs. ebb. G2 9 1 hr. ebb. H2 16 1 hr. ebb. G3 9 High. H3 16 High. G4 9 ' 5 hrs. flood. H4 16 5 hrs. flood. Tempera- ture. Length of Time. 1 Score. Total Count. 4,100 8,200 2,300 5,000 76° F. 24 hrs. 410 8,000 76° F. 24 hrs. 140 4,500 71° F. 48 hrs. 140 6,000 71° F. 48 hrs. 140 4,000 72° F. 72 hrs. 50 1,500 72° F. 72 hrs. 50 1,000 70° F. 96 hrs. 14 350 70° F. 96 hrs. 23 420 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 55 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 1, 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, in order that they might not be disturbed and be given an oppor- tunity to grow. We are quite sure that this experiment has been 56 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 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 1,000 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 $100,000. 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 oil all the public ground. REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 57 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 58 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 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 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 59 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 funds 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- 6o REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. siderable 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, 1918, and another was made by the Rhode Island Yacht Club on October 15th, 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 1105.6 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 make 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 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 6l 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 1 5 > 35 2 -5 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 31, 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. 62 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 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 Laze. 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 71 66 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 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 63 Receipts for the year 1918 Salaries provided by law . Expenses of department . $77,008 97 $4,900 00 11,558 09 16,305 23 Net revenue $60,703 74 ALPHABETICAL LIST Of names of lessees of oyster ground with the number of acres held by each, and the amount of rental received by the State for same. Name. Town. Acres, $10.00 Acres, $5.00 Total Acres. Amount. American Oyster Corp Providence 199.3 146.6 345.9 $2,726 00 Baker, Nicholas North Kingstown . . . 12.1 94.3 105.4 592.50 Baker, Joseph W North Kingstown . . . 12.3 6.1 18.4 153.50 Westerly 1.0 1.0 10.00 Westerly 1.5 1.5 15.00 Wickford 132.4 78.6 211.0 1,717.00 Warren 29.8 16.4 46.2 380.00 Barrington 1.1 1.1 11.00 Bourne, John E Providence 76.1 55.1 131.2 1,036.50 Buckingham, Erastiis M Warren 67.1 3.9 71.0 690.50 Cape Ann Fish Co. . . Providence 27.8 4.4 32.2 300.00 ■Coggeshall, Josiah Warren .1 7.9 8.0 40.50 Connolly, Thomas H Warren 367.5 149.7 517.2 4,423.50 Cornell, Sidney Warwick 5.8 5.8 58.00 Cottrell, George F Tiverton 85.8 126.9 212.7 1,492.50 Chase, Melvin G. Bristol 22.0 33.9 55.9 389.50 Clark & Arnold Bristol 2.7 2.7 27.00 Coffin, Henry East Providence.... 2.7 2.7 27.00 Daniels, William W.... Barrington 138.9 6.1 145.0 1,419.50 Dlodge, David R Warwick 31.0 31.0 310.00 Dodge, John W. . . Barrington 19.2 19.2 192.00 Dodge, Sarah M Warwick 5.7 5.7 57.00 East Providence Oyster Co East Providence . . 32.0 11.4 43.4 377.00 Fearney, John T Providence 54.0 128.2 182.2 1,181.00 Field, Waterman E . Warwick 8.5 8.5 85.00 Fortin, James East Greenwich. . . . 1.8 10.2 12.0 69.00 Gladding, Theodore 0 Bristol 57.8 90.8 148.6 1,032.00 Goodspeed, Joseph W Warren 54.2 13.3 67.5 608.50 Greene, Charles W. . . Warren 16.2 24.3 40.5 283.50 Greene, George T Warren 19.9 22.3 42.2 310.50 Griffin, Edward W. . South Kingstown . . . 2.0 2.0 20.00 Havens, L. & W. D Warwick 39.3 37.2 76.5 579.00 Higgins, R. R. Co. (R. I.) Barrington 182.0 61.6 243.6 2,128.00 Johnson, Henry C. 2nd North Kingstown . . . 8.6 1.4 10.0 93.00 MacMillan, Murdock Providence 424.5 1287.8 1712.3 10,684.00 Milliken, John W Warwick 8.4 8.4 84.00 Miner, Albert D East Greenwich .... 3.7 3.7 37.00 Nayatt Point Oyster Co Providence 119.3 112.0 231.3 1,753.00 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SHELL FISHERIES. 65 ALPHABETICAL LIST— Concluded. Name. Town. Acres, $10.00 Narragansett Bay Oyster Co Parmelee, Charles W Pettis,, Frank C Rocky Point Oyster Co R. I. Oyster Farms Co Rooks, Benjamin J Shepard, Wilhelmina Smith, Fred G Thompson, George L Welden, William B Wheeler, Walter E White, Mary J Providence 632.9 Providence 132.2 Providence 12S. 6 Providence 202.6 East Providence .... 418.1 Warwick 12.5 Bristol 124.1 North Kingstown . . . 39.8 Bristol 1.7 Providence Westerly 25.2 Warwick 2.6 Acres, $5.00 Total Acres. Amount. 1201.6 1834.5 12,337.00 118.7 250.9 1,915.50 105.3 230.9 1,782.50 27.4 230.0 2,163.00 650.8 1068.9 7,435.00 51.7 64.2 383.50 16.3 140.4 1,322.50 .4 40.2 400.00 2.8 4.5 31.00 96.8 96.8 484.00 196.5 221.7 1,234.50 2.6 26.00 Name. Town. Acres, $1.00 Amount. Cottrell, George F Tiverton 12.5 $12.50 Waite, Warren A Tiverton 90.0 90.00 Doolev, James E Providence 150.0 150.00 All of which is respectfully submitted. EDWARD ATCHISON, MILTON DUCKWORTH, HENRY K. LITTLEFIELD, CLINTON D. LEWIS, SYLVESTER K. M. ROBERTSON, Commissioners of Shell Fisheries. Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 8. £>tate uf lUuu'ir Jalattb anil Jjnnni'irttrp JHautatuina FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE STATE SANATORIUM AT WALLUM LAKE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918 PROVIDENCE THE OXFORD PRESS 1919 TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. Report of the Trustees 5 Report of the Superintendent 9 Report of the Treasurer 25 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 1 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 comprises 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. 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. John I. Pinckney, M. D. . Mary L. Hamblet, M. D . Olney T. Inman Dorothea Olney John I. Stephens Superintendent. Assistant Superintendent. Assistant Physician. Treasurer. Dietitian. Engineer. 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, Dietitian 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 tlje accompanying report of the Superintendent will be found the details of the number 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 (> STATE SANATORIUM. EXPENDITURES. Salaries Office expense Subsistence ' Medical Clothing and dry goods House supplies School supplies • • Heat, light and power Tools Live stock Farm and barn Furnishings Laundry 'Miscellaneous • Special items Automobile expense General repairs . . . • • New hospital Total expenses . Unexpended balance Average daily number of patients Weekly per capita cost Per cent, of free patients 1917. 1918. $33,432 58 $48,500 CO 2,388 35 3,007 74 38,757 28 45,210 78 3,754 19 5,963 91 1,045 68 1,046 53 5,913 55 156 91 7 38 9,725 70 17,301 65 3,023 24 1,348 50 792 68 6,249 16 7,383 44 3,419 02 537 05 1,922 90 4,409 27 5,210 95 844 OS 361 00 7 29 3,366 94 4,927 92 4,459 02 $113,356 68 $151,118 01 2,342 23 564 69 201 >2 9 77 12 42 90% Si r 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 1911 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 the higher wages and more continuous employment during the war, and prob- ably will not be maintained during the coming year. We have STATE SANATORIUM. 7 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 payment's, 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. RECOMMENDATIONS. 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 8 STATE SANATORIUM. 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. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 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 priest's from many localities of the State have cheerfully visited 1 their parishioners. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT H. SAYLES, Chairman , FREDERIC P. GORHAM, Secretary, FRANK N. PHILLIPS, WILLIAM P. BUFFUM, DR. T. J. SMITH, Trustees. 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 1, 1918, there were one hundred and ninety-four patients present 1 .* 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, 1917. As the new hospital for advanced cases, accommodating 153 patients, was completed, we assumed that the State would wish to admit all applicants to this *In addition three men and two women were at home, tin addition four men and three women were at home. 10 STATE SANATORIUM. 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 aw v ay 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 Beeckman, 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 operating 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 STATE SANATORIUM. 11 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. Institution. Weekly Cost Per Capita. Ratio of Employees to Patients. Western Maine 20 1 to 1.5 Central Maine • • . . 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 ••.... 64 1 to 1.7 Meriden 11 98 1 to 2.5 Hartford • • 06 1 to 2.8 Shelton 12 08 1 to 1.9 Norwich 51 1 to 2.2 Rhode Island 8 04 1 to 3.19 1917. Weekly Cost Ratio of Institution. Per Capita. Employees to Patients. Lakeville $10 36 1 to 2.7 Westfield • • 1 to 2.6 Rutland 13 66 1 to 1.8 North Reading 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 1 to 2.8 Hartford 10 14 1 to 2.5 New Hampshire • • 1 to 25 Rhode Island 9 77 1 to 2.7 It should be noted that in 1917 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. 12 STATE SANATORIUM. In 1916, Connecticut in maintaining her four sanatoria spent $303,490.39 at an average cost of $11.57 P er 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 1916 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 sanatorium 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 capacity and the public does so use it. THE MEDICAL WORK. The pandemic of influenza which had affected a few employees and patients in September was apparently controlled from Septem- ber 29th to October 10th 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 STATE SANATORIUM. 13 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 per 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 expenditures 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 5 it'h 4 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. No. of Cases. 79 Asthenia. 3 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. *Journal of the American Medical Association, Dec. 7, 1918. tArchives of Internal Medicine, Sept., 1916. ^Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Jan. 7, 1919. 14 STATE SANATORIUM. 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 $3.00 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 560 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. STATE SANATORIUM. 15 GARDEN TRUCK. The following is a list of vegetables raised during the year: Beets Beets Mangle Beets Cabbage Carrots Carrots Cantaloupes Cauliflower . Celery Corn Cucumbers .. Cucumbers . . Kale Lettuce Peas Pumpkins . • • Potatoes Radishes Rareripes . . . Rhubarb . . . Spinach Squash Squash String Beans Syviiss Chard Tomatoes .. . Turnips Total.... Amount. . . .906 bunches . 138% bu ...224 bu 26,909 lbs . . . 771 bunches . . . .56 bu 5 boxes . . ...12 bu 1 bu .2,334 doz. ... 19 . 4,580 bu . . . .69 bu • 100% boxes . . . ...98 bu .1,450 lbs. ...728 bu .3,676 bunches .1,910 bunches ...130 lbs . . 11% bu . . . 108 doz. . . . . 6,020 lbs . . 52% bu . . . 127 bu . . 30% bu .133% bu • * EXPENSES. Fertiizer • • Manire Seedsand plants • • Tools.etc Hen nanure Labor T#tal Less per cent, interest on 10 acres of land at $50.00, and $200.00 imlements 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 98 238 51 17 70 1,371 54 50 55 66 11 1 30 7 17 50 75 75 OO 66 00 106 17 30 15 171 00 $3,614 37 $422 32 138 88 250 68 70 46 590 08 1,730 65 $ 3,209 07 $405 30 35 00 prflt $370 30 16 STATE SANATORIUM. 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 2 cts. per lb 596 08 Credits 16 87 Total receipts $7,752 81 DISBURSEMENTS. Labor and board of laborers $1,458 92 Food for poultry 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 $18 5 per hen, or 46 per cent, on the invested capital. The average lum- ber of eggs per hen per annum for the whole flock was 112, couning 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 $2.4^ per capita. If all the profit is applied to reducing the cost of egs, which is the main purpose of operating the plant, the eggs rom our hennery cost us 32 cents per dozen. STATE S A N ATOR 1 U M . 17 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 DISBURSEMENTS. L^bor, 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 5% 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 1,62-6 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-tenths cents. IMPROVEMENTS. Our special appropriation of $6500.00 allowed the purchase of considerable equipment. The bake shop received a larger oven, a *Our total disbursements 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 I, 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 capita cost of $1,775, or a weekly per capita cost of $12,425. 18 STATE SANATORIUM. dough 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 1 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. STATE SANATORIUM. 19 SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT IN DETAIL. Movement of Population. Patients. Males. Females. Totals. Number remaining January 1, 1918* 122 72 194 Number admitted within the yearf 34-0 226 566 Number treated during the year 465 300 765 Number discharged during the year • • 354 225 579 Number remaining December 31, 1918 107 72 179 *In addition three men and two women were at home, tin addition four men and three women were at home. Physical Condition on Admission. Males. Females. Totals. I A •• 16 22 38 IB 21 13 34 I C 2 2 4 II A 24 18 42 II B 145 66 211 II C 22 10 32 Ill A 2 3 5 Ill B 40 21 61 Ill C 53 57 110 No diagnosis . . 4 1 5 Non-tuberculous 1 3 4 No active tuberculosis 0 2 2 Bronchiectasis 1 0 1 Tuberculosis of lymph nodes 4 5 9 Abscess of lung 0 1 1 Tuberculosis of spine 2 0 2 Tuberculosis of foot 1 0 1 Healed lesion 2 2 4 Total 340 226 566 STATE SANATORIUM. 20 Physical Condition on Discharge. Disease arrested . . Apparently arrested Quiescent Improved Unimproved No diagnosis Dead Non-tuberculous . . Males. Females. Totals. 8 11 19 13 1-t 27 52 27 79 97 43 140 92 71 163 2 0 2 90 58 148 0 1 1 354 225 ; 579 Total STATE SANATORIUM. 21 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, 1918. Books and Magazines Mrs. Arthur Adams • ■ Frank Farmer Norwood Union Baptist Sunday School. - • Mrs. George E. Phillips James Armstrong Mrs. Charles K. Barker Clothing. Mr. J. \Y. Vernon Providence, R. I. Miscellaneous. Madeline E. Lally Providence, R. I. Mr. Byron S. Pierce (fur rug) - • Providence, R. I. Woonsocket Call (paper free) Woonsocket, R. I. 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. Centredale, R. I. Providence, R. I. Norwood, R. I. West Barrington, R. I. Wallum Lake, R. I. Auburn, R. I. NEW HOSPITAL FOR ADVANCED CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS. Expenditures. Ernest Whitehead, general contract • • $85,227 50 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 00 Ernest Whitehead, waterproofing tunnel • • 750 00 22 STATE SANATORIUM. 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 55 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 00 George T. McLaughlin Co., elevator 2,635 00 Wrought iron range, furnishings . . . • • 1,609 00 James Wilkinson Co., electric fixtures 1,196 00 Smith-Holden Dental Supply Co., dental outfit 435 00 James Wilkinson Co., extras 256 00 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 Labor 4 00 $20,125 97 STATE SANATORIUM. 23 NEW PIGGERY. Expenditures. Wm. M. Harris, Jr., lumber $454 65 Lehr Agricultural Co., 18 troughs • • 67 50 E. C. Church Co., hog wire and staples 25 77 Inman Lumber Co., 25 bags cement • • 23 75 Dudley Hardware Co., nails 20 16 Wm. M. Harris, Jr., 18 window sash 18 00 Belcher & Loomis Hardware Co., sash cord, etc 6 64 Labor.. •• 230 49 $846 96 Less old piggery 600 00 $246 96 28. — Cost 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 Sewage plant 9,053 10 Superintendent’s house 4,972 05 Superintendent’s house furnishings 1,539 00 Laundry 9,942 84 Fire-escapes 670 OiO Patients’ lockers 1,024 00 New boiler house .' . 25,748 12 Bath-room improvements • • 761 68 Excavating and repairing under wards, bathrooms, and of veran- das 5,466 09 Intercommunicating telephone system 819 09 Incinerator 300 00 New service building 13,933 49 Machinery and tools 772 45 Windows 1,980 00 24 STATE SANATORIUM. Children’s ward • 13,080 New piggery (1918) 840 Ambulance (1918) 986 New hospital for advanced cases of tuberculosis (1918) 129,874 Equipment and furnishings for new hospital (1918) 20,125 Total cost...-- $448,029 29. — Wages of Employees. Superintendent . . . 1 • . . . . $3,360 Assistant superintendent . . (per annum) . . . 1,800 Assistant physician .. . 1 1,300 Treasurer . . (per annum) . . . .. . 1 • 1,400 Assistant secretary . . (per month).. . • 20 Clerk . . (per month).. . . .. . 1 40 Dietitian • • . . (per month) . . . 1 75 Orderlies . . (per month) . . . 5 • $25 00 to 40 Nurses . . (per month).. . . . 25 00 to 83 Teacher . . (per month ).. . . . . . 1 . . • • . 40 Stenographer • • . . (per month) . . . 1 40 Carpenter • • . . (per month).. . . . .. 1.9 . 35 00 to 80 Engineer . . (per month).. . . . . . 1 . 108 Boiler men . . . . (per month) . . . 2.7 . 35 00 to 50 Outside men . . (per month) . . . . . . .12.4 . 35 00 to 45 Outside foreman • • . . (per month).. . . . . . 1 . 65 Chef . . (per month) . . . . ... 1 90 Baker . . (per month) . . . 1 85 Storeman . . (per month).. . . . . . 1 . 4o Kitchen men . . (per month) . . . . . . . 4 . 35 00 to 50 Dishwasher . . (per month).. . . ... 1 43 Waiters and other employees.. . . (per month) . . . . . . . 28 . 25 00 to 35 Laundrymen . . (per month).. . . . 25 00 to 60 Laundresses . . (per month) . . . 2.3 30 Housemaid . •• . . (per month) . . . 1 30 Polisher . . (per month).. . . . . . 1 30 00 96 88 03 97 88 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 34 00 00 00 34 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 oo 00 00 STATE SANATORIUM. 25 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 $4,682 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. Freight returned 93 15. Paper lost in transit 6 25 16. Credits 841 09 17. Sundries * 47 95 $9,382 70 26 STATE SANATORIUM. Expenditures. Salaries and wages $48,500 00 Office. Traveling expenses $582 82 Stationery, supplies 195 10 Postage 050 04 Books, periodicals 67 45 Telephone, telegraph 091 93 Printing , . 303 00 Miscellaneous 451 40 $3,007 74 Subsistence. Beans $445 83 Bread 103 13 Oleo , . . . 7,790 lbs ... 1,977 50 Cheese . . . . 778 lbs 207 80 Crackers 232 39 Coffee 322 40 Cocoa 88 30 Meal 310 72 Cereals 408 44 Canned goods 3,037 31 Eggs 1,493 32 Bread flour 1,744 75 Pastry flour 124 20 Graham flour Fresh fruit 1,722 23 Dried fruit 239 99 Milk 13,440 87 Molasses 93 53 Olive oil ... Salt 02 93 Syrup 148 57 Split peas 50 16 Sugar ... 7 306 lbs . . 822 03 Spices and flavoring . . 105 36 Tea 137 33 Rice Vinegar 80 80 Yeast 72 25 Sundry groceries 759 27 Beef 29,910 lbs. . . 7,093 15 Lamb 0,798 lbs... 1,627 02 Pork 3,294 10 STATE SANATORIUM. 27 Sausage .... 2,225 lbs 407 56 Turkey . . . . 461 lbs 209 77 Lard 1,315 lbs 359 62 Fresh fish 1,414 34 Salt fish 241 27 Oysters 38 Clams 153 85 Potatoes 1,155 38 Onions 137 30 Sundry vegetables . . . . 465 12 $45,218 10 Medical. Medical service Surgical instruments Drugs and chemicals .... Sputum cups Paper towels and napkins Miscellaneous — i — $5,957 60 $576 50 63 18 1,894 99 647 05 12 00 2,763 94 Clothing, Dry Goods and Notions. Cotton cloth $44 42 Crash 71 46 Table linen 148 44 Ticking 39 63 Sundry cloth 241 71 Notions . 80 20 Clothing 309 09 Shoes 2 00 Sundries 109 58 $1,046 53 House Supplies. Mattresses $291 77 Beds 2,037 00 Sundries 762 39 Kitchen 635 30 Tinware 275 42 Crockery 645 35 Glassware 10 00 Brooms and brushes 258 GO Paper, twine, etc 137 86 Sundry 859 86 $5,913 55 28 STATE SANATORIUM. School Supplies. Books $5 30 Sundries 2 08 $7 38 Heat, Light and Pozcer. Kerosene $43 30 Gasoline 210 78 Hard coal 89 100/2000 tons 267 15 Soft coal 1756 2000/2240 tons 16,343 04 Lubricating oil 190 39 Sundry 240 99 $17,301 65 Tools. Hardware $434 80 Paints v 35 67 Masonry 12 00 Steam fittings 27 63 Fire and electrical 524 03 Labor 1,786 79 Printers’ supplies 38 Blacksmith supplies 50 Machinery 23 46 Miscellaneous 177 98 $3,023 24 Live Stock. Llorses $300 00 Pigs 86 18 Ppultry 406 50 $792 68 Farm and Barn. Gluten $118 20 Meal 348 50 Corn 1,311 59 Oats 1,009 55 Bran *208 70 Feed 8 30 Wheat 259 OO Hay 870 96 Sundries 1,461 68 Manure 138 88 Germicides 32 82 STATE SA N ATORIU M . 29 Fertilizer Seeds Veterinary Farm implements Sundries 432 32 272 88 * 29 00 90 63 760 43 $7,383 44 Laundry. 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 $5,209 88 Specials. Dish trucks $72 00 Butter cutter 125 00 Board of engineer 164 00 $361 00 Automobile Expense. Tire and tubes $7 29 $7 29 Furnishings. Beds $18 00 Furniture 423 69 Floor coverings 90 60 Curtains 4 76 $537 05 30 STATE SANATORIUM. General Repairs. Hardware $106 77 Lumber 483 93 Plumbing - 361 18 Paints 373 84 Masonry ^ 106 22 Steam fittings 497 63 Glass 66 95 Fire and electrical 2,012 31 Labor 623 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 $151,118 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 submitted, O. T. INMAN, Treasurer. PER CAPITA COST OF ALL STATE SANATORIA IN NEW ENGLAND SINCE THEIR ESTABLISHMENT. 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Assistant Chemist ■ • ' 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 will 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. 4 food and drug commissioners. 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 Dairy, 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 number 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. Food and drug commissioners. 5 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, Barrington, 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. We 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 barns 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 6 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 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 regula- 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 those 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 o.f condemnations. It is the purpose of your commissioners to co-operate with every 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 samples 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 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 7 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. 3 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 8 FOOb AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 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. Carlo Golato 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 Libbero 119 Federal St. Iesualdo Fanato Dean St. C. Spizzirri 38 Spruce St. Carlo Golato 112 Federal St. D. Dalfonzo 1027 Mineral Spring Ave., No. Prov. Angelo Brogl 340 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawt. Zamperini Bros 294 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawt. Bennie 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 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 9 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 Mariani 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 Plasters 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. 10 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 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 cases 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. . Penalty. J. A. Phaneuf Selling adulterated milk.. Paid costs; case con- tinued. George Drummond William Royal Page William Royal Page William Royal Page..... Barnard French Fred L. Vaughn Don Dame, Jr J. H. Tanner Manuel D. Mello Frederick Delude & Co. Benjamin F. Smith, “ $20.00 and costs. “ “ $20.00 and costs. Case nol prossed. $50.00 and costs ; ap- pealed. “ Case nol prossed. $10.00 and costs. $5.00 and costs. $20.00 and costs. $20.00 and costs. $20.00 and costs. “ > “ $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. Eli Meyer Selling rotten eggs $20.00 and 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. Rueing on Egg Substitutes. (Adopted April 4, 1918.) 1. No substitute shall bear a name containing the word “egg” unless such substitute contains fifty-one per cent, of whole egg- food and drug commissioners. 11 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-opEration. Co-operation has been increasingly continued between this Com- mission and the following officials of this State, its cities and towns, and with departments of our Federal Government: City of Newport Health Board, particularly with their depart- ment of milk inspection. City of Central Falls, Chief of Police and Milk Inspector. City of Pawtucket , Milk Inspection Department. 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 Howick, 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 Inspectors 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 : 12 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 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 of his cows milk through proper feeding or by replacement with another animal. A comprehensive idea of the character of materials 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 efifer- 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. Food and drug commissioners. 13 Foods Examined: Bean Mead. 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- 14 food and drug commissioners. 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 the Providence dealers did not have to pay for beans that they could not use in their trade. Br'Ead. 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, paraffine 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 paraffine 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 Ccntreville, 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. Food and drug commissioners. 15 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 he 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 11.15% Passed. 3247 Providence . . . H. P. Hood & Sons 12.57% Passed. 3248 Providence .... .... The Shepard Company, (Wellington Brand) . . . “Regal Brand,” Chapin & Adams Co., Boston 14.25% Passed. 3286 Newport ' 16.50% ^Illegal. 3273 Newport Druery 23.50% Illegal. 3287 Newport 16.58% Illegal. 3288 Newport . . . .Sold by Jas. H. Druery Co 9.78% Passed. *When butter contains more than 15.99% of water, the water in excess is deemed to be added for the purpose of adulteration. There seems to be no need for a water content above twelve per cent. (12%.) CbAMS. 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: NET 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. Coco. A. No. 3246. “Royal Cocoa,” made by Royal Cocoa Company, Jer- sey City, N. J. Sold by Mayflower Stores, Auburn. Examination 16 ROOb AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 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. Fdour. 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. Centreville. Graham Flour put up by F. L. Thornton Co., ‘FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 17 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. “H acker’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 18 food and drug commissioners. goods, so that neither the retailer nor the consumer is the loser. Ice Cream. ANALYTICAL DATA OF THE ICE CREAM: NO. 3190 3191 TOWN. Providence . MADE BY: PER CENT . BACTERIA KIND. BUTTER FAT. ner 1 Cc. . . .L. M. Carr Co . Vanilla 29.8 - Chocolate 24.5 . . Meunchinger’s . Vanilla 10. 220,000 Mary Elizabeth’s Vanilla 14.0 1,500,000 Simon Koschney & Sons... Strawberry 12.0 1,000,000 Vanilla 9.00 17,500,000 Huyler’s Vanilla 18.0 6,000,000 Newport Beach Ass’n Chocolate 12.0 390,000 Vanilla 12.0 520,000 J. R. Eorah & Co Vanilla 22.0 170,000 Graham Co ... Vanilla 8.0 6,300,000 Eofblad’s Vanilla 10.0 128,000 Green & McEean Cherry 10.0 590,000 (Made by Maine Creamery J. Asher, Jr Eemon 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.) IT. D. Wood Vanilla 11.0 1,600,000 Herman D. Frasch Chocolate 13.0 450,000 The Bridge Co Chocolate 10.0 40,000 (Made by Peckham Davis Co.) Stamas Eogothets Strawberry 15.0 1,600,000 Ice Cream Substitute. “ Substitute for Fat ” in making ice cream. Submitted by Providence Milk Inspection Department. This proved to be a slightly flavored, “skimmed-condensed milk.” Its use as a substi- tute for butter fat would be fraudulent, as it does not contain any fat. Mapee Sugar. No. 3339. Maple Sugar. This 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. Mtek. Milk is the most extensively used article of diet than any other food stuff, with the possible exception of bread, for in some way or Food and drug commissioners. 19 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 herds 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, I 20 Food and drug commissioners. and even gets a much better price for his product than the pro- ducer who is careless and who produ'ces 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 other 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 Food and drug commissioners. 21 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 higli 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 77 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: 22 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. WEIGHT OF MIEK— 9,260 lb, ,s *OF STEER— 1,250 lbs. Protein, 3.14% or 290.76 lbs. 172.0 lbs. Fat, 3.85 356.51 333.0 Sugar, 4.78 442.63 000.0 Mineral ash, .71 65.74 43.0 Total solids, 12.48% or 1155.64 lbs. 548.0 lbs. ^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 11). 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 world’s 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 Food and drug commissioners. 23 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 24 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 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 the man who undertakes to produce it, and a kindly consideration of liis efforts 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. Buy a string of fifty cows; take a chance of losing them if they come from afar; if they react to the turberculin test ; if all are 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. 4 he FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 25 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 tjie 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 are 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 it. Strong, vigorous cows such as Holsteins are animals that are bound to be required 26 EOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 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 arc 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 invalids and city supply generally : Dr. Charles Douglas, Professor of Childrens 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. PL Blodgett, Professor at Boston University Medical School ; Dr. Alfred E. P. Rockwell, Worcester, Mass.; Dr. J. S. Crumbine, Secretary Kansas Board 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 EOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 27 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 with 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 milk 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 28 tfOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 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 tends 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 adultera- 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 senti 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 EOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 29 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 o! 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. 30 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS, ANALYTICAL DATA OF THE MILKS: NO: 3353 3584 3585 3586 3587 3239 3240 3241 3242 3308 3309 3310 3344 3389 3350 3351 3352 3457 3302 3383 3390 3391 3392 3393 3394 3395 3403 3404 3405 3406 3407 3408 3409 3410 1415 3416 3417 3418 3588 3589 3430 3388 3253 3254 3255 3256 3265 3267 3337 3439 3440 3366 3367 3365 3277 3278 3279 3280 3281 3303 3461 in 3 to o § to 2 i_ S 3 3 TOWN: Dealer: o cr C3 Remarks: or Submited by: 3 o to 3 n3 . £.~® 0) hH into to to* r'. Anthony , F. F. Woolev. . . 13.97 Burrillville . Frank Hobson . . . 12.71 Burrillville . “ 12.68 Burrillville . “ 11.12 Burrillville . “ 12.96 Central Falls . . • F. Bedard (Milk Inspector) 10.59 Central Falls . . . “ 10.77 Central Falls . . . “ 12.47 Central Falls . . . “ 11.49 Central Falls . . • 4. A. Phaneuf. . . 12.60 Central Falls . . “ 12.37 Central Falls . . . “ . . . 13.28 Centreville • F. E. Vaughn... 10.44 Cranston . Done Dame, Jr. . 8.98 Fast Greenwich . F. E. Vaughn . . . 11.11 Fast Greenwich 10.97 Fast Greenwich “ 10.98 Fast Greenwich . Thorncliffe Farm 13.46 Fast Providence. . B. F. Gravelin . . . (Milk Inspector) 13.18 Fast Providence. 11.46 Fast Providence “ 11.97 Fast Providence. “ 12.21 Fast Providence. 11.78 "Wst Providence. 10.06 Fast Providence. 12.15 Fast Providence. 12.15 Fast Providence. “ 12.80 Fast Providence. 12.06 Fast Providence. 12.44 East Providence. 11.57 Fast Providence. 11.95 Fast Providence. 11.32 east Providence. 11.56 Fast Providence. 11 .96 East Providence. • ^ 11.53 Fast Providence. 11.95 East Providence. 11.84 East Providence. 12.30 (vast Providence. 11.69 East Providence. ‘ S. E. Bennett . . . . 11.68 Foster Centre . 11.67 Greene t J. H. Tanner .... 9.98 Hope < Senator Clarke . . . 13.36 Hope . 12.84 Hope 11.66 Hope , “ 12.30 Johnston 3 yr. Heifer 10.70 lohnston . Hargraves (Guernsy cow) 14.72 Johnston # 3 yr. Heifer .... 11.84 Johnston Holstein cow. . . . 12.00 Johnston 12.40 Knightsville C. P. Nichols .... 12.33 Knightsville . Geo. C. Bennett 11.19 Oaklawn 11.56 Pawtucket . F. D. Buckman . . (Milk Inspector) 11.65 Pawtucket # 10.30 Pawtucket “ 12.37 Pawtucket # 44 11.62 Pawtucket . “ 12.35 Pawtucket 9.81 Pawtucket . Mass, producers 6.20 7.77 40.3 Top of can. 4.60 8.11 4.10 8.58 3.20 7.92 4.00 8.96 3.20 7.39 37.0 .68 Watered. 3.80 6.97 37.5 .66 Watered. 4.20 8.27 38.7 .64 Watered. 4.00 7.49 36.4 .68 Watered. 3 . 60 9.00 Clean milk. 3.80 8.57 Dirty. Dirty. 4.20 9.08 3.70 6.74 36.3 Watered. 3.15 5.83 34.6 .49 Watered. 3.60 7.51 37.3 .61 Water’d. Dirty. 3.60 7.37 38.0 .62 Water’d. Dirty. 3.69 7.38 37.7 .63 Water’d. Dirty. 4.80 8.66 4.20 8.98 42.0 Dirty. 3.40 8.06 3.50 8.47 40.4 3.40 8.76 40.5 Dirty. 3.30 8.48 39.8 3.40 3.60 6.66 8.55 Watered. 3.40 8.75 4.00 8.80 3.80 3.70 3.20 3.70 8.26 8.74 8.37 8.24 39.8 39.6 Dirty. Dirty. Very Dirty. 3.60 3.80 7.72 7.76 Very Dirty. Dirty. 3.50 8.26 40.0 Dirty. 3.40 8. 13 3.50 8.45 4.20 7.64 4.00 8.30 3.00 8.69 Skimnteu. 2.10 9.58 Skimmed. 3.00 8.67 41.4 Skimmul. 3.00 6.98 34.8 .64 Watered. 4.80 8.56 3.80 8.04 Dirty. 3.60 8.06 Clean. 3 . 60 8.53 Slight D.rt. 3.00 7.70 Clean. 4.90 9.82 Clean. 3.40 8.44 Clean. 3.40 8.60 40.6 Clean. 4.00 8.40 Clean. 4 . 00 8.33 Slight Dirt. 3.20 7.99 39.2 Slight Dirt. 3.40 8.16 39.1 Slight Dirt. 3.85 7.80 37.8 .73 Water’d. Dirty. 3.20 7.10 36.5 .66 Water’d. Dirty. 3.80 8.57 Dirty. 3.60 8.02 38.3 .71 Water’d. Dirty. 3.70 8.65 Dirty. 3.20 6.61 33.7 .55 Water’d. Dirty. FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 31 NO.: TOWN: Dealer: or Submitted by: 3 o in o in 3 o c/; £ B o f 3 Remarks: selling to Wade & Warnock i3. 30 4.20 9.10 3462 Pawtucket *• 12.05 3.60 8.45 3463 Pawtucket 13.42 . 4.40 9.02 3464 Pawtucket 13.50 4.60 8.90 3465 Pawtucket 13.00 3.60 9.40 3466 Pawtucket “ 13.62 4.20 9.42 3467 Pawtucket 12.70 3.60 9.10 3468 Pawtucket 40.0 O. K. 3469 Pawtucket 41.2 O. k. 3470 Pawtucket 39.4 > 3501 Pawtucket 12.73 4.00 8.73 41.5 3502 Pawtucket 12.04 4.20 7.84 39.0 Top of can. 3503 Pawtucket 12.37 4.00 8.37 40.2 3504 Pawtucket * .... “ 12.42 4.00 8.42 39.8 3506 Pawtucket 12.85 4.20 8.65 40.3 3507 Pawtucket 12.50 3.80 8.70 40.1 3508 Pawtucket 12.86 4.20 8.66 40.1 3509 Pawtucket 12.76 4.00 8.76 40.3 3510 Pawtucket 12.63 3.60 9.03 41.1 3511 Pawtucket ‘ * 10.23 3.10 7.13 34.2 .66 3512 Pawtucket “ 13.96 4.30 9.66 40.0 3169 Providence 1?) 12.37 3.80 8.57 3301 Providence 12.56 4.30 9.66 3312 Providence 11.24 3.20 8.04 3322 Providence 12.45 4.40 8.05 3336 Providence 12.87 4.40 8.47 3304 Providence Providence Milk Inspection Dept. . 11.43 4.00 7.43 37.3 .66 Watered. 3342 Providence 11.98 3.50 8.48 3343 Providence 12.04 3.60 8.44 3381 Providence 10.87 3.30 7.57 36.4 .61 Watered. 3431 Providence 11.34 3.60 7.74 38.5 .69 Watered. 3432 Providence 11.97 4.00 7.97 40.2 .76 3354 Providence Dr. H. S. Hi neks 12.32 3.60 8.72 3449 Providence dard . 13.15 4.70 8.45 Following analysis individual cow’s milk ; ] herd P. c. Petersen : 3514 Providence 12.88 4.10 8.78 3515 Providence “ “ 11.65 3.60 8.05 3516 Providence 13.38 4.10 9.28 3517 Providence 12.40 4.20 8.20 3518 Providence “ “ .... 11.85 3.60 8.25 3519 Providence “ “ 11.47 3.80 7.60 3520 Providence 13.11 3.80 9.31 3521 Providence 12.42 4.40 8.02 3522 Providence 12.25 4.30 7.95 3523 Providence 12.03 4.20 7.83 3524 Providence 11.23 3.20 8.Q3 3525 Providence 12.34' 3.80 8.54 3526 Providence 10.31 2.40 7.91 3527 Providence 11.96 3.60 8.36 3528 Providence _ _ _ “ t( 11.21 3.00 8.21 3529 Providence T . . . . “ 11 .40 3.80 7.60 3530 Providence , .Holstein 12.72 5.00 7.72 3531 Providence Grd. Holstein.... 12.88 4.40 8.48 3532 Providence Holstein 11 .60' 3.40 8.20 3533 Providence Grd. Holstein.... 13.09 5.20 7.89 3535 Providence Holstein 12.29 4.30 7.99 3536 Providence Grd. Holstein.... 13.18 4.40 8.78 3537 Providence a <* 11.81 3.40 8.41 3538 Providence 11.47 3.60 7.87 3539 Providence n u 13.48 4.60 8.88 3540 Providence 11.34 3.40 7.94 3541 Providence Grd. Holstein.... 13.05 3.90 9.15 3542 Providence 12.06 3.60 8.46 32 Food and drug commissioners. NO.: 3543 3544 3545 3547 3548 3549 3550 3551 3552 3553 3554 3555 3558 3559 3560 3561 3562 3563 3564 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 34 3 1 3432 3414 3452 3453 3454 3455 3456 3471 3472 3473 3474 3223 3450 3578 TOWN: Dealer: £ £ fc or Submitted ~ ,2 by: Total Solid! Providence . • . • Grd Holstein . 12.16 3.80 8.36 Providence . . . . “ “ 11.49 3.20 8.29 Providence . 11.82 3.20 8.62 Providence . •••Jersey 13.15 4.40 8.76 Providence . ... “ 12.25 3.70 S. 50 Providence . ... “ 11.85 3.40 8.45 Providence . ... “ 13.53 4.60 8.93 Providence . • • • Grd. Holstein .... 12.43 3.60 8.83 Providence . • • ■ Gray Cow (Swiss?) 14.23 5.00 9.23 Providence . • • • Tersev . 13.73 4.80 8.93 Providence . • • • Durham 13.06 4.80 8.26 Providence . • •♦Grd. Holstein . , . . 11.90 3.40 8.50 Providence . . . . Ayrshire 11.40 3.20 8.20 Providence . • • • Grd. Holstein .... 12.08 3.80 8.28 Providence . . . • Pine Cow (Swiss?) 11.49 2.80 8.69 Providence . • • - Grd. Holstein. . . . 11.46 3.80 7.66 Providence . • • *Gray Cow (Swiss?) 12.20 3.70 8.50 Providence . •••Grd. Holstein.... 10.57 2.80 7.77 Providence . 11.32 3.60 7.72 Providence . • • • “ “ .... 11.77 3.80 7.97 Providence . • • • Flue Cow (Swiss?) 13.65 4.80 8.85 Providence . • • * Grd. Holstein .... 12.28 3.60 8.68 Providence . • • • “ “ .... 11.40 3.40 8.00 providence . • • • “ ** .... 13.32 4.80 8.52 Providence . • • • “ t€ .... 12.76 4.40 8.3ft providence . • • • Ayrshire . 11.76 3.40 8.36 Providence . • • 'Yellow Cow (Guernsey ) 12.87 4.00 8.87 Providence . • • • Grd. Holstein .... 11.18 2.70 8.48 Providence . • ••Guernsey 12.74 4.40 8.34 providence . •••Ayrshire 12.77 3.90 8.87 Providence . • • - Gray Cow (Swiss?) 11.76 3.40 8.36 Providence . •••Grd. Holstein.... 10.20 2.60 7.60 Providence . • • ‘.Guernsey 11.54 2.90 8.64 Providence . • • • “ 12.36 3.70 8.66 Providence . • • • Grd. Holstein .... 12.57 3.90 8.67 Providence . • • “ u .... 12.58 3.80 8.78 Providence . • • • “ ts .... 11.52 3.60 7.92 Providence . ••• “ “ .... 13.29 4.20 9.09 Providence . • • • “ “ .... 11.04 2.60 8.44 Providence . • • * “ i( .... 11.50 4.00 7.50 providence . • ’ * “ “ .... 20.56 : 11 .84 8.72 Providence . • • • €i U 12 . 62 4.80 7.82 Providence . • • • <4 ii .... 13.70 4.20 9.50 Providence . • • ’Froadway Dairy. . 12.20 3.80 8.20 Providence • • * Submitted by SamM Frown State Police 10.57 2.40 8.17 So. Auburn • • • Tno. ITelgerson . . . 13.31 4.40 9.31 So. Scituate • • • Wm. Royal Page 11.93 3.90 8.03 So. Scituate 10.87 .3.30 5.57 So. Scituate . . . “ 11.34 3.60 7.74 So. Scituate . . • “ 11 .97 4.00 7.97 Warren • • • Dr. J. P. Munro 15.58 6.45 9.13 Warren ■ •• /Milk Inspector) 13.08 4.60 8.48 Warren ... • . . . “ 12.30 4.00 8.30 Warren .... . . . “ 12.59 3 . 60 8.99 Warren .... 11.42 3 . 50 7.92 Warren .... II 12.35 3.90 8.45 Warwick ...Wm. b'lsbree, IIol. 12.92 3.90 9.02 Warwick ... “ 13.13 3.95 9.18 Warwick ... “ 12.87 4.00 8.87 Warwick . . . . . Wm. Flsbree, Jer. 15.25 5.60 9.65 Woonsocket . . . Dr. Tos. Roswell 11.03 3.00 8.03 Woonsocket . . .Dr. U. S. Richards 10.32 3.40 6.92 Woonsocket . . . Rockcliffe Farm.. 11.66 3.30 8.36 (W. C. & II P. Thayer) Ig" og C v o co c/3 o U ,,ci x cn Remarks: Watered and 38.5 skimmed. Clean. 37.2 .67 Watered. 36.4 .61 Watered. 38.5 .69 Watered. 40.3 .76 Passed. Clean. Clean. Clean. Clean. Clean. Clean. Clean. Clean. 37.6 .73 Watered. Food and drug commissioners. 33 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: Below Standard: Above Standard: Average No.: Solids: Fat: Solids: Fat: Solids: F'at. 8 Hplstein 11.60 9 “ 16 “ “ 33 Holstein Cows, Cows below standard, 1, or 33.33%. Cows above standard, 2, or 66.67%. 1 Grade Holstein 11.04 2 “ 11.32 3 “ 11.77 4 “ 11.52 5 “ 6 “ 7 “ 11.96 10 “ 11.21 11 “ 10.31 12 “ 11.40 13 “ 14 “ 11.50 15 “ 17 “ 11.81 18 “ 19 “ 20 “ 11.49 21 “ 22 “ 11.40 23 “ 25 “ 27 “ 10.20 30 “ 11.18 37 “ 38 “ 40 “ 41 « 11.47 43 “ 10.57 44 “ 47 “ 48 “ 11.85 49 “ 11.23 50 “ 51 ** 11.47 53 “ 55 “ 56 “ 11.65 57 “ 58 “ 59 “ 61 “ 11.90 64 “ 11.46 68 “ 11.82 70 “ 62 (new)“ 69 (new)“ 71 (new)“ “ 47 Grade Holstein Cows, Cows below standard, 23, or 48.93%. Cows above standard, 24, or 51.07%. 35 Ayrshire 11.76 36 63 “ 11.40 52 Grade Ayrshire — 4 Ayrshire Cows, 3.40 12.72 5.00 12.29 4.30 12.20 4.23 2.60 3.60 3.80 3.60 12.88 4.40 12.34 3.80 3.60 3.00 2.40 3.80 13.09 5.20 4.00 13.29 4.20 3.40 13.18 4.40 12.06 3.60 3.20 12.16 3.80 3.40 12.58 3.80 13.32 4.80 2.60 2.70 12.43 3.60 12.76 4.40 13.05 3.90 3.60 2.80 12.28 3.60 12.08 3.80 3.60 3.20 12.03 4.20 3.80 12.25 4.30 12.42 4.40 3.60 12.88 4.10 13.48 4.60 12.40 4.20 3.40 3.80 3.20 20.56 11.84 12.57 3.90 12.62 4.80 13.70 4.20 12.21 3.92 3.40 3.20 12.77 3.90 13.11 3.80 12.26 3.57 34 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. Cow Breed: Below Standard: Above .Standard: NO.: Solids Fat: Solids: F: Cows below standard,2, or 50%. Cows above standard, 2, or 50%. 33 Jersey 11.85 3.40 69 12.25 3. 71 “ 13.53 4. 17 “ (new) 13.16 4. 54 “ (Grade) 13.38 4. — 5 Jersey Cows, Cows below standard, 1, or 20%. Cows above standard, 4, or 80%. 28 Guernsey 12.36 3. 29 12.74 4. 34 “ 11.54 2.90 — 3 Guernsey Cows, Cows below standard, 1, or 33.33%. Cows above standard, 2, or 66.67%. 13.65 4. 45 Blue Cow (Swiss?) 46 11.49 2.80 62 “ 11.34 3.40 3 Blue Cows, Cows below standard, 2, or 66.6 7%. Cows above standard, 1, or 33.33%. 3.40 32 39 Gray Cow (Swiss?) 11.76 14.23 5. 66 “ 12.20 3. 3 Gray Cows, 12.87 26 Yellow Cow (Guernsey) 4 . 72 Dyrham 'Total number cows tested, 70. 13.06 4 . Number below standard. 31 . or 44.28%. Number above standard. 39, or 55.72%. Herd average (seventy cows) 4.80 Average: .Solids: Fat: 12.83 4.04 12.21 3.67 12.16 3.67 12.73 4.06 12.496 3.963 Molasses. 3316. Complaint that molasses had a “bitter” taste, imparting this same bitterness to ginger or molasses cookies was made by J. M. Sisson, Postmaster at Woodville, R. I. 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 Dr. George B. Peck, who, with our chemist could taste nt> bitterness. There was an after taste rather disagreeable and suggestive of sulphites, which latter was proved to be the case, as these com- pounds are considerably employed in bleaching molasses. OuvE Oil. 3291. “Superfine Olive Oil. Lucca, Italy. E. Prancesconi, and sold by Antonio Pennacchia of Providence, R. I. Sample had been in stock about two years. This was correctly labeled. 3292. “ Lucca Brand , Tuscany , Itjily. Extra Fine Olive Oil . Food and drug commissioners. 35 (Guaranteed absolutely pure).” Sold by Michale Matalena, Provi- dence, R. I. Sample was straight Cottonseed Oil. 3293. “Fine Oil. Purissima Olio dcBitonto-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 Pule. Termini Imerese, 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. “Heinz Pure Olive Oil,” bought from Dimond Co., Provi- dence. Sample is olive oil. 3364. “Fine Olive Oil ” imported from Tuscany, Italy by Garra & Trusso, New York.” This sample is straight cottonseed oil. 3412. “Mariani Pure Olive Oil.” Sample is olive oil. 36 tfOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 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 EOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 37 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 polluting 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 purchased: No. Town. Sold By: Remarks. 3176 Providence Washington Market Co.. At retail. 3189 Providence Weybosset Pure Food Market At retail. ANALYTICAL DATA OF THE OYSTERS: Net Weight Weight Doss on Total No: (Weight: Grams) Drained Oysters: Oyster Diquor: Boiling: Solids: Ash: Re- marks: 3176. .. . 475.0 367.0 108.0 57.88 13.22 Soaked. 3189. . . . 499.5 394.0 105.5 56.64 12.87 .21 Soaked. Pork. 3534. Salt Pork sent in by Dr. J. B. 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 Water. 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- 38 Eood and drug commissioners. 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 or hogs. When the complaining farmer found that we were inclined to prosecute the miller selling him this corn, — which corn 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 dealers 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 oe Justice Bureau of Information Tom Plowick, Agent FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 39 3268. “Xlent Brand Tomatoes,” purchased by Mrs. 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- 40 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 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. “JVanetta Chocolate zvith 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. “ Ginger Snaps” 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. FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 41 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 capable of being 42 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS* 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. United States Navae Department 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. United States Food Administration Lion. 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. EOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 43 3348. Bread to determine presence of cereal which was then required. Did contain corn. 3358. Rye Bread from Giusti 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. United States Secret Service Thomas J. Callaghan, Agent 44 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 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 with aid of hot water, indicating that they were crystals of “fruit 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. Red 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. Barrington. “Mrs. Chapin’s Orange Marmalade ,” 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 Hackney complained of glass being in this fish. No evidence of glass present. 3305. East Greenwich. “Condensed Milk.’’ A patient of Dr C. L. Phillips said she found glass in it. Contained no glass or gritty substance. EOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 45 3269. East Providence. “Shawmut 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 Catsup .” 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 46 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 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.” Sent 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 Plealth Board. Sample purchased by Peter Turner from H. D. Wood. No glass found 3273. Newport. Battery Complaint from Mrs. James W. 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, •eceived 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. “Strazvberry. fresh fruit Jam. Curtis FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONKRvS. 47 Bros. Co., Rochester, N. Y.” Purchased by Henry W. Molloy, 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 Butter.” Com- plaint by Mrs. W. M. Blackwell, who was suspicious of the grittv feel upon her teeth. No sand, glass or other grittiness, except the coarse particles of the ground peanuts. 3324. Providence. “Peppermint 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 f milk. No evdence of poisonous substances found. 336E Providence. Brozvn 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 develope4 a very 48 FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONKRvS . 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 egg,” 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 Dread. 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 formerly 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. FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONERS. 49 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 of 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 « Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 10. §>latr of Hljnbp Solanb anb Jlrombnirp JUatilaltono. EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE LIBRARIAN TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE RECORD COMMISSIONER FOR THE YEAR 1915 PAWTUCKET : PAWTUCKET LINOTYPING CO., 1919. \ • - ^ -Tx .7 ■...'7 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE LIBRARIAN To the Honorable Secretary of State : S IR: ‘ — 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 Reference 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 Rhode 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- 4 REPORT OF STATE LIBRARIAN. 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 and 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 Rhode 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 spiff have aided after business hours the War REPORT OF STATE LIBRARIAN. 5 Savings Stamp organization. The librarian has acted a 3 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 Administrator, 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. LIBRARY QUARTERS. The crowded condition of the main library required the erection of additional stacks in Room No. 8. This improve- 6 REPORT OF STATE LIBRARIAN. 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 best 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 REFERENCE BUREAU. 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 person 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 two 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, has been temporarily abandoned. It is hoped that with the re- sumption of normal college activities, the course will be continued. REPORT OF STATE LIBRARIAN. 7 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- sistants 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. TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE RECORD COMMISSIONER Office of the State Record Commissioner, Providence, R. 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 KECORDS 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 Commis- 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 records 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 REPORT OF STATE RECORD COMMISSIONER. 9 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. Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 11. #tate nf JUjofo Jtflattii mb Jlnroitottre JHantatuma, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE) Harbor Commission MADE) TO THE) GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS JANUARY SESSION, 1919 FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918 UKiVBSiTY OF HUMS IMM — JAN 2 9 921 PROVIDENCE 1919 . 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 “Of 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 Act to Authorize the Appointment of and to Define the Powers and Duties of a State Harbor Improvement Com- mission in Providence, Pawtucket and Fast Providence,” 4 state: harbor commission and the several Acts in Amendment thereof and in Addi- tion thereto. Organization. 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 till vacancy caused by resignation of William J. Landers, 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 south 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 it 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, state: harbor commission 5 there having been no arrivals or departures since April. The American agents are hopeful 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 Immigration during the year has re- newed its lease with the State for quarters at the Pier, and it is anticipated 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 steel freight 6 STATE HARBOR COMMISSION shed is 75 feet by 100 feet, while the total length of the quay wall available for landing freight is 700 feet. Altlio a part of the property is temporarily occupied by Roy 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. StATE harbor commission 7 \ 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 office 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- tude south 47840 45 longitude east 41806.37 and in the har- 8 STATE HARBOR COMMISSION bor line shown on a plan designed by the Harbor Commis- sioners January 26, 1881, and approved April 28, 1881, and on file in the office 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 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 tile 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 established 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 Brissell’s 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 Wickford Harbor established by an Act of STATF) HARBOR COMMISSION 9 the General Assembly April 14, 1885, is hereby changed and established 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 line “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. i Pollution of Tide Waters. Attention has been given to every complaint made to the commission regarding waste and oil appearing in 10 STATS HARBOR COMMISSION Providence Harbor and upper Narragansett Bay, and vig- orous measures have been taken to avoid repetition when responsibility lias 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 precipitation 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 Diver 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. state: harbor commission 11 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 build extension to wharf at Allens Avenue, Providence. No. 726. September 25. Sayles Finishing Plant. To fill area in Seekonk River 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 Wickford. 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 12 STATIC HARBOR COMMISSION construct two dolphins and 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 Rail- road Bridge in Wickford. No. 8. April 24. J. S. 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 Pliillipsdale 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 Scekonk River at mouth of Ten Sl'ATlv HARBOR COMMISSION 13 Mile River, during repairs to dam. No. 14. May 15. Herreslioff 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. R. 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 Portsmouth 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, Allens Avenue, Providence, to depth of 23 feet mean low water, and deposit the material at Standard Oil Company property at Vanity Fair, East Providence. No. 21. June 12. Lewis Herreslioff. To rebuild his wharf at Homestead, Prudence Island. No. 22. June 19. Staples Coal Company. To substi- 14 state: harbor commission 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 berth at Cottrell Lumber Company, Pawtucket. No. 26. July 3. City of Providence. To allow material dislodged by liydraulicing 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 be 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, with the consent of riparian owners. No. 29. July 31. Edward V. Brown. To place fish Si'A'l'lt HARBOR COMMISSION 15 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 H. Beattie, 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 owner; also to store concrete blocks in shallow water just south, with consent of Frank A. Sayles, riparian owner, 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. Policy s & Company. To replace piling and renew dolphins at Narragansett Boat Club on Seekonk River. No. 35. September 11. Herreslioff Manufacturing Company, Inc. To repair piers at its main works and at Walker’s Cove, Bristol, by driving replacement piles. No. 36. September 25. Frank Pauli. 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- 16 STATlv HARBOR COMMISSION pany. To repair its wharf at Pawtucket by strengthening present wall with a reenforced concrete mat for length 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, Past Providence, to depth of 25 feet mean low water, and to deposit the material at Pru dence Island Dumping Grounds or at Standard Oil Com pany property at Vanity Fair. 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 Allens 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 Allens Avenue, Providence. STATE HARBOR COMMISSION 17 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 Expended by said Commis- sion prior to May 1 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 $7,000 00 2,190 98 18 STATE HARBOR COMMISSION 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. STATS HARBOR COMMISSION 19 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. 1. 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 was 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- 20 STa TIC h a R BOR commission ing plant in this vicinity was commandeered for other lo- calities regarded as of greater war urgency. Very respectfully, J. H. WILLARD, Colonel U. 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 amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1918) ap- v m\\Trt Harbor commission 21 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 (II Doc. No. 1369, 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-liandling plant in the harbor. 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 Popasquash 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 Gaspee Point and Fields Point. Above Fields Point the entire harbor up to Fox Point has been dredged to a deptli 22 STATE) HARBOR COMMISSION 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 total 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 : 4 ‘ 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.” This was modified by the river and harbor act of March 4, 1915 (Rivers 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 STATE HARBOR COMMISSION 23 him and not later than three years from the passage of this amendment. ’ ’ T1 lis 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 with 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 traffic 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 24 state; harbor commission lias 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 apply the available balance or as much thereof as may be necessary to completing the 30-foot depth by dredging at the above localities, the work to be done as soon as it is possible to secure the 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 the project. Pawtucket (Seekonk) Riveb. Operations and results during the fiscal year . — No works of improvement or maintenance were in progress during the fiscal year. The expenditures were $30.33 for contingencies in connection with the 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 STATE HARBOR COMMISSION 25 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 Pliillips- 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. Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 12. S>tatr of SUjoiir Jtalmtft ani> Jfromitenrp plantations TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION MADE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS JANUARY SESSION, 1919 J. ELLERY HUDSON, - Chief Factory Inspector PROVIDENCE E. L. FREEMAN COMPANY, PRINTERS 1919 RHODE ISLAND FACTORY INSPECTION DEPARTMENT J. ELLERY HUDSON FRANK J. CLINTON GEORGE W, RITCHIE WILFRID JARRET MINNIE H. SHIPPEE Chief Inspector . . Assistant Inspector. . Assistant Inspector. . Assistant Inspector. . Assistant Inspector . 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-fifth 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. 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 hundred 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 over 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 hundred and seventy-one? (4,171) in the number of women employed; a net decrease of nine hundred and seventy-two (972) in the number of adults; an increase of one thousand and sixty-six (1,066) in the number of children employed; a net increase of ninety-four (94) in 6 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. 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 F emales 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 under sixteen years of age 2,606 Females under sixteen years of age 3,102 T otal children 5,708 Whole number employed in textile industries 80,836 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. 7 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. 8 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. 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: The State, Counties, Cities and Towns. Adults. Children. Total em- ployed. Percentage of Children. Men. Women. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. THE STATE 117,066 61,880 178,946 4,091 4,222 8,313 187,259 4.44 Providence County 99,158 52,459 151,617 3,278 3,504 6,782 158,399 4.28 Burrillville 1,927 790 2,717 61 55 116 2,833 4.1 Central Falls 2,617 1,822 4,439 88 162 250 4,689 5.33 Cranston 3,690 830 4,520 72 58 130 4,650 2.8 Cumberland 2,981 1,915 4,896 166 130 296 5,192 5.7 East Providence 3,405 1,248 4,653 61 31 92 4,745 1.94 Foster 11 6 17 17 Glocester 116 43 159 5 9 14 173 8. Johnston 403 634 1,037 60 94 154 1,191 12.93 Lincoln 1,948 868 2,816 75 54 129 2,945 4.38 North Providence 778 898 1,676 86 85 171 1,847 9.25 North Smithfield 1,038 432 1,470 25 33 58 1,528 4.92 Pawtucket 16,680 10,766 27,446 823 886 1,709 29,155 5.86 Providence 52,215 25,595 77,810 1,273 1,335 2,608 80,418 3.24 Scituate 470 248 718 23 18 41 759 5.4 Smithfield 838 449 1,287 22 25 47 1,334 3.52 Woonsocket 10,041 5,915 15,956 438 529 967 16,923 5.72 Bristol County 5,045 2,859 7,904 275 238 513 8,417 6.1 Barrington 319 35 354 8 3 11 365 3. Bristol 3,499 2,030 5,529 198 154 352 5,881 5.99 Warren 1,227 794 2,021 69 81 150 2,171 6.9 Kent County 6,480 3,410 9,890 343 325 668 10,558 6.22 Coventry 1,075 616 1,691 70 72 142 1,833 7.74 East Greenwich 389 191 580 13 9 22 602 3.65 Warwick 1,764 649 2,413 60 40 100 2,513 3.98 West Greenwich 3 1 4 4 West Warwick 3,249 1,953 5,202 200 204 404 5,606 7.2 Newport County 3,052 1,570 4,622 74 46 120 4,742 2.53 Jamestown 55 14 69 69 Little Compton 20 12 32 . 32 Middletown 98 2 100 100 Newport 2,290 991 3,281 32 13 45 3,326 1.35 New Shoreham 154 170 324 324 Portsmouth 28 14 42 42 Tiverton 407 367 774 42 33 75 849 8.83 Washington Counts 3,331 1,582 4,913 121 109 230 5,143 4.47 Charlestown 9 24 33 33 Exeter 5 4 9 9 Hopkinton 228 112 340 6 8 14 354 3.95 Narragansett . . . 223 167 390 390 North Kingstown 368 216 584 10 12 22 606 3 . 63 Richmond 370 145 515 19 12 31 546 5.67 South Kingstown 615 223 838 32 18 50 888 5.63 Westerly 1,513 691 2,204 54 59 113 2,317 4.88 REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR 9 The following table shows the increase or decrease in the number of adults and children employed in the different counties, cities and towns: The State, Counties, Cities and Towns. Adults. Children. Total Employed. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. THE STATE 972 1,066 94 Providence County . . . 335 767 432 Burrillville 16 39 55 Central Falls 243 72 315 626 31 657 49 18 31 East Providence 775 24 799 Foster 2 2 124 14 138 71 63 8 691 24 667 48 30 78 North Smithfield .... 20 1 21 2,577 131 2,708 Providence 2,977 335 2,642 Scituate 53 2 55 Smithfield 59 2 57 Woonsocket 946 87 859 Bristol County 70 127 197 Barrington 226 1 227 Bristol . . / 414 133 547 Warren 118 5 123 Kent County 117 83 34 Coventry 163 8 155 East Greenwich 21 7 14 W arwick 490 26 516 West Greenwich West Warwick 465 56 409 Newport County 186 17 169 Jamestown 74 74 Little Compton 27 27 Middletown 16 16 Newport 17 19 36 New Shoreham 36 1 37 Portsmouth 6 6 Tiverton 44 1 45 Washington County. . 404 72 332 Charlestown 2 2 Exeter ! . . Hopkinton 21 7 14 Narragansett 337 337 North Kingstown .... 45 6 51 Richmond 52 8 60 South Kingstown .... 43 24 19 Westerly 8 39 31 10 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR 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 33,394 2,606 3,102 Providence County 33,636 28,202 2,013 2,547 Burrillville 1,788 762 58 54 Central Falls 1,382 1,242 42 91 Cranston ^ 518 342 42 45 Cumberland 2,609 1,822 163 130 East Providence 998 198 12 6 4 4 Glocester 103 38 5 9 Johnston 362 606 60 94 Lincoln 1,776 839 71 54 North Providence 722 872 86 85 North Smithfield 1,003 428 25 33 Pawtucket 9,354 9,368 670 856 Providence 6,936 6,794 410 667 Scituate 364 232 22 18 Smithfield 802 437 22 25 Woonsocket 4,915 4,218 325 380 Bristol County 1,375 930 120 96 Barrington 219 26 6 3 Bristol 155 174 46 14 Warren 1,001 730 68 79 Kent County 4,491 2,914 . 322 317 Coventry 945 588 65 72 East Greenwich 187 140 12 9 Warwick 697 386 48 33 West Warwick 2,662 1,800 197 203 Newport County 337 347 42 33 Tiverton 337 347 42 33 Washington County 1,895 1,001 109 109 Exeter . . 4 3 Hopkinton 203 106 6 8 North Kingstown 269 188 10 12 Richmond 352 140 19 12 South Kingstown 483 195 32 18 Westerly 584 369 42 59 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. 11 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 of places visited. Number Number of adults ! of children employed, employed. Total number employed. 1 Percen- tage of children. 1894 294 55,109 5,217 60,326 8.5 1895 293 53,523 4,473 57,966 7.7 1896 379 50,068 4,065 54,133 7.5 1897 355 56,072 4,786 60,858 7.9 1898 433 63,259 4,539 67,798 6.5 1899 549 72,296 4,666 76,692 6.0 1900 595 76,552 5,253 81,805 6.4 1901 617 81,496 j 5,068 86,564 5.8 1902 628 86,043 5,477 91,520 6.0 1903 • 644 90,165 6,451 96,616 6.7 1904 653 88,545 5,895 94,444 6.2 1905 1,508 112,377 I 6,917 119,249 5.8 1906 1,742 123,112 ; 6,932 • 130,044 5.3 1907 1,899 131,059 6,150 137,209 4.5 1908 1,913 122,060 4,924 126,984 3.9 1909 1,973 135,947 5,531 141,478 3.9 1910 6,225 151,199 5,699 156,898 3.6 1911 6,430 156,808 5,699 . 162,507 3.5 1912 6,520 161,585 * 5,761 167,346 3.4 1913 .6,689 164,005 6,026 170,031 3.5 1914 6,875 152,777 5,450 158,227 3.4 1915 . 7,028 158,030 5,164 163,194 3.16 1916 7,027 175,974 i 6,839 182,793 3.74 1917, 7,078 179,912 i 7,247 187,165 3.87 1918 6,782 178,946 8,313 1 187,259 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 12 REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR. 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 recommended 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 under 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 under 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; REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. 13 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 running. 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. 14 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. 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 shaft, 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 running. 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 . REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR 15 NSPECTION OF FACTORIES, BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS AND WORKSHOPS. Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. BARRINGTON 58 1 2 Good. Bosworth, Leonard P Hardware, lumber and 7 1 Good. 22 Very Good. 79 Good. 113 1 3 Very Good. 27 25 3 3 Very Good. BRISTOL Cranston Worsted Mill Worsted yarn 155 174 46 14 Very Good. Herreshoff Mfg. Co Steam & sailing yachts. 261 10 Very Good. Hotel Belvedere 3 2 Very Good. Narragansett Rubber Co Insulated wire & foot wear 345 178 18 15 Good. National India Rubber Co Rubber 2,561 1,619 124 125 Excellent. Pauli, Seth Co Groceries, coal & wood. 7 1 Good. Providence Telephone Co 2 8 Excellent. Sodini & Giusti Bakery 7 1 Good. Staples Coal Co Coal and wnnd 12 Good. Ward well Lumber Co Lumber & hardware . 7 1 Good. BURRILLVILLE BRIDGETON Burrillville Laundry 5 Excellent. New England Dyeing & Finishing Co ... . 9 6 1 Excellent. Potter, E. J Spindles and wet fin- ishing machinery . . . 27 1 Very Good Premier Worsted Mills Ea.nrvy worsteds 50 25 4 3 Excellent. Prendergast, W. H Fa.nrvy worsteds 76 30 2 2 Excellent. GLENDALE Orrell Mills w oolens 107 28 3 3 Excellent. HARRISVILLE Brooks, R. F Groceries . . 5 1 Excellent. Harrisville Co-operative Store Groceries & market . 1 1 1 Excellent. Stillwater Worsted Co. — Tinkham Mill, 1, 2, 3 Worsted 272 96 5 7 Excellent. 16 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. BURRILLVILLE— Concluded MAPLEVILLE Coronet Worsted Co., x ... 1 New mill J Men’s woolen goods. . . 259 95 17 13 Excellent. NASONVILLE 12 Excellent. 104 37 2 4 Excellent. Men’s worsted wear. . 193 87 6 6 Excellent. OAKLAND 129 93 1 2 Excellent. PASCOAG American Woolen Co. — Anchor Mill . 157 76 6 4 Excellent. Pascoag Realty Co Worsted and woolen. . 94 32 Excellent. Providence Telephone Co . 3 6 Excellent. Roscoe Worsted Mills, Inc . 62 27 2 1 Excellent. Sayles, Fred L. Co Worsted 131 92 7 9 Excellent. Smith, James H Hardware 5 1 Excellent. TARKILN Mowry, H. E. & E. A. . Woolen and worsted. . 84 19 1 Excellent. WHIPPLE Glengary Mill, Inc Woolen yarn 61 19 1 Excellent. CENTRAL FALLS American Hair Cloth Co 24 15 Excellent. American Supply Co Loom harness, reeds & belting 26 17 4 2 Excellent. Arapahoe Mfg. Co Mosquito bars for U. S. Closed . . 8 32 Excellent. Ashworth, T August, Joseph Bakery . . 7 1 Good. Bateson, John Bakery . . , 4 1 Excellent. Beattie, S. S. & Co Groceries . . . 5 1 Excellent. Bengal Silk Mills 10 9 1 Excellent. Blackstone Stocking Co Hosiery 14 48 3 Excellent. Bryan-Marsh Electric Works Incandescent lamps. . . Carbonated beverages. Winding yarn 89 355 19 66 Excellent. Central Falls Bottling Co 12 1 Excellent. Central Warp Mfg. Co., Inc 22 42 1 1 Excellent. Champagne, Henry Bakery . 3 1 1 Very Good. Excellent. City Wet Wash 4 2 Coutu Bros Coal, wood & teaming. 11 1 Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. 17 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. CENTRAL FALLS— Concluded Silk 12 2 Excellent. 18 1 Excellent. Express and teaming. . 11 Excellent. 45 30 Excellent. Printing and binding. . 22 6 1 Excellent. 7 14 4 3 Excellent. Yarn department 66 8 2 1 Excellent. 6 Good. Silk 20 40 7 Excellent. 4 2 Excellent. Hemphill Mfg. Co Automatic knitting 274 14 6 Excellent. 8 Excellent. 68 79 Excellent. Luther, Charles A. & Co Cotton machinery .... 11 Excellent. Macmillan, A. B Auto bodies 5 Very Good. Monahan, E. F Groceries 4 1 Excellent. National Spun Silk Co Noil yarn for cartridge bags 52 9 New York Grocery Groceries 7 3 Excellent. Newell, Fred E Gas fixtures 5 Excellent. Pawtucket Gas Co 28 Very Good. Pawtucket Hosiery Co Hosiery 98 21 1 28 Excellent. Pawtucket Spinning Ring Co Spinner and twister rings 11 Excellent. Pennsylvania Textile Co Cotton and silk 145 63 2 3 Excellent. Pennsylvania Textile Co Spooling and winding . 4 28 4 Excellent. Plews, R. Mfg. Co Tin cylinders 11 Excellent. Poole, R. K. Mfg. Co Novelty curtains 2 10 Excellent. Regina Lace Co 113 86 6 22 Excellent. Rhode Island Silk Co Cotton and silk . . 45 6 1 Excellent. Richardson-Foster Co Dyeing 35 6 1 Very Good. R. I. Glass Works of General Electric Co. Bulbs 260 40 3 Excellent. St. George, J. Adelard Groceries 5 1 Very Good. Sewing Thread Co 10 10 1 Excellent. Spaulding, G. H Market 7 1 Excellent. Stafford Mills Remnants 1 3 1 Excellent. Star Braiding Co Braid 15 17 Excellent. Stephens Nut & Bolt Co 25 1 Very Good. U. S. Cotton Co Cotton cloth 78 74 9 1 ' Excellent. U. S. Knitting Co Linings 25 88 3 1 Excellent. Walczak, Thomas Bakery 4 1 Good. Wardwell Braiding Machine Co . . 106 4 1 Excellent. Waypoyset Mfg. Co., No. 1 Cotton and silk 461 519 18 16 Excellent. Weatherhead-Thompson Co Belting, etc 10 Very Good. Wilkinson, Seth Machinery wipers . . . 6 9 Excellent. Willet, Charles J. & Co Cotton and silk 6 1 Excellent. 18 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, Name op Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. i Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. CHARLESTOWN 2 4 Good. Hotel 7 ■ Excellent. 1 6 Excellent. COVENTRY ANTHONY 1 5 i Very Good, 5 Excellent. 232 161 26 22 Excellent. 5 1 Excellent. ARKWRIGHT 17 28 3 3 Good. 161 6 Good. BLACK ROCK. Waco Braid Co Shoe strings & braid. . 5 9 1 6 GoodT COVENTRY CENTRE Cowen Braid Mfg. Co Shoe laces and braid . . 6 3 Good. Hill, James H. & Sons Zinc for shoe string tips 10 1 Excellent. Rhode Island Processing Co . . . Mercerized yarn . . 50 25 3 Good. HARRIS Campbell, A A Grain, coal and wood . 5 1 Very Good. Douglas, Arthur Printing 3 4 Good. Interlaken Mills Book cloth 115 118 13 17 Excellent. Kernon Bros Closed Nicholas Top Roll Covering Co 9 1 1 Good. Pawtuxet Valley Dyeing and Royal Chem- ical Co . . . 28 20 2 Very Good. QUIDNICK. Boucher, Arthur Bakery 6 1 Very Good. Quidnick Greenhouses 11 2 Very Good. Matteson & Matteson Groceries 12 1 Excellent. Windham Mfg. Co., No. 1 Cotton 104 72 12 14 Good. Windham Mfg. Co., No 2 Cotton 103 65 2 Good. RICE CITY Andrews, C B General store 5 1 Very Good. WASHINGTON Knight, William H . . Groceries and market. 8 1 1 Excellent. Livingstone Worsted Co Fancy worsted 124 87 4 3 Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. 19 Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary} Condition. CRANSTON ARLINGTON 47 Good. Very Good. Excellent. Good. Very Good. French, H. H. & Son,. . 14 1 Special machinery .... Lager beer and ale . . . : 103 4 202 3 31 1 134 14 154 AUBURN 5 17 1 Very Good- Good, Excellent, Excellent. Good. Excellent. 125 45 Budlong Mfg. Co Laces and braids 10 30 1 Central Tool Co., The Dental and shop tools. Bakery . . . 33 8 Cruthers, F. E 5 2 General Fire Extinguisher Co . . . F oundry 229 20 General Fire Extinguisher Co Iron and brass pipe & fittings, Sprinklers . Groceries . . 277 10 2 Excellent. Excellent. Fair. Excellent. Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Excellent. Grant Bros 5 1 Hope Foundry Co Iron castings. 45 Hoyle, G. L Groceries. . . 15 5 Kenney Manufacturing Co Wooden novelties. . . . 11 4 2 1 Rosengren & Lind Bakery . 7 1 Standard Machinery Co 156 3 United Lace & Braid Mfg. Co Shoe and corset laces. . 39 133 19 21 United Wire & Supply Co Brass & copper tubing . Foundry . . 249 29 6 Universal Winding Co 154 14 Excellent. Excellent. Universal Winding Co 859 198 17 3 BELLEFONTE Chester, F. E. Co Fishing tackle & cork flooring 40 1 3 Good. Imperial Printing & Finishing Co Dyeing and bleaching cotton cloth 165 35 6 5 Excellent. CRANSTON Cranston Box Mfg. Co Wooden boxes 22 1 Fair. Cranston Print Works Co Bleaching, dyeing and finishing 153 35 9 1 Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Hill, George & Co Groceries 6 1 Narragansett Finishing Co 81 20 3 2 HOWARD Hill & Lacross Elastic web and tape. 11 1 58 4 13 20 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number ' Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. CRANSTON— Concluded KNIGHTSVILLE Atlantic Tubing Co Shoe laces and flexible gas tubing 54 14 i 1 1 Excellent. PAWTUXET 4 1 Very Good. 2 2 1 Very Good. 5 41 2 Excellent. 2 4 Very Good. 4 7 Excellent. Wells, W. A. H. Co. . . 17 27 2 2 Very Good. CUMBERLAND ASHTON Ashton Mill Cotton 145 126 12 4 Excellent. BERKELEY Berkeley Co Cambrics 238 179 16 12 Excellent. LONSDALE Bishop, William Groceries. . . 5 Lonsdale Co., No. 4 Mill Cotton 194 197 26 11 Excellent. Lonsdale Co., Ann & Hope Mill Cotton 385 345 38 32 Excellent. MANVILLE Manville Co Cotton 988 657 63 51 Excellent. VALLEY FALLS Burnham Store Co Groceries 19 5 Excellent. Hansahoe Mfg. Co Cotton and cotton and silk 162 101 3 Excellent. Hesse Mfg. Co . Narrow fabrics. 9 27 1 Excellent. Hindley Mfg. Co . . . Wire goods . . 14 10 Very Good. Keach & Brown Shirt waists, etc. . . 5 35 Excellent. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.— Mechanical Department 183 1 Excellent. Penikees Mill Silk 173 136 4 14 Excellent. R. I. Perkins Horse Shoe Co Closed . . River Spinning Co. — Plant B . Purified cotton. 300 Very Good. Skinner, C. E. & J. F Top roll coverer 8 2 Excellent. Standard Nut & Bolt Co . 63 2 Excellent. Stevenson Bros Groceries 7 Excellent. Wood, Frank Mfg. Co Narrow fabrics 15 51 1 5 Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR 21 Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. EAST GREENWICH 7 2 Excellent. Wire stitching machine 38 2 1 Excellent. 4 1 Excellent. 30 40 4 8 Good. Dyeing and spooling 6 12 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. 7 1 7 2 Bleaching & finishing. . 124 67 1 Very Good Excellent. 27 21 1 6 Excellent. 8 3 Excellent. 5 1 Very Good. Excellent.. 7 1 20 2 Good. Parsons & Briggs '. Laundry 4 10 Very Good. Providence Drysalters Chemicals, mordants, color extracts 50 Good. Providence Telephone Co 3 10 Excellent. EAST PROVIDENCE Bentley, H. A Bakery 4 2 Good. Bessette, J. W Bowling 5 Excellent. Broadway Dairy 12 3 Doughty, W. F. & Co Ice cream manuf’g. . . . 7 1 Very Good. Very Good. Eastern Bolt & Nut Co 181 2 15 Fay’s Dance Hall 23 5 Excellent. Gorham Mfg. Co Hand grenades, loaded shells, boosters Closed Greene, Charles A 225 800 10 18 Excellent. Gulf Refining Co Petroleum 45 3 Very Good. Good. Halliday Bros Hardware, etc 9 2 Howard Braiding Co Braids and laces. 13 48 2 2 Very Good . Good. Humes Mfg. Co Soaps and chemicals . . Aniline oils . . 6 Industrial Chemical Co 27 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Jacques, Hugheus Lunch 7 2 Loof Restaurant 15 4 McCausland, J Paper cop tubes 3 5 Good. McLaughlin, R. G Restaurant 1 4 Excellent. McLaughlin, R. G Restaurant 9 2 Excellent. McCusker, T. H Confectionery 2 Very Good. Metallic Shell & Tube Co Closed . Miller, F. H. Co Caterers . . . 3 2 Excellent. Murtaugh, Martin Restaurant 5 6 Excellent. Narragansett Milling Co Grain 20 3 Very Good. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co— Mechanical . 18 Rhode Island Oyster Farms Co., The. . . . 68 1 Very Good. jVery Good. Rich & Horton Groceries and market . 16 1 2 22 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. 1 Worn- Bo P en. under Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. EAST PROVIDENCE— Concluded Riley, J. W. & Co. ... 7 1 Very Good. Standard Oil Co. of New York Petroleum and its pro- 90 2 Excellent. 23 Very Good. Very Good. 13 14 1 Railway torpedoes. . . . 2 6 6 Fair. PHILLIPS DALE American Electrical Works 583 111 6 7 Very Good. Excellent. Bird & Son 180 Cellulose products. . . . 90 2 Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. Excellent.. 4 1 424 1 2 Rumford Textile Co 10 20 Sayles Finishing Plants Bleaching, dyeing and printing 538 115 8 3 Excellent. Washburn Wire Co 323 Very Good RIVERSIDE Mexican Petroleum Corporation Fuel oil . 12 Penniman & Crumb Groceries 6 2 Very Good. Rhode Island Co. — Car House 70 RUMFORD Coffin, Henry Closed Rumford Chemical Works Baking powder 188 9 10 Very Good. Very Good. Rumford Chemical Works Groceries 2 4 EXETER Yawgoo Mill Shirting flannel 4 3 Good. FOSTER HOPKINS MILLS Simmons, Fred Webbing and lace .... 4 4 Good. GLOCESTER CHEPACHET Brown & Hopkins Groceries. 5 Blackstone Woolen Mills 41 13 3 5 Spring Grove Woolen Mill Custom weaving and spinning 62 25 2 4 Very Good. HOPKINTON ASHAWAY Ashaway Line & Twine Mfg. Co Fish lines, etc 31 38 2 Excellent. Ashaway Woolen Co 58 20 1 Very Good. REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR. 23 Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. HOPKINTON— Concluded BARBERVILLE Tillinghast, E. M 4 2 Good. CANONCHET 7 3 Good. CENTREVILLE 20 6 Good. HOPE VALLEY 50 21 4 6 Very Good. Good. MOSCOW 8 8 1 ROCKVILLE Yawgo Line & Twine Co. — No. 1 Y arn 25 8 Good. JAMESTOWN Bay View Hotel 5 7 Very Good. Very Good. Jamestown & Newport Ferry Co 40 3 JOHNSTON MANTON Johnston Wet Whsh Closed THORNTON British Hosiery Co 21 20 1 Excellent. Morgan Mills Wool 40 Excellent. National Silk Hosiery Co Closed Pocasset W orsted Co Yarn . 114 489 41 66 Excellent. Priscilla Worsted Mills 16 70 12 24 Very Good. Excellent. Victoria Mills Tops 171 27 7 3 LINCOLN ALBION Valley Falls Co Cotton 195 125 25 18 Excellent. LONSDALE Angell, S. D Dry goods 1 4 Excellent. Lonsdale Co .... Rlfifl.rVhery 324 5 86 2 15 Excellent. Quinham, J. W Top roll covering. . . . ' Excellent. Walmsley, Charles Groceries 6 Excellent. MANVILLE Bouvier, Girourd & Co General store 7 2 Excellent. Contrexville Mfg. Co Cotton plush . . 95 69 Excellent. Gauvin, A. & Son General store 7 1 Excellent. Home Sanitary Wet Wash 5 Very Good. Manville Provision Co Meat and groceries . . . General store TO 1 Excellent. Vose Bros 13 1 Excellent. 24 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. Name of Establishment Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. LINCOLN— Concluded SAYLESVILLE 448 214 10 14 Excellent. 68 9 3 Excellent. 714 345 21 22 Excellent. LITTLE COMPTON Hotel 8 7 Excellent. Wilbur, C. R 3 2 Very Good. NARRAGANSETT NARRAGANSETT PIER Hotel 5 19 8 2 Very Good. Gavitt, E. A., Jr Soda water 5 1 Good. Gladstone Spring Water Co., The Soda water 5 Very Good. Gladstone Hotel 35 15 Imperial, The Hotel 67 29 Excellent. Joyce, J. C Closed McNally, 0. F Restaurant 11 Massasoit, The Hotel 10 21 Excellent. Metoctoket Hotel 4 21 Excellent. New Mathewson, The . . Closed Providence Telephone Co 6 13 Quinn, Patrick Restaurant 2 3 Very Good. Revere House Hotel 10 25 Very Good. Tucker, J. C General store 25 6 Very Good. Willie, William Restaurant . . 6 2 Very Good. NEWPORT Academy Lunch Restaurant . . 3 2 Very Good. Acker Merral & Condit Co . Groceries. 10 5 Very Good. Adams Express Co 16 2 Good. Allen, John A Painting & supplies . . . 20 1 Very Good. Almy, Abram Co Coal 14 Good. Aquidneck Dairymen’s Association Retail and wholesale milk 23 3 1 Armour & Co Beef . . . 23 Excellent. Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co Fish, ice and cold storage 165 Very Good. Austin, John R. . . Closed Barclay, Mme Millinery. 1 3 1 Excellent. Barker, H. H Market . . . 10 Very Good. Barker, Ralph R . . . Paints and oils 16 2 Very Good. Barney, James H. & Co Music 6 10 Excellent. Bav State Street Railwn.v Cn Plontrir*. mirront. 58 6 Very Good. 1 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, 25 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under i6. Girls under 16. NEWPORT— Continued 64 Very Good. 10 24 3 Excellent. 6 2 Excellent. 6 2 Very Good. 5 2 Excellent. 1 5 Excellent. 7 Excellent. 1 5 Excellent. 10 7 Excellent. Bridge Co., The 3 12 Excellent. 5 1 Excellent. Brown, E. A 8 2 Very Good. 10 Good. Coggeshall, S. W 4 1 Excellent. Cole, W. S. G 1 5 Colonial Theatre 18 3 Excellent. Common Sense Gum Co Chewing gum 50 83 2 2 Excellent. Connely, Thomas B Plumbers’ supplies. . . . 12 1 Good. Coveil, William K House furnishings .... 16 Very Good. Crown Restaurant 1 6 Curry, R. W Lumber & supplies . . . 5 Very Good. David, Moses Bakery 7 2 Good. Doran, M. J. Co Ladies’ furnishings. . . . 4 22 1 Excellent. Downing, Benjamin F., 3d Millinery 4 5 Excellent. Dring & Smith Paints, wall paper, etc. 10 Very Good. Drury, James H. & Co Groceries. . . 4 1 Excellent. Dugan, J. J Quarry . , 22 Good. Dugan, J. J Teaming . 30 1 Good. Easton, W. H Pork products . . 6 Excellent. Eddy, James A Groceries. . . 8 1 Excellent. Evans, Mary E Bakery store. . . 1 4 Excellent. Faerber, F. & Sons Mineral waters. . 6 1 Very Good. Ferretti, A. G Fruit 5 2 Very Good. Flint, Dutee W Automobiles . . 6 1 Excellent. Frasch, H. D Confectionery . . 9 3 Very Good. Garifalos, Sam Restaurant .... 4 1 Good. Garretson, E. P. Co Groceries 10 7 1 Very Good. .Green & McLean Confectionery 6 Haire, John T Furniture . . 40 5 Excellent. Haire, Joseph Est Plumbing . . 4 1 Very Good. Hammett, A. & H. G Lurpber & hardware. . 8 Good. Hay man & Nason Paints and oils . . . 15 Excellent. Herald Publishing Co Newspaper 8 1 Excellent. Herman’s Jewelry 3 4 Excellent. Hess Co Dry goods. . . 6 26 Excellent. Hill Top Inn 35 10 Excellent. Johnson, J. D Paints, oils, etc . 5 Very Good. Kaull, T. Fred Groceries 8 1 Very Good. 26 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. NEWPORT — Continued 5 4 Very Good. 20 Good. Wet Wash laundry . . . 5 3 Good. 18 8 1 Very Good. King & McLeod Co 30 60 Excellent; Koschuy, Simon Bakery, confectionery 6 2 Excellent. 5 1 Excellent. 8 Excellent. 10 25 Excellent. Libby, W. F 10 2 Very Good. 7 2 Good. Lofblad, K 2 3 Very Good. 4 4 1 1 Excellent. McClellan & Heald Awnings and tents. . . . 2 4 Good. McGowan Restaurant 3 2 McKenzie & Winslow Hay and grain 8 Good. McLennon, John K Ladies’ gowns. . 7 8 Very Good. Marks, John H Plumbing. . . . 6 1 Very Good. Mercury Publishing Co Newspaper & printing . 4 5 Very Good. Mill Street Laundry 10 41 Excellent. Milne Printery Job printing. . . . 4 1 Excellent. Moffit, Godfrey Sash, mouldings, etc: . 5 Good. Morgan, R Closed Muenchinger King Hotel 3 7 Excellent. Murphv, P. J. & Co Plumbers’ supplies. . . . 5 Good. New Cliff, The Hotel 5 5 Excellent. New England Steamship Co. — Mechanical Department 258 51 1 Good. Newport Beach Association 95 42 5 7 Excellent. Newport City Laundry „ 2 10 Very Good. Newport Coal Co . Coal and wood 38 5 1 Very Good. Newport Daily News Newspaper 18 19 Excellent. Newport Gas Co. — Office & Construction. 18 2 Very Good. Newport Gas Co Gas and by-products. . 30 Good. Newport One Price Clothing Co Men’s furnishings .... 5 2 Excellent. Newport Opera House 16 2 Excellent. Newport Paper and Grocery Co 18 2 Excellent. Newport Ship Yard Ship supplies . . . 22 Very Good. Newport Trust Co 10 •2 Excellent. Peckham Co., The Hardware 4 1 Excellent. Peckham, E. S Coal 6 Very Good. Perry Coal Co Coal and wood. 5 Good. Perry House Hotel . . 15 12 Philadelphia Restaurant 13 2 Pinniger & Manchester. . Coal and wood 6 1 Good. Plummer, Charles S Stationery & music . . . 3 2 Excellent. Postal Telegraph Co 4 1 2 Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. 27 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Nt Men. jmber Employed. n i Worn- 1 Bo P Gi J ls under under e • 16. 16. Sanitary Condition. NEWPORT— Concluded 5 2 30 83 1 Excellent. 16 10 Very Good. 5 2 Good. 12 2 Excellent. Electrical supplies .... 27 1 Very Good. Scott, W. B. Co Hardware and ‘house 10 2 Excellent. 6 1 Very Good. 6 1 Excellent. 5 1 Very Good. 1 14 1 Excellent. 12 3 Very Good. 5 1 Excellent. Smith, Robert Planing mill 5 Good. Spooner, Thomas & Sons Bakery 12 2 Very Good. Standard Wholesale Grocery Co 12 5 1 Very Good. Stewart, A. T. & Sons Stables 6 Very Good. Stock Bros Garage 5 Very Good. Sullivan, John F Building stone 8 Very Good. Sullivan, J. J. & Co Wood and coal 8 1 Very Good. Swift & Co Beef and provisions. . . 7 Excellent. Talbot Co Clothing 4 1 Excellent. Tasso Bros Confectionery and ice cream 5 Excellent. Tisdale, Charles & Co Groceries 35 4 Excellent. Titus, A. C. Co House furnishings .... 7 2 Excellent. United States Hotel 3 2 Very Good Vernon, George E. Co Furniture 22 15 Very Good. Walsh Bros House furnishings .... 8 2 Very Good. Western Union Telegraph Co 5 10 6 Excellent. . Wetherell, John H Carriages 6 1 Very Good. Williams & Manchester . . Y achts 5 Good. Wilmarth & Co Tents and awnings . . . 3 2 Very Good. Woolworth, F. W 5 and 10 cent store . . . 3 15 Excellent. Wright Bros Paints and oils 5 Very Good. Young, Dalton E Groceries 5 1 Good. NEW SHOREHAM BLOCK ISLAND Atlantic Inn 1 4 Very Good. Ball, C. C Groceries 4 1 Very Good. Barber, L. D Restaurant 6 Very Good. Eureka House 4 7 Very Good. Highland House 3 6 Very Good. Hure, Mrs. Matilda Restaurant . . 1 6 Very Good. 28 REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR. Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. 1 _ . Wom- Men. I en Boys under 16. Girls under 16. NEW SHOREHAM— Concluded BLOCK ISLAND— Concluded Hotel 10 20 Confectionery 3 3 Closed Hotel 16 21 31 20 3 4 13 10 14 6 11 18 Hotel 6 15 Hotel . . 5 10 NORTH KINGSTOWN ALLENTON Allenton Woolen Co. . . . Worsted 20 12 DAVISVILLE Davisville Woolen Co. — New Mill 11 2 Davisville Woolen Co. — Old Mill 15 9 HAMILTON Hamilton Web Co 82 69 5 6 Rhode Island Co., The — Sea View Dist 31 2 LAFAYETTE Davis & Slocum Groceries 5 Rodman Mfg. Co Woolen and cotton worsteds 109 65 1 3 SHADY LEA Rodman Mfg. Co Cotton yarn 32 31 4 3 WICKFORD Beacon Oyster Co 10 1 Lane, Frank L 12 1 Providence Telephone Co 2 8 NORTH PROVIDENCE ALLENDALE Centredale Worsted Co Worsted yarn 25 149 8 16 CENTREDALE Centredale Worsted Mills Worsted yarn 51 127 12 10 GENEVA Geneva Mill W 1 139 61 6 6 w oolen Sanitary Condition . Excellent, Good. Very Good, Excellent. Excellent, Excellent. Excellent. Excellent, Excellent. Excellent, Excellent. Fair. Fair. Good. Very Good Good. Excellent. Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR 29 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. 1 Girls under 1 16. NORTH PROVIDENCE— Conoid GREYSTONE Benn, Joseph & Sons Mohair and alpaca . . . . 321 398 38 32 Excellent. Greystone Co-operative Store 3 3 Excellent. • LYMANSVILLE Kirby, M. J 4 2 Vprv Lymansville Co 186 137 22 21 v t;iy vjrooa. Excellent. NORTH SMITHFIELD Blackstone Mfg. Co 239 169 11 19 Excellent. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.— Mechanical Department 21 Oak Knoll Farm 4 1 Excellent. FORESTDALE Forestdale Mfg. Co Cotton yarn 117 90 7 10 Excellent. SLATERSVILLE Slatersville Finishing Co 301 51 5 1 Excellent. WATERFORD American Woolen Co. — Saranac Mill Woolen and worsted. . 346 118 2 3 Excellent. PAWTUCKET Acme Finshing Co Piece goods 117 48 7 Excellent. Aldrich, H. G. Express Co 20 Excellent. Allen, Joseph P Elastic cord & braids . . 16 43 1 Excellent. American Coated Paper Co Glazed paper 15 1 Excellent. American Hair Net Work, Inc 13 4 4 Excellent. American Textile Co Laces 140 120 2 18 Excellent. Anchor Webbing Co Non-adhesive elastic tape 46 61 1 1 Excellent. Armour & Co Beef and provisions . . . 18 Excellent. Attleboro Braiding Co Shoe laces 9 Excellent. Atwood Crawford Co., The Spool & fancy turning . 62 2 7 Very Good. Automobile Journal Publishing Co Magazine 16 14 6 Excellent. Bancroft, F. J Sporting goods 10 Excellent. Bateman, J. K Beef and provisions. . . 5 Excellent. B. B. Tip Co Shoe laces 3 10 1 1 Excellent. Beard, J. J Furniture 9 2 Excellent. Bertozzi, Nicholas . . . Ice cream 6 1 Good. Blackstone Glazed Paper Co 16 1 Very Good. Blackstone Lunch Restaurant 6 1 Excellent. Blackstone Reed & Harness Co. . . Cotton reeds 7 1 Very Good. Blackstone Steam & Heating Co 16 1 Excellent. Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Co. . . 121 6 Excellent. 30 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PAWTUCKET — Continued Blake, F. N. Co 18 1 Very Good, 49 123 6 Excellent. 9 2 1 Excellent. 12 3 Excellent. 14 1 Excellent. 3 2 1 Excellent. 193 174 31 23 Excellent. 18 37 2 13 Excellent. 9 Excellent. 4 1 Excellent. 5 2 Excellent. 134 6 Excellent. 104 4 11 Excellent. 1 6 1 Excellent. 8 Excellent. Citizens Ice Co 17 1 Excellent. City Brass Foundry 10 Very Good. City Coal Co 35 Excellent. Coats, J. & P., No. 2 Mill i Coats, J. & P., No. 3 Mill i Thread 1,531 2,202 167 301 Excellent. Coats, J. & P , No. 1 Mill Coats, J. & P., No. 5 Mill J Cobb, W. R. & Co Jewelers’ findings 5 3 Excellent. Collin’s Bros Machine shop 36 3 Very Good. Collyer Insulated Wire Co 59 3 4 Excellent. Comstock Co . . Hog abattoir 30 Very Good. Cottrell, John T. Co. . . Lumber and coal 70 1 Excellent. Crosby, J. D. Co. . . Flat cold rolled steel. . . 80 4 Excellent. Crown Confectionery Co Confectionery and ice cream 4 2 Good. Cummings Laundry 17 20 Excellent. Darling, L. B. Fertilizer Co 113 2 Very Good. Darlington Coal Co Coal, wood & masons’ material 4 1 Excellent. Darlington Elevator Co Hay and grain 7 Excellent. Darlington Textile Co Cotton warp 20 22 1 Excellent. Darlington Wet W ash Laundry 5 2 Excellent. Davie, F. W Expressing 12 Excellent. Davis, Frank Plumbing 5 Excellent. Dawson, Albert Corset lace finishing . . 3 14 1 Excellent. Deahy Bros Dry goods 7 36 Excellent. Dempsey B. & D. Works 119 12 5 1 Excellent. Dexter, John Closed Dexter Yarn Co Cotton yarn 89 219 16 15 Excellent. Draper, J. 0. & Co. . . Soap and oils . . 9 2 Very Good. Dupuis, Frank Plumber 21 1 Excellent. Dyson, Joseph Groceries and bakery . 6 1 Excellent. Eagle Dye Works 25 21 4 Fair. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, 31 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PAWTUCKET— Continued 6 8 Excellent. 105 Excellent. 8 Excellent. 12 7 Excellent. 40 1 Very Good. 62 12 1 Excellent. Cotton machinery .... 605 3 18 Excellent. 5 1 Excellent. 19 5 1 Excellent. 3 6 Excellent. 12 5 Excellent. 71 44 Excellent. 5 2 Good. 4 1 Glencairn Mfg. Co Narrow fabrics 30 20 1 6 Excellent. Globe Braiding Co Shoe laces . . . 4 7 Excellent. Globe Clothing Co Gents’ clothing 5 1 Excellent. Globe Theatre Closed Goff, D. & Sons Braid 288 519 37 71 Excellent. Green & Daniels Co., Inc Cotton yarn . . . 169 191 21 14 Excellent. Greenhalgh, J. W. Mfg. Co Yarn 2 12 Excellent. Grimes, William H. & Co Liquor and groceries. . 8 Excellent. Guisti & Papini Bakery 5 1 1 Very Good. Halliday, F. F Patterns 6 Excellent. Halliwell Company, The Bleaching, dyeing and mercerizing 23 3 1 Excellent. Hamlet Textile Co Silk 200 239 6 10 Excellent. Hand Brewing Co Beer, ale and porter . . . 48 2 Excellent. Harley, David Co., The Department store. . . . 25 89 1 Excellent. Harley Bros Laundry 17 2 1 Very Good. Haskell, William H Bolts and nuts 174 7 17 Excellent. H. M. H. Co., The Jewelry . . , 4 4 Excellent. Home Cafe, The Restaurant 1 4 Excellent. Home Washing Co Laundry . 12 6 Very Good. Hope Paper Co Glazed paper . . . 5 1 Excellent. Hope Webbing Co Narrow fabrics 507 652 35 84 Excellent. Hotel Belmont 4 2 Excellent. Hotel Plaza 12 2 Excellent. Houston, F. J Cigars . 7 1 Excellent. Industrial Trust Co 22 13 Excellent. Jackson, Samuel Co., The Boilers and plumbing. . 20 1 Excellent. Jenckes Spinning Co Cotton yarn 2,535 1,670 94 32 Excellent. Jillson, 0. A Lace leather 21 1 Fair. Kennedy, Gough & Murray Groceries 2 1 2 Excellent. Kenyon, John J. Mfg. Co Narrow fabrics 27 49 6 10 Excellent. Kresge, S. S 5 and 10 cent store . . . 3 15 Excellent. Laplante, A. P Carpenter 4 1 Excellent. 32 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. | Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PAWTUCKET — Continued 6 1 Excellent. 34 203 7 14 Excellent. 28 7 1 Excellent. 6 Excellent. Cigars and tobacco . . . 4 1 Excellent. 4 6 Excellent. 54 Excellent. Little, John W. & Co 18 8 5 Excellent. Lorraine Mfg. Co., No. 1 1 Cotton | 82 104 y 721 881 Excellent. Worsted j 28 2 Excellent. 34 241 2 11 Excellent. 15 8 Excellent. Lyons Delaney Co. — Wholesale. . Tea, coffee and spices. . Tea, coffee and spices. . Carriage manufacturer Furniture 18 8 Excellent. Lyons Delaney Co. — Retail. . . 3 2 Excellent. McCabe, Bernard .... 13 1 Very Good. Excellent. McCaughey, Bernard . . 10 2 McCormick & Marton ... . Groceries 4 1 Excellent. McDevitt & Co Clothing 6 5 Excellent. McDuff Coal & Lumber Co. . . Coal and lumber 62 1 Excellent. McDuff, H. C. Estate. . . . Lumber, 20 2 Excellent. McKenzie & McKay Co Dyeing, bleaching and mercerizing 46 53 2 2 Excellent. Mackenzie Walton Co Seamless wire 30 1 Excellent. Martin, W. E. . . Laundry 3 2 Very Good. Excellent. Maryland Club Restaurant 10 Mason, Robert D Dyeing and bleaching. Silk cloth. . . 147 20 1 Very Good. Excellent. Milano Silk Weaving Co., Inc. 8 5 Modern Shoe Store . . Boots and shoes. . . 8 5 Excellent. Moncrief Machine Co. . . 7 1 Excellent. Moran, Mary A Confectionery. . . . 9 2 Excellent. Murray Lunch . . Restaurant 5 1 Excellent. Narotex Co Narrow cotton fabrics. 10 7 Excellent. Narragansett Machine Co Gymnasium apparatus. Grain 220 19 5 1 Excellent. Narragansett Milling Co 13 1 Excellent. National Biscuit Co. Rem’d to Providence National Coated Paper Corporation Glazed paper 52 5 Excellent. New England Lace Co Lace 35 65 i 3 Excellent. Newell Coal & Lumber Co Coal, lumber and ma- sons’ mntprinl 62 1 Excellent. New England Bakery 70 3 Excellent. New Public Market 56 42 Excellent. New England Machine & Electric Co .... 30 2 Excellent. New England Paper Tube Co 6 2 Excellent. New System Shoe Repairing. . . 5 Excellent. Nicholson, J. B Groceries & market. . . 4 1 Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, 33 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PAWTUCKET— Continued Rem’d to Providence. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co 39 4 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co. — Darlington. 10 1 3 34 1 69 3 O’Neil, J. H. Jr 7 1 7 62 42 1 11 35 2 4 8 115 5 11 3 140 14 15 1 28 Pawtucket Institution for Savings 11 2 Pawtucket Mfg. Co Bolts and nuts 111 4 16 Pawtucket Produce Co 7 Pawtucket Quick Lunch Restaurant 6 Pawtucket Sash & Blind Co 85 3 3 Pawtucket Screw Co Machine screws .... 7 3 Pawtucket Tape Co Closed Payne, George W. Co Machine shop 30 2 Peck, George C. & Co Department store .... 8 15 Pennington, M. A. Co Coke and coal 4 1 Pennsylvania Textile Co Silk dress goods. . . . 76 30 2 1 Peoples Quick Lunch Restaurant .... 5 Peoples Wet Wash, The Closed Perry, Buxton, Doane Co Scrap iron and metal. . 15 1 Perry Express Co 37 1 Perry, W Closed Perry Oil Co 7 2 Peter’s Restaurant 1 4 Phillips Insulated Wire Co 393 81 3 Pollock, John L. Estate Closed Polsey, J. N. & Co Wooden boxes 56 1 Potter & Johnston Machinerv 1,200 3 Providence Braid Co Shoe laces 47 98 2 1 Providence Dressed Meat Co Closed Providence Telephone Co 29 79 Puritan Lunch 8 Reed, F. I Market 4 1 Reetz, Robert C Sheet metal work. . . 7 1 Reliable Broom Shop 5 Rhode Island Braid Co Braid 2 1 Rhode Island Card Board Co 74 14 1 3 Rhode Island Crucible Foundry 22 Rhode Island Restaurant, The Closed Sanitary Condition. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Good. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Very Good. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Very Good. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Very Good. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Very Good. Very Good. 34 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name op Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PAWTUCKET— Continued Rhode Island Textile Co 14 20 4 10 Excellent. 6 Excellent. Excellent. 22 13 1 140 1 Excellent. 92 52 30 Excellent. 250 361 3 2 Excellent. Tags and printing .... 32 19 9 2 Excellent. 81 64 8 20 Excellent. Sellew Machine Tool Co 68 1 Excellent. 16 67 1 13 Excellent. Department store .... 90 160 10 8 Excellent. 1 5 Excellent. 21 10 Excellent. 128 135 8 1 Excellent. Slocum, W. H. Co Machine and forging. . Contractor 5 1 Very Good. Excellent. Smile v, A. F 14 1 Smith, Benjamin F. Co., The Contractor & builder. . 21 Excellent. Smith, E. Co., The Liquors 14 Excellent. Smith Webbing Co Narrow fabrics 90 147 16 19 Excellent. Solway Dyeing & Textile Co 202 90 16 12 Excellent. Standard Bottling Co Mineral water 5 1 Excellent. Standard Engineering Works . . Closed Standard Engineering Works, The. . . 60 1 Excellent. Standard Paper Box Co 8 19 3 8 Excellent. Steel Specialty Corporation Machine screws 8 3 2 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Suter, F. & B Loom reeds 16 2 Swift & Co Beef 25 1 Tamarack Co. (See Jencks Spinning Co) Tennev, A. E Machinery 20 Very Good. Excellent. Thayer, P. E Brushes 10 30 Tingley, Frank E Builders’ finish 18 1 1 Excellent. Toole, William K. Co. . . 26 12 1 Excellent. Troy Hand Laundry 17 24 1 Excellent. Tubular Woven Fabric Co Flexible, woven electri- cal conduit 36 14 13 Excellent. United States Finishing Co Printing & finishing . . . 564 100 21 Excellent. United States Glazed Yarn Co 6 5 Excellent. Union Wadding Co Cotton batting 237 51 6 2 Very Good. United Wire & Supply Co . . . Brass & copper tubing . 73 Excellent. Vermont Creamery . . . 7 Excellent. Waldorf Lunch Co. of R. I., Inc. . . Restaurant 7 Excellent. Warburton, H. A Closed Webb, E. C Petroleum products. . . Dry Goods 22 Very Good. Westcott, F. W 3 9 Excellent. What Cheer Chemical Co Soap 23 Very Good. Whatmough & Bros . Bakery & groceries . . . Foundrv 5 1 Excellent. White, J. S. Co 71 3 Very Good. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR 35 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PAWTUCKET— Concluded 5 1 Excellent. 5 1 1 Excellent. 5 1 Excellent. 16 2 Excellent. 29 Excellent. Windsor Webbing Co Tapes, braids & elastic. 9 14 3 14 Excellent. 42 17 1 Excellent. Screw mach. products 16 73 3 Excellent. 3 25 1 Excellent. Bottling beer & cigars . 5 1 Excellent. PORTSMOUTH 3 2 Very Good. PROVIDENCE Adams Pros , Tne. Jewelers’ findings 12 1 Very Good. Adams, C. F Ladies’ clothing 30 8 1 Excellent. Adams, E. A. Machine Co Jewelers’ machinery . . 10 1 Excellent. Advance Button Co Closed iEtna Bottle & Stopper Co Bottle a^d bottle trim- mings 22 36 1 4 Very Good. Akermn.n Co Blank books 12 7 Excellent. Aldrich-Eld ridge Co Groceries 34 3 Excellent. Alfrieda, Co Jewelry 2 4 1 Allen Fire Department Supply Co Brass goods 32 2 Very Good. Allen & Northup Restaurant 5 2 • Good. Allen & Read, Inc Steam supplies 39 10 Excellent. Allen Wrench & Tool Co 12 Very Good. Almy Water Tube Boiler Co 43 Very Good. Alper, M. S. & Son Paper waste 12 5 Excellent. Alsfeld Electro Plating Co 4 1 Excellent. American Ball Co Steel balls 16 3 1 Excellent. American Bottling Co Liquors 56 1 Very Good. American Brass Co., The 7 1 Excellent. American & British Co Steam engines 297 7 1 Good. American Cotton Oil Co Lubricating oil 12 1 Very Good. American Cotton Oil Co Cotton seed oil 45 1 Very Good. American Emery Wheel Works Grinding wheels 113 21 Excellent. American Enamel Co Wooden enamel 208 65 3 7 Excellent. American File Renewing Co 9 3 Very Good. American Flyer Co Closed American Glass Works Imitation stones 6 1 American Hand Laundry 10 40 Excellent. American Multiple Fabric Co Cotton 13 18 Very Good American Oyster Co 29 1 Excellent. American Pennant Manufacturing Co. . . . Pennants 2 5 Good. American Plumbing Co 9 Very Good. . 36 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR Name op Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys undes 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Continued American Radiator Co 8 5 Excellent. American Radiator Works 6 2 225 19 2 Excellent. 2 11 Excellent. American Screw Co. — Bay State Mill . . ) American Screw Co. — Eagle Mill / 688 474 Excellent. 63 45 Excellent. American Screw Co. — N. E. Mill 260 157 Very Good. 269 531 15 65 Excellent. 19 166 1 1 Excellent. 138 22 3 Very Good. American Woolen Co. — Weybosset Mill . . Woolen & worsted. . . . 480 175 8 5 Excellent. American Woolen Co. — Manton Mills. . . . 217 141 5 Excellent. 1 12 Very Good. 12 8 1 2 Excellent. Anderson Candy Co Conf. & bakery store. . 1 4 Excellent. Anderson Candy Co Conf. & bakery store. . 9 Excellent. Anderton, E. & E. B Pork products 15 1 Excellent. Andrews & Spellman Co Hay and grain 17 1 Excellent. Angell, Charles E General machine work 13 Excellent. Anshen, L. J Jewelry 21 13 1 Very Good. Anthony, Edwin P Drugs. . . . 7 1 Good. Anthony Furniture Co Household furnishings. 30 9 Excellent. Anthony, J. L. Co 11 1 Excellent. Apco Manufacturing Co Auto accessories. . . . 12 9 4 1 Excellent. Appleton, Joseph Plumbing 10 1 Excellent. Ardrey & Adams Parquetry floors 15 Good. Armour & Co Beef & provisions 31 5 Very Good. Armour Mfg. Co Jewelry 4 2 1 Very Good. Arnold, H. C. & Co Fruit & provisions. . . . 7 2 Good. Arnold, Hoffman & Co., Inc Dye stuffs and chemi- cals 17 3 Very Good. Arnold A Steere Jewelry . . , 26 6 1 Excellent. Astle, H. J. & Co Kitchen furnishings. . . 36 3 Very Good. Astor Lunch Co Restaurant .... 6 2 Excellent. Astor Lunch Closed . . . Atherton Pin Grid Bar Co Cotton mill specialties . 4 1 Good. Atlantic Mills, No. 1, 2, 3, 5 Dress goods 727 1,234 98 63 Excellent. Atlas Machine Co 45 Very Good. Atlas Sheet Metal Works 8 Good. Auburn Lace & Braid Co Shoe laces & elastics. . . 4 9 • Very Good. Austin Co., The Jewelry novelties. . , 35 10 2 Very Good. Austin, John & Son Gold & silver refiners . . 6 Excellent. Automatic Chain Co 22 42 j 3 Excellent. Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. of America 5 11 Excellent. Auto Car Sains & Service Co 30 3 Very Good. Avck, B Enameling . . 5 2 Very Good. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR 37 Name op Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Continued 40 28 1 Very Good. 9 7 Good. Baird-North Co Jewelry (mail order).. 39 149 8 2 Excellent. 12 3 Very Good. 7 2 Excellent. 6 2 Very Good. 16 1 1 Good. 94 193 7 17 Excellent. 27 9 Excellent. 24 3 Excellent. 20 60 3 1 Good. 4 2 Excellent. 2 3 Very Good. 25 3 Excellent. 15 Good. Barker, E. R Jewelry 4 3 Excellent. Barker, Chadsey & Co Hardware 18 4 Excellent. Barrett, W. E. Co., The Agricultural tools and seeds 25 Excellent. Barra, Antonia Bakery 4 1 Excellent. Barstow Stove Co Stoves, ranges, fur- naces, etc 182 8 Good. Bartelt, A. W Imitation stones. . . 5 5 Excellent. Barton, E. A. & Co Jewelry 1 4 4 1 Very Good. Bashan, John Paints & wall paper. . . 5 1 Excellent. Basset Jewelry Co Jewelry 32 20 1 Excellent. Batastini Bros Bakery 27 7 Excellent. Battisti, Luigi Bakery 5 Excellent. B. & D. Braid Co Narrow fabrics. 1 15 2 Very Good. Bayer Co., Inc., The Chemicals 8 1 Excellent. Beach & Sweet Insurance 10 4 Excellent. Beaman & Smith Co., The Machine tools 100 2 Excellent. Beaton Bros Closed Bedell Ladies’ garments . . 9 58 1 5 Excellent. Bedford, W. H Groceries. . . 5 1 Excellent. Beekman & Moran Boots and shoes. . 12 5 Very Good. Belcher & Loomis Hardware Co 102 38 10 Excellent. Belcher & Loomis Hardware Co W arehouse . . . 27 4 2 Beleveau & Beleveau Chains . . . 2 2 1 Very Good. Bellen, Morris Ice cream mfg .... 5 Excellent. Belmont Lunch Co. — 27 Washington St. . 6 Excellent. Belmont Lunch Co. — 526 Westminster St. Closed Belmont Lunch Co.— 125 Weybosset St. . 8 Excellent. Belmont Lunch Co. — 4 Gould St Bakery 5 Very Good. Benedictis Bros Macaroni & groceries. . 4 1 Excellent. Bennett, E. A. Co Gold goods 6 3 Excellent. Bennett, F. S. Co Jewelry and findings . . 1 12 Very Good. Bennett, T. E. Co Jewelry . . . 22 25 3 Good. 1 38 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued 5 1 1 Very Good. Good. Bens, William Co 5 2 1 5 14 3 Excellent. 53 149 11 23 Excellent. 4 1 Fair. 5 Good. Besse-Boeker Co., The Gents’clothing andfur- 7 7 Excellent. 820 12 Excellent. Bigney, C. I. Co 100 Excellent. 9 5 Excellent. Toys, music & pianos. 11 8 Excellent. 3 2 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Blacher Bros 11 25 1 1 Black, V. E. Co 40 46 3 8 3 Excellent. Blackstone Mutual Fire Insurance Co. . . . 11 23 Excellent. Blair Shoe Repair Factory 3 1 Good. Blanchard, Y oung & Co. . . Fancy goods. 34 9 Very Good. Excellent. Blanding & Blanding Drugs 24 20 4 1 Blue Ribbon Laundry. . . Closed . . Bodell & Co Bankers. . . 5 9 Excellent. Boehne, Oscar R Refiners 4 1 Good. Bolle Mfg. Co Celluloid combs and novelties 13 9 3 1 Very Good. Boland, H. A Closed Borland, M. H Machinists . . 5 Good. Boss Electrical Supply Co . . 5 2 Excellent. Boston Economy Lamp Division of the General Electric Co 31 147 Excellent. Boston Electric Co 4 1 Excellent. Boston & Providence Clothingr C!o Closed Boston Radiator Works . . . 4 1 Good. Bourn Rubber Co Rubber overshoes .... 198 196 2 4 Good. Bourn Rubber Co Wire department 39 11 1 1 Excellent. Bowes, Mabel Dressmaking 12 Excellent. Boyden, George E. & Son Hosiery 27 147 7 30 Excellent. Boyle, Charles J Confectionery 3 3 1 Excellent. Boyle, T. A Fruit, and pickles. . . 10 1 Good. Bradbury Motors Co . . . Automobiles . . . 11 2 Excellent. Brady, John F Electroplating 25 4 16 1 Excellent. Braided Fabric Co., The. . Elastic braids 5 9 2 Very Good. Braley & McLaughlin. . . Furna.ces 7 1 Good. Brayton, D. W. Co Fruit and produce .... Plumbing material. . . . Jewelry 6 1 Very Good. Brennan, C. P 7 Good. Brier Mfg. Co 30 64 1 6 Excellent. Briggs, J. & Sons Co Plated wire & tubing . . Drugs 16 Excellent. Briggs, S. J 5 1 Excellent. Brissett, J Groceries and market . 4 Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, 39 Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Emploted. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued 8 6 Very Good. Excellent. 12 1 6 1 Excellent. 6 2 Excellent. 8 14 Excellent. Confectionery & fruit . 7 1 Excellent. 7 Very Good. Fair. 16 12 18 1 Excellent. Textile mill supplies. . Printing and badges . . Gold & silver refiners . . 5 2 4 1 Excellent. 5 1 Very Good. Excellent. 10 8 Machinery and small 5,343 59 1,427 34 26 17 Excellent. Brownell & Field Co Groceries Excellent. Brownell Machinery Co., The 8 2 Excellent. Brownell Mfg. Co Book binding 3 2 Excellent. Browning, King & Co Clothing & furnishings. Sheet metals 35 10 2 Excellent. Brunnckow, C. G. Co 19 Very Good. Good. Buckingham & Co Fruit & vegetables. . . . Jewelers 7 Budlong, S. E 2 3 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Buffiington, F. H Paper boxes 23 47 3 4 Buick Agency Service station . 10 1 Buick Agency Automobiles 6 1 Excellent. Builders’ Iron Foundry — Codding St 685 28 8 Excellent. Builders’ Iron Foundry — Kinsley Ave .... 125 10 Excellent. Bun Fong Lon Co Restaurant 7 Excellent. Burdick-Clark Co Wholesale confec’ery . Liquors 8 3 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Burke Bros 9 Burke, Tarr & Graef Furniture 8 1 Burlingame, J. P. & Co Jewelry findings. 6 1 1 Excellent. Burns, M. Teaming Co 12 Good. Burrows & Kenyon Lumber 23 3 Excellent. Burroughs Addding Machine Co 11 1 Excellent. Burt Mfg. Co Closed Bush, Charles S'. Co Drugs and chemicals. . Ice cream & conf 23 18 Excellent. Butler, Charles L. & Son 7 2 Excellent. Butman & Tucker Modern hand laundry . Mfg. jewelry & novel- ties 19 45 Excellent. Buxton, S. E. Co 1 5 Excellent. Cadillac Auto Co. of Rhode Island 72 6 Excellent. Cady, C. A. Co Ford parts . , 6 1 Excellent. Cady Moving & Storage Co 10 1 Very Good. Excellent. Cahoone, George H. Co Jewelry 58 10 2 Calef Bros Market 8 2 Excellent. California Wine Co Liquors 5 1 Good. Callender, McAuslan & Troupe Co Department store .... 266 364 11 10 Excellent. 40 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, Name of Establishment. Nature of Rusiness and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Continued * 7 1 Excellent. 48 19 2 2 Excellent. 1 13 2 Excellent. 1 12 Excellent. 6 Good. 5 6 Excellent. 28 2 Very Good. 5 2 Very Good. 6 Excellent. 5 3 Excellent. 21 Fair. 4 1 Excellent. 2 3 Excellent. Cate, George B. & Co Rakerv 8 3 Excellent. Central Hotel 5 3 Excellent. Centredale Worsted Mill Worsted tops 88 9 Excellent. Champlin, S. "B. Co •Tewelrv 23 21 Excellent. Chandler Co Hie sinking 2 1 Excellent. Chandler Motors of R,. I., Ine Automobiles 8 1 Excellent. Chapin & Hollister Co Jewelry 42 32 Excellent. Charles & Hedison Mfg. Co Jewelry 10 8 1 4 Very Good. Chase, Charles A. R _ Restaurant 1 14 Excellent. Chase, F. A. & Co Mill supplies 28 39 2 6 Very Good. Chase, William R Groceries 8 1 Excellent. Chatterton File Works Hand cut files 11 Very Good. Cherry & Webb. . . Ladies’ garments 29 187 4 1 Excellent. Chester, F. .E. Co Fishing tackle 8 17 5 Very Good. Chevrolet Motor Co. of N. Y., Inn Automobiles 15 2 Excellent. Child & Miller Co Closed Childs, A. R Dressmaking 12 Excellent. Childs Co. of Providence . . . Restaurant 18 23 Excellent. Church, E. C. Co Rlacksmith’s supplies . 20 5 Very Good. Claflin, George L. Co .... Pharmaceuticals 55 13 5 Excellent. Clapp, R. P Ammonia Co . 6 Very Good. Clapp, Otis & Son Pharmaceuticals 5 3 1 Excellent. Clark Mi g. Co. . Burial cases . 36 1 Excellent. Clark & Coombs Co Seamless rings 75 45 2 2 Excellent. Clark, John T Enameling 3 6 2 Good. Clark’s Casino . . . Rowling 5 Very Good. Olasnn Arnhiteetur^.l Metal WVirkp Roofing & sheet metal . 29 1 Very Good. Clayton, Alice Restaurant 1 7 Excellent. Cloudman Groceries 5 Excellent. Cough & Co Hair dressing 5 Excellent. Cobb, Pothin & Co Millinery. . . 4 12 Excellent. Coe, William H. Mfg. Co. . Gold leaf 5 11 Excellent. Cogan, Edward . . , Bakery. . . . 3 2 Escellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR 41 INumber Employed. Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16 . Girls under 16 . Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued Cohen Mfg. Co Cohn & Rosenberger Cole Motor Sales Co Cole Teaming Co Collateral Loan Co Collier, P. F. & Son Collingwood, J. H. & Co Colonial Lunch Colonial Theatre Colored Worsted Mill Colvin Foundry Co Colwell, C. S Colwell Worsted Mills Combination Ladder Co Comstock & Co Comstock, J. F. & Sons Congdon & Carpenter Co., The Congdon, W. & Son Conley & Straight Continental Metals Co., Inc Cook, Dunbar, Smith Co Cook, Edwin M. Plate Co Cooke, C. H. Co Cooke, Henry W. Co Cooper, Gerald Cooper & Sisson Cornell, H. P Corp Bros Corporation Shop Cory & Reynolds Co Costanzo & De Angelis Jewelry Co . Costello & Co Craft & Newton Cranston & Swift Crees & Court Crescent Braiding Co Criscione, Gerogie Crompton & Knowles Loom Works. Crooker Mantel & Tile Co Crossley, Frank A Crown Hotel Crown Worsted Mills Crucible Steel Co. of America Cudahy Packing Co Cuddy Gardiner Co Cull & Williams Jewelry. . . . Jewelry .... Automobiles Books Enameling Closed Amusement Worsted yarn Iron castings Restaurant Ladies’ dress goods.. . Pork packers Beef Carriage supplies Hardware Gold & silver refining . Seamless wire & rolled plate. Gold & silver plate .... Jewelry Real estate Mercerizing Butter, eggs, cheese, etc Groceries Bicycles Clothing Jewelry Findings Jewelry Jewelry Steel dies Shoe laces . Macaroni mfg Produce. Worsted yarns. . Safes Beef Drug racks Mantel and tiles 3 39 5 25 5 7 7 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 10 29 1 1 7 16 1 7 153 5 4 41 1 5 1 2 11 1 1 9 1 5 4 23 2 2 8 3 4 4 3 40 2 45 7 6 1 36 121 8 3 1 1 1 Excellent. . . Excellent. . . Excellent. Good. . . Excellent. . . Excellent. . . Very Good, 10 1 Excellent. Excellent. Good. Excellent. Excellent. Very Good. Excellent. Excellent. Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Very Good. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. 1 19 Very Good- Excellent. Excellent. Good. Excellent. Very Good. Good. Good. Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Good. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. 42 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of 'Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under" 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued Wet wash laundry. . . . Coal 12 Good. Curran & Burton 100 4 Excellent. Cutler, H. B 8 Excellent. Cutler Jewelry ... 31 26 1 3 Excellent. 10 3 Excellent. Cutler & Wood Machinists’ supplies. . 6 3 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Cutter, Frank 5 Cweik, A 4 7 6 7 Excellent. 9 5 Very Good. Excellent. Darling, C. C. & Co 8 3 Darline, C. P. Co., The 62 1 2 Very Good. Excellent. Dart, E. M. Mfg. Co 45 3 2 7 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Davidson, W. & J. H 5 3 10 Davis, Henry A. & Sons Shoddy manufacturer . Druggists’ supplies. . . Jewelers’ findings 19 Good. Davol Rubber Co. 204 254 31 36 Excellent. Dean, Calvin 13 15 1 5 Excellent. Dean, John M. Co House furnishings .... Cutlery 35 4 Excellent. De Boer & Bach Co 8 1 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Deignan Bros Groceries 3 2 Del Matto, Pietro . Ba.kerv 6 . 1 Del Rossi, G. D. Co Macaroni bakery 7 Very Good. Excellent. De Luxe Hosiery Co Silk hosiery 47 95 4 7 Dennison, A. J. & Co. Mfg. jewelers 4 3 Excellent Deutz. Max Jewelry 2 6 Excellent. Desmond Publishing Go. Books 6 3 Excellent. Deveroux, O. C. Co Jewelry 5 3 Very Good. Excellent. Dillman Bakery, Inc 25 1 Dillon & Douglas Butter, eggs, etc 10 2 Excellent. Dime Messenger Co .... 6 Excellent. Dimond, L. & Sons . Department store .... 65 130 3 Excellent. Dimond’s Meat Market. . . 12 6 1 Excellent. Direct Rubber Co Boots and shoes 8 2 Very Good. Excellent. Dodge & Camfield Groceries & liquors . . . Coal and wood 23 4 1 Doe & Little Co. . . 25 Good. Dolan, D Tailor 3 5 Good. Dolby Ice Cream Co. . . , Ice cream 37 10 Excellent. Domsky, A. M Restaurant 2 3 Donahue, T. F. & Co Groceries wines and liquors .... 4 2 Very Good. Excellent. Donle, Charles B. & Son, Inc Jewelers’ tools & dies. . 8 1 Doran, James C. & Son Jewelry 21 20 2 1 Excellent. Dotta, Louis Bakery 10 1 Excellent. Doughty Tire Co Auto tires 16 Good. Dover, George W., Inc Tools and jewelers findings 75 30 2 1 Excellent. Dowdine. Edwin J Groceries 20 8 Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, 43 Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued 16 Excellent. 7 Very Good. Excellent. 13 35 2 6- 3 Very Good. Very Good. Duffy Bros 3 1 2 4 1 Good. 5 Very Good. Excellent. 13 25 2 Dutemple, W. R. & Co 4 1 1 Good. 25 3 Good. D. & N. Mfg. Co., Inc 9 20 Very Good. Excellent. D. & W. Fuse Co 250 218 4 13 D. W. F. Engineering Co 30 20 Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. Ale, porter and lager . . 35 Early, Thomas H. & Co 4 1 Eastern Coal Co. — Dyer St 14 Eastern Coal Co. — Eddy St 10 3 Eastern Coal Co. — Point St 155 3 Eastern Coal Co. — Weybosset St 4 2 Eastern Glass Co Cameos and stones . . . 8 2 Very Good. Excellent. Eastern Nail Co Nails 14 3 Eastern Waist Co Ladies’ waists 2 12 1 Excellent. Eastman, Mrs. Rose Gowns 4 37 Excellent. Eddy & Fisher Co., The Liquor, cigars, etc .... Fruit 15 Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Eddy Bros 8 Eddy Rotary Oil Burner, Inc., The 20 Edwards & Lanphear Motor Co 4 1 Edwards & Walker 4 2 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Ellis, John D Jewelry 2 16 1 2 Elmwood Box Co Paper boxes 2 12 Elmwood Steam Laundry Closed Elsbree-Valleau Co Hats and furnishings. . Cotton waste 6 2 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Emerson, A. & Co 13 17 Emery Bowling Alleys — 99 Eddy St 10 Emery Bowling Alleys — 99 Washington St. 18 Excellent. Excellent. Emery’s Majestic Theatre Amusement 34 4 Emery Theatre Amusement 18 7 Excellent. Empire Enameling Co 4 8 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Empire Mfg. Co Jewelry jobbers. , . . . . 6 9 1 Empire Theatre Amusement. . . . 11 6 Era Mfg. Co., The Machinery. . . . 4 1 1 Excellent. Ernstof, J Clothing 5 8 Excellent. Erskine & Morrison Electros 10 1 2 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Essenel Co., The TCnit.ting needles 4 4 Esty, George W Restaurant 4 5 Ettlinger, M Men’s furnishings .... Contractors & builders. 5 1 Excellent. Evans, Henry R. & Son Co 5 Excellent. Everett & Barron Co Shoe dressings 11 21 1 Good. 44 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. MeD. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued 5 1 Very Good. Excell Mfg. Co 5 Very Good. Very Good. 8 2 13 4 Kitchen furnishings. . . Vim Truck Agents. . . . 5 4 Excellent. 14 2 Excellent 2 10 Very Good. Excellent. 16 3 3 2 24 14 Excellent. 12 3 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. 136 14 2 12 1 2 3 Excellent. Feeley, J. R. & Co Ecclesiastical wares. . . 10 4 1 Very Good. Excellent. Feeley, W. J Gold and silver 84 46 Fernstein, Philip Dry goods 3 5 Very Good. Very Good. Fessenden. & Co Silverware 8 1 Field, Charles H Engine turning ma- chine 5 1 Very Good. Good. Fields Point Mfg. Co Chemicals 25 1 Files Engineering & Heating Co., The. . . Construction and en- gineering 7 3 Excellent. Fine, Louis Closed Firemen’s Mutual Insurance Co 9 7 Excellent. Fischer & Pruefer Jewelry 19 24 4 4 Very Good. Excellent. Fisk Rubber Co Rubber tires. . . 12 3 Fiske, H. B. & Co Fruit and produce .... 11 2 Excellent. Fleischmann Yeast Co., The 13 1 Excellent. Flexngraph Mfg. Co Printing & autographic registers 7 2 Flink, B. & Son Groceries 9 2 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Flint-Blood & Co Jewelry 16 4 Flint, Dutee W Ford autos 39 29 1 Flint, Dutee W. Gasoline Co., Inc. Gasoline and oil 10 2 Excellent. Flint & Co Furniture, carpets, etc. 18 4 Excellent. Florence Drug Store 6 Flynn, Frank Jewelry 4 14 4 Fondi, Parido Bakery 6 1 Excellent. Ford Perry Co Jewelry 20 22 1 Excellent. Foss Hughes Co Auto trucks & service. . 33 4 Excellent. Foster, J. A. Co Diamonds, watches, etc Jewelry & silverware . . Repairing . . . 28 14 1 Excellent. Foster, Theodore W. & Bro. Co 128 58 4 1 Excellent. Foster, Smith Co 16 Very Good. Excellent. Foster, Smith Co. — Office 4 1 Fountain Street Garage 4 1 Very Good, Very Good. Fowler Bros Mourning jewelry .... 7 4 1 REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR. 45 Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. [Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued Jewelers’ cards, etc. . . . Heating engineering. . . 51 37 4 1 Excellent. 5 1 Good. 20 3 Excellent. 8 2 1 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. 6 1 7 196 3 Good. Franklin Machine Co. — Harris-Corliss 104 4 Excellent. Yarn dyeing and dry- 64 50 3 3 Very Good. Very Good. Good. 5 Fraser, J. M. & Co 1 12 1 2 1 9 2 Excellent. 5 10 Excellent. French, M. L 5 Excellent. Fry Bros Jewelry 4 3 Very Good. Fryer-Austin Company & Charles H. Fryer Printing Co Closed Fulford Mfg. Co Metal specialties 100 100 5 13 Very Good. Good. Fuller Iron Works Iron casting 52 Gaiety Theatre 7 3 Excellent. Galanis, John Closed Galassi, T. V. & Co Marble, tile and slate. Metal workers 12 1 Excellent. Good. Galkin, Samuel Co 7 1 Gardiner, Charles C Lumber 18 1 Excellent. Gardiner, F. O Meat 9 1 Very Good. Excellent. Very Good. Very Good. Good. Gardiner, Herbert W Men’s clothing. . . . 5 Gardiner, R. A Restaurant 3 2 Gardiner, W. H. & Sons Photo engraving 4 1 Gearin, E. P. & Co Fruit and produce. . . . Manufacturer bed 16 2 Geffner, H springs 5 General Baking Co., The Bakery 89 3 Excellent. General Chemical Co Acids & heavy chemi- cals 33 Excellent. General Fire Extinguisher Co Pipe fittings & auto- matic sprinklers .... 348 37 8 Excellent. General Machinery Co 28 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. General Manufacturing and Export Co. . . Gerlach, H. A Religious goods 4 9 6 2 Gibson, J. Fred Company — * 1 Exchange Place Soda, confectionery & cigars 12 2 Excellent. 81 Exchange Place Confectionery, lunch & cigars 5 4 Excellent. Corner Dorrance and Westminster. . . Confectionery, soda & cigars 7 Excellent. 176 Mathewson St Confectionery & lunch. 2 28 2 Excellent. 46 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, , Number Employed. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold.. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued Gibson, J. Fred Company — • Manufacturing depart- ment, bakery & con- 25 63 1 8 Excellent. 169 Westminster St Confectionery and ci- 4 4 Excellent. Drugs, confectionery, lunch and cigars. . . . 11 24 Excellent. 9 3 Excellent. 5 Excellent. 14 4 1 Excellent. 6 4 Very Good. Excellent. 48 182 3 2 Gledhill, John A. . . Patterns & mouldings . 15 1 Good. Glendale Elastic Fabric Co 30 90 6 13 Excellent. Goff, James E. Co Masons’ materials .... 22 Very Good. Goff & Darling Closed Golden, A Scrap iron 6 Good. Golden Mfg. Co Celluloid hair novel- ties 10 4 3 Very Good. Excellent. Goldsmith & Harzberg Jewelry 4 38 2 Goldstein, Jules P Jewelry and novelties. . Auto supplies 20 4 Very Good. Good. Goodby, Rankin & Co 19 3 Goodchild & Goodchild Groceries 4 1 Very Good. Excellent. Goodchild, Jeremiah. Groceries 4 1 Goodspeed’s Ladies’ clothing 1 4 Excellent. Goodwell Mfg. Co Jewelry 2 3 Very Good. Excellent. Goodwin Bradley Pattern Co Pattern models 16 1 Goodyear Tire Rubber Co Auto tires & supplies . . Shoe laces 6 3 Excellent. Gordon Manufacturing Co 2 8 Very Good. Excellent. Gorham Manufacturing Co Gold and silverware ... 1,474 214 17 5 Gorham Manufacturing Co — Casino Restaurant . 1 5 Excellent. Gorman & Co Groceries and liquors. . 5 Very Good. Excellent. Gowdy, J. A. Reed & Harness Mfg. Co. . . 20 1 Graham Manufacturing Co Jewelry . . . 7 1 Very Good. Very Good. Very good. Excellent. Grand, F. & W . . Dry goods 5 36 Granger, G. B. Co. . . Enamel goods 4 5 1 Grant Supply Co Remnants . . 2 3 Grant Mill Cotton 81 78 4 2 Excellent. Grant, Daniel & Son Co. . Wagons 10 , 1 Good. Gray, Alexander T Bakery 3 2 Excellent. Greene, A. A. Co Jewelry 21 8 Very Good. Greene, Anthony & Co Shoes 23 8 1 Very Good. Greene, R. L. Paper Co Paper, twine, roofing & asbestos. 35 5 Excellent. Greene, John F. Co. Printing 5 1 Very Good. Greene, William C. Co Jewelry 33 9 Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, 47 Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name op Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued 6 1 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. 3 4 5 1 1 Butter, cheese, etc. . . . 18 5 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. 55 56 1 1 6 1 35 2 Excellent. 5 Very Good. Excellent. 19 16 1 6 3 Very Good. Excellent. Hadley Co., The 9 41 1 11 Carpenters & builders . 7 1 Very Good. Very Good. 5 1 Hall, J. C. Co., The Lithographs and print- 100 100 Excellent. Hall, F. A. Co Tools 26 Very Good. Excellent. Hall Machine Tool Co Machine tools 24 1 Hallam-Rice Co Jewelry 18 5 2 Very Good. Hambly, J. H 6 9 Hamilton & Hamilton, Jr Jewelry 33 18 2 Excellent. Hamilton, George Co Jewelers’ tools 8 Very Good. Excellent. Hammel Oil Burning Equipment Co 22 2 Hammond, H. T Engraving and print- ing 6 5 Excellent. Hancock, Charles E. Co Jewelrv 46 15 ' 2 Excellent. Hancock, John Co. Inc Insurance 5 2 Excellent. Hancock, John Mutual Life Iusurance Co 87 3 Excellent. Hanley, James Brewing Co., The Ale and porter 134 3 Excellent. Hanley, Hoye Co Liquors 10 Excellent. Harlacker, J. C Jewelry and novelties. . Oils and greases 2 3 Excellent. Harris, A. W. Oil Co 10 8 Good. Harris, S. P Jewelers’ cards 6 16 2 Very Good. Good. Harris, W. M. & Co Lumber and saw mill . 20 Harris, William, Jr Lumber and masons’ materials 24 1 Excellent. Harvey & Otis Jewelry 26 12 1 1 Excellent. Hasselbaum A. Co Wholesale groceries, wine and liquors. . . . Engraving. . . . .- 4 1 Haskell, Fred A 5 Good. Haslam Heating & Ventilating Co Steam fitters’ supplies . Pork house products. . . Woolen machinery. . . . Hats 8 Good. Hawkins & Withington 5 1 Excellent. Heathcote, John & Son 14 1 Excellent. Heald Hat W orks 3 4 Very Good. Good. Heffernan & Kempton Signs 7 1 Heimberger & Pearson Jewelers’ findings 5 1 1 Very Good. Very Good. Hellenic Baking Co Bakery 5 Heilman, L. J. Co Jewelrv 5 20 3 1 Hennessey Laundry Co 24 52 1 4 Excellent. 48 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Continued Henry, C. P. Novelty Co 26 19 5 2 Good. 8 2 Good. 8 2 3 Very Good. 4 1 7 Good. 20 Excellent. 20 Good, 3 3 Good. Hogan, Thomas P Lumber and building 5 Good. 68 3 Excellent. 2 5 Very Good. 5 15 Excellent. 7 Very Good. Holmes, George H. & Co .... .Tewelrv 20 13 Excellent. Holt, A. & Co Rolled gold plate 7 Excellent. Home Cafe & Howling Alievs 7 Very Good. Hood, H. P. & Sons Ice cream and lunch . . 4 5 1 Excellent. Hope Glass Works Cut glass 5 Very Good. Hope Mill Supply Co Mill supplies 5 1 Excellent. Hope Optical Co 7 4 1 Very G«od. Hope, John & Sons Engraving & Mfg. Co. 28 11 1 Excellent. Hope Rubber Co Rubber goods 4 6 Very Good. Hope Teaming Co 20 Good. Hopkins Transfer Co 8 Excellent. Horton, C. S Millinery 1 10 Very Good., Horton, H. F. & Sons Co. . . Real estate 5 3 Excellent Horton Grocery Co Groceries 6 1 Excellent. Hotel Allen 4 5 Excellent. Hotel Berkshire . . . 10 10 Excellent. Hotel Dorrance 11 8 Excellent. Hotel Hreyfys 40 15 Excellent. Hotel Franklin "... 8 8 Excellent. Hotel T an coin 7 1 Excellent. Hotel Lincoln Restaurant 7 Excellent. Hotel Perrin 5 2 Excellent. Hough, W. S., Jr. Co 39 4 Excellent. Household Furniture Co 19 10 Excellent. Hovey Lumber Co 4 1 Good. Howe, H. M. Co Carriage and auto re- pairing. 6 Very Good. Hoxsie, Rouse F Groceries 6 1 Very Good. Hub Shoe Repairing Co . . . 9 Good. Hudson Auto Co Automobiles 9 1 Excellent. Hudson & Co Chasers 8 1 1 Very Good. Hunt, T. F. Mfg. Co . . , Jewelry 4 8 Very Good. Hunt, William E. & Co Manufacturing jewelry 12 7 1 Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR 49 Name op Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE — Continued 30 16 1 Excellent. Hav & grain 12 Good. 6 1 Very Good. 30 2 2 Excellent. 5 Excellent. 8 1 Very Good. 9 Good. 6 10 Very Good. 18 4 2 Very Good. 35 Excellent. 13 Good. 77 50 3 Excellent. 5 Good. Inlaid Co. Inc., The French and ivory novel- 24 30 5 Very Good. International Braid Co. — Elmwood Plant. Shoe laces 116 306 42 18 Very Good. International Braid Co. — Fletcher Mills . . Braids and laces 201 270 10 21 Very Good. Irons & Russell Jewelry, emblems. 65 55 1 Excellent. Italo-American Mutual Trust Co Bank 6 4 Excellent. Ivorvloid Co Novelties 5 6 1 Excellent. J. & H. Electric Co 27 Excellent. Jager, Charles J. & Co Gasoline engines, etc . . 9 1 Very good. Japanese Wood Novelty Co Calendars, novelties. . etc *. 2 40 3 Excellent. Jasie, Joseph Bakery 5 2 Excellent. Jefferds, C. H. & Co Groceries & market. . . 7 1 Excellent. Jeffiries & Kraner Manufacturing jewelry 3 4 Jenckes Paper Box Co 37 85 7 8 Excellent. Jepherson, George A Lumber 7 1 Excellent. Jerauld, J. A Jewelry 5 5 1 1 Excellent. Jette, William M Shoe laces . . . 5 10 Very Good. Jewel Tea Co., Inc Groceries 21 19 Very Good. Jewelers Products Corporation 18 8 Very Good. Jewelers’ Supply Co Findings 13 16 9 5 Excellent. John The Shoeman Shoes and rubbers. . . . 19 12 Excellent. Johnson, E. A. & Co Book & job printing . . . 10 3 2 Very Good. Johnson, E. M. Co Glass workers 10 2 2 Excellent. Johnson & Raftery Jewelers’ cases 2 3 1 Very Good. Johnson, 0. R Jewelry 4 14 Excellent. Johnson. Oliver & Co Paints 9 3 Excellent. Johnson, Oliver & Co Paints 12 1 1 Excellent. Johnston, A. C. & Co Braid 2 6 Excellent. Jones & Co Drv goods 4 19 Excellent. Jones, Edward S. Sons Company Printers 14 7 Excellent. Jones, Edward S. Sons Company Advertising 4 2 Excellent. Jones Lunch Co 14 7 Excellent. Jones Lunch Co 10 Excellent. Joslin Mfg. Co. — Dyerville Mill Yarns and shoe laces. . 37 45 4 4 Very Good. 50 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued 100 149 6 4 Very Good. Excellent. 10 2 9 11 1 Excellent. 17 9 Very Good. Excellent. K. Mfg. Co., The 10 10 4 15 Very Good. Good. Kane, John F. & Co 1 4 6 5 Excellent. Furs 4 2 Excellent. Karpeles Co., The Precious and imitation 4 65 1 Excellent. 37 23 Excellent. Kelly, George S. Co., The Kelly, John F 9 Excellent. 3 2 Very Good. Good. Kendall Mfg. Co Soap and soapine 67 21 6 Kennedy, .Tames Closed Kennedy Co., The Clothing & furnishings. Bread, pies, etc . . . 48 7 1 Excellent. Kennedy, John 19 3 Excellent. Keppler & Weidelich Closed Kescot Mfg. Co Metal novelties 9 6 3 1 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Kimball & Colwell Co., The Pork products 66 1 King, S. C Towel supply 4 2 King F ong Restaurant 16 Excellent. Kinney Co Jewelry 33 15 2 Excellent. Kirby, H. A Jewelry 7 5 Good. Klein, S. Co Rags 9 Good. Klein, S. & Sons Rags 16 2 Very Good. Klein, G. & Sons Religious goods 36 31 6 7 Excellent. Kleiner Co . . . Jewelry 2 5 Very Good. Good. Kolinoor Novelty Co., Inc. Celluloid novelties. . . . 3 5 1 Kopelman, Joseph Florist 4 1 Good. Koppers, H Chemicals 5 Good. Korb, Philip Bakery 7 3 Excellent. Kraus, Henry C Groceries 5 Kresge, S. S 5 and 10 cent store . . . 18 67 Excellent. Kresge, S. S Restaurant 3 7 Excellent. Krichbaum, L. & Co Jewelry 20 4 1 1 Excellent. Kuehner, Oscar Co Metal rubber goods findings 2 14 1 Kummer, George A Clnspd Lafayette Quick Lunch & Restaurant 6 5 Excellent. Lamberton. S. J. & C. G Groceries 8 1 2 Excellent. Lancor Mfg. Co Jewelry 6 1 Very Good. Langford Worsted Mills Worsted and yarns. . . 60 58 5 15 Very Good. Lansing Lumber Co 21 3 Excellent. Lapray, Mrs. Josephine M. . . Gowns . . . 5 Excellent. Large, Shea Bakery 5 2 Very Good. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR 51 Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued 4 12 Excellent. 4 1 Excellent. 5 Very Good. Excellent. 5 14 20 26 1 Excellent. 56 57 Good. Screw machine pro- 35 5 Very Good. Excellent. 15 1 26 Excellent. 14 6 Excellent. Dyewood & extract. . . 5 Good. Lewis, T. R. Jr. & Co 3 5 6 Good. Library Bureau Card systems 6 2 1 Excellent. Liddle, J. & Sons Bakery 4 1 Very Good. Excellent. Liggett, Louis K. Co. — 47 Olneyville Sq . . Liggett, Louis K. Co. — 211 Westminster St Liggett, Louis K. Co. — 252 Westminster St Liggett, Louis K. Co. — 108 Weybosset St. Liggett, Louis K. Co. — 227 Weybosset St. Drugs 6 Drugs 25 28 Excellent. Drugs 9 11 Excellent. Drugs 7 7 Excellent. Drugs 6 9 Excellent. Lind, J. A. Co Machinerv 14 4 2 1 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Lind, T. W. Co Jewelers’ findings 34 Lindol, H. C. & Co Jewelry 47 15 2 Linton & Co Rolled gold plate. . . 8 Very Good. Very Good. Linton, P. & A Jewelry 17 9 Lippman Bros Groceries and pork pro- ducts 11 2 Very Good. Excellent. Little & Co Jewelers’ dies & tools. . 5 Livermore & Knight Co Advertising novelties. . Jewelry 47 79 1 Excellent. Loeb, William & Co 27 18 Excellent, Good. Loeber, Abram Bakery 3 2 Logee, E. L. & Co 7 . M anuf acturi ng j e wel- ers 11 8 Excellent. Lohrmann, E. H Hubs and dies 6 Very Good. Excellent. Long, D. J Groceries 5 Longley Motor Sales Co Closed Lord, F. S Novelties 1 7 1 3 Very Good. Excellent. Lord Construction Co., The 461 3 Loose Leaf Mfg. Co Printing 14 5 Excellent. Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co 31 4 2 Excellent. Lorsch, Albert & Company, Inc Precious and imitation stones 10 5 Excellent. Louttit Home Hand Laundry 29 73 2 Excellent. Lovegrove & Burlingame Closed Lowe, Edwin & Co Jewelry 15 2 1 Excellent. Luther, H. C. & Co Lapidary 6 1 Very Good. 52 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued Luther, William H. & Son Closed Lyons Mfg. Co 115 60 5 3 Excellent. MacCabe, W. H. Co 7 Very Good. Carriages and automo- 20 Excellent. 5 1 Excellent. 8 3 Very Good. Excellent. 1 5 4 7 2 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. 17 3 13 40 4 Excellent. 5 1 Excellent. 5 1 Excellent. Makepiece, C. R. & Co 4 1 Excellent. 11 Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Manchester & Hudson . . . Masons’ materials 12 Manhatten Grocery Co 11 "V Mannev, Thomas E Plumbing supplies. . . . Renting floor space . . . 6 Manufacturers Building Co 14 1 Manufacturers Mutual Fire Ins. Co 21 52 Excellent. Marden & Kettlety Jewelry 9 5 Very Good. Excellent. Markham & Stone Jewelry 18 20 11 5 Martin, .T. W Sausage factory 5 Very Good. Excellent. Martin-Copeland Co Jewelry 115 101 4 2 Marvel, Lerov J Colorer 2 2 Good. Maryland Club — 37 Westminster St . . 10 Excellent. Maryland Club — 145 Westminster St. . . . 19 5 Excellent. Maryland Club — 309 Westminster St. . . . Mason, C. H. Jewelry Co .. . Closed . . 10 10 1 Very Good. Good. Mason, Volney W. Co Hoisting machinery. . . Tin cans 5 Mason Mfg. Co 80 46 4 3 Excellent. Mauran, John T. Mfg. Co. . . Jewelry 30 16 1 Excellent. Maynard Jewelry Co Closed Maynard Land Co 4 3 Excellent. McCarthy, Dennis Plumbing 5 Very Good. Excellent. McCarthv, F Dressmaker 6 McDermott, W. J Enameling 5 11 Very Good. Excellent. McGrath, Thomas Rings 45 60 15 14 McIntosh Bardsley Co 1 5 1 Excellent. McKenna, P. H Electroplate 3 2 1 Good. McKenzie, H. K Restaurant 2 9 Excellent. McLean, H. D Hardwood floors 4 1 Excellent. McMillen & Kennison, Inc Jewelry findings 7 1 Very Good. Good. McWilliams, Thomas Jewelers’ machinery. . . Conf . & ice cream .... 5 1 McWright, Charles 4 5 Very Good. Excellent. Mechanical Fabric Co . . Rubber goods 87 47 Mechanics National Bank of Providence, The 13 10 Excellent. REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR, 53 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Continued 18 2 Excellent. Cigar manufacturer. . . 3 3 Very Good. 5 3 1 Excellent. 70 9 Excellent. 16 6 Excellent. 7 2 Good. 6 5 Excellent. Merrill, S. K. Co 33 12 Excellent. 82 40 2 Very Good. Closed 24 40 2 5 Excellent. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. — 36 6 Excellent. 38 4 Excellent. 34 5 Excellent. Metropolitan Mfg. Co Furniture 8 2 Excellent. Me Wah Hing Restaurant 5 Excellent. Mexican Petroleum Corporation. . . . Fuel nil 16 Excellent. Meyer, R. W. Mfg. Co Jewelry . . , 4 1 Good. Midwood, H. & Sons . . . Wholesale groceries. . . 50 13 1 Excellent. Miller, Charles & Co. . . Painters. . . 7 Very Good. Miller, C. L . . . Enameling. . . , 3 12 Very Good. Miller, Frank E. & Son Raked enameling. . . 1 2 1 Very Good. Miller, J. E. Co Dress fasteners 4 7 1 2 Very Good. Miller, William Co . . . Wool combs. . . 24 4 Excellent. Miller, William H. & Sons Blacksmiths . . . 12 Good. Mills, William & Son Photography. . . . 3 2 Excellent. Miner, D. W. Co Beef 5 1 Very Good. Misch , Caesar Clothing 23 25 Excellent. Mitchel the Tailor 4 2 Very Good. Modern Enameling Soldering Co 2 5 Very Good. Modern Wet Wash Laundry 12 Fair. Modern Theatre Amusement 6 9 Excellent. Monette, J. B. & Co., Inc Store fixtures 5 Excellent. Monohansett Worsted Mills 80 71 7 4 Excellent. Monroe Block Co Jewelry 8 22 7 Excellent. Moore, J. W. Co .... Sheet metal works. . . . 25 1 Very Good. Moorehead, R. L. & Co Jewelry 12 5 Very Good. Morgan Jewelry Co., TJie Jewelry : 14 3 3 Very Good. Morris, E. L. & Co Office outfitters 4 1 Excellent. Morris & Companv Beef . . . 18 1 Very Good. Morrison, Berton E Infant, shoes mfg 4 3 Morse, Fred W. Co Kitchen goods 17 1 Very Good Morvillo, G. & Sons Jewelry 9 6 2 2 Excellent. Mossberg Wrench Co Textile machinery specialties . . . 24 3 Excellent. Mount Hope Distillery Co 7 2 Good. Mount Pleasant Laundry Closed . 54 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Mature oi Business and Goods Manufactured • or Sold. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued Mourin, J. P. Co 1 13 Excellent. Mueller Metal Co 1 1 Good. Mumford, Benjamin 7 . 17 Excellent. Murnhv. Edward 4 1 Excellent. Murrav. C. L. . 3 . 2 Excellent. Mylod, A. E. & Sons M. & T. Button Co 7 3 Excellent. 60 2 Very Good. Excellent. Narragansett Belting Co 6 Narragansett Card Co Closed 6 4 Excellent. 350 2 Very Good. Excellent. Narragansett Electric Lighting Co 60 43 1 Narragansett Hotel 96 56 Excellent. 15 Good. Narragansett Jewelry Co 6 Very Good. Good. Narragansett Tailoring Co Cleaning & pressing . . . 4 1 Narragansett Wholesale Groeerv Cn 11 4 Very Good. Natanian. H. . . . Jewel rv manufacturing 3 3 National Bank of Commerce 13 8 Excellent. National Biscuit Co 40 4 Excellent. National Exchange Bank 24 21 Excellent. National Home Supply Removed National Mfg. & Electro Plating Co . . . 5 Very Good. National & Providence Worsted Co. — Mill No. 1 1 Yarn ^ Mill No. 3 J > Mill No. 2 1 1 Yarn and weaving. . Mill No. 6 , \ :: I- 677 592 43 98 Very Good. Mill No. 4 1 Mill No. 5 | Weaving & finishing. Mill No. 7 j Mill No. 8 j National Ring T ' J 'raveler Cn . Wire vends . 32 8 1 1 Excellent. National Wholesale Grocery Co Tea,, coffee, etc. 22 9 Excellent. Neilen’s Typewriter Exchange 3 2 1 Excellent. Newark Rubber Cn 35 30 Good. Newell. L. D HatSyblocked 5 Very Good. New England Butt Cn Machinerv and iron castings 277 17 5 Excellent. New England Enameling Co Enameling 2 5 Very Good. Excellent. New England Engraving Works 9 2 New England Glass Works Jewelry 20 7 3 Very Good. New England Hosiery Co Infants’ hosiery 4 30 1 4 Excellent. New England Window & House Cleaning Co 21 1 Bad. New England Sunnlv Co Dried beef and notato chins 37 42 1 Excellent. New England Ven til a. finer Ar. TTeating Gn 12 1 Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, 55 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Continued 5 Very Good. 3 4 Very Good. Newman Hotel Co Closed 17 5 Good. 4 1 Good. 3 11 Excellent. 1,295 180 20 3 Excellent. 65 1 Excellent. Nickle Theatre Closed Iron and steel 6 2 Excellent. Nikko Restaurant 7 Excellent. Nilson, Charles E Restaurant 5 Very Good. Nitro-Tungston Lamp Co 3 9 Excellent. Nolan, Philip F 1 4 6 3 1 Excellent. Norris Bedding Co 12 8 Very Good. Norton’s Garage 6 1 Excellent. Norton Taxi Motor Co 49 3 Very Good. North Western Mutual Life Ins. Co. . . . 6 3 Excellent. Nottingham Mill 66 59 2 3 Good. Nussbaum & Hunold Sterling silver toilet ware 35 17 2 1 Excellent. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co Restaurant .... 10 11 Excellent. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co'.— West Ex- change St Freight House 265 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co Offices 102 18 Excellent. N. Y„ N. H. & H. R. R. Co.— Fox Point. . Freight House 9 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co Baggage room 39 4 4 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.— Oregon St. . Mechanical dept 340 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co Yard offices 11 New York Waist Store Drv goods 1 6 Excellent. O’Brien, Robert Pattern maker . . . 15 1 Excellent. O’Donnell, John Automobiles. . . . 22 4 Excellent. O’Driscoll Bros Lumber and coal . . . 7 Good. O’Gorman’s 25 Cent Store Dry goods 18 1 Good. O’Loughlin, William & Sons Baskets 4 1 Good. O’Neil, James H. Co Emblems 5 4 Very Good. O’Neill & Black Manufacturing jeweler 6 2 Very Good. Oakdale Mfg. Co Oleomargarine 14 5 Very Good. Oakes, C. S. Co Painting contractors . . 50 2 Excellent. Ocean Pearl Co Pearl goods. . . 5 Very Good. Oden Bros Tailors 5 Excellent. Old Colony Advertising Co Bill posting 21 3 Excellent. Oldsmobile Co., The Automobiles 19 2 Excellent. Oliver, Louis Studio . . . 3 3 Excellent. Olney, Joseph & Sons Coal and wood. . . 45 Good. Olson, John & Son Hardening and tem- pering 4 1 1 Excellent. Osier Mfg. Co Jewelry . . , 9 15 Good. 56 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR. Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Continued 288 456 9 8 Excellent. 27 1 Good. Outlet Co Department store .... 295 591 4 19 Excellent. 46 2 3 Excellent. 3 *5 Very Good. 14 2 1 Very Good. 8 40 10 Excellent. Shop 37 1 Very Good. 7 1 Excellent. 10 2 Excellent. 4 1 Worsted 180 113 4 6 Very Good. Park Market, Sr. Grocery Co 5 2 Excellent. Parker Tobacco Go Tobacco & cigars 12 Good. Parkin Yarn Go 2 3 Very Good. Parkinson Mfg. Co Mill supplies 6 Good. Parkinson Piano House 3 2 Excellent. Parks, G. W Closed Parks Bros. Sc Rogers Jewelry 79 64 1 10 Excellent. Patriacco, Frederioo Bakery 4 1 Excellent. Patton-MacGuyer Co. Brass goods 12 10 Excellent. Pavloski, A. Tailoring 4 2 Very Good. Pawtucket Hosiery Co Hosiery 2 40 Very Good. Pay, Charles & Co . . Blacksmiths 28 Good. Payne, F, Restaurant 2 3 Excellent. Payton, H. Co . Jewelry 12 1 Very Good. Pa.vton Sr. TCelley ... Jewelry 27 15 2 1 Excellent. Pearce. F. T Go Jewelry 15 5 Very Good. Pearson Rros Auto repairs 8 1 Excellent. Pea.se, L. F. Go Sails, awnings, tents. . 8 5 Very Good. Peck, Asa Sr. Go Wool, noils, etc - 15 35 Excellent. Peck, B. W. & Son Painters 20 1 Very Good. Peck, Cyril C . Groceries 8 1 Excellent . Peck, ,T. D 17 2 Very Good. Peerless Box Go Paper boxes 1 15 1 Excellent. Peerlees Electric Co Electric construction. . 10 2 Excellent. Peerless Engineering Co. . . Small tools 14 Very Good. Peoples’ Credit Co. Men’s clothing 6 12 1 Excellent. Rfinplfis Savings RfvnV in Rrnvir1ftnp.fi 9 9 Excellent. Perkins Bros Co . . . Retail lumber 6 1 Excellent. Perry-Buxton-Doane Co., The Scrap iron 30 Excellent. Perry Printing Co 4 2 Very Good. Pervear, H N Co The Closed Peterson Co., The Jewelers’ findings 9 15 1 4 Very Good. Phenix National Bank 5 1 Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR 57 Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued Plumbing supplies .... 13 6 Very Good. Excellent. 9 1 Pierce, Thomas F. & Son 7 8 1 Excellent. 5 1 Very Good. Excellent. Pilgrim Novelty Co., The 3 2 Pilling Chain Co 3 5 Place, Oscar E. & Sons Co 5 1 Very Good. Excellent. 15 Pohle , H. C. Co 4 1 Excellent. Polialli, Emilio 5 1 Very Good. Excellent. Pollard & Darling 4 17 1 2 Poole, John T . 2 4 Excellent. Post & Lester 8 3 Excellent. Postal Telegraph Co 10 8 6 Excellent. Potter, E. A Co 12 5 Excellent. Potter, James A. & Co Lumber 36 2 Excellent. Potter & Buffington Solid gold jewelry .... Restaurant. . 42 13 Excellent. Pournaras, W. N 4 1 Very Good. Excellent. Powers & Meyer Mfg. Co Jewelry 25 1 Presbrey, A. A. & Son Co Wooden boxes & house finish . . , 24 Good. Pressel Bros Ladies’ tailors. 4 2 Excellent. Preston & Rounds Booksellers and sta- tioners . . . 6 7 Very Good. Excellent. Preston, J. H. & Co Fruit and produce Jewelry 29 4 Primavera Bros. Co 2 3 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Progressive Ring Co., The 22 11 Providence Art Metal Co Metal ornaments 35 1 4 Providence Auto Equipment Co Auto supplies . . . 5 2 Excellent. Providence Bag & Burlap Co Bags 14 6 Good. Providence Banking Co 6 Excellent. Providence Base Works of the General Electric Co Incandescent lamp bases 314 118 4 21 Excellent. Providence Blank Book Co 7 5 1 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Providence Body Co Motor truck bodies . . . 110 4 Providence Brewing Co 93 3 Providence Cap Co 3 2 Very Good. Excellent. Providence Churning Co Butterine ' . . 35 21 Providence Coal Co 45 Good. Providence Combing Co Wool tops .... 78 12 1 Excellent. Providence Cornice Co 12 1 Very Good. Excellent. Providence Dairy Co Milk and cream 63 9 Providence D. B. & C. Co Bleaching .... 174 64 Excellent. Providence Dye Works Dyers of cotton yarn . . Flash light 37 32 Very Good. Excellent. Providence Electrical Mfg. Co 8 1 Providence Electrotyping & Plating Works Providence Enamel Co 6 Good. 12 2 Excellent. 58 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued 124 3 Excellent. 29 63 1 1 Excellent. 59 Good. 528 5 Providence Gas Co. — Meter Department 57 1 46 14 2 10 Very Good. Excellent. 5 1 Providence Italian Manufacturing Co. . . . 4 1 Very Good. 310 41 Excellent. 62 20 3 Excellent. 5 1 Excellent. 16 6 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. 12 Providence Mill Supply Co 8 3 Providence News Newspaper 36 6 Very Good. Providence Novelty Co 7 3 Providence Office Supply Co Office supplies 4 1 Very Good. Providence Opera House Amusement 21 5 Excellent. Providence Ornamental Iron Works 6 Very Good. Providence Paper Co Paper, twine, bags, etc. 16 15 1 Excellent. Providence Parlor Furniture Co 7 2 Good. Providence Pea.rl Co 5 Very Good. Providence Plumbing Supply Co 4 1 Excellent. Providence Printing Co 5 3 Excellent. Providence Public Market Co. — 380 Westminster St Market & groceries . . . Bakery 264 102 8 Excellent. 380 Westminster St. . . , 23 Excellent. 1890 Westminster St Market & groceries . . . Ra.kerv *23 26 Excellent. 1890 Westminster St 6 Excellent. 93 Weyhosset, St Market and groceries . Bakery 89 27 1 Excellent. 93 Weybosset, St 15 Excellent. 35 South Main St Market and groceries . 14 7 Excellent. Providence Silk Hosiery Co 41 75 4 Excellent. Providence Steel Iron Co Dies 70 3 Very Good. Providence Stock Co Jewelry . . . 32 15 1 Excellent. Providence Telephone Co. — Angell Broad Centredale ' 502 Excellent. East Providence i Union West J Providence Telenhone Co 1 Central stock room . . . 18 1 Excellent. Providence Telephone Co Construction dept .... Contract dept 47 Excellent. Providence Telephone Co . . . 24 21 1 Excellent. Providence Telephone Co Engineering dept 28 2 Excellent. REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR 59 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Continued 45 72 1 Excellent. 123 14 2 Excellent. 26 Excellent. 7 16 1 Excellent. 5 1 Excellent. Traffic 7 19 Excellent. 82 13 3 Excellent. 12 Very Good. 4 2 Excellent. 46 94 Excellent. 5 3 Very Good. 19 2 Excellent. 36 2 Excellent. 53 3 Excellent. 3 2 Good. Puritan Bottling Co Carbonated beverages. 6 Good. Puritan Life Insurance Co 8 4 Excellent. Puritan Lunch Co 6 Excellent. Putnam Foundrv & Machinery Co Boilers 15 1 Very Good. Quality Hard Enamel Co Enameling 3 5 1 Very Good. Qpartaroli, Berardo Tailor 5 Very Good. Quarters, W. F Electroplates 4 4 Good. Quayle, T. & Co Jewelry 22 8 2 Excellent. Queen Dyeing Co 414 79 2 2 Excellent. Rathskeller Co., Inc., The Food, wines & cigars. . 39 9 Excellent. Rau Fastener Co Fasteners 40 34 Very Good. R. C. N. Fabric Co Shoe laces 2 12 Reardon & Company Plumbing & heating. . 4 1 Very Good. Redfern Mfg. Co., The Closed Regal Shoe Co 5 3 Excellent. Reiner Co. — 15 Dorrance St Drugs 12 2 Excellent. Reiner Co. — 270 Thayer St Drugs . . 6 Excellent. Reiner Co. — 120 Washington St. Drugs 10 2 Excellent. Reiner Co. — 25 Westminster St Drugs 7 Excellent. Reiner Co. — 372 Westminster St Drugs 16 3 Excellent. Reiner Co. — 15 Weybosset St Drugs 1 4 Excellent. Reliable Hard Enamel Co 1 6 Excellent. Reliance Mfg. Co Jewelry 9 3 Excellent. Remington, Horace & Son Co Refiners 11 1 Very Good. Remington Printing Co 19 5 3 Excellent. Remington Typewriter Co , 10 4 Very Good. Revere Hotel 16 3 Excellent. Revere Rubber Co Rubber tires 788 591 11 80 Excellent. Rex Manufacturing Co Dies and hubs 8 9 2 1 Very Good. Reynolds, C. S Printing 7 2 Very Good. Rhode Island Baking Co Bakery 9 2 Excellent. Rhode Island Braiding Machine Co 37 1 1 Excellent. Rhode Island Brush Co 5 4 Good. i 60 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Emploted. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued 5 2 Very Good. Rhode Island Co-operative Coal Co., The . Rhode Island Co. — 10 Good. 62 64 1 Excellent. 101 330 395 160 1 193 69 385 291 50 Asbestos covering .... 5 Good. 20 1 Very Good. Rhode Island Fish Co 10 1 Very Good. Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co 88 43 1 Excellent. Rhode Island Label Works. . . . Printed labels 12 3 1 Very Good. Rhode Island News Co. .... Periodicals 12 13 Very Good. Rhode Island Printing Co .... 4 1 Very Good. Rhode Island Rug Works 14 6 Very Good. Rhode Island Shell Fish Co Shell fish 9 1 Good. Rhode Island Supply Co Furniture 9 2 Excellent. Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Co . . . Rhode Island Telephone Ar. Eleet.rie CIo Steam supplies . . . 48 11 Excellent. 8 1 Very Good. Rhode Island Tool Co 368 17 24 Excellent. Rhode Island Wblding Co 5 1 Excellent. Rhode Island Wholesale Croeery Co 5 1 Rhode Island Window Cleaning Co 15 1 Good. Rhode Island Wire Wbrks 20 1 Excellent. Rhode Island Yarn Co Harness twines 12 29 Very Good. Richards, I. P. Co Punches, dies & coup- lings 5 1 Excellent. Richards, Joseph .... Furniture 4 1 Very Good. Richards, John R Monuments 5 Very Good. Richardson, J. W. & Co Jewelry 31 2 Very Good. Richmond Street Garage .... 5 1 Very Good. Richter Mfg. Co Closed Riverside Worsted Mill — No. 1 1 Riverside W orsted Mill — No. 2. >• Men’s suitings 662 683 43 94 Excellent. Riverside Worsted Mill — No. 3. J Roberts Mfg. Co Jewelry cases and boxes 3 7 Very Good. Robinson Bros Robinson, C. H Furniture. . . 24 5 Excellent. Rocco, Felix . . Fruit and produce .... Dressmaki ng 5 Good. Roccheleau, M. F 9 Excellent. Rocky Point Oyster Co 23 Very Good. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR 61 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Continued Rogers Co Men’s clothing & fur- 4 4 Excellent. 4 16 1 Very Good. 6 Excellent. 6 Excellent. 54 27 1 Excellent. 1 10 Excellent. 2 4 Excellent. 2 49 3 Good. Tailor 3 2 Very Good. 12 8 Very Good. 3 2 1 Very Good. 6 10 Very Good. 5 Excellent. Roval Restaurant 12 4 Excellent. Royal Sales Co 10 2 Very Good. Roval Theatre 15 1 Excellent. Rueckert, E. F Dies and tools 7 1 Very Good. Rueckert Mfg. Co Jewelers’ cases and trays 50 54 8 6 Excellent. Rufrano, Charles Bakery 3 2 Excellent. Rumford Chemical Works Special chemicals 146 115 22 14 Excellent. Rust, H. B. Co Electrical supplies .... 9 1 Very Good. Rvan, A. M. & Co Millinery 5 Excellent. St. Clair Co., Inc Conf. and ice cream. . . 5 15 Excellent. Saccuerci, Henri Coat maker 8 1 Very Good. Sacs-Krolme Co Jewelry 1 4 Very Good. Sampson & Murdock Co Directories 11 3 Excellent. Samuels, H. C Millinery 2 10 1 Very Good. Sanders Mfg. Co Chain goods 6 5 Excellent. Saneck, M Millinery 3 2 Excellent. Sanford, C. P Market 7 3 Excellent. San Souci, J. 0. Co Department store .... 29 41 2 Excellent. Saugy, Augustus, Inc Bologna 16 2 Very Good. Sawyer, Ephraim Groceries 4 1 Sayer Planing Mill Co 12 Good. Scanevin & Potter Electrical work. . . . 12 1 Very Good. Scarduzio, Michael Wet wash 6 1 Fair. Scattergood, A. T. Co Furniture & carpets. . . 27 3 Excellent. Schedley, Joseph Restaurant 9 3 Excellent. Schedley, William Closed Schloss, William & Son Milliners 5 29 Excellent. Schock Bros Groceries 4 1 Very Good. Schofield, Battey & Co Closed Schott, Suter Co Meat products 12 Excellent. Schrieber, A. H. & Co Silver jewelrv 22 21 3 1 Very Good. Schwarzkopf & Co Jewelry 3 12 3 3 Very Good. 62 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR, Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued 34 2 Excellent. 145 80 2 1 Excellent. 8 3 Very Good. Good. Coal 50 10 Excellent. Dyeing & bleaching. . . 4 16 Excellent. 28 2 Very Good. Excellent. 10 26 6 4 Department store .... Bakery, ice cream and 249 515 1 5 Excellent. 15 1 Excellent. 1 4 Excellent. 64 103 10 13 Excellent. 2 6 Excellent. 3 3 1 1 Very Good. Singer Sewing Machine Co 3 4 Excellent. Skouras, James. . . Rests, ura, nt, 4 1 Very Good. Sla.t.er Shoe Store /. . . Shoes . . . 9 2 Excellent. Slocomb, J. T. Co. . . Machinist’s tools 210 30 10 Excellent. Smart & Austin Co . . . Women’s furnishings. . Jewelry 1 5 Excellent. Smith Bros . . . 22 35 4 3 Very Good. Smith, C. Sydney Co Jewelry 14 7 Excellent. Smith, E. E. Co Wood turning 37 3 Very Good. Smith, George S . . « Engraving. 22 16 Excellent. Smith, J. T Engraving and engine turning 5 4 Excellent. Smith, Robert E. Co .... Coal . . 21 1 Good. Smith-Holden Co. . . . Pain! s 6 2 Very Good. Snell, E Macaroni bakery 5 Good. Snowden Wbrsted Mills. . . Worsted yarn 3 29 2 3 Excellent. Snow & Farnham Co Printers 19 8 4 Excellent. Snow & Westcott. . . , Gold jewelry 12 1 1 Excellent. Society for Organizing Charities 12 Excellent. Solinger, .T. A Co Jewelry 16 14 1 Very Good. Smith-Gibbs Co. . Heating apparatus. . . . Closed 16 Very Good. Speidel Fred Spencer, E. L Jewelry 57 38 1 2 Excellent. Spooner, B. Franklin Small wares & notions 6 Very Good. Spooner, E. G. Tool maker 9 13 Very Good. Squires, John P . Pork packers 10 2 Excellent. Standard Auto Repair Co 5 Excellent. Standard Emblem Co Emblems 26 14 1 Very Good. Standard Mill Supply Co Textile mill supplies. . . Petroleum and its pro- 5 4 Good. Standard Oil Co ducts 15 1 Very Good. Standard Printing Co 17 6 Excellent. Standish, Granville Advertising agency . . . Shoe repairer 7 3 Excellent. Stanley, C F 5 Very Good. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTOR 63 Name op Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Continued 8 Excellent. 4 1 Very Good. 76 186 1 Excellent. Starkweather & Williams Photo supplies, oils, paints & chemicals. . 18 2 1 Very Good. 1 5 Excellent. 119 116 29 40 Excellent. 14 10 ■ 1 Excellent. 4 1 7 Good. Sterling Silver Mfg. Co., The 24 5 Excellent. 34 42 Excellent. 125 92 8 3 Excellent. Stierle, Paul Co Fancy pads and dis- 5 12 Excellent. Stoller Hilgers Silk Mills 14 13 3 Very Good. Stone, C. Moulton Calf skins 11 1 Excellent. Strand, The Theatre 14 8 Excellent. Strand Bowling Alleys Closed Sulzberger Bros Jewelrv 48 22 Excellent. Summerfield Co Furniture. 30 8 Excellent. Summer Street Machine Shop 6 Bad. Summit Avenue Grocery Groceries 5 Excellent. Sunderland, F. S Bakery 4 3 Excellent. Sunshine Baking Co 6 4 Excellent. Sunshine Restaurant, The 3 3 Swartz Mfg. Co Jewelry 2 4 Very Good. Sweet, B. D Carpenter . . 5 ' Very Good. Sweet, J. H. & J. B Hay and straw. . . 4 1 Very Good. Sweet, William S. & Son Fruit 20 2 Very Good. Swift & Co Meat, poultry, etc .... 46 3 1 Excellent. Swiss Cleansing Company 11 16 2 Excellent. S. & D. Jewelry Co 3 6 Very Good. S. & S. Novelty Co Pearl and ivorv 14 4 1 2 Very Good. S. & W. Machine Shop 6 1 Excellent. Taber & Temkin Jewelry 2 3 Very Good. Talcott, W. 0 Belt hooks 13 2 3 Excellent. Tanner, Charles S. Co Starch, gums, etc 12 3 Good. Taylor, Charles F. Co. . . . Cop tubes . 3 5 Very Good. Taylor, 0. H Watch and clock sup- plies 7 3 Excellent. Taylor Card & Box Co Paper boxes 12 55 1 9 Excellent. Taylor-Symonds & Co. 24 3 Excellent. Terminal Warehouse Co. of R. I., Inc. . . . 40 3 Excellent. Tetreault, George Enameler. . . 5 8 Very Good. Texas Comapny 126 6 Fair. Textile Finishing Machine Co., Harris Ave. 205 2 Very Good. Textile Finishing Machine Co., Pike Street. 104 1 Excellent. 64 REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR, Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Continued 5 Excellent. Bakery and lunch room 13 9 Excellent. 9 1 Excellent. Thompson & Thompson Printing, jewelers’ 20 14 2 Excellent. 27 6 3 Excellent. Thurston Mfg. Co 35 2 1 Excellent. 16 1 Excellent. Tierney, P. & J. Co., The 9 Excellent. 58 34 9 1 Excellent. 14 3 Excellent. 7 40 5 Good. 14 1 Excellent. 9 Excellent. Tockwotten Co Leather headed nails and buttons . . 2 3 Very Good. Tourtellot, A. M Fruit and produce. . . . 28 3 Very Good. Tourtellot & Co Produce 14 3 Very Good. Tower, James H. Iron Works, Allen Ave. . 20 Excellent. Tower, James H. Iron Works, Borden St.. 90 3 Very Good. Townsend Braiding Co 3 38 2 Excellent. Townsend. Thomas Machine combs 5 4 3 2 Very Good. Tripp &. Ollson Tailors 10 3 Excellent. Tubular Rivet Stud Co Closed . . Tuell, Fred M Beef and provisions. . . 8 1 Excellent Turbitt, & Co Mineral waters 4 1 Very Good. Tiirnpr Cent/rp Dairying Assoniat.inn Butter, cream & eggs . . 24 5 Excellent. Tuttle & Stark Jewelry 4 17 Excellent. Uncus Manufacturing Co Jewelry 38 21 2 1 Very Good. Underwood Typewriting Co 7 3 Excellent. Union Electric Supply Co 12 2 Very Good. Union Furniture Co Furniture and decorat- ing 25 3 Excellent. Union Hand Laundrv 9 33 1 Very Good. Union IVtotor Car Co Closed Union Paper Co . 12 3 Very Good. Union Pla ting & Enn.meling Co 4 4 1 1 Union Trust Co 36 9 1 Excellent. Unique Findings & Supply Co • Jewelers’ ornaments . . 5 1 Very Good. United Coal Co . . . Coal 16 Good. United Coal Co . . . Coal 30 2 Excellent. United Importers Co f Th.e . , 5 United Overall Co 2 5 Good. United States Finishing Co Bleaching & finishing. . 872 82 14 18 Excellent. U S Mfg & Enameling Co 5 9 U. S. Gutta Percha Paint Co 75 19 1 Excellent. U. S. Oil & Supply Co . . Oil and mill supplies. . . 4 1 Excellent. U. S. Bing Traveler Co . . . , , 12 2 Very Good. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, 65 Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. PROVIDENCE— Continued 2 4 Fair. 30 30 3 1 Excellent. Gold plate & seamless 22 17 Excellent. 3 2 Excellent. 2 4 Very Good. Excellent. Sash, doors & blinds. . . 50 1 18 2 1 Excellent. 25 137 Very Good. Excellent. 22 5 2 5 2 Excellent. 22 5 Very Good. Excellent. 2 3 Vincent Mfg. Co 4 7 1 Excellent. Newspaper & printing . Closed 11 1 Excellent. Vocalia.n Co., The Vose, George L. Mfg. Co., The Jewelry 15 20 2 Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Wachenheimer Bros Jewelry 33 21 1 W achusetts Creamery Co 4 1 Waite Auto Supply Co 16 4 Waite-Evans Co Jewelrv 27 11 1 Waite-Thresher & Co Jewelry 75 40 2 3 Very Good. Excellent. Waldorf Lunch Co. of Rhode Island — 17 Byron St Bakery 14 3 40 Dorrance St Restaurant 8 Excellent. 19 Richmond St Restaurant 5 Excellent. Ill Washington St Restaurant 9 Excellent 10 Westminster St Restaurant 8 Excellent. 364 Westminster St Restaurant 8 Excellent. 187 Weybosset St Restaurant 15 3 Excellent. Walker, Albert Co., The Jewelry and watches. . Shoes and rubbers .... 10 1 Excellent. Walk Over Shoe Co 8 3 Excellent. Wall, A. T. Co Seamless wire & rolled plate 75 14 3 Excellent. Walsham, Josiah Co Jewelers’ findings. . . . 12 1 2 Very Good. Excellent. Wanskuck Mills W orst.ed 469 447 29 95 Ward-Corby Co Bakerv 163 5 Excellent. W arren Teaming Co General teaming 28 1 Warwick Sterling Co Silver novelties 11 2 Excellent. Washington Hand Laundry Closed Washington Restaurant 3 4 Excellent Washington Market 21 13 Excellent. Wasilewski, B.&W Bakerv 5 1 Excellent. Watkins. D. M. Co Jewelers’ findings. . 27 31 1 Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Watts F. W Pattern maker 5 Weaver & Co Paints and oils 10 2 Welsbach Co Ga.s lamps 20 2 Welsh & McGreen Stucco work 6 1 Very Good. 66 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Continued 9 3 2 Good. 47 37 11 "Tj Excellent. 20 1 Excellent 24 Excellent. Jewelry & silverware. . 5 2 Excellent. 54 26 18 4 Excellent. 3 2 Very Good. 9 Good. 12 Very Good. 4 1 Very Good. 56 80 1 2 Excellent. 9 13 Excellent. 11 3 1 Excellent. 5 6 Excellent. Wheeler & Chadbourne, Inc Manufacturers of opti- cal goods 7 3 Very Good. Whipple, F. W. & Co Butter, eggs, etc 17 1 Excellent. White, John R. Son, Inn Coal 50 Good. White, J. J. Mfg. Co Jewelrv 32 9 Very Good. White, Stillman Foundry Co Brass casting 20 Very Good. White, Z. Co Celluloid novelties: . . . 4 3 1 Very Good. Whitefield & Gilmore 8 1 Excellent. White Stone Jewelry Co., The. . . Jewelrv 4 2 Very Good. Whitfield, H. & H Shoe lacings 2 2 1 Good. Whitmore Shoe Shop 3 3 Excellent. Whitten Motor Vehicle Co Closed Wholey Boiler Works.. . . 30 Good. Widess, C. M . . . . Wholesale groceries- . . 10 2 Very Good. Wightman & Hough Jewelry 60 33 1 2 Excellent. Wilcox, D. & Co. . . Jewelry 11 1 Excellent. Wilcox, Wallace L. . Automobiles 5 1 Excellent. Wild, S. S. & Son. . , Jewelry 3 15 1 Very Good. Wildprett & Saacke. . Solid gold rings 87 2 1 Very Good. Willemin Mfg. Co., Inc Die sinkers 19 11 3 1 Good. W ilhelm & Vogel Refining 5 Good. Wilkinson, C. A. Co Jewelry 48 50 3 9 Excellent. Wilkinson, Edward & Co. Carpenter 24 1 Very Good. Williams & Anderson Co The Jewelry 66 76 1 Excellent. Williams, M. F. Co. . . Jewelry 64 84 1 1 Excellent. Williams, W. W. . . Jewelry 4 1 Excellent. Williams & Payton Jewelry 6 17 Excellent. Wilmarth, Frank L Co Mfg. jewelers 7 7 1 Very Good. Wilson, Frank A Enameling 4 2 9 Very Good. Wilson Company Beef and provisions. . . 35 1 Very Good. Wilson & Mitchell Cigar manufacturer. . . 29 7 Good. Wing, Newton A Jewelry and tool mak- ing 3 4 Very Good. Winsor, F E & Co Fruit and produce .... 9 1 Very Good. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, 67 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. PROVIDENCE— Concluded 60 3 Very Good. 25 2 Excellent. 4 3 2 Very Good. 29 22 1 1 Excellent. Wolk Jewlry Co 6 1 Excellent. 7 6 Excellent. 6 1 Excellent. Woolworth, F. W. Co. — 285 Westminster. 9 33 Very Good. Woolworth, F. W. Co. — 1991 Westminster. 1 8 Excellent. Workman, A. P. & Son 2 12 Very Good. 5 9 1 Very Good. W. W. Jewelry Co 5 4 Very Good. Yale Jewelry Mfg. Co 8 13 ! 1 Excellent. Yen Nom Co 12 Excellent. Ye Rose Studio 2 3 Excellent. Young Bros Mattresses 8 2 Good. Young Bros Paper boxes 30 63 6 6 Excellent. Young, George F. & Bro Tobacco and cigars . . . 18 6 Excellent. Youngs, Mrs. Marion Fancy work & conf . . . 5 Excellent. Young, Leonard & Harrall Co Stationery & conf .... 10 4 Very Good. Young Women’s Christian Association. . . Restaurant 4 17 Excellent. Z. & B. Enameling Co Enameling jewelry. . . . 2 10 Very Good. RICHMOND ARCADIA. Arcadia Print Works Bleaching, printing, dyeing & mercerizing 45 7 1 Excellent. ALTON. Richmond Lace Works Lace 76 43 5 4 Very Good. CAROLINA. Carolina Mills Woolens. . 57 18 3 1 Good. HOPE VALLEY. Mystic Woolen Mills Cotton worsteds 57 25 2 1 Good. KENYON. Eastern Finishing Works, Inc W aterproofing & fin- ishing cloth 39 4 2 Excellent. SHANNOCK. Columbia Narrow Fabric Co Elastic, webtiing 58 41 6 6 Excellent. WYOMING. Regina Spinning Co Woolen yarns 18 2 Good. SCITUATE ASHLAND. Ashland Mill Sheeting 21 18 2 Good. 68 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, Number Employed. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. SCITUATE— Concluded CLAYVILLE. 24 12 2 Good. HOPE. 124 86 15 6 Very Good. Very Good. Groceries 5 1 1 JACKSON. 22 15 2 Good. NORTH SCITUATE. Netting and dress 84 44 4 2 Good. 3 4 Very Good. PONAGANSETT. 19 12 1 1 Good. Joslin Shoddy Mill Shoe strings 7 6 Good. RICHMOND Joslin Mfg. Co Shoe & corset laces. . . . 20 13 1 Good. SOUTH SCITUATE. Bobbin Factory . . Bobbins 13 1 Very Good. ROCKLAND. Joslin Mfg. Co Glazed yarn 43 26 1 3 Good. Rhode Island Co The Prov. & Dan’l’n Dist . . 59 SMITHFIELD ESMOND. Esmond Mills. . . Blankets 547 222 17 13 Excellent. GEORGIAVILLE. Bernon Mills Twills and satins 129 106 2 2 Excellent. GREENVILLE. Greenville Finishing Co., Inc Bleaching and dyeing of cotton and piece goods 23 39 3 Excellent. Namquit Wbrsted Co Cloth worsteds 67 22 2 1 Excellent. STILLWATER. Centredale Worsted Mill . Worsted yarn 36 48 1 6 Excellent. Stillwater Grain Mill 12 Very Good. SOUTH KINGSTOWN PEACE DALE. Peace Dale Mfg. Co Worsted and woolen . . 387 173 31 18 Good. U . S. Railroad .Administration «••••••••• Narragansett Pier. . . . 36 3 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION 69 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. SOUTH KINGSTOWN— Concl’d WAKEFIELD. 2 3 Good. 8 Very Good. Sheldon, John T House finishing and 4 1 Good. 4 1 Good. 96 22 1 Good. TIVERTON 300 315 35 12 Excellent. 3 1 Very Good. 11 Good. 5 Good. Shove Mill No. 2 37 32 7 20 Good. 2 3 Very Good. W alker Bros Groceries and market. . 7 1 Very Good. WARREN Blount, E. C Oysters 5 Very Good. Cutler Mfg. Co Braids . . . 3 3 1 Good. Douit Handkerchief Co 1 20 2 Very Good. French Mfg. Co Thready 18 46 10 Very Good. Greene, George T Oysters . . . 12 Very Good. Lynn Rubber Mfg. Co 3 6 Very Good. Malloy, John M Groceries. . . 4 1 Good. Mount Hope Spinning Co Tire yarns . . . 51 43 3 5 Excellent. Narragansett Woolen Mill Woolen yarns . . 19 51 5 10 Excellent. Nelle, Mattin E Closed . N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co Mechanical dept 24 Paquin, Napoleon Groceries. . . 4 1 Good. Parker Mills No. 2 Cotton. . . 188 173 11 8 Good. Peck, John D Hay and grain 14 Very Good. Providence Telephone Co 6 11 Excellent. Staples Coal Co 10 Very Good. Swiss Textile Co Sfl.nit.jvry jrnnrls 4 15 3 Very Good. Warren Handkerchief Co 2 4 Very Good. Warren Mfg. Co Cotton cloth & yarn. . . 718 399 48 43 Very Good. Warren Oyster Co Oysters 11 Very Good. WARWICK APPONAUG. Apponaug Co Bleaching & printing . . 270 64 13 2 Very Good. Boslow & Blade Burned Warwick Lumber Co 5 Very Good. CHIPPEWANOXETT. Gallaudet Air Craft Corporation 568 100 3 3 Excellent. 70 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. WARWICK— Concluded COWESSETT. 8 Very Good. HILLSGROVE. Elizabeth Mill No. 1 120 193 18 20 Very Good. 44 Excellent. R. I. Malleable Iron Works 208 22 2 3 Excellent. LONGMEADOW. 6 Very Good. OAKLAND BEACH. 4 3 4 1 Very Good. 20 Very Good. PAWTUXET. Cafe 1 4 Excellent. Wilbour, B. T. Cash Grocery. 4 1 Excellent. PONTIAC. Pontiac Bleacherv 118 46 9 2 Good. Pontiac Mill Cotton 189 83 8 9 Good. Pontiac Store . Ge.nera.l store 5 1 Excellent. WARWICK — ROCKY POINT. Harrington, R A. Hotel 15 14 Excellent. Lyon, C. E Shore dinners 40 Excellent. Meixner Bros Conf. & corn crisp .... 3 3 Excellent. Paine, F. E Groceries 5 1 Excellent. Providence Telephone Co 7 Excellent. WESTERLY Andrews & Co . . Coal 7 2 Very Good. Armour Co Meats 5 Excellent. Bannon, Thomas J . Drugs 3 2 1 Excellent. Barbour, C M! & Co Drugs 6 Excellent. Bentley, Clark Auto Co Garage 5 1 Very Good. Clark, Milo M Market 5 1 Excellent. Coduri Joseph Granite Co 45 Good. Columbia Granite Works Monuments . . . 12 Good. Davey & Maxwell Plumbing 4 1 Excellent. Drysdale Robert & Co Plumbing 5 Excellent. Edmond J T Co * Groceries 5 1 Excellent. Farrell A & Sons Monuments 5 Good. Federal Felting Co 35 10 Fenelon Edward J Bakery 5 2 Very Good. Fisher Bros. . . Dry goods 2 16 1 Excellent. Flynn IVJaurice Monuments 5 Good. Haswell F F & Sons Groceries. . . 8 2 Very Good. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, 71 Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. WESTERLY — Continued 2 3 Excellent. 7 2 Excellent. 16 Very Good. Good. 7 2 3 Very Good. Excellent. Groceries and bakery. . 4 6 3 2 Excellent. 67 120 9 37 Excellent. 193 2 3 Good. 5 40 2 Excellent. 6 3 Excellent. 4 2 Excellent. 5 3 Excellent. 37 2 1 Very Good. Good. Smalley, Henry C Pink and red granite. . . Monuments 12 2 Smith Granite Co 111 1 Good. Spa,, The Ice cream and conf. . . . 2 6 Excellent. Stantons Bazaar Silverware, crockery & glassware 3 2 Very Good. Excellent. Westerly Automatic Telephone Co 13 14 Westerly Daily Sun Newspaper 17 6 Excellent. Westerly Furniture Co 8 1 Excellent. Westerly Light & Power Co 30 7 1 Excellent. Westerly Lumber Co Lumber 7 Excellent. Westerly Textile Co Netting . . . 55 80 10 4 Very Good. Excellent. Whita.ll Electric Co Electrical supplies .... Hardware 15 2 Willard, C. W. Co 4 1 Excellent. Woolworth, F. W. & Co 5 and 10 cent store .... 1 7 Very Good. BRADFORD. Bradford Dyeing Association Dyeing, bleaching and finishing 208 32 8 7 Excellent. Crumb Quarry Co Granite 50 1 Good. PLEASANT VIEW. Pleasant View Hotel 2 5 Excellent. Spooner, Frank Confectionery 1 5 Excellent. POTTER HILL. Pawcatuck Woolen Mill Woolen 90 46 3 4 Good. WATCH HILL. Barber, Edwin Ice cream .... 3 2 Excellent. Columbia Hotel Closed .... Littlefield, Henry A Restaurant .... 3 7 Excellent. Narragansett House 2 5 Excellent. Ocean House 105 79 2 Excellent. 72 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. WESTERLY— Concluded WATCH HILL— Concluded 12 17 Excellent. 5 3 1 Excellent. WHITE ROCK 129 81 12 7 Good. 4 1 Good. WEST WARWICK ARCTIC 27 Good. Arctic Mill Cotton 116 102 13 14 Good. 6 Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. 4 1 1 15 1 Biltmore, The .... Restaurant 5 Joubert, A. L . . Groceries 3 2 Very Good. Excellent. Lefebvre, H. F. . . Dry goods 1 6 Maynard, John B Groceries 4 1 Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. Maynard, Joseph. . Groceries 4 1 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co 16 2 Northup & Whitman . Groceries 5 1 Olevson Bros . . . Clothing 3 6 Very Good. Excellent. Pawtuxet Valley Daily Times Newspaper 6 1 St. Onge, S. . . Dry goods 11 3 Excellent. Sinnott Bros . . . Dry goods 6 26 Excellent. Woolworth, F. W. & Co. . . 5 and 10 cent store . . . 2 7 Very Good. Very Good. CENTREVILLE Archambault, Joseph B Grain and hay 6 Centreville Mill Shade cloth and sheet- ing 168 114 21 21 Very Good. Very Good. Champlin Lumber Co 15 1 Forsyth, R & Son Grain 8 1 Very Good. Kent Mfg. Co . . . Wool worsteds 60 44 1 Excellent. Knight, B. B & R Groceries 4 1 Excellent. Northup Grocery Co Groceries 5 Excellent. Tellier, John B Groceries 6 1 Very Good. Warwick Mills Lawns 370 412 35 43 Excellent. CLYDE. Clyde Bleachery & Print) Works 231 33 61 2 Good. Duke, Charles & Co Groceries 9 Excellent. Rhode Island Co Car House 91 CROMPTON. Crompton Co. — Fustian Dept Corduroys and velvets. 293 60 3 Good. Crompton Co Corduroys and velvets. 354 264 28 24 Excellent, New System Wet Wash 3 2 Very Good. 1 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, 73 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. WEST WARWICK— Concluded LIPPITT. Blanchard W. F 9 1 Very Good. 47 41 6 3 Excellent. NATICK. Knight, B. B. & R 4 2 Excellent. 5 2 Excellent. Natick Mill 486 325 30 40 Good. PHENIX. Conley, J. C. & Co 6 1 Very Good, 121 94 19 8 Excellent. Morrell, A. J 4 1 Very Good. Electrical supplies .... 14 Very Good. Phenix Lace Mills 34 26 4 6 Very Good. Phenix Public Market Groceries 8 Very Good. RIVERPOINT. Arnold, William H Bottled goods l6 Excellent. Brayton, L. Foundry Co Grey iron castings .... 39 1 Good. Carroll Bros Groceries 8 Excellent. Continental Finishing Co Dyeing and finishing* . 18 7 1 Good. Co wen Braid Mfg. Co Shoe laces 8 32 3 Very Good. Knight, A. W. & Son Harness and teaming . . 13 Very Good. Knight, B. B. & R Groceries 4 1 Excellent. McCaughery Confectionery Co Conf. and ice cream. . . 4 2 Very Good. Pawtuxet Valley Textile Co Cotton back satin .... 21 17 3 Excellent. Potter, F. E Grain mill. . . 12 2 Excellent. Providence Telephone Co 4 12 Excellent. Royal Mill Sheetings. . . 221 150 18 13 Good. Thornton’s Theatre 4 1 Excellent. Valley Queen Mill Sheetings and cambric. 77 58 1 4 Good. Warwick Lace Works Lace. . . 37 21 3 17 Very Good. WOONSOCKET American Railway Express 22 3 Excellent. Alsace Worsted Co W orsted varn 138 169 16 12 Excellent. American Paper Tube Co 70 71 5 59 Excellent. American Wringer Co 460 13 20 Excellent. Anchor Webbing Co 18 48 1 5 Excellent. Armour Co 17 Excellent. Arseneau & Son Closed Barnai Worsted Co Worsted 98 50 1 Very Good. Begin Bros Drv goods 1 9 Excellent. Belisle Bros Bakery . . , 14 2 Excellent. Beliveau, A. P Electrical contractor . . 4 Very Good. Berard Bros Groceries 5 Excellent. 74 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, Name op Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. WOONSOCKET 4 1 Excellent. 8 Excellent. 7 1 Very Good. 93 9 Excellent. 3 3 Excellent. 5 Excellent. 5 1 Very Good. 55 9 Excellent. 8 1 Very Good. 11 1 Excellent. 14 Excellent. Buckley, C. T 6 1 Excellent. Burdick, H. F 2 2 1 Excellent. 3 5 Excellent. 4 1 Excellent. Caya, F. X Closed . . . Choquette Bros Groceries 5 1 Excellent. City Brass Foundry 7 Very Good. City Fuel & Feed Co 8 Very Good. Citv Lumber Co Doors a.nd sash 8 1 Excellent. Citv Teaming Co 11 Clinton Mfg. Co Cotton 120 61 13 5 Very Good. Coleman & Croke Cigars 7 Excellent. Colwell, F. A Handkerchiefs 2 15 1 Excellent. Colwell, F. A Paper boxes 8 10 Very Good. Cooke, A. S. Co Household furnishings. 11 2 Excellent. Cote, Joseph & Sons Groceries 6 1 Excellent. Cronan, J. F Ice cream 5 Good. Crystal Ice Co 5 Excellent. Cumberland Worsted Mill Worsted yarn 3 23 1 5 Excellent. Daigneault, G Wood and coal 7 Excellent. Daigneault, Godfrey Planing mill 30 1 Very Good. Darling Garage 8 1 Very Good. Darling, C. H Hardware 6 2 Excellent. Demers, Emery \ . . Bakery 4 1 Excellent. Desrocher, Henri. . . . Drugs 4 1 Excellent. Desaulniers, G. L Teas and crockery .... 3 2 Excellent. Desjarlais, Camile P Closed . Deslauriers, J. L Bakery 4 1 Good. Desrocher, Albert Drugs 4 Excellent. Desurmont, Jules Worsted Co 151 175 16 7 Excellent. Dextras & Son .... Closed Dion, Omer Tailoring 3 3 Excellent. Dunn Worsted Mills Fine Worsted 238 128 l 5 Excellent. Eagle Mills Fancy cotton 177 102 1 Very Good. Eastern Construction Co Contractors 60 1 Excellent. Economy Handkerchief Co 3 26 4 Excellent. Emidy Bros Bakery 12 2 Excellent. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION 75 Name of Establishment. Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Sanitary Condition, Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. WOONSOCKET— Continued 40 3 Excellent. Evans Roll Co 6 4 Excellent. Evening Call, The 32 6 Excellent. Fairmount Foundry Co Grey iron castings .... 52 2 1 Very Good. 8 Excellent. Falk Bros 2 3 Excellent. Falls Yarn Mills Woolen and merino 101 7 1 Very Good. Farnum, J. B. Co Paints, chemicals and 8 2 Excellent. Fashion, The 1 5 Excellent. Florence Dye Works 20 1 Fair. French Worsted Co 235 165 20 25 Excellent. Gardella, F. J Fruit. . . . 5 1 Excellent. Gauvreau, W. M 7 2 Excellent. Getchell, S. S Tin cylinders 5 Excellent. Girard, F. A Dry goods. 2 5 Excellent. Glenark Mill Dyeing of worsted cloth 15 Good. Glenark Worsted Co Worsteds. . . 30 26 4 4 Excellent. Globe Coal Co Coal and wood 21 Gold Mark Knitting Co. . . . Jerseys & bathin^ suits 12 24 1 Excellent. Goulet, Alexander Restaurant 3 6 Excellent. Grant Union Tea Store Tea and coffee 5 Excellent. Green, H. M Top roll covering 9 Excellent. Grey Rock Glove Co Cotton gloves 2 11 1 4 Excellent. Guerin Spinning Co Woolen and merino yarns 189 44 2 2 Excellent. Hamlet Textile Co Silks and sa.tins 96 199 2 6 Excellent. Harris & Mowry Co., The Department store .... 40 85 Excellent. Hayes Loom Reed & Harness Co 4 1 Very Good. Hebert, Felix Teaming 10 1 Excellent. Hope, George Market 4 3 Excellent. Hotel Normandie 2 3 Excellent. Ideal Cloak & Suit Co 1 5 Excellent. Industrial Trust Co 8 2 Excellent. Jalbert, Joseph Jewelers. 4 2 Excellent. Kearns & Rocheleau Co Clothing 5 1 Excellent. Knight, George C Machine jobber 5 Very Good. Lafayette Worsted Co Worsted top and yarn . 413 229 46 31 Very Good. Lambert, John B Liquors .... 17 2 Excellent. La Tribune Publishing Co Newspaper . . , 17 2 1 Excellent. La Union St. Jean Baptiste d!Amerique. . 11 5 Excellent. Lawton Spinning Co. . . . Cotton yarn 197 313 35 50 Excellent. Lebeau, Z. E Tailor. 5 1 Excellent. Lefrancois, T. & T. Co. . . Transferring and team- ing . . , 68 1 Excellent. Leicester Knitting Co. . . Underwear 16 ' 68 1 6 Excellent. 76 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. • Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. WOONSOCKET— Continued Mfg. tools & gauges . . . 24 1 1 157 109 5 14 Very Good. Excellent. 5 1 28 58 6 13 Excellent. 7 Very Good. Excellent. 25 80 3 2 1 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. 19 1 2 Department store .... 16 17 38 81 Excellent. 7 Excellent. Manville Co.— Globe Mill 220 150 15 3 Very Good. Excellent. Manville Co. — Nourse Mill 170 201 9 6 Manville Co. — Social Mill 478 388 28 18 Excellent. 4 1 Very Good. Excellent. Marrah, J. W Meat & provisions .... Shoes 5 Martin, M. A 5 1 Excellent. Marty, C. H Dry goods 4 12 3 Excellent. Mee, Eflward & Sons Bottling liquors 17 Excellent. Mee, P. J Coal and wood 6 Excellent. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co 21 3 Excellent. Meunier, J. & Son Wholesale produce. . . . Coal 4 1 Excellent. Miller, G. H 5 1 Excellent. Milot Bros Company Hay and grain 3 2 Excellent. Model Dyeing & Printing Co 16 Fair. Model Spinning Co Woolen yarns 10 1 Very Good. Excellent. Modern Shoe Store Shoes 3 3 Monahan Hardware Co Hardware 4 1 Excellent. Montrose Woolen Co Worsted and woolen. . . 126 Hfr 2 4 Excellent. Monument House 7 5 Excellent. Morse & Brook Hats and trousers 5 15 1 Excellent. Mowry, A. Co Hay and grain 15 2 Excellent. Mullen, James & Co Furniture 6 2 Excellent. Mulvey, Peter B. Plumbing Co 18 3 Excellent. Murray, Thomas P Granite 6 Excellent. National Biscuit Co 6 Excellent. National Globe Bank 5 2 Excellent. New England Coal Co 32 4 Excellent. Model Laundrv 7 Very Good. Excellent. Nickel Theatre, The 3 2 Novelty Knitting Co Cotton worsted 3 27 2 3 Excellent. Nyanza Mill Fancy cotton yarn. . . . Freight House 269 342 28 43 Excellent. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R O’Donnell, F: P. . . 57 8 Plumbing 5 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. O’Donnell, P. J. & Sons. . . . Hides and tallows .... ' 6 1 Park Spriner Dveing & Bleaching Co 17 6 People’s 5 and 25 Cent Store. Variety 1 6 Excellent. People’s Laundry 6 1 Very Good. REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, 77 Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. WOONSOCKET— Continued 22 10 Excellent. 197 157 9 9 Excellent. 10 2 Excellent. 4 2 Excellent. Jerseys and bathing 6 13 1 2 Excellent. 15 41 Excellent. Prue, F. J Men’s union & bath-- 2 13 Excellent. 4 1 Excellent. 79 32 3 1 Excellent. Ray, Edgar K. Est 24 14 Very Good. Very Good. Excellent. 15 Rhode Island Co., The — Park Avenue.. . . Rhode Island Co., The — Social Street. . . . Rhode Island Knitting Co 11 76 Excellent. Bathing suits and jerseys 1 10 River Spinning Co Woolen and worsted. . . 248 28 1 2 Very Good. Fair. Rosemont Dyeing Co Custom dyeing 60 19 Rousseau & Brown Drugs 12 3 Excellent. Samoset Worsted Co W orsted yarn 54 204 17 25 Excellent. Samsy Mfg. Co Closed Scotia Worsted Mills Worsted 193 131 1 Excellent. Shambow Shuttle Co 113 9 Excellent. Sharpe, J. & Co Closed Simmons & Maxon Groceries 4 1 Excellent. Simplex Tool Co Metal machine work. . 58 1 Very Good. Excellent. Slocum, E. M. Co Hardware . . . 9 Smith Theatre Amusement 4 2 Excellent. Social Cash Market Groceries 5 1 Excellent. Standard Laundry Burned Standard Oil Co. of New York 11 Star Bakery 8 2 Excellent. Star Carbonizing Co., The Scouring and carbon- izing 14 Excellent. Star Electric Co., The 10 1 Excellent. Sterling Handkerchief Co 35 6 Excellent. St. James Hotel 10 7 Excellent. St. Onge, C. & A Millinery 5 Excellent. Swift, E. C. & Co Provisions & produce. . W orsted yarn 19 1 Excellent. Sydney Worsted Co 16 67 10 33 Excellent. Sylvester, Aldore J Closed Sylvester & Brodeur Hardware 8 1 Excellent. Taft-Pierce Mfg. Co Machinery & tools .... Bakery. . . . 817 156 18 2 Excellent. Tessier, J. F 9 Excellent. Union Handerkerchief Co 4 42 1 Excellent. Uxbridge Worsted Company Corduroy 4 35 11 6 Excellent. Ver Hassett, Francois Bakery 5 Excellent. 78 REPORT OF FACTORY INSPECTION, Nature of Business and Goods Manufactured or Sold. Number Employed. Name of Establishment. Men. Wom- en. Boys under 16. Girls under 16. Sanitary Condition. WOONSOCKET— Concluded Textile machinery .... 8 1 Excellent. Wales, H. T. Co 12 25 2 Good. 2 1 Excellent. House furnishings .... 6 2 Excellent. 17 4 Excellent. 5 and 10 cent store . . . 4 21 Excellent. 7 10 1 3 Excellent. Woonsocket Co., The Restaurant and room- ing house 2 5 Excellent. Woonsocket, Comb Co 8 6 Excellent. Woonsocket Dyeing & Bleaching Co Custom dyeing 58 15 1 Very Good. Excellent. Woonsocket Falls Mills Plush 69 14 Woonsocket Fruit & Produce Co 6 1 Excellent. Woonsocket Home Service Liquors 4 1 Excellent. Woonsocket Hotel 5 4 Excellent. Woonsocket Institution for Savings 9 2 Excellent. Woonsocket Lumber Co Doors and sash 6 1 Excellent. Woonsocket, Machine Press Co 629 24 11 Excellent. Woonsocket Motor Mart 7 Excellent. Woonsocket, Napping Machinery Co. . . Textile machinery .... 75 2 Excellent. Woonsocket Paper Box Co 2 2 1 Excellent. Woonsocket Rubber Co. Rubber shoes 697 590 28 67 Excellent. Woonsocket, Shuttle Co Closed Woonsocket Spinning Co Woolen and merino yarn 19 2 Excellent. Woonsocket Supply Co Mill supplies 28 2 1 Excellent. Woonsocket Wagon Mfg. Co 50 3 Good. Woonsocket Wholesale Grocery Co 6 1 Excellent. Woonsocket Wet Wash Laundry . 6 Very Good. Excellent. Woonsocket Wbod & Coal Co. . . 5 Woonsocket Worsted Mills Worsted yarns 75 180 16 33 Excellent. Wrigley, Nelson AI Closed Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 13. £tatf of iRljaiie 3lala«& anil $Irotiiiipnrf plantations. FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE State Board of Pharmacy MADE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS JANUARY SESSION, 1919 PROVIDENCE: 19J9 STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY 3 REPORT To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island f at its January Session, A. D. 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 Board appointed by his Ex- cellency, Governor R. Livingston Beeekman, and approved by the Senate, composed of William J. MeCaw, M. D., Michael H. Corri- gan and Fdward T. Colton of Providence; James T. Wright of Newport; Howard 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 PTow- ard A. Pearce 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. Passed. Failed. Total. Attendance. Tan. 4 Feb. S 1 1 1 7 Mar. 5 7 5 2 7 7 Apr. 2 3 2 1 3 7 May 7 5 5 5 7 Tune 4 10 8 2 10 7 Tuly 11 Oct. 1 2 2 2 7 6 Dec. 3 2 2 2 7 Total 30 25 5 30 4 STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY The names of 42 registered pharmacists and the names of 29 registered 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 renew July 1, was owing in a great measure to war conditions. The registration of nine registered pharmacists and twenty-five registered assistant pharmacists who were absent from home in the military or naval service of the United 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 assistant pharmacists were transferred to the list of registered pharmacists. There are now 283 registered stores. There are now 387 registered pharmacists. There are now 262 registered assistant pharmacists. A total of 648 registered pharmacists and registered assistant pharmacists. Twelve have' died during the year. There are 118 registered pharmacists and 120 registered assistant pharmacists without 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 would require the constant ser- vices of an inspector 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, state; board of pharmacy I he board wishes to call the attention of the pharmacists to the following: l he law requires that the name of the registered pharmacist shall appear on all 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 pharma- 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, Section 1, which reads as follows : Section 1. No person, unless a registered pharmacist, or regis- tered assistant pharmacist in the employ of a registered pharmacist, 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 poisons 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 I. McCAW, TAMES T. WRIGHT, NICHOLAS F. REINER, President. WILLIAM R. FORTIN, MICHAEL H. CORRIGAN, EDWARD T. COLTON, HOWARD A. PEARCE, Secretary and Registrar, 6 STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY REGISTERED PHARMACISTS Abbe, Charles G., 514 Broad street Alianiello, Canio, 590 Charles street Allen, Arthur E-, 122 Taunton avenue Almy, Willis E Angell, Eouis D., 245 Prairie avenue Anthony, Edwin P., 178 Angell street Anthony, Frank Anthony, Jerome, 103 Ives street Archambault, Albert, Eewis Block Archambault, F. J., corner Mineral Spring and Smithfield avenues Armstrong, George T., 55 Academy avenue Arnold, Fred W Arnold, William P Atkinson, Wm. H., corner Webster and Pocasset avenues Austin, Alonzo O., 279 Broad street Authier, Moise J., 938 Main street _. Bailey, William P Bakst, Adolph Baloom, Walter E Bannon, William J., 10-12 Canal street Barbour, Eewis E-, 18 Broad street Barker, H. Howard Barnes, Clarence A Barrett, Owen E., 309 Smith street Barrett, Owen E-, 419 Smith street Barrows, Fred H., 1349 Westminster street Barry, P. H., Broadway and Japonica streets Barth, Alfred Batcheller, Stephen E Beaupre, E. Arthur, corner Sayles and River streets Beland, Theode, 957 Main street Bennett, William S., 162 Main street Berard, Henry, Jr., Main and Federal streets Berg, Carl V., 460 Westminster street Bernard, Joseph A., Main street Blanchette, Adelard, State Institution Blanding, William O., 54-58 Weybosset street Blumenkranz, Emil S Bonin, Romeo Booth, Richard A. D. , 143 Smith street Boss, Herbert A Boston, Arthur W , 101 Chestnut street Bradv, George R Brassard, Joseph D. R., 919 Main street Brennan, James E-, 5 North Union street Broad, Frank H Broderick, Paul C., 1336 Cranston street Brosseau, Phillip A Brown, Joseph Jr., 188 Main street Buckley, Timothy F., 129 Putnam street Buckman, Foster D., 583 Central avenue Burr, Ernest J Burrows, William E-, 21 Aborn street Byrne, David J., 128 Broadway Cadoret, Prime E Cahill, Joseph P., 381 Plainfield street Cahill, William A., 397 Elmwood avenue * Providence Providence East Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Washington Pawtucket Providence Providence Providence ..... Providence Providence Pawtucket Providence Providence Providence Westerly Westerly Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Pawtucket Providence Providence Woonsocket Pawtucket Warren Woonsocket Providence Natick Howard Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Pawtucket Pawtucket Providence Cranston Providence Woonsocket Providence Pawtucket Providence Providence Newport Providence Providence Providence state; board of pharmacy ? Callahan, John M., 229 Spring street Newport Cameron, EJarl L-, 841 Broad street Providence Campbell, William F., 137 Washington street Central Falls Cappiello, Sylvestro Providence Capwell, Frederick L Providence Carieton, Charles O Providence Carlson, Carl G., 391 Smith street Providence Carpenter, Fremont Providence Carpenter, Joseph H., Providence Carr, Thomas H., 1907 Westminster street Providence Chagnon, Charles 1$ Arctic Centre Chandley, James J., Providence Chatterton, Herbert L-, 100 Broad street Providence Chute, Joseph B., 40 George Pawtucket Chute, Michael M., 415 Central avenue Pawtucket Claflin, Albert W., 62-64 South Main street Providence Claflin, Arthur W., 62-64 South Main street Providence Clancy, Thomas J., 4-6 Benefit street Providence Clapp, J. Wilkinson, 417 Westminster street Providence Cobb, Chester M., 485 Bullocks Point avenue Riverside Cohen, Louis, 236 Charles street Providence Colacci, Cosmo, 605 Douglas avenue Providence Cole, Charles M., 302 Thames street Newport Colton, EJdward T., 465 Pine street Providence Coman, George E;., 106 Broadway Newport Connelly, John F., 304 Broad street Central Falls Corrigan, Michael H., 1654 Westminster street Providence Costello, Joseph EJ., Main street Block Island Cote, William A., 1 Miller street Warren Crossland, Alphonso B., 122 Broad street Providence Crowninshield, E)dward B Providence Cunningham, EMward M,, 963 Broad street Providence Darcy, Patrick, 265 Union avenue Providence Davis, Peter B., Exchange Place Narragansett Pier Davoll, David L-, Thames and Pelham Newport Dean, Willard M., 215 Academy avenue Providence Delerzon, Joseph Providence Deslauriers, EJmile L Providence De Pasquale, ISmilio, 41 Aborn street Providence Desrochers, Albert, 232 Main street Woonsocket Desrochers. Henri r 3 Cumberland street Woonsocket Dewing., Alfred F., 203 Camp street v Providence De Wolf, Howard K., 162 Main street Warren Dick, David L., 1538 Smith street North Providence Doherty, Clarence P., 31 Beacon avenue Providence Doherty, Thomas E)., 1916 Westminster street Providence Dolan, Martin, 734 Park avenue Auburn Domina, Frank E; Providence Donlon, Lawrence A Providence Dorney, Thomas M., 435 So. Main street Providence Downing, Benjamin F., Jr., 42 Broadway Newport Downing. George F., 42 Broadway Newport Drinkwater, John B Providence Dunbar, George N., 394 Westminster street Providence Durante, Joseph, 139 Ninth street Providence Pwan, Nicholas J., Pleasant Grove street Lonsdale s STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY Dwan, Thomas S., cor. Broad and Pleasant streets Dympna, Sister Mary Earnshaw, Arthur A., 70 Main street Earnshaw, Elmer E., 70 Main street Edwards, Gemuel E-, Odd Fellows’ Hall Egan, William S Eklund, Edward N Ellis, Herbert J., 90 Main street Evison, George A Fairbanks, George W., 394 Wickenden street . . Falcon, Hector P., 222 Broad street Farron, James W Farron, Joshua Fenner, Albert, 869 Westminster street Fenner, Alexander W Ferri, Vincent J., 460 Atwells avenue Finley, Francis H., 49 Camp street Flower, Claude E-, 2 77 Plainfield street Fortin, William R., 40 Broadway Fox, Gouis A., 330 North Main street Fraser, Alexander S Fratantuono, Joseph, 106 Knight street Frigault, Wilfred A., 712 Broadway Gallagher, Edward J., 654 North Main street Gaskin, Peter J., cor, Titus and Broad streets .... Geddes, George H., Mendon Road Geissler, Edson O Gibbs, Charles W Gibson, J. Fred, 179 Westminster sireet Gibson, J. Fred, 1349 Westminster street Gibson, J. Fred, 343 Westminster street Gilbert, Charles A., 210 Dean street Gilbert, Frederick E-, 912 Branch avenue Gilbert, Stanilas, 63 Cumberland street Gilson, Charles F., 2030 Smith street Glancy, Charles A Glancy, Edward G., 1661 Gonsdale avenue . Glancy, Frank J Glavin, Robert E-, 178 Broad street Golini, William J., 1365 Plainfield street Goulais, Archie P Graton, Gouis Graham, John A., 116 Bioadway Greene, William H Greene, William R., Main street Griffin, Daniel B., Main street Groff, John E., R. G Hospital Guertin, Amie, 451 Broad street Guny, Gouis, 182 Charles street Hagan, Edward, 64 Japonica street Hall, William W>, 675 Atwells avenue Hanaway, Owen J., 508 Plainfield street Hand, William F., 119 Olo street Harrison, Herbert P Harrop, William, 244 Mineral Spring avenue Hart, Herbert G Hart, Philip J., 100 Pawtucket avenue Gonsdale Providence East Greenwich East Greenwich Pascoag Providence Providence . . . . W oonsocket Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Pawtucket Providence Providence Providence Pawtucket Providence . . . . Valley Falls Astiton Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence . . . . W oonsocket Centiedale Providence Gonsdale Providence Providence Thornton Providence Providence Providence Providence Natick Wakefield • • . . , Providence ...Central Falls Providence Pawtucket Providence Providence .... Woonsocket Providence Pawtucket Providence Pawtucket STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY 9 Havens, George H., 383 Admiral street Providence Havey, Henry O., 675 Main street Pawtucket Haynes, Herbert, 159 Broadway Providence Ilelmer, William A., 92 Chestnut street Providence Hewlett, George W Providence Higgins, C. Deo, 21 Broad street ' Westerly Himes, S. -Winfield Providence Hougrand, Eugene, 278 Public street Providence Hobson, Samue 1 M Providence Hough, Henry I., 613 Cranston street Providence Houtman, Edward, 60 Spring street Manville Hulme, Thomas R., 710 Cranston street Providence Hunt, Thomas E-, 144 Thames street Newport Jackson, Frank A Providence Jackvony, Albert H.. 638 Charles street Providence Jean, Napoleon L __ Providence Johnson, Alfred J., Jr., 386 Main street Pawtucket Johnson, James G., 1 Lincoln avenue Riverside Johnston, James E Providence Jones, Fred H., 434 Dexter street Central Falls Jones, John L-, Central street Central Falls Jones, Thomas H Providence Kalkman, Henry A., 106 Broadway Newport Kalkman, Henry A., 475 Thames street Newport Kalkman, Henry A., 22 Washington square Newport Kane, Benjamin N., 1132 Broad street Providence Kane, Esther M., 183 Prairie avenue Providence Kayatta, Francis P Providence Kayatta, Joseph P., 989 Broad street Providence Keighley, Frank R., 9 i 9 Cranston street Providence Keller, Charles A., 5 Quidnick street Arctic Kelley, Edward, 384 Cranston street Providence Kelley, James J., 137 Central street Central Falls Kelley, Walter W., 43 Broad street Pawtucket Lambert, Charles W., 452 Cranston street Providence Langlais, Thomas Providence Larr.oureux, Alfred E , Main street Quidnick Lambert, Thomas J Providence Larson, August, 57 High street Westerly Lavault, Roch, 7 Main street North Tiverton Lawlor, John B Providence Leddy, James A., 257 Atwells avenue Providence Leith, Harvey I., 790 North Main street Providence Lincoln, Winthrop C., Elmwood and Park avenue Auburn Linton, Robert F., 4 Monument square Woonsocket Lisker, Samuel Providence Livingston, Henry J. D., 27 Child street Warren Lockwood, Frank E-, Main street ' Block Island Lorah, James R., 141 Bellevue avenue Newport Louzon, Maurice J., 326 Weybosset street Providence Lowe, Charles E r Providence Lynch, Charles P., 258 Point street Providence MacCartney, William E-, 159 Manton avenue Providence Mailhot, Louis L Providence Malone, George H., 131 Regent avenue Providence Malone, Robert M., Memorial Hospital Pawtucket Malone, William E-, Fountain square Pascoag 10 STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY Marcotte, Arthur D., 77 Broad street Marcus, Israel, 188 Atwells avenue Markensohn,, Frank, 37 Camp street Markensohn, Max, 139 Orms street Martin, Joseph E., 137 Summit street Mason, Bradford A. W., corner Broad and Farragut streets . . . Mathewson, B. Elmer, 297 Hope street Matteo, Frank I Matteson, James, 71 Camp street Matthews, Frederick G., 526 Pontiac avenue Matthews, Herbert D., 120 Washington street Matthews, W. H., 62 Thames street Mattison, Edgar F Maynard, Dona, 5 Railroad avenue McAllen, J. Arthur McCann, Vincent E., 1184 North Main street McCanna, Edward S McCaw, Arthur M., 458 Hope street McCaw, William J. McCully, Samuel S., 209 Westminster street McCully, Samuel S., 252 Westminster street McCully, Samuel S., 108 Weybosset street McCully, Samuel S., 225 Weybosset street McCully, Samuel S., 47 Olneyville square McCully, Samuel S., 220 Main street McCully, Samuel S., 124 Thames street McDonald, James P., 523 Elmwood avenue McDonald, Joseph E-, 811 Eddy street McGeough, John J., 187 South Main street McGorty, John B., 219 Manton avenue McGrane, John F McGrane, William J. T McGunagle, Alexander, 527 Dexter street McIntyre, William H., 187 Messer street McNally, Peter A., 319 Broadway McNally, Richard A McNally, William J Meade, Albert F Messier, J. Henry, 481 Broad street Metzger, John, 230 North Main street Meunier, Doria P., 169 Benefit street Meunier, Doria P., 749 Central avenue Mignacca, Antonio, 506 Broadway Minto, John H Moore. Charles M., 58 Main street Moore, Joseph H., 377 Broadway Morgan, George S., Corner Broadway and Exchange street Morgan, James E-, 653 Dexter street Morin, Wm. E., corner Mineral Spring avenue and Charles street Mullen, P. J. H., 235 Mineral Spring avenue Murphy, John A., cor. Walcott and So. Bend streets Myers, Andrew J., 248 Atwells avenue , Neary, John F., 83 Prairie avenue Nichols, Mark S North, Joseph B., Main and Federal streets Northup, Eincoln B., 105 Westminster street Northup, Lincoln B., corner Angell and South Angell streets. . . Pawtucket Providence Providence Providence Pawtucket Providence Bristol Providence Providence Cranston Providence Newport Providence Pawtucket Providence Providence Providence Bristol Providence . Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Pawtucket Newport Providence Providence Woonsocket Providence Providence Providence Central Falls Providence Providence Providence Providence ...... .Providence Central Falls Providence Pawtucket Pawtucket Providence Providence Pawtucket Providence Pawtucket Central Falls North Providence Pawtucket Pawtucket ....:. Providence Providence Providence Woonsocket Providence Providence state; board of pharmacy h Oates, Walter E-, 153 Ohio avenue Providence O’Connor, John F., Jr., 784 Broadway East Providence O’Connor, John J., 621 Main street Pawtucket O’Neil, Thomas J., 550 Charles street Providence Page, Arthur A Providence Parker, Edward T., 308 Thurbers avenue Pravidence Parker, Gilbert R Providence Parker, T. Roswell, 5 Hartford avenue Providence Parker, William T., 559 Charles street Providence Paterson, John D., 1437 Broad street Providence Payne, George W., 11 Warren avenue East Providence Pearce, Howard A., 370 Elmwood avenue Providen.ee Pearl, Samuel E Providence Peck, Manton D Providence Perkins, James E Providence Pinault, William A., 701 Main street Pawtucket Pistocoo, Charles E-, 279 Pocasset avenue Providence Pond, Fred H., 226 Main street Pawtucket Potter, William R. Providence Pratte, Arthur N., 229 Vernon street Woonsocket Quick, Bryce W., Baker and Main streets Warren Ramage, Monroe W Providence Rattey, F. X. Eeonidas Providence Reaves, James A Providence Regan, Edward J Providence Reiner, Nicholas F., 1/52 Broad street Edgewood Reiner, Nicholas F., Washington and Dorrance streets Providence Reiner, Nicholas F., 25 Westminster street Providence Reiner, Nicholas F., Washington and Mathewson streets Providence Reiner, Nicholas F., 372 Westminster street Providence Reiner, Nicholas F., Meeting and Thayer s.iccis Providence Remington, Amasa E Providence Richard, Aime E-, Buttonwoods road Uakland Beach Robbins, Edwin D., 236 Charles street Providence Roberts, Oscar, 46 North Main street Warren Robinson, Frederick, 944 Manton avenue Providence Rosenweig, Herman O., 765 Westminster street Providence Ross, Joseph C Providence Rousseau, Henry, 188 Main street Woonsocket Round, Brayton A Providence Rungee, Augustus H., 691 Broad street Providence Russell, William, Jr Providence Ryan, Patrick J., 78 Thames street Newport Ryder, James P Providence Saccoccia, Angelo, 1723 Cranston street Cranston Sanborn, Arthur P., 110 Elmwood avenue Providence Saulnier, Alphonse B Providence Savard, J. B. H., 10 Rathbun street Woonsocket Schiller, Albert E-, Broad and Pacific streets Central Falls Scott, Henry B., 115 Washington street Providence Scott, Sumner E-. 337 Ives street Providence Scowcroft, Joseph, 355 Manton avenue Providence Sears, Arthur A., 841 Broad street Providence Sears, Arthur A., 1481 Broad street Providence Sears, Arthur A., 97 Governor street Providence Seiffert, Max El., 173 Weybcsset Providence Shaw, George W. , 612 Pawtucket avenue Pawtucket 12 state: board of pharmacy Shaw, Thomas W Shea, John F Shean, Charles E-, 147 Brook street Sherman, Harold G., 399 Wood Silva, Thomas F., 913 Fddy street Silva, Thomas F., Beach ave. and W. Shore road Simard, Yvonne Simonds, Euther W Simone, Euigi A.. 1353 Plainfield street Slocum, Horace F., 637 Park avenue Smith, Arthur T ' Smith, Byron A., 19 Olneyville square Smith, Byron A., Jr., 19 Olneyville square Smith, Charles H Smith, Daniel E., 220 Cranston street Smith, Frank G., 303 Atwells avenue Smith, Joseph V., Main street Smith, William D. . . Smith, William J., 137 Main street Staples, James A Stefano, Cono V Stephenson, William H Stewart, Walter G., St Germain, F. M. Ponton de, 642 Dexter street . Stott, Oscar C., 6 Main street Strachan, William D., 582 Smithfield avenue . . . Sullivan, John C., 300 Broad street Sullivan, Michael A., 120 Pine street Sundin, Axel K. H Sutherland, J. D., 1011 Eddy street Swindells, Harry E., 910 Manton avenue Talbot, Joseph A., Quidnick and Main streets Tcath, Jacob, 488 Hartford avenue Thomas, Charles S Thomas, Nat H Thompson, J. Fred, 326 Weybossct street Thornton, Eouis E-, 1191 Westminster street . . . Thurrott, Angus E-, 200 Main street Tiernan, Charles P Tiernan, Peter W • • Tobin, John M., Main street Tourtellot, Eeland A Turcotte, Samuel J Vanasse, Ulric E-, Main street Ventrone, Anthony C Viall, William A Viens, Arthur Walch, Clinton E Watson, Frank V., 97 Aborn street Watson, Walter E-, 2206 Broad street Weaver, Ermer H., 354 Friendship street Weaver, Ermer H., 2191 Broad street West, Cromwell P., 18 Kingston avenue Wheaton, Wayland A., 140 Wickenden street . . . White, Frank B., 1191 Westminster street Whitford, Dalton E. Y., 45 Thames street Whitney, Henry A Providence Providence Providence Bristol Providence Conimicut Providence Providence Johnston Auburn Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Arctic Providence Warren Providence Providence Providence Providence Central Falls Westerly Pawtucket Valley Falls Pawtucket Providence Providence Providence .... Arctic Centre Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Pawtucket Providence Providence Narragansett Pier Providence Providence Phenix Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Pawtuxet Providence Providence Newport v Providence Providence Newport Providence STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY 13 Whittaker, Albert 265 Pawtucket avenue Pawtucket Wiessel, Morris Providence Wood, Willard I..., 285 Main street Pawtucket Wood, William J., 1476 Broad street Providence Woodward, L,eRoy A Providence Wright, James A., Bell Block Wakefeld Wright, James T Providence Wyman, Fred, 346 Atwells avenue Providence Young, Elwin E-, Bridge Wickford Young, Jeremiah H., 479 Hope street Bristol Zooloomian, George H., 280 Broad street Providence Zoolomian, L,eon H., 129 Douglas avenue Providence 'Zurlinden, Albert, 50 Spring street Manville 14 STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY REGISTERED ASSISTANT PHARMACISTS Allsop, Henry E Arnold, Joseph Atkin, Herbert Auger, Geo. EeMaitre Baldwin, George E. . . . Bannon, Thomas J. Barker, Charles J Barnes, Walter V. ... Bassett, Peter G Batchelder, Walter J. . Baxter, Ee Roy W . . . Beizer Hyman Bennett, Charles M. . . Bennett, J. Bamford . Benoit, Aram Bernier, Albert J Bigelow, Edward P. . Black, Charles E Blais, Eugene H Blake, James H Bolduc, J. Alexander . Bolster, John A Bonin, Herman O. ... Bonin, Pierre O Bonneville, Avellino A. Sooth, Richard A. ... Bowen, Charles P. ... Bowen, Harry E Bowmer, Clarence .... Brady, Peter H Brandes, Frederic A. . Bray, George H Brooks, William F. . Brule, Abundinus A. . Brunelle, Herve J. ... Burke, Edward F Burke, John E Burke, William H. . . . Byrnes, John A Cady, Arthur B Caisse, P. Wolford . . Calder, William C. . Calise, Domenico Capwell, Arthur A. Casey, Thomas M EMPLOYED BY Allsop & Carlson . Otis Clapp & Sons T. R. Hulme Bannon Drug Co. J. F. Gibson Reiner Co. Desrochtrs Bros. E. P. Anthony W. O. Blanding Rousseau & Brown H. A. Pearce Co. W. O. Blanding Desrochers Brds. . Eranklin Pharmacy Fisk Drug Co. Reiner Co. . . W. O. Blanding Fisk Co. . Providence . Providence .Providence Providence Providence . . .Westerly Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Woonsocket Providence Providence Providence Providence Providenc- Providence Providence Providence Woonsocket Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Woonsocket Providence Providence Providence . Pawtucket . Edgewood Providence Providence Providence Providence . Pawtucket STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY lb Chandley, Edward J Chartier, Charles O Chartier, Lucien S. Chenette, Joseph E. Clark, Jesse A. . . Clark, Leo C Clift, Charles K. . . Codere, Ernest E. . Coffey, John B. ... Cohn, Sydney .... Colaeci, Frank .... Coleman, John .... Coman, Harry Howard Connors, Timothy J. Jr Copeland, William H. . Cornell, Alverin M. . Corvese, Anthony .... Cox, Jerome Eeo Creamer, John A Crosby, Frederic Cunningham, Alex W. Davis, Herbert S Deady, Michael J DeAngelis, Raffaele . De Fazi, Carlo DeFray, Antoine .... De Nomme Eeonide A. Dickinson, Ernest, N. Dion, Victor B Dolan, William A. ... S. J. Briggs Co Donahue, Frank Dow, Walter H W. O. Blanding Drinkwater John B Fisk Drug Co Duchesneau, Raymond W Fisk Co Dunn, John A Eaton, F. Elmer Ellis, Leon C Emery, Arthur L Evans, Albert E L. K. Liggett Co Fales, George H Fanning, Frederick F Fanning, William F M. H. Corrigan Fasteson, Gilbert E Fenner, Wallace R Fenton, Timothy, Jr Ferrara, Peter W. O. Blanding F'ebich, Carl R Reiner Co Field, Leon W L. K. ^iggett Co Fitzpatrick, Edward E Fitzsimon, Vincent J. Forcier, George O Hand> Drug Co.. Frigault, Rodolphe Doria P. Meunier. Galdieri, Augustus L Gale, Charles A W. O. Blandirg Gallant, Herve M Desrocners Bros Gardner, Willis T R. L Co1> of R harmacy '; Flower, Claude E- Liggett Co Eagle Park Pharmacy W. L . Wood C. M. Barbouj- W. L. Wood.. J. F. Gibson.. Reiner Co. Liggett Co C. Leo Higgins Chemical Industrial Co. EMPLOYED BY L. K. Liggett Co Rosseau & Brown . Pawtucket Providence Woonsocket Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence . . . Westerly^ Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence . . . . Newport . . .Westerly Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence . Pawtucket Providence Providence Providence Providence . .Pawtucket Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence . Pawtucket Providence Providence Providence . Pawtucket Providence Providence Woonsocket Providence 16 STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY EMPLOYED BY Garrett, Lillian G R. I. College of Pharmacy Garrett, William L T. F. Buckley Gaskell, Edward W Gibbs, Arthur C Gilbert, Frederick C F. A. Gilbert Gilbert, Charles O Herbert Haynes Gill, Frederick C Liggett Co Gleason, Leo W Ellis & Gleason Goldberg, Barney L. K. Liggett Co Goodrum, George W Grady, Thomas F Liggett Co Gray, Andrew H W. O. Blanding Greene, Arthur L Greene, Charles E Geo. E. Greene Greene, Edwin R Greene, Nathaniel, T Handy Drug Co Greenhalgh, Henry C Guild, Milo A J- A. Wright Hanscom, Jessie L Harrington, John V Hope Drug Co Haskins, Robert H S. J. Briggs Co Hatch, Elwin F Head, John P P. J. H. Mullen Heany, Edward W Liggett Co Heathman, Roscoe Hecker, Morris Delerzon Pharmacy Helgesen, Fred J. R. Lorah Hickey, J. Raymond Liggett Co Hillis, William T H. L. Thayer Hilton, Arthur W. O. Blanding Himes, Alonzo R Himes, Raymond Hindle, George W Liggett Co Hoffman, Theodore A F. R- Keighley Hopkins, Samuel Geo. L. Claflin Co Horowitz, Morris Hotchkiss, Fred M A. J. Johnson, Jr Hough, Annie H. 1. Hough Hough, Henry I., Jr H. 1. Hough Houle, Rudolph Doria P. Meumer Hulrne, Samuel Ide, George J- E. Brennan & Co Inventasch. William Jarvis, William E Liggett Co Jeschke, Walter Reiner Co Tones, Frank J Liggett Co Jones, Thomas Johnson, Benjamin F Tohnston, Wilber E E. P. Anthony Karnowsky, Charles Reiner Co Kelly, John J E. H. Weaver Kelsey, Harmon J Kenney, Russell S Hope Drug Co, Koch, George Reiner Co LaFlame, Philip ; . . . Providence . Providence Providence Providence . Providence Providence . Pa'wtucket Woonsocket . Providence Providence Providence . Providence Providence Hope Valley Providence . Providence Providence . . Wakefield . Providence Providence Providence . Providence . . Pawtucket . Pawtucket . Providence . Providence . . . Newport Providence . Providence Providence . Providence . Providence . Pawtucket . Providence . Providence . Providence . . Pawtucket . Providence . Providence . . Pawtucket Providence . . Pawtucket Providence .... Newport . Providence . . . Newport Providence Providence . Providence . Providence . Providence Providence Bristol . Providence , Providence STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY 17 Lee, Edward M Leifh. Fred G I.eMaitre, Gideon M. . . Lenz, Howard G LePage, Arsene L’Esperance, Ernest A. Levinson, Arthur Lucitt, John B Lussier, Arthur E Lussier, Victor, Jr MacDowell, Percy B.... Mahoney, Joseph E. . . . Maille, Arthur J Mann, Gilbert Marcotte, Olivina C. . . . IVParcoux, Arthur H. Marshall, Stephen T. . . . Martel, Arthur B Mason, Earle H Mason, William G Masse, Edward W Massey, John C Mayo, C. Edward McCallum, Charles A. . McCann, Edward J. McCarthy. Joseph F. McDonnell, Andrew S. McGarty, Walter V. ... McGowan, John B. ... McGuire, Joseph B. . . McGunagle, George E- McGunagle, John A. . . McKenna, Thomas H. . McManus, Charles J. T. McManus, John J McNelly, Edward C. . . Meacon, Joseph S Miller, James A Milligan, P. A Moore, Thomas L Moorehouse, Ernest . . . Moreau. Harley V. ... Morrissette, Frank A. . Mowry, Albert E Mulcahey, John J Mullen, John J Mulligan, John J Murdy, William F. Murphy, John J Murphy, James A. Nadeau, Ephrem Nason, Arthur S Newberry, Harry M. . . O’Connor, Benedict C. O’Ponnell, J. Raymond EMPLOYED BY R. E. Linton.. H. I. Leith .. Liggett Co. Rosseau & Brown L. K. Liggett Co.. L. K. Liggett Co.. L. K. Liggett Co. Marcotte Drug Co. Rosseau & Brown Albert Fenner . .. . Reiner Co. . ,W. R. Fortin Liggett Co Robbins & Cohen J. P. Cahill Phillips Drug Store Liggett Co .Alex. McGunagle . . O’Hare \s Pharmacy .R. I. Hospital C. M. Barbour Co. E. H. Weaver. . . . J. F. Gibson L. K. Liggett Co. E. H. Weaver. . . . n .. A. Keller E. P. Anthony... J. Fred GibSon... L. K. Liggett Co. Liggett Co. T. E. Doherty. , Beaupre Arnold Woonsocket . Providence Providence . Providence Woonsocket . Providence . Providence . Providence Woonsocket . Providence . Providence . Providence . Providence . Providence . . Pawtucket . Providence . Providence Woonsocket . Providence . Providence . . Paw.tucket . Providence . Providence . Providence . Providence . Providence . Providence . Providence . Providence . Providence . Providence Central Falls . . Providence . . Providence . Providence .... Westerly . Providence . Providene - . . Providence . . Providence . . Providence . . Providence Arctic . Providence . . Providence . . Providence . . Providence . Providencf . . Providence . Providence . Providence . Providence . Providence . . Providence , Woonsocket 18 STATIC BOARD OF PHARMACY O’Hara, Charles 1 O’Hare P. Frank O’Neil, John H Page, Philip F Palmer, Joseph E Parent, Alfred Parent, Joseph K Parent, Napoleon Pastille, John J Payan, Roch J Petit, Alex A Phaneuf, Louis E Phillips, Charles D Plummer, Wiiliam H. . . Porter, Mary H Pouliot, Alfred W. . . . . Primeau, Clifford G Quinlan, James F Raiford, Inez E Read, Gilbert S Reaves, Edmund, Jr. . . . Richard, Blaine R Riley, Walter R Rivard, William Henry Roberge, Oscar A Robinson, Bertha L Rougier, Brennand A. . . Round, Eda M Rouslin, Charles Ruoff, John G Sanderson, Harry F Saugy, Max A Schneider, August A. . . Schilling, Carl A Schneider, William J. .. Scowcroft, George T. .. Seibold, George H Sesto, Frank Del Shallcross, William Shaw, William B Shea, Stephen A Sherman, George H. Sherman, Millard F., lr. Shurtleff, Arthur K Smith, Almond B Smith, Don W. T Smith, J. Albert Stanton, Frederick W. . Stearns, John St. Germain, Louis A. . . Storey, Arthur H Strickland, Franklin N. Sundin, Joseph A Sweetland, Elmer Z. ... Swift, Charles N Swindells. Earle O employed r,v Fisk Co L. K. Liggett Co. A. W. Boston E. T. Colton J. V. Smith Co. W. O. Blanding Fisk Co. . Liggett Co. Reiner Co. Liggett Co. W. O. Blanding D. J. Byrnes Geo. L. Claflin Co. Rousseau & Brown. .Frederick L H. L. Chatterton Standard Pharmacy Frank Markensohn . D. J. Byrne . . . . . J oseph Scowcroft Edward J. Gallagher F. H. Pond... Downing Bros. . . Janies R. Lorah . L- K. Liggett Co. Albert Fenner . . . E. P. Anthony... Reiner Co. . Pawtucket Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Arctic Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence . . .Newport Providence Providence W oonsockel Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence . . . . W arren Providence Providence . . . Newport Providence Providence Providence . Pawtucket Providence Providence . . . Newport . . .Newport Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providenc’ Providence Providence STATU BOARD OF PHARMACY IS* EMPLOYED BY Talbot, Edmund P Tanguay, Henry O Desrochers Bros. Taylor, William J Thorpe, Emma Thorpe, Walter R Reiner Co Tilley, Percival A Torpey, Daniel J W. E. Malone.... Tripp, Frank E Trombley, Wesley W. O. Blandmg... Trow, Fred E » . . . . Tryphor.ia, Sister Mary St. Joseph Hospital Truell, Eldredge W Hall & Eyon Co... Turner, Joseph E Vaillancourt, Henry J Walsh, James E Welch, Fred S White, George H Geo. E. Clatiin Co., Wilcox, Frank H Geo. L. Clatiin Co.. Williams, William E Providence Woonsocket Providence Providence Providence Providence . . . . Pascoag Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence Providence The Registrar has been informed that the following named registered pharmacists and registered assistant pharmacists are in the service of the United States, either army or navy: Frank Anthony Peter J. Bassett Hyman Beizer Eugene H. Blair Edmour J. Brunelle Tames J. Chandley Jesse A. Clark Ernest E. Codere Sydney Cohn Harry H. Coman Jerome Cox Emile E. Deslauriers Edward F. Dufresne James W. Farron Edward E. Fitzpatrick George O. Forcier Rudolphe Frigault Herve M. Gallant Herbert P Harrison Edward W. Heaney Maurice Hecker Arthur Hilton Edward M. Eee Fred G. Eeith Arthur Eevinson John B. Eucitt Arthur E- Eussier Prosper M. Marcotte John P. Martin Earle H. Mason William J. McNally William F. Murdy J. Raymond ODonnell William A. Pinault William H. Plummer Clifford H. Primeau James F. Quinlan Oscar A. Roberge A.ngelo Saccoccia Frank Del Sesto John F. Shea Byron A. Smith, Jr. Frederick W. Stanton Walter R. Thorpe Angus E. Thurrott 20 STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY DIED. Registered Pharmacists. James A. Farrell Oct. 5, 1918 Arthur W. Anderson Oct. 6, 1918 Amedee Archambault Oct. 9, 1918 Frederick J. Brightman Oct. 18, 1918 Benjamin H. Gravlin Oct. 18, 1918 William B. Shaw Dec. 20, 1918 Harold E. Thayer Dec. 30, 1918 • Registered Assistant Pharmacists. Asa 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 Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 14. Butt nf IKljnir 3&lmi mi Jlrmritonr? Jllantatuitta THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE State Board of Soldiers’ Relief UNIVE8SJTY OF ILLINOIS J A f \i 2 9 i b‘ 2 1 MADE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS JANUARY SESSION, 1919 PROVIDENCE, R. I. THE OXFORD, PRESS PRINTERS 1919 REPORT Providence, R. I., December 31, 1918. To the Honorable General Assembly of Rhode Island : Complying with the provisions of Chapter 104, General Laws of Rhode Island, the State Board of Soldiers’ Relief presents its thir- tieth report. Organization. The Board as at present constituted is : Governor R. Livingston Beeckman, Chairman. General Treasurer, Richard W. Jennings, Treasurer. Adjutant General, Charles W. Abbot, Jr. Colonel Andrew K, McMahon, Second R. I. Volunteers, term ex- pires, 1919. Henry J. Pickersgill, Esq., First N. Y. Infantry, term expires, 1919. Honorable Edwin R. Allen, Seventh R. I. Volunteers, term expires, 1920. Honorable Ezra Dixon, Forty-second Mass. Volunteer Infantry, term expires, 1920. Honorable Marinus W. Hudson, First R. I. Cavalry, term expires, 1921. Murdock C. McKenzie, Esq., U. S. Signal Corps, term expires, 1921. Captain E. R. Barker, 1st R. I. U. S. Vol. Light Battery, term ex- pires, 1920. Major Sydney D. Harvey, 1st R. I. U. S. Volunteer Infantry, term expires, 1919. Thomas M. Holden, 17th Illinois Cavalry Volunteers, Secretary. 4 STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS' RELIEF. 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 notified early in the year by the Inspector General’s 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 stafif, 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, 1918. 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. STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS RELIEF. 5 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 FINANCIAL 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 1, 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 6 STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS' RELIEF. 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 receipt by 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 Placing 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 T 5 Expenditures and balance, December 31, 1918: Civil War $247 30 Balance, General Treasurer 136 85 Total $384 15 STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS* RELIEF. 7 An Act in Amendment of Section 1 of Chapter 104 of the General Laws, Entitled “Of the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home" as Amended by Chap- ter 1045 of the Public Laws Passed at the January Session, A. D., 1914. It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows : Section 1 . Section 1 of Chapter 104 of the General Laws, entitled “Of the Rhode Island Soldiers’ Home” as amended by Chapter 1045 of the Public Laws, passed at the January Session, A. D., 1914, is hereby fur- ther amended so as to read as follows : Section 1 . The management and control of the Rhode Island Soldiers’ Home, established in this State for those men who served in the army or navy of the United States in the war of the rebellion and were honorably ' discharged therefrom, who, by reason of, wounds, disease, old age, or other infirmities, are unable to earn their living and have no adequate means of support, shall continue to be in a State board to consist of the Governor, who shall be chairman, the general treasurer, who shall be treasurer, the adjutant general- and eight qualified electors of the State, six of whom shall have served in the army or navy of the United States during the war of the rebellion and were honorably discharged therefrom, and two of whom shall have served in the army or navy of the United States during any foreign war in which the United States shall have been engaged and were hon- orably discharged therefrom. Said eight qualified electors shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice of the senate ; and said six qualified electors, now in office, who served in the war of the rebellion, shall continue to serve for and during the terms for which they were appointed. At the January Session of the General Assembly of the year 1914, the governor shall, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint two qualified elec- tors, who served in the Spanish-American war, for the following terms : one to serve for two years, and one to serve for one year. At the January Ses- sion of the General Assembly in each year thereafter, three such qualified electors, two of the war of the rebellion, and one of any foreign war in which the United States shall have been engaged, shall hold their offices until the first day of February in the second year after their appointment. Any vacancy which may occur in said board when the senate is not in ses- sion shall be filled by the Governor until the next session thereof, when he shall with the advice and consent of the senate appoint some person to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the term. Said members so appointed shall be duly commissioned and sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties under the provisions of this chapter. Said board shall be known as the “State Board of Soldier’ relief.” Sec. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Enclosures accompany this report as follows: 8 STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS* RELIEF. 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 tif 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. ENCLOSURES A. REPORT OF STATE PENSION AGENT 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 State Pension Agent for the year 1918. Number of claims filed by this office during the year 283 Classified as follows : Soldiers’ and Sailors’ pension act of May 11, 1912, amended June 10,1918 47 Widows’ pension act of April 19, 1908, amended September 8, 1916 and October 6, 1917 51 Remarried widows’ pension 1 Spanish War widows’ pension act of July 16, 1918 31 One half pension for widows 2 Indian War pension 3 Dependent mother’s pension 1 General Law pensions 2 Reimbursement claims . . 38 Guardian claims 3 Original discharge 1 Payment of checks without administration 1 Massachusetts gratuity claim 1 Record of birth 1 Endorsement of checks for pensioners 75 Change of addresses for pensioners 25 Total number of 'claims filed in the department at Washington by the State Pension Agent to December 31, 1918, was 11, 381. About eighteen hundred affidavits and papers were executed in 1918. Respectfully, THOMAS M. HOLDEN, State Pension Agent. 10 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 general 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 any Act, public or private.” 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 Philippines, 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 STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS* RELIEF. I I the filing of her application therefor under this Act, at the rate of $12 per month during her widowhood, and shall also be paid $2 per month for each child of such officer or enlisted man under) 16 years of age, and in case of the death or remarriage of the widow, leaving a child or children of such officer or enlisted man under the age of 16 years, such pension shall be paid such child or children until the age of 16 : Provided, That in case a minor child is insane, idiotic, or otherwise permanently helpless, the pension shall continue during the life of said child, or during the period of such disability, and shall commence from the date of application therefor after the passage of this Act : Provided, further that said widow shall have married said officer or enlisted man previous to the passage of this Act : Provided, how- ever, That- this Act shall not so construe as to reduce any pension under any Act, public or private. Sec. 2. That no agent, attorney, or other person engaged in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting any claim under the provisions of this Act shall, directly or indirectly, contract for, demand, receive or retain for such ser- vices in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting such claim a sum greater than $10, which sum shall be payable only on the order of the Commissioner of Pensions; and any person who shall violate any provisions of this section, or shall wrongfully withhold from the pensioner or claimant the whole or any part of a pension or claim allowed or due such pensioner or claimant under this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- tion thereof shall, for each and every offense, be fined not exceeding $500 or be imprisioned not exceeding one year, or both in the discretion of the court. 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 Widows 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. c. REPORT OF AGENT, SOLDIERS’ RELIEF, WAR WITH SPAIN. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. January Session, A. D., 1918. An Act in Amendment of Section 1 of Chapter 806 of the Public Laws, passed at the January Session, A. D., 1912, Entitled “An Act providing for the Relief of Honorable Discharged Dependent $#,Ldiers, Sailors and Marines, Who served in the Army or Navy of the United States during the War with Spain” as amended by Chapter 1031 of the Public Laws passed at the January Session, A. D., 1914. Section 1 . Section 1 of Chapter 806 of the Public Laws passed at the Jan- uary Session, A. D., 1912, entitled “An Act providing for the relief of honor- ably dependent soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the army or navy of the United States during the War with Spain” as amended by Chap- ter 1031 of the Public Laws, passed at the January Session, A. D., 1914, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows : Section- 1 . The sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated annually for the relief of worthy, depen- dent families of such soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the Army or Navy of the United States, either as a regular or volunteer, during any foreign war in which the United States shall have been engaged, or any ex- pedition or campaign for which the United States Government issued a cam- paign medal, and were, honorably discharged from such service. , Sec. 2- This Act shall take effect upon its passage and all Acts and parts of Acts, inconsistent herewith are repealed. WAR WITH SPAIN. Six applications for aid have been received since January, 1918. Two hundred and fifty-five orders for groceries have been issued during the year together with temporary cash aid. Died while receiving relief 2 Appropriation for 1918 $2,000 00 Disbursements for 1918 2,000 00 Respectfully, THOMAS M. HOLDEN, Secretary. Agent for Soldiers' Relief. 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 $0 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. By Admission 18 By Re-admission 2 Actual Loss. By Discharge 1 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 STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS* RELIEF. 1 5 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. Engineer 1 Fireman 2 Chief nurse 1 Assistant nurse 1 Clerk 1 Farmer 1 Stableman 1 Cooks 2 Cook’s assistants 3 Barber 1 AGE OF MEMBERS. The youngest 67 years ; the oldest, 91 years. Average age of those admitted during the year 77-4 Average age of decedents 76-5 AVERAGES DURING THE YEAR. Present. Present and Absent. Quarter ending March 31.. . . 92 Quarter ending March 31... . 113 Quarter ending June 30. . . . . . 79 Quarter ending June 30 . Ill Quarter ending Sept. 30 . . 83 Quarter ending Sept. 30 . 112 Quarter ending Dec. 31.... . . 82 Quarter ending Dec. 31 . 110 Average . . 84 Average . 112 Number of deaths since the Home opened 457. To the several Womans’ Relief Corps, who have visited the Home from time to time during the year and brought cheer and generous contributions, also to the Sons of Veterans for their gifts at Christmas, many thanks are due. To the members of the Board of Managers I express my most sincere appreciation of their kind assistance and counsel in the performance of my duties. Respectfully submitted, M. C. McKenzie, Commandant. DEATHS. Henry A. Gardner, B, 1st R. I. L. Art. Admitted October 28, 1895. Died January 30, 1918. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Place of burial unknown. Age 77. Thomas Corrigan, B, 1st R. I. L. Art. Admitted October 15, 1895. Died March 3, 1918. Age 80. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Place of burial, St. Mary’s Cemetry, Bristol, R. I. i6 STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS' RELIEF. 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. STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS* RELIEF. 17 James McDonald, G, 1st R. I. L. Art. Admitted June 29, 1917. Died August 7, 1918. Age 74. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken by rela- tives. Marcus M. Streeter, G, 1st R. I. L. Art. Admitted September 23, 1905. Died November 5, 1918. Age 76. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Buried in North Cemetry, Bristol, R. I. George H. Tyler, G, 10th R. I. Inf. Admitted May 11, 1913. Died Octo- ber 5, 1918. Age 74. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken by relatives. William Woodworth, Co. E, 10th Lt. Bat. R. I. V. Admitted September 21, 1918. Died October 20, 1918. Age 73. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Buried in North Cemetry, Bristol, R. I. Henry Hendry, C, 5th N. Y. H. Art. Admitted September 27, 1897. Died December 7, 1918. Age 74. Cause, arterio sclerosis. Remains taken by relatives. 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 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. F.— DESCRIPTIVE ROLL OF MEMBERS OF THE RHODE ISLAND SOLDIERS’ HOME. Name. Acheson, James. . . . Armstrong, Ezra M. Baird, William ...... Baker, William G Bartlett, William F. . . . Baton, Nicholas S Baxter, John Blanding, Philip M . . . . Brayman, George W. . Brayton, 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 Corbin, William H. . Col well, George W. . Company and Regi- ment. A, 12 th R. I. Inf F, 11th R. I. Inf E, 30th Mass. L. A... IF, 1st R. I. Cav \G, 3rd V. R. C C, 3rd N. Y. L. A.. I, 12th R. I. Inf H, 11th R. I. Inf U. S. Navy £, 2nd R. I. Inf 3, 1st R. I. L. A CJ. S. Navy ID, C & I, 7th R. I. I Inf !A, 9th R. I. Inf.. . . [H, 12th R. I. Inf. . . . H, 2nd R. I. Inf.... B, Sth R. I. H. A. . . L, 3rd R. I. H. A D, 1st R. I. L. A F, 49th Penn. Inf A, 2nd R. I. Inf.... K, 12th R. I. Inf IR. I. Hospital Gds. . . 1 15th U. S. Inf E & A, 3rd 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 j Age at Admission. Pension per Month. Admitted From. When Admitted. Status. 66 $32 00 Pawtucket Oct. 1, 1906 Present. 73 ? Providence Aug. 6, 1900 Present. 61 40 00 Westerly Oct. 17, 1907 Present. 68 40 00 Providence July 30, 1914 Present. 74 ? Providence Aug. 27, 1910 Present. 58 ? Providence June 14, 1900 Present. 65 32 00 Providence Jan. 7, 1908 Present. 66 35 00 Providence Oct. 12, 1903 Present. 66 40 00 Providence Jan. 21, 1909 Present. 66 30 00 Providence Oct. 26, 1912 Present. 68 ? Provident Nov. 3, 1909 Present. 50’ 40 00 Woonsocket Aug. 5, 1891 Present. 80 • ? Pawtucket Jan. 10, 1916 Present. 74 40 00 Flillsgrove Jan. 17, 1916 Present. 84 36 00 Westerly March 28, 1918 Died, Mar. 29, 1918. 80 40 00 Woonsocket Oct. 24, 1918 Present. 57 24 00 Providence Oct. 15, 1895 Died, Mar. 3, 1918. 57 ? Providence Aug. 14, 1901 Present. 71 ? Providence April 8, 1904 Present. 49 32 00 Providence Sept. 9, 1891 Present. 63 , 40 00 E. Providence. . . . July 6, 1903 Present. 70 ? Lafayette June 22, 1910 Present. 62 ? . Providence Jan. 22, 1911 Present. 61 ? Providence March 7, 1905 Present. 66 32 00 Apponaug April 6, 1914 Present. 82 40 00 E. Providence. . . . Aug. 4, 1914 Present. F.— DESCRIPTIVE ROLL OF MEMBERS OF THE RHODE ISLAND SOLDIERS’ HOME.— Continued. Name. Cook, George B Colwell, Otis P Converse, Marvin J... Chase, John H Cooney, James Dawley, Sullivan H. . . . Darling, Albert Donahoe, Michael Daley, John P Ennis, John Eagan, John Eddy, Job R Elgar, William H Easterbrooks, Gardner. . Fisher, Henry Farmer, Thomas Fuller, Albert E Fenner, John A Fieldsend, Joseph Gibson, Charles T Gardner, Henry A Gilmore,, Patrick Goodwin, William S. . . 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, 11th R. I. Inf H, 2nd R. I. Inf F, 4th Mass. H. A. . . . fD, 3rd R. I. Cav )B, 11th R. I. Inf. . . K & B, 3rd R. I. H. A. D\ 1st R. I. L. A... M, 3rd R. I. H. A. . . . E, 7th Vt. Vet. Inf.. E, 12th R. I. Inf.... K, 11th R. I. Inf. . . . C, 9th R. I. Inf H, 10th R. I. Inf. . . . I, 12th R. I. Inf 4th R. I. Inf D, 7th R. I. Inf fE, 10th Mass. Inf... I2nd 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, 5th N. Y. H. A.. . I, 6th Mass. Inf. . . . K, New England Cav. Age at Admission. Pension per Month. . Admitted From. When Admitted. Status. 76 40 00 Woonsocket Nov. 17, 1914 Present. 87 ? Providence March 28, 1916 Present. 84 24 00 Chepachet March 29, 1917 Died, Nov. 12,1918. 78 40 00 Providence Oct. 15, 1918 Present. 51 72 40 00 32 00 Providence Providence Jan. 17, 1893 Aug. 10, 1911 Present. Present. 75 22 50 Providence July 3, 1916 Died, Oct. 19, 1918. 71 40 00 Cumberland Sept. 20, 1917 Present. 72 30 00 Providence March 17, 1918 Present. 54 40 00 Providence Aug. 10, 1911 Present. 62 40 00 Providence Dec. 12, 1904 Present. 71 40 00 Providence Nov. 10, 1908 Present. 69 40 00 ' Providence Sept. 25, 1914 Present. 63 40 OO Bristol Sept. 19, 1898 Present. 50 32 00 Hartford, Conn. . Oct. 6, 1892 Present. 67 30 00 Wickford July 29, 1912 Present. 57 ? Providence July 26, 1899 Present. 66 32 00 Scituate Jan. 10, 1911 Present. 74 40 00 Richmond June 17, 1914 Present. 46 40 00 Scituate May 14, 1891 Present. 55 30 00 Providence Oct. 28, 1895 Died, Jan. 30, 1918. 57 32 00 Woonsocket Nov. 24, 1903 Present. 66 30 00 Providence Dec. 22, 1909 Present. 80 35 00 Providence Nov. 21, 1918 Present. 53 22 50 Providence Sept. 27, 1897 Died, Dec. 7, 1918. 49 ? Providence Jan. 12, 1892 Present. F.— DESCRIPTIVE ROLL OF MEMBERS OP THE RHODE ISLAND SOLDIERS' HOME.— Continued. Name. Hudson, David Holbrook, Cephas B . . Handy, William R. . . Horr, Frederick A. . . Hopkins, Jeremiah D . Hoxie, Enoch F Higgins, Michael J. . Hunter, George H . . . Holmes, Joseph B . Hapgood, Alonzo. . . Hazard, Wanton W. . Hamilton, Samuel. . Johnson, 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, Daniel Company and Regi- ment. I Musician, 4th R t Inf U. S. Navy G, 2nd R. I. Inf. . D, 3rd R. I. H. A D, 1st R. I. L. A. \B, 10th R. C, 11th R. Inf Inf M, 3rd R. I. H. A. I, 9th R. I. Inf. . . . F, 3rd Mass. Inf. . B, 4th Mass. Cav. 21st U. S. Col’d T’ps. D, 5th R. I. H. A. . K, 12th R. I. Inf.. IK, 51st Mass. (U. S. Navy.. K, 8th N. Y. State M A, 37th N. J. Inf 5th N. J. Lt. Batt’y I, 27th Me. Inf . . . . A, 1st R. I. Cav B, 1st R. I. Cav... G, 2nd N. Y. Inf.. G, 2nd R. I. Inf. . . L, 3rd R I. H. A. .. K, 12th R. I. Inf.. JI, 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 Admitted From. 32 00 35 00 40 00 19 00 35 OO 24 00 40 00 ? 40 00 25 00 22 50 40 00 35 00 32 00 18 00 40 00 32 00 ? ? ? 35 00 30 00 ? 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. Status. Present. Present. Present. Died, June 28, 1918. Present. Died, Mar. 21, 1918. Present. Present. Present. Died, Sept. 11, 1918. Died, March 21, 1918 10, 1918 Present. 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 Present. Present. Died, June 19, 1918. Present. Present. Present. Present. Present. Present. Died, Aug. 16, 1918. Present. Present. F.— DESCRIPTIVE ROLL OF MEMBERS OF THE RHODE ISLAND SOLDIERS’ HOME. — Continued. Name. Company and Regi- ment. 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 Poland, James Potter, Philip I Prestwich, Thomas Parker, George O Peck, John H Pratt, Henry L Peckham, Charles H. . . JL. 9th R. I. Inf. . . W, 12th R. I. Inf. . Sth Conn. Inf D, 12th R. I. Inf. . . c, 11th R. I. Inf. . . D, 3rd R. I. H. A. .. A, 3rd R. I. H. A. . . G, 1st R. I. L. A. . . . G, 5 th 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. f 18th Co. Unattached l Mass. Inf f E, , 4 tli i R. I. , Inf. . . . IB , 7th R. : I. Inf... c, 5th R. I. H. A. . . H, 5th R. I. H. A. . . fC, , 1st R. I. . Inf Ik , 12th R. I. Inf. . . . fB, , 14th R. I . H. A. . . D, 9th R. I. Inf o, 4th R. I. Inf c, 4th R. I. Inf u. S. Navy. . E, 5th R. I. H. A. . . A, 1st : R. I. ] L. A c, 5th R. I. H. A. . . 74 70 66 57 74 56 73 83 67 57 65 71 78 63 70 74 63 47 78 74 70 68 86 74 76 85 Pension per Month. Admitted From. When Admitted. Status. ? Newport Jan. 24, 1912 Present. 35 00 Providence March 22, 1900 Present. 30 OO Newport Sept. 15, 1904 Present. 25 00 Providence Oct. 6, 1916 Dis. Dis., Dec. 22, 1918. ? Providence Sept. 26, 1917 Present. 30 00 Providence Aug. 1, 1905 Present. 25 00 Providence June 29, 1917 Died, Aug. 7, 1918. 10 00 Providence Dec. 30, 1918 Present. 30 00 Bristol Oct. 11, 1899 Present. 30 00 Providence July 28, 1904 Present. 40 00 Providence April 17, 1906 Present. 30 00 Newport Oct. 9, 1912 Present. 40 00 Conn June 13, 1917 Present. 30 OO Pawtucket Sept. 27, 1913 Present. ? E. Providence. . Sept. 28, 1914 Present. ? Woonsocket Jan. 12, 1916 Present. ? Exeter Nov. 26, 1912 Present. ? Woonsocket Feb. 23, 1895 Present. ? Providence July 11, 1906 Present. 30 OO Newport Jan. 24, 1912 Present. ? Providence April 30, 1913 Present. 40 00 Providence Oct. 18, 1913 Present. 30 OO Apponaug May 25, 1915 Died, May 4, 1918. ? Barrington Jan. 15, 1916 Present. ? Pawtucket Nov. 1, 1916 Present. 22 50 Providence Dec. 13, 1916 Died, Mar. 11, 1918. F.— DESCRIPTIVE ROLL OF MEMBERS OF THE RHODE ISLAND SOLDIERS’ HOME.— Concluded. Name. ollard, George B . potter, George H. . eynolds, John . . . h edding, Edwin A. .ouse, Barnum S . iley, Peter andall, John M. . hodes, Charles W . ireeter, Orville D . . lullivan, Maurice. . mith, Alexander G. ullivan, Cornelius, treeter, Marcus M . windell, Joseph weeney, John . { j' teere, Franklin A i weet, Elias chmidt, Louis j inford, William H. . . . !*aylor, James j yler,. George H hompson, Charles W. . ucker, William O /adkins, Albert J filmarth, Jr., Horace. . /illiams, Edward S . . . . /oodworth, William E. /ilbur, Calvin D /igfall, Walter E oung, William E . . . . . b Company and Regi- ment. F, 9th R. I. Inf.. K, 7th R. I. Inf. . F, 5th R. .1. H. A. U. S. Navy H, 5th Conn. Inf. E, 2nd R. I. Inf. . IA, 12th U. S. Inf. IE, 2nd R. I. Inf. C, 1st R. I. Inf. . . C, 11th R. I. Inf.. G, 1st R. I. L. A. . G, 17th Mass. Inf. D, 18th Mass. Inf. G, 1st R. I. L. A. . JB, 7th Mass. Inf. IF, 3rd R. I. Cav. G, 18th N. Y. Inf. B, 10th R. I. Inf. . L, 3rd R. I. H. A. G, 1st R. I. L. A. . D, 2nd R. I. Inf.. H, 6th N. Y. Arty. G, 10th R. I. Inf. . F, 8th Conn. Inf. . D, 1st Mass. Cav. . A, 1st R. I. Cav. . B, 1st R. I. H. A. . C, 1st R. I. L. A. . 10th R. I. Lt. Bat’y B, 2nd Conn. Inf A, 3rd R. I. H. A G, 2nd R. I. Inf. Age at Admission. Pension per Month. Admitted From. When Admitted. Status. 75 ? Fall River, Mass. July 17, 1918 Present. 79 40 00 Newport Dec. 30, 1918 Present. 62 40 00 Providence Feb. 1, 1904 Present. 65 32 00 Providence Nov. 28, 1911 Present. 71 30 00 Providence Jan. 24, 1910 Present. 71 30 00 Pawtucket Jan. 25, 1917 Present. 71 32 00 Riverpoint Jan. 1, 1918 Present. 80 30 00 Providence Sept. 28, 1918 Present. 67 35 00 Providence Jan. 18, 1912 Present. 68 40 00 Westerly June 8, 1914 Present. 82 24 00 Providence July 15, 1918 Hon. Dis., Sept. 27, 1918. 75 30 00 Newport Sept. 29, 1917 Died, Mar. 23, 1918. 63 25 00 Providence Sept. 22, 1905 Died, Nov. 5, 1918. 75 40' 00 Cumberland June 28, 1915 Present. 85 22 50 Westerly Sept. 10, 1915 Died, June 28, 1918. 73 30 00 Providence Sept. 23, 1915 Present. 73 40 00 N. Scituate Dec. 8, 1916 Present. 72 40 00 Providence April 2, 1918 Present. 75 40 00 E. Providence. . . . Jan. 13, 1918 Present. 55 ? Providence March 2, 1897 Present. 69 18 00 Pawtucket May 11, 1913 Died, Oct. 5, 1918. 58 ? Providence Jan. 9, 1899 Present. 70 ? Providence Jan. 29, 1915 Present. 66 ? Providence May 1, 1907 Present. 66 ? Riverside Dec. 18, 1906 Present. 74 25 OO Providence Oct. 20, 1917 Died, Apr. 14, 1918. 73 30 00 Tiverton Sept. 21, 1918 Died, Oct. 20, 1918. 76 30 00 Providence March 20, 191,8 Present. 76 ? Providence June 11, 1918 Present. 62 ? Providence Aug. 14, 1908 Present. 24 STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS* RELIEF. Orders Drawn for Maintenance of Soldiers' Home from January, 1918 , to December, 1918 . January Pay roll — January .... February Pay roll — February . . . January bills March Pay roll — March February bills April Pay roll — April March bills May Pay roll — May April bills June Pay roll — June May bills July Pay roll — July June bills August Pay roll — August July bills September Pay roll — September . . August bills October Pay roll — October .... September bills November Pay roll — November .. December Pay roll — December ... Part of November bills $990 985 3,755 988 3,230 986 2,708 1,025 2,400 1,078 1,972 1,081 1,547 1,040 1,376 1,089 3,964 1,047 3,824 1,094 1,180 1,356 90 90 04 20 87 00 21 83 60 00 46 00 92 61 93 66 43 20 42 49 63 59 $ 38,925 00 Orders drawn for Soldiers’ Relief from January 1 , 1918 to December 31 , 1918 . January — January bills . . . February — February bills . March — March bills April — April bills May — May bills ;.... June — June bills July — July bills August — August bills September — September bills October — October bills . . . November — November bills December — December bills $707 10 708 25 647 00 705 33 779 65 805 62 798 67 797 32 753 31 809 67 650 51 837 57 $ 9,000 00 STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS* RELIEF. 25 Orders 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. January — January schedule $174 00 February — February schedule 181 00 March — March schedule 156 00 April — April schedule 137 OO May — May schedule 134 00 June — June schedule 127 00 July — July schedule 127 00 August — August schedule 127 00 September — September schedule 127 00 October — October schedule 137 00 November — November schedule 137 00 December — December schedule 436 00 $2,000 00 Summary of Expenditures. Soldiers’ Home $38,925 00 Soldiers’ Relief 9,000 00 Soldiers’ Relief, War with Spain, etc 2,000 00 Office expenses 1,200 00 Grave markers 247 30 Decorating graves 462 83 Perpetual care, burial lot, Bristol, R. 1 1,000 00 Extraordinary disbursements 4,121 58 $56,956 71 26 STATE BOARD OF SOLDIERS' 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 1861. 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 1913. His War record was as follows: Private in Co. D., 1st 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 1 st 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,” 1st 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- STATE BOARD OF SOLDIEUS’ RELIEF. 27 ter of Prescott Post No. 1 from January 1, 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 11 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 merchantile 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. 1, 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. - ■ ■ Public Document.! Appendix [No. 15. BULLETIN OF RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE VOL. XIV NO. 4 FOR FEBRUARY 1919 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS KINGSTON, R. I. 1919 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE COLLEGE MAY. AUGUST. NOVEMBER. FEBRUARY ENTERED AT KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND, AS SECOND-CEASS MATTER The Pawtucket Einotyping Co., Pawtucket, R. I. RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE Corporation HON. WALTER E. RANGER, President , State Commissioner of Schools, ex-officio Providence HON. ZEN AS W. BLISS, Vice-President Providence Co., Providence HON. ROBERT S. BURLINGAME, Clerk and Treasurer NewportCo., Newport HON. THOMAS G. MATHEWSON Gent Co., East Greenwich HON. CHARLES ESTES Bristol Co., Warren HON. ROWLAND HAZARD Washington Co., Peace Dale HON. PHILIP A. MONEY, Member of State Board of Agriculture. Slocum Board of Visitors for 1918-19 MRS. RICHARD JACKSON BARKER Tiverton DUDLEY E. CAMPBELL Newport MISS CAROLINE HAZARD, Chairman Peace Dale FRANK L. PIERCE, Vice-Chairman Providence MRS. LENA FENNER DENNETT Providenc DR. CHARLES CARROLL, Ph. D Providence MRS. DAVID J. WHITE East Greenwich HENRY A. MARTIN Barrington I REPORT. To His Excellency R. Livingston Beeckman, Governor, and the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at its January session, 1919: 1 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. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE. To the Board of Managers of Rhode Island State College ; Gentlemen : I have the honor to submit the following as my report for the year 1918. The College Man as a Resource in War. The year has been greatly broken up so far as college work has been concerned. In this respect, indeed, our experience has been similar to that of all other educational institutions of the country. In the urge and necessity of the war, things have been done and methods have been adopted that were entirely unique in the experi- ence of American colleges. But the net result has been that the colleges and universities have been recognized as never before as a great resource of strength and a bulwark of safety for the Nation in all times of stress and danger. In this war science and the trained mind have played an overwhelmingly important part, and it is to the universities and colleges that the Nation has had to turn for its supply of both. The Army and the Navy have recognized this from the very beginning, and the calls from them have been numerous and insistent. More than ever, too, the administration of the affairs of the Nation, the work in shop and factory and on the farm, have called for the college man. And the call has not been in vain. Self-sacrificingly and efficiently the college man and woman have responded, and it is not too much to say that the Nation has been enabled to realize its peril, to recognize its duty, to organize its great resources, to put forth its conquering strength, and to save itself and the world from barbarism through the science and leadership that the institutions of learning have provided throughout the long years that have gone before. Once and for all, the higher education in America has been brilliantly vindicated. If there had been, during the years of peace no return whatever to the Nation for the large expenditures on our colleges and universities (and that there have been abundant returns year by year all thinking men are well aware), it would 6 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. have been well worth all the cost to have in its gethsemane 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. We 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 equipment 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, acquainted 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 the 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. But there was needed everywhere the leadership to organize, to direct, to coordinate, to fuse and energize all these unconnected possibilities and to do it in the shortest possible time. And it was the college man that organized and fused and energized these uncoordinated masses. He roused our conscience and will lo 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; lie concentrated all the great energies REPORT OF TIIE PRESIDENT. 7 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 the 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 twentybfive 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 offered, or the range of influence that they exerted. There are none that exceeded it in range and quality of accomplishment as compared 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 8 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. 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, ecjuipped, and ready to hand for military service. At tile call for greater food production, it placed in the held 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. So far as we have been able to gather the facts, the college was represented by three hundred and two men in the actual military service. In addition there were an unascertained number of men and women in army hospital work, in munitions factories, in army investigational work, and in the ranks of the Y. M. C. A. Of this 301, there were commissioned a total of one hundred and forty- one, or 46 l /> per cent. The non-commissioned officers were twenty- seven in number, and the privates numbered one hundred and REPORT OR TITE PRESIDENT. 9 thirty-four. As indicative of the character of the military service rendered, it should be stated that twenty-three men lost their lives in the service, and ten were seriously wounded, a total major casualty list of over ten per cent. In addition several were more or less seriously gassed, and one was invalided home from the battlefields of France. Seven men were cited for bravery, one receiving three citations ; one received the D. S. C., and two the French war cross. Two were on torpedoed vessels and were finally rescued from the water where many others perished. Several were in German prisons, one of them escaping under extraordinarily adventurous conditions. One had a remarkable escape from death in the air, and one died the saddest of deaths as a wounded prisoner in a German camp. A tabular statement of service is presented below. Of the 269 members of the Student Army Training Corps at the college none, except those who were transferred to army camps or returned here from army camps, is included in this table or in the foregoing statements. RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE MEN IN ACTUAL MILITARY SERVICE. Rank. | i Army. Navy. I Marines. h Totals. Majors 2 1 Captains 15 4 19 1st Lieutenants 33 1 34 Ensigns 18 18 2nd Lieutenants 68 1 69 Sergeants 18 18 Corporals 9 9 Privates 90 41 2 133 Total 233 1 1 59! 8 301 1 The foregoing record does not need comment. In unmistakable language it tells its own story of loyalty, devotion, sacrifice, effi- ciency, training and courage. The story must not be allowed to perish. The college is poor in physical wealth and resources ; it numbers among its friends few of high position, large possessions, or powerful infiuehce, but it has here evidence of a wealth of capable service, of high sense of duty, of heroic sacrifice that must 10 RHODE, ISLAND STATE CORREGE. 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 the 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 bodies arc 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 Barrows, Private, Infantry, U. S. Army, died of wounds in France. Donald Ellsworth Carlton, Candidate, Officers’ Training Camp, Aviation Section, killed in accident in England on aviation field. Wallace Charles Craig, Naval Reserve, died of pneumonia in Chelsea Naval Hospital, Feb. 11, 1018 Edwin Baker Davis, Private, Students’ Army Training Corps, died of influenza, Rhode Island State College. Rowland Sever Dodge, Second Lieutenant, .Infantry, killed in action, France. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 11 John Henry Fernandez. Corporal, Infantry, U. S. A, died of wounds in France. Lloyd Harold Gledhill, Sergeant, Infantry, U. S. A., wounded in action and died as prisoner of war in Germany. Edwin 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 Hayward, Private, Ordnance Department, U. S. A., killed in accident, Midland, Mich. Beverley Shibley Lake, Chief Mechanic, Battery A, 103rd Regi- ment, 26th Division, gassed, died in France 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, U. S. A., died of influenza, Camp Devens. Chester Arthur Olsen, Candidate, Officers’ Training School, died in hospital at Plattsburg, N. Y. David Adam Redford, Second Lieutenant, U. S. Marines, killed in action, France. George Searle Shepard, First Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A., killed in action, France. Harold Manning Spaulding, Seaman, U. S. Naval Reserve, died of pneumonia, Newport, R. I. Irving Smith Tillotson, Private, Infantry, U. S. A., killed in action, France. Preston Wayland Towne, Corporal, Coast Artillery, U. 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, U. S. A., died of pneu- monia in France. Harold Congdon Anthony, Second Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A., wounded in France, October, 1918. Walter Brighton Davis, Second Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A., wounded in France, summer 1918. Wilfred Ross Easterbrooks, Private, Field Artillery, U. S- A., injured while acting as motorcycle dispatch bearer. 12 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. 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., wounded in France. Albert Alphonse LeBoeuf, First Lieutenant, U. S. Marines, 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, U. 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 the 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 Board in behalf of the War Department, stating that mechanics of all kinds and in enormous numbers 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 power to render considerable service to our country by undertaking the work- proposed, even though it involved large sacrifice in the way of an report op Tiuc president. 13 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 plant 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, necessarv barracks and storerooms provided, shops had been set up and teaching equipment, such as trucks, automobiles, engines, tools, lumber, steel, etc., had been installed, and an ade- quate commissary department had been organized. No pains nor necessary expense were spared to prepare for the duties underV taken. On that day the first unit of 252 men arrived. The men were raw recruits drawn from New Jersey by various draft-boards and sent here directly from their homes. These men remained for eight weeks and were then distributed to various army camps. Their places were immediately taken by a second unit of 263 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 body 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 14 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. afterwards. Consequently, the men got the impression that the teaching work was of minor importance. 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 accomplish 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 anything 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 Unit 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 I 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 Army Training Corps was an effort on the part of the War Department to apply the methods of the Mechanic Units 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. REPORT OF Tlllv PRESIDENT. 15 We began the new arrangement with a new set of officers, less insistent on their authority, more ready to cooperate 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 respect for the teaching corps and a readiness to conform to teaching requirements. 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 requirements. On admission 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- 16 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. mence all academic work and to declare that no degree 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 opportunity during July and August to make up deficiencies. Thus the whole body of students will be able in September, 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 per cent, failed to return on their own expense at the opening January 2. I 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 pay of the army were withdrawn and they were discharged, they had no inclination or were not financially able to make any sacrifice to obtain a college education. REPORT OP THE PRESIDENT. 17 The tables of attendance, therefore, with the exception of the first, take no cognizance of students not registering in the term beginning January 2, 1919. COLLEGE ATTENDANCE. Table No. I. Showing Attendance by Classes During the Years From 1917-1919. Classes. Graduate Students Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Irregular Total, college Two-year courses Student Army Training Corps 1 r i 1918. 1919. 6 2 2 38 25 32 51 46 43 94 65 48 122 98 125 8 7 5 319 243 255 17 8 268 Total Names repeated 523 121 Two Mechanic Units 402 515 917 Final Totals 18 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. Table II. Showing Number of Men and Women, of New and Previous Matriculates, and Number in the Several Courses by Classes, for Collegiate Year 1918-19. (After Jan. 2, 1919.) Class. 1 Sex Date of Matricu- lation. Registration in COURSFS. Men. Women. Previous to 1918-19. 1918-19. Agriculture. by l /> units 6 Of these, number credited with total of 13 units 8 Of these, number credited with total of 1 2j4 units 1 Total entering without condition 76 Average age cf 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 Bristol, Colt Memorial Cranston High 1 5 7 Cumberland High East Greenwich Academy. East Providence High 1 1 8 20 RHODE) ISLAND STATE) COLLEGE. Newport, Rogers High 3 Pawtucket High 2 Providence — Classical High.... 8 English 4 La Salle Academy 1 Morris Heights 1 Technical High 37 South Kingstown High 4 Warren High 2 Westerly High 7 West Warwick High 4 Woonsocket High 2 98 In Connecticut : New London, Bulkeley 3 West Hartford High ] In Massachusetts : Bridgewater High 2 Boston — English High 1 College High 1 Brockton High 5 In New Hampshire: Kimball Union Academy, SUMMARY. Received from high schools 112 Transferred from other colleges 2 Repeating freshman subjects from previous year 11 Total 125 Finances. Up to May first, when the work of the college 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 receipts 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- RftrORT OF TIIF, FRFSIDFNT. 21 quent adjustment of costs. Responsible agents of the Government urged the assumption of undertakings which other responsible agents subsequently repudiated. It is extremely difficult, too, to separate expenses incurred directly on account of army service from other expenses indirectly connected which would not have been in- curred but for this service. Beginning with May first, and running to December 31, I have made an earnest effort to separate expenses that would have had to be made, had there been no assumption of control by the United States Government, from those which it seems to me are consequent upon and conditioned by the army service rendered during the eight months of such service, with the following result : Statement of Receipts and Expenditures Incident to Mainte- nance of Mechanics Units May 1 to Oct. 1, 1918. (Two units totaling 515 men.) j Operation and maintenance of college so far as concerns premises used for the war work and salaries of officers and teachers whose services were directly utilized ....$21,041 56 Outside instruction procured for these specific purposes 6,936 54 Tools, machines and material provided specifically and only for mechanics’ instruction 14,180 42 Boarding and housing 21,318 50 Total $63,477 02 Payments by United States under contract 56,315 65 Toss 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. Total cost of operation and maintenance of instructional work of college, including housing and board of all students $41,196 14 Cost as above for 269 students out of a total of 345 (in the ratio of 269 to 345) 32,111 29 Receipts from United States under contract 16,804 23 Toss 15,307 06 The total expense to the State, therefore, for the conducting of this war work has been $22,464.43, and on comparing contracts 22 RIIODK ISLAND ST.'TK COIJ.KCR. 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. On 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 fetv 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 Armv. We have no adequate record 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 $14,450. REPORT OF Til F PRESIDENT. 23 Changes in the Faculty. In 1917 the total number of officers in the Faculty, including teaching staff, officers of the Experiment 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 corresponding reduction in the faculty took place. Especially to be noted are 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 University,” being appointed superintendent of a unit in France. Captain W. E. Dove was relieved by the War Department of his professorship in Military Science and Tactics and transferred first to Columbia University and subsequently as S. A. T. C. commandant to St. Viator’s College, Bourbannais, Illinois. It is a pleasure to note that at the opening of the new year in January, Captain Dove was, at our earnest request, reappointed to his old position here. F. H. 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 Nice, 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. Eillian L. Peppara 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 24 RIIODR ISLAND STATK COI^EGE. this institution, 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 Governor.... 5,000 5 For the purchase of land 10,000 6 For maintenance of the Experiment Station 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 turty to fifty thousand yearly, the act to take 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 REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 25 monotonous regularity and without avail so far. No one who knows the conditions will for a moment dispute the merit of the item. Items 6 and 7 are imperative and are due to increasing costs for all labor and material. Acknowledgments of Aid. At the opening in October and consequent upon readjustments, we found that the women’s quarters in South Hall were greatly in need of furniture. Such college funds as were available were used for fitting up these quarters ; but still the social room of the women students was quite scantily furnished. Noticing this, the Chairman of our Board of Visitors, Miss Caroline Hazard of Peace Dale, quietly proceeded out of her own resources to provide for the needs of the young women, giving them furniture to the value of several hundred dollars. We desire here to acknowledge our obligations to her for her quick perception of the need and her ready generosity in helping to meet it. The Federation of Women’s Clubs has again offered to the young women a scholarship of $50. This scholarship was recently awarded by a committee from the women of the Faculty and from the Triangle Club of Kingston to Miss Ruhama Nichols of Slocum. It is a great encouragement to have this practical and substantial evidence from the organized women of the State of serious, intel- ligent and generous interest in our young women, and we hereby express^ our appreciation and thanks. The Experiment Station and Extension Service. I shall not comment on the work of the Experiment Station and Extension Service, except to say that the Experiment Station has managed to continue its experimental work and has taken on special problems where possible ; and the Extension Service, through the generous financial cooperation of the Department of Agriculture, has been able, while working in close and friendly association with the State Food Administration under Mr. Coates, immensely to enlarge its operations and to extend its benefits to every part of the State. The report of the Director of the Experiment Station and that of the Director of the Extension Service are hereto appended. 26 RHODE) ISLAND STATE COLLEGE). 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 REPORT OF THE TREASURER. R. S. Bureingame, Treasurer, in account with the different funds of Rhode Isi.and State ColeEGE, for the year ending December 31, 1918. Morriee Fund oe 1890 and Neeson Act of 1907. 1918. Jan. 1. To balance on hand $25,365 98 July 1. To U. S. Warrant for year ending June 30, 1919 50,000 00 Dec. 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 and reference books 233 91 Seeds 46 28 Laboratory supplies 773 10 Periodicals 287 61 Binding . . , , 76 00 Miscellane us 88 69 Dec. 31 Balance on hand 24,422 55 * $75,365 98 $75,365 98 Morrrile Fund of 1862. 1918. Jan. 1. To cash from landscript fund $2,500 00 Dec. 31. By instruction $2,500 00 $2,500 00 $2,500 00 Smith-Lever Fund of 1914. 1918. Jan. 1. To balance on hand $5,366 07 U. S. Warrant year ending Jun- 30, 1919 10,764 10 Dec. 31. By salaries $5,694 03 Postage, telephone and express 60 80 Seeds, plants and supplies 278 45 28 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. 1918. Jnn. 1. Dec. 31. 1918. Jan. 1. Stationery and printing 678 74 Traveling 1,948 93 Scientific apparatus 4 26 Furniture and fixtures 1,222 70 Labor 68 85 Tools and machinery 19 66 Library .- 9 26 Publications 59 68 Balance on hand 6,084 81 $16,130 17 $16,130 17 State — Maintenance Fund. To State appropriation $40,000 00 By salaries . , . , $8,005 09. Labor (janitor, farm, etc.) 7,695 73 Traveling . . , . 883 44 Postage, stationery and printing 1,119 42 Construction and repairs 3,002 40 Fuel 13,416 98 Feed . 1,481 47 Rental of dormitories and land 828 99 Oil and gasoline 915 28 Commencement 124 97 Stable and auto supplies 442 54 Furniture and fixtures 8 98 Horseshoeing . 44 00 Janitors’ supplies 10 55 Tools and machinery 238 92 Fertilizer . 865 65 Seeds 128 45 Advertising L32 52 Electric current furnished 57 68 Miscellaneous 596 94 $40 000 00 $40,000 00 Current Fund. To reserve fund $2,000 00 Dormitory fees 6,916 33 Department fees 3,810 45 REPORT OF TIIF TREASURER. 29 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 Dec. 31. 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 and machinery 5,831 74 Rental of dormitories 2,266 03 Refunds 1,182 48 Janitor supplies 326 77 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. 1918. Tan. 1. To balance on hand $ 36 82 Boarding receipts . . 27,329 01 Store receipts 4,800 41 30 RHODE; ISLAND STATE: COLLEGER Amount overdrawn By boarding Store $34,493 53 $34,493 53 2,327 29 $29,476 31 5,017 22 Hatch Fund. 1918. Jan. 1. To United States check for quarter United States check for quarter United States check for quarter United States check for quarter Dec. 31. By debit from last year $1,156 52 I 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 11 35 Traveling expenses 1 48 Buildings and land 131 65 Balance on hand 1,462 98 $3,750 00 3,750 00 3,750 00 3,750 00 $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 Ur 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 last 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 REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 31 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 15,000 00 $15,000 00 Miscellaneous Fund — Experiment Station. 1918. Jan. 1. To balance on hand $5,091 06 Department sales 4,134 21 Department service 358 53 Interest 112 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 machinery 279 31 Chemical supplies 84 61 Fertilizers 185 70 Heat, light, water and power 383 04 Live stock 28 50 Traveling 84 96 Furniture and fixtures 24 98 Buildings and land 100 13 Seeds, plants . , 444 97 Feeding stuffs '. L210 81 Contingent expense 10 00 Balance on hand 2,179 26 $9,696 59 $9,696 59 32 RHODE) ISLAND STATE) COLLEGE). Summary, Exclusive oe Experiment Station. Total income, including balances: United States— 1890 $75,365 98 United States — 1862 2,500 00 United States— 1914 16,130 17 $93,996 15 State : Maintenance . . Instruction : Current . . Trust Total expenditures: United States — 1890 United States — 1862 United States — 1914 State : Maintenance . . . . Institution : Current Trust .$40,000 00 $40,000 00 $86,210 95 . 2,166 24 $118,377 19 $252,373 34 $50,943 43 . 2,500 00 ! . 10,045 36 $63,488 79 .$40,000 00 $40,000 00 $83,854 93 . 34,493 53 $118,348 46 $221,837 25 $30,536 09 $24,422 55 6,084 81 2,356 02 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. Balance held as follows : Morrill fund— 1890 .... Smith-Lever fund — 1914 Current fund ... Trust deficit REPORT OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS FOR THE YEAR 1919. To the Board of Managers of Rhode Island State College; Gentlemen : — The Board of Visitors commends 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 be afforded enlisted men, commencement was moved ahead and the regular 1918 class, which at that time had been reduced (largely by students entering service) to twenty-five, was graduated. On the 7th of May, with every building on the campus 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 replaced 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 equipment 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. 34 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. 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 Department of Agriculture is required ; also one suitable for agri- cultural and extension work, and to include quarters for adminis- tration work. Further changes are required in the present Davis Hall, permitting same to be solely available for the women students. With the above additions, space will be provided, as was contem- plated in 1917, for the requirements for vocational work. Small additions to two other buildings will provide what is required for the use of Home Economics. The 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 requirements and needs for experimental and demonstration work. It may be noted in passing that most of the land held bv the college suitable for use by the important Department of Agri- culture is actually required 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 operation 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 compensation for an increased instructional force, and definitelv urges prompt starting of the Department of Farm Man- agement and Accounts. This department, as recommended by the Governor, 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 approved 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. R MODI*} ISLAND ST AT !■} COLLEGE. 35 In view of the call for such help to our citizens and community as can only be given by this Institution, we urge that definite pro- vision be made for the required developments outlined above. The Board respectfully submits this report. FRANK L. PIERCE, Vice-Chairman, D. E. CAMPBELL, l HENRY A. MARTIN, MRS. DAVID J. WHITE, CHARLES CARROLL, LENA FENNER DENNETT, ELIZA H. L. BARKER, REPORT OF THE EXTENSION SERVICE R. I. STATE COLLEGE, 1919. President Howard Edwards, Rhode Island State College. Dear 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 is especially true with regard to the State Board of Agriculture, the State Commis- sioner of Public 'Schools and Public School Superintendents 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 hood Administration, especially in connection with our Home Demonstra- tion Work. The Food Administration planned 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 Rtf port or T rr rc KxTENSton SERVICE. 37 Economics workers connected with his office, a very effective plan of cooperation was inaugurated. A written project covering methods of cooperation was prepared in the extension office. This provided for a coordinating committee consisting of the State Director in Home Economics for the Food Administration, the Chairman of the Food Committee of the Council of Defense, the State Leader in Home Economics, the Professor of Home Econom- ics of the State College, and a fifth member agreed upon by these parties. This committee met from time to time, generally once a 111041 th, to plan the work of the Food Administration workers and the home demonstrators from the State College, the Farm Bureaus and the Federal Department of Agriculture. Changes in Personnel. Owing to the demands of the war and war work, it has been exceedingly difficult to secure well-trained men and women and hold them for any definite length of time. Appropriations for the work from Congress to the Department of Agriculture have also been delayed, and the amount of money to be appropriated has been under debate, so that it has been more or less difficult to make plans and employ workers with any degree of certainty that the work could be continued even during the period of the war. The follow- ing is a list of positions filled or of employees whose employment has begun or ended during the year just past : Mr. Arthur G. Skinner, County Agent Southern Rhode Island, resigned November 1, 1917, and Frederick G. Comins was appointed to this position and began his labors January 1. Elwin H. For- ristall, who took up the work as County Agent in Providence County, December 26, 1917, resigned February 15. No one has been appointed in his place, and the Assistant Agent, Mr. Howard A. Macrae, is now in charge. Mr. Henry R. Strand was appointed Emergency Assistant Agent in Newport County, April 1, and severed his connections with this office on June 30. Mr. Lester D. Groves was appointed Emergency Assistant Agent for Southern Rhode Island Farm Bureaus beginning April 1, and has continued until the present time. Mr. Howard H. Hawes took up a similar position with the Providence County Farm Bureau on April 15, and is still employed. Mr. Patrick F. Reynolds was employed with the 38 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. Newport County Farm Bureau from April 22 until August 1, to assist in garden work, ancl Mr. Geo F. Waugh held a similar posi- tion in Southern Rhode Island Farm Bureau from May 1 to May 18, when he was called to the colors. Mr. Sherburne Sweetland assisted in garden work in Providence County from May 15 to June 30. Mr. Fester W. Floyd, County Agent for Newport County, enlisted in August and was sent to an officers' training school September F Mr. Sumner D. Hollis was appointed to take this position on October 10. In Home Economics, Miss Grace Fillian Rieckel resigned as Urban Home Demonstrator for Providence County on March 2 and became Mrs. Fester W. Floyd. She was again employed as Assistant Home Demonstrator in the Newport County Farm Bureau from April 22 to September 1. Sarah Hudson FeValley 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 until 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. Forenzo F. Kinney was employed as Assistant State Club Feader 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 Fucy IT. Young, 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 REPORT OF Till; RxTfiNSlON SlvRVIClt. 3$ 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 dictaphone, a new typewriter and a flat-top desk. A few much-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 have 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 develop 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 Extension office have also 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 Agronomist and the County agents, and as a result several carloads of seed corn which passed the required germination 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 who 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 on by the home demonstration agents. 40 RTTODI-: ISLAND STATIC COIXDGE. Publications. The Extension Bulletin, which has been published for a number of years, has been continued, and two numbers have been published 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 LeValley, 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 are 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 people 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 Farm Bureaus of the State have joined in publishing a Farm Bureau paper for the State, to be known as the “Rhode Island Farm Bureau News.” The three Farm Bureaus share the respon- sibility for this paper. Most of the space is reserved for Farm Bureau news, and the Farm Bureau workers share ecpially 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 in 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 names for which we have addressograph plates. Tt is proposed to classify this by grouping the plates under various REPORT OF THE EXTENSION SERVICE. 41 heads, and also by a checking device which will enable ns lo put a group of adclressograph 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 be interested in the publication to be issued. Educational Exhibits. Educational 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 principal fairs of the State, namely: Washington, Providence, and Newport Counties. In addition, parts of this exhibition were displayed at a number of small grange and local fairs. Our workers also assisted 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 square feet in a large tent 200x80 feet. It con- sisted of exhibits in Agronomy, Livestock Work, Farm Bureau Work by the Southern Rhode Island Farm Bureau, Club Work and five Home Economics Exhibits, emphasizing five different lines of thrift of importance 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 Scituate, where the Providence County Farm Bureau joined in; the other to Newport, where the Newport County Farm Bureau added its exhibit. A heavy rain on Thursday evening of the Washington County Fair week damaged exhibits considerably, and the following week weather 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. 42 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. Miscellaneous Observations and Recommendations. In the office 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 persons 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. Regular Funds, College and United States Department of Agricul- ture : Federal, Smith Lever funds $10,352 17 State, Smith Lever funds, contributed by the College 582 17 College funds . . . . 750 95 Federal P'unds from the regular appropriation for the Department of griculture available only for salaries. County Agent Work 3,001 00 Club Work . « 2,400 00 We have continued cooperative relations with the Bureau of Animal Industry, 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 Board 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 operative relationship with regard to a State specialist in sheep husbandry 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 cooperabon REPORT OF Till*: EXTENSION SERVICE. 43 with the different States in the continuance of County Agent and Home Economics Work and Club 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 : County Agent Work $4,000 00 Home Economics Work 10,200 00 Club Work , 3,000 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 associations to pay 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 and 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 effort 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 44 RHODE ISL,AND STATE COEEEGE. 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 past two years may be 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 of office work wherein a fairly definite outline will be given of all office work. This will be used as a guide to office workers 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 prepa- 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 years seems to indicate that the following plan represents the frame- work of what should be an effective plan of organization. report op Tup extension service. 45 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 Economics, can be imparted 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 Home Economics, we should have a 1 tome Demonstrator in each district, with a State Leader to super- vise the work. A similar organization also seems to give the best resiilts 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 experience seems to indicate that we have the greatest need for specialists along the following lines : Agronomy, Farm Manage- ment, Animal Husbandry and Horticulture, with especial attention to Market Gardening. 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 unpaid, and conse- cpiently must be secured from public-spirited individuals who are 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 ; in 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 part of the time of every field extension worker. Work with Projects* Project 1. Administration. 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 organization 46 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. of the different lines and towards securing a more systematic report- ing of the work have been continued. In this connection, display maps have been secured and are now ready for use. Drafts for small town maps to. be used in connection with reports are 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 that 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 Emergency 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 during the past year as in previous years has been the frequent changes in the personnel 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 Pureau district. County Agent Comins has continued emphasizing the development of the dairy industry by stimulating the use of a larger proportion of home- grown dairy feeds, more effective 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 K l\ PORT Oi< Till-; KxTKNSJON SERVICE. 47 purchased during the year by farmers in the district. Mr. Comins has also given considerable time to organization work, and five communities have been organized with good working committees. In Providence County, Assistant Agent Macrae has emphasized primarily the business side of farming and, especially, cooperative purchasing and marketing; farm loan work in connection with the Federal Farm Loan Bank of Springfield, Massachusetts ; the liming of soils; growing of clover, alfalfa and soy beans; orchard and potato 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 Ac|iiidneck Dairymen’s Association 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. Hollis, who suc- ceeded Mr. Lloyd, has taken up the work in an able way where his predecessor left off, and 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 Af|uidneck Dairymen’s Association organized from the Extension office in 1915, primarily for the purpose of conducting cow testing. This feature of the work was 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 ctuestion 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 Agriculture, an up-to j date milk distributing plant was started. The milk is now handled so as to be cleaner and more uniform in 48 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. quality, and pasteurized so as to reduce to the minimum danger from transmission of disease. Tn December milk was retailed to the consumer at 15c. a quart, or about two cents less than the prevailing price in neighboring cities. The producers were paid 9y 2 o.., 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 quarts of whole milk daily. Assuming an average of 8,000 quarts daily, the yearly gain to consumers in Newport over those in other cities is, at 2c. per quart, $58,400. The producers were receiving a better price, but leaving this out and considering only the gain from labor saved 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 team, approximately $260 a year. As there were about forty farmers delivering milk before the establishment of the plant, this repre- sents a total saving of $10,400 per year. In recent months also the plant, in addition to paying all expenses and interest on capital stock, has had a net profit of as high as $4,500 per month, part of which will be used for repairs and improvements and part set aside as a sinking fund. Extending the Agents’ Work in the Counties. 1918. Total Different farmers visited on their farms 427 Total number ol farm visits made 705 Calls on agents at offices 2,916 Meetings held under auspices of organizations or agents 115 Total of all meetings in which the agents took part 214 Total attendance of such meetings 7,951 Membership in Farm Bureaus, Dec. 1, 1918 268 Associations organized for adults (1918) 1 Membership of adults’ associations 108 Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs organized in 1918 1 Total membership in such clubs 50 Agricultural articles written by agents and published in local papers.. 107 Agricultural articles written by agents for Farm Bureau News 9 Letters mailed 2,141 Circulation of circulars and circular letters 10,555 Local Extension Schools and Institutes at which agents assisted 2 REPORT OP THE EXTENSION SERVICE. 49 Days devoted to above schools 4 Total enrollment of these Extension Schools 210 Agricultural observation parties conducted 8 Number of persons in such parties 115 Meetings or demonstrations held with specialists 6 Days in office 402 Days’ leave 25 Project III. Home Economics Work. The Home Economics work of the Extension Service under Miss Meloche has contributed very effectively to the efforts for the conservation of food as 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. Brief 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 Economics, 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 at 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. Demonstra- 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 50 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. 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 applied 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 other 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, REPORT OP THE EXTENSION SERVICE. 51 Project IV. Club Work. Additional funds secured from emergency appropriations by the Department of Agriculture enabled Mr. Thomas, State Leader, to develop the club work very effectively 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, Handicraft, 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 faqt 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 and Cooking Club work, and in helping prepare meals at home with the assistance of their mothers. In the Sewing Clubs, 362 girls reported products valued at $2425.00. Much of the sewing work this year has been for the children of France and Belgium and for the Red Cross. 52 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. Club Members Interested in Other Projects. The 9,642 Club Members reporting showed that many of them were actively interested in' one or more projects other than the one on which they had reported. Activities of Club Leaders. During the year, Club Leaders have conducted the following activities : DEMONSTRATIONS. I Canning, baking, sewing, garden, poultry 534 Attendance 9,133 Field meetings 388 “ 6,100 Club festivals 2 “ 60 headers’ training conferences 13 “ 86 Club exhibits held 46 “ 7,000 Club plats visited 1,405 “ 5,063 Number club meetings 1,126 “ 24,562 Number other meetings, lectures, conferences, etc. 931 “ 12,839 Number meetings of all kinds 4,435 Total Attendance 64,843 Number paid leaders, permanent, 4. Two to five months, 27. Total months time worked during calendar year by all leaders, 109A months. In addition to the food production and conservation already noted, club workers have contributed service to the Red Cross, have purchased Thrift Stamps and Liberty Bonds and have assisted in collecting stone fruit seeds and nut shells for gas mask factories, all of which has been of assistance in the prosecution of the war. Project V. Agronomy. This project has been carried out so far as possible by Mr. Baldwin in connection with his work as Assistant County Agent at large for the State. The following demonstrations have been conducted in coopera- tion with Farm Bureaus: 9 alfalfa, 6 soy bean, 3 silage corn, 2 in liming for turnips and mangels, 5 on manure plus acid phosphate, and 8 on rape. During the year 318 samples of soil have been tested and recommendations about use of lime given. Seed corn collection for the Western States and farm accounts received considerable attention. Assistance was given in carrying on the State Corn Show and in the garden campaign conducted REPORT OF Trip, KXTFNSTON Sl$RVTCl$. 53 last spring, also in preparing and staging exhibits at the fairs. Thirty-one trips to advise with regard to agronomy problems 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 die 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 Cdub 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. Cooley being employed as State Dairy Specialist by the Pmreau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, the State P>oard 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 Rhode Island farms. Especial em- phasis has been given to encourage the use of clover, alfalfa and soy beans. The construction of silos and use of silage has also been stimulated. Attention has been given to the planning of 54 imomt ISLAND STATlv COLLEGE. rations for dairy stock, weighing of feeds in order to determine the optimum quantities to be fed to different cows and to the weigh- ing of milk to determine what cows produce sufficient milk to pay their board and yield an income to the owner. Some attention has also been given to the improvement of barns 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- operation with County Agents, of quite a number of registered or high-grade bulls and cows in the State. Assistance has been given at the various fairs in preparing and staking exhibits, and in live- stock judging. Boys’ 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 VIII. Sheep Extension 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 IX. Entomologieal Extension Work. An offer of assistance in Economic Entomology 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 Board of Agriculture for further development. After several conferences a definite plan was worked out, and Mr. F. J. Rimoldi was sent to Rhode Island bv the Bureau of Entomology of the Department of Agriculture, and took up definite work in connection with the Entomological Depart- ment of the State Board of Agriculture. As Mr. Rimoldi wished to be in close touch with an insect collection and with the general Entomological Department of the Institution, he received the con- REPORT of the EXTENSION service. 55 sent of Secretary Dunn of the State Board of Agriculture to trans- fer his headquarters to Kingston and was given a desk in Professor Barlow’s office. His connection with the work in Rhode Island was terminated by the Bureau of Entomology the first of December. Respectfully submitted, A. E. STENE, Director . THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT of the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the Rhode Island State College. 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 that present ideas regarding the results are 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. ( Thirtieth annual report of the station. In Bui. of Rhode Island State College, XIII, 4 (35-42). Analyses of feeding 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 acid soils on different crops. In 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 Science, VI, 4, October, 1918 (259-281). 58 RltODK ISLAND vSTATlv COLLEGE. 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 November 3. April was the wettest month in the year, the precipitation being 5.60 inches ; 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 half 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. report of the experiment station. 59 superior in case of lettuce, tomatoes, celery and fall spinach. There are indications, however, that the acidity of the muck has not yet been entirely counteracted by lime. Where green manures 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. Early 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 per 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 different sources and in the insoluble part of different 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, foun-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 60 RHODE ISLAND STATIC COLLEGE. effect of one part of phosphorus in acid phosphate with, four and with nine parts in floats. The needs of rape were small and 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 boats. 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 on those plats where 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 was 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. In 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 applications are REPORT OF T11E EXPERIMENT STATION. 61 now available. In case of each crop, the average yields with 32 tons of only horse manure with straw bedding have been less than with half the amount of manure when supplemented with some combination of fertilizer chemicals. The standard applica- tion of the latter for the spring crops of 1918 was equivalent to about 1500 pounds of a 4-10-2 fertilizer. However, cabbages and tomatoes responded, in 1918, to an extra amount of nitrate of soda, the potassium apparently being sufficient. For the second crops, beets, spinach and celery, the standard application, added only where 16 tons of manure were applied in the spring, was equivalent to about half a ton of 3.8-7. 5-5 fertilizer. This was supplemented advantageously not only by nitrate of soda, but by still more potas- sium, indicating that the potasisum which had become available since the preceding season, as well as from the spring application of manure, was largely removed by the first crops. Although early cabbages have been grown satisfactorily without stable manure, an attempt to use green manures in place of stable manure has not yet been fully successful with early tomatoes and late celery. The scarcity of stable manure warrants continued activity in this direc- tion. For carnations, the addition of nitrogen to manure and soil compost has proved of doubtful value ; potassium has been neutral in its effect, but there have been indications that phosphorus was somewhat beneficial. Specific Plant Differences and Needs. Eureka and Early Mastodon silage corn, which are of nearly the same type, yielded the most, about 27 tons, followed by Northern White dent, 20.7 tons; Beardsley’s Leamin, 18.9 tons; Webber’s dent, 17.8 tons; and Century dent, 14.5 tons. Some of the smaller yielding varie- ties are considered the most desirable because of greater ear devel- opment. The comparative yields per acre, in 30-pound bushels, of differ- ent varieties of early peas were as follows: Thomas Laxton, 268; Nott’s Excelsior, 210; Gradus, 172; Gregory’s Surprise, 164; and Early Morn, 152. A ‘'shelling contest” indicated the range which 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 Eaxton weighed 54 lbs., 38 of pods and 16 of peas. 62 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. 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 Champion 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 purposes, but earliest to mature and the best bean yielders (21 bushels) were the Amherst and Elton 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. Wilson 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 Era cowpea may be useful in this connection. Such legume crops should constitute from a fourth to a fifth part 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 Walter Raleigh, World’s Wonder, Dibble’s Russet and Kasoag Russet, yielded less than 265 bushels. REPORT OF THE EXPERIMENT STATION. 63 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 the hills. The regular rotation formula for spring top-dressing of winter rye, namely, 125 pounds of nitrate of soda, 300 pounds of acid phosphate 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 application ; 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 Each Other. With liberal amounts of fertilizer, the marked effect of crops 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 64 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. 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 plat-s, however, the growth of barley was even greater following beets than it was following barley. In 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 coni- 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 responsible for the difference in the effect of so-called acid soils on some crops when compared with others Both 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 with 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 reciprocal crosses between heavy-weight (Cornish) *A brief paper on this subject has been submitted to the Journal of the Assoc, of Instructors and Investigators in Poultry Husbandry; and one to The American Naturalist. REPORT OF THE EXPERIMENT STATION. 65 stock and light-weight (Hamburg) stock were made in 1918, but the results have not been submitted to analysis. By 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 so-called paratyphoid bacteria as causative agents of diseases in birds was brought to completion. The results were published in Bulletin 174. The study is being continued with reference to the paracolon bacteria. Respectfully submitted, BURT L. HARTWELL, Director . Kingston, R. I. APPENDIX A, Summaries Dealing with Certain Phases of Receipts and Expen- ditures for the Year Ending June 30, 1918. 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 of 1914 — Extension Service 10,582 17 $133,082 17 APPENDIX A. 67 Income from other sources: Sales and service of departments, including re- ceipts from War Department for expense in- curred for Training Detachment $24,409 57 Interest 1,414 76 Experiment Station — , Sales and service $4,914 99 Interest 143 34 $5,058 33 $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 37 Electric current furnished from outside college... 264 96 Entertainment 309 50 Feed 3,824 34 Fertilizer 514 00 Freight and express 420 53 Fuel 14,343 43 Furniture 313 64 Gasolene 1,526 25 Lab, or (engineers, poultrymen, farm, etc.) 13,320 75 Labor (undergraduate, exclusive of boarding de- partment). . . 7,095 80 Laboratory supplies 3,706 85. 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 68 RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE. 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 Expenditures, Extension Service 11,925 30 Total expenditures $221,114 05 Summary of Balances, July 1. Morrill Fund of 1862 Morrill Fund of 1890 Smith-Lever Fund, Extension Service Hatch Fund, Experiment Station.... Adams Fund. Experiment Station State — Maintenance State — Repairs and Improvements . . . Current Fund Trust Fund Miscellaneous — Experiment Station . . Reserve Fund $15,797 75 $11,429 84 314 42 3,079 49 Dr. 10,169 55 Dr. 2,637 47 Dr. 2,311 46 2,757 61 2,344 43 2,000 00 2,000 00 $21,311 SO $3,293 26 Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 16. i»tate of Slinbr Islanb anb Jlrintibnirp plantations ANNUAL REPORT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE State of Rhode island FOR THE YEAR 1918 PROVIDENCE E. L. FREEMAN COMPANY, PRINTERS 1919 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. State of 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- zations 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 over the State and varibus 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 4 THE ADJUTANT GENERAl/s REPORT 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 organizations 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 speci- fied by the statutes 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 commander-in-chief may authorize 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. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT 5 Sec. 6. To carry 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 payment of said sum or so much thereof as may from time to time be required, upon the receipt of proper vouchers approved by the commander-in-chief. Sec. 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage. ” Under date of January 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 commands in such a condition of efficiency as to make them suitable 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 Constabulary Commands which had previously been re- ported to the War Department as authorized to bear arms, were tentatively recognized, viz: — Westerly, South Kingstown, Woon- socket, and East 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 6 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT. sanitary detachment, a headquarters and supply company. General Orders, No. 9, herewith, prescribed the composition of a unit 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 commanding officers might detail boards for the examination of candidates for non-commissioned 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 into service and General Orders, No. 14, herewith, an- nounced the organization of a provisional regiment with numerical designation and location of companies, as follows: — 1st Company, Woonsocket; 2nd Company, South Kingstown; 3rd Company, Newport (Newport Artillery Company); 4th Company, Westerly; 5th Company, Providence, (United Train of Artillery) ; 6th Company, Pawtucket; 7th Company, Pawtucket; 8th Company, Providence, (Co. A, First Light Infantry Regiment); 9th Company, Providence, (Co. B, First Light Infantry 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 Train of Artillery); 14th Company, Smithfield; 15th Company, East Providence; 16th Company, East Greenwich, (Varnum 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, THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 7 Archibald C. Matteson; Major William F. Flanagan, Ordnance Officer; Captain John J. Finnegan, Inspector of Rifle Practice; Captain Howard Sheffield, Supply Officer; Captain Irvin C. Elmer, Adjutant; Captain Stanley C. Hughes, Chaplain; 1st Lieutenant Arthur Power, Adjutant 2nd Battalion; 1st Lieutenant Henry W. Sutcliffe, Adjutant, 1st Battalion; 1st Lieutenant Albert B. Coulters, Adjutant, 4th Battalion; 1st -Lieutenant W’lliam G. Christie, Adjutant, 3rd Battalion. The assignment of companies to battalions with commanding officers was as follows: — 1st Battalion, 2nd, 4th, and 16th, Major Charles H. Ledward; 2nd Battalion, 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. Williams; 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, slates 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 been 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. 8 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 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 organizations 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 communities. 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-called, 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 fihe Machine Gun Detachment, all were 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 under 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 THE ADJUTANT GENERA i/s REPORT. 9 office and garage combined, infirmary, lavatory, mess hall and store- house. These are all temporary frame structures, easily removed if necessary. 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 required, 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, to 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 organizations and a provisional battalion went into camp at its own expense over Labor Day. A report of the tour by the Commanding 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, under 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 10 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT. Meshanticut, all resulting in helpful instruction. The Providence Chamber of Commerce very generously donated a machine gun of the Browning type, 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 Ground 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 marching 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 Narra- gansett Trotting Park, exemplifying the action of the Canadian troops against the Germans on a certain sector of the operations resulting in the capture of Vimy 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 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT. 11 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” position being finally taken and the defenders killed, made prisoners, or driven back. During the various stages men simulating killed and 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 bearers constantly searched the field, first aid was admin- istered and all the operations were most realistically represented. A premature 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 uniforms for the Guard, but although the day was perfect, the attendance was too short of what was expected, the expenses were heavy, and 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, but 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 influenza 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 bave 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. 12 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT. 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 Guard. Its splendid efficiency and morale, as 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 dn^til 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 Militia from January 1st to December 31st, 1918. For salary of The Adjutant General $1,200 00 Expended for same 1,200 00 For clerical assistance in office 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 $682 92 Unexpended THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 13 For “State Guard" $50,000 00 Expended for same 49,993 30 Unexpended $6 70 For salary of Quartermaster General $1,000 00 Expended for same 1,000 00 For clerical assistance in office of Quartermaster General $1,560 00 Expended for same 1.560 00 For additional clerical services in office of Quartermaster General . . . $300 00 Expended for same 100 00 Unexpended $200 00 Lockers and repairs, State Armory, Westerly $2 01 Expended 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 56 Unexpended $93 20 Lockers, State Armory, Bristol $137 09 Expended for same 112 45 Unexpended $24 64 14 THE ADJUTANT GENERAl/s REPORT. Repairing State Armory, Newport, R. I $105 92 Expended for same Unexpended $105 92 Watchman, State Camp Ground $600 00 Expended for same 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 same 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 Expended for same Unexpended $ 08 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 00 Expended for same 203 35 Unexpended $196 65 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT 15 Remodelling, repairing and equipping the ward 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 4,593 50 Unexpended $4,406 50 Proceeds State Camp Ground $ 55 Expended for same Unexpended $ 55 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 5 General Orders issued 23 Special Orders issued 85 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 25 Honorable discharges granted 324 Other discharges 23 Retired 6 Enclosures. I have the honor to transmit herewith the following: Report of Major Archibald C. Mhtteson, 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. Purdum, commanding the Sanitary Detachment, Third Battalion, Rhode Island State Guard, of the 16 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. duty of the Sanitary Detachment at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 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 Adjutant General. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT. 17 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. 7 \ Fifth Battalion, Provisional Regiment, Rhode Island State Guard. Providence R. I., September 23rd, 1918. From: Major Archibald C. Matteson, 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. 0. No. 55, A. G. 0., R. I., c. s., 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 already 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 colors, arid serviceable blue cape overcoats. Shortly after my arrival, the 17th and 18th Com- panies 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 18 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 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, Fifth Battalion. Rhode Island State Guard. Quonset Point, R. I., August 31, 191-8. General Orders, I No. 1. \ 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 “ Swimming Party returns 11 :45 “ Mess (Dinner) 12:00 Noon Officer’s Call 1:00 P.M. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 19 To be foUowed by school for non-commissioned officers. Guard Mount Assembly Recall Mess (Supper) / 2:25 P. M 2:30 “ 4:00 “ 6:00 “ Retreat (under Arms). First Call Assembly Retreat Tattoo Taps 7:15 P. M 7:25 “ At Signal. 10:00 P. M 10:30 “ An officer will be present with each command at roll call and will report the result of the same to the Adjutant. By order of Major Matteson, Robert N. Fiske, 1st Lieutenant, R. I. S. G., Adjutant ” 3. We were so fortunate as to have a visit from the Regimental Commander, 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 Commander attempted to visit each subdivision, to note irregularities and to subsequently call the same to the attention of the various sub division commanders. 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 sounded; this at the request of many of the men, and at the sacrifice of time allotted for baseball or for swimming. 20 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 4. The above routine was 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 : Officers. Men. 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. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 21 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 Battalion, Rhode Island State Guard. From: Capt. Howard Sheffield, 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, tobacco, 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 break : ng camp at 1:00 P. M., September 2. 17th and 18th Companies left at 4:00 P. M., and the 5th Company at 6:00 P. M. Barracks No 1 22 THE ADJUTANT GENERALS REPORT. 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 found 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 occupied 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 :00 A. M., August 31, I plugged this temporarily and Camp Custodian, Mr. Cole, opened spigot No. 3 for use. See recommendations as to spigots for cause of this breakage. (b) Motor truck used by the 17th Company backed into the gate at the southwest cbrner 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. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT. 23 6. There was no disorder whatsoever of any 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 grounds : 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 condition except as to shutters, the lack of any screening and stoves. All three stoves require minor repairs and should be grea'sed to prevent further deterioration by rust. There is sufficient kitchen 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 condemned 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 and platforms in good con- dition and two are in position in the Headquarter’s latrines. There are a large number 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 and twenty-five which could be made r 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 intervals. Each spigot is enclosed in a box two feet square and a,bout 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 24 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 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 may be more easily accessible and the perpendicular pipe should be braced at the top of the well. 8. All buildings are deficient in lighting provisions. There are four lafge brass lajnps and five small lamps in the buildings and store- house. None are provided wdth 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. S. G., was assigned to duty in Pawtucket, R. I. Strength, 1 officer and 18 enlisted men. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 25 The Baldwin Street School (locally known as Slater School) was under direction of Commanding Officer transformed into 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 during this period two hundred and thirty-six 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 detachment. During 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, Captain, Sanitary Detachment, 3rd Battalion , R. I. S. G. 26 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT. 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. Organization. Short Course. Marksman. Sharpshooter. Expert. Total Firing, Short Course. Rhode Island State Guard: Headquarters 7 2 1 1 8 First Company 9 6 25 Second Company 57 12 4 83 Third Company 33 12 3 55 Fifth Company 16 8 1 30 Sixth Company 31 5 1 1 84 Seventh Company 38 4 73 Eighth Company 13 7 3 25 Ninth Company 32 11 3 51 Tenth Company 21 5 1 50 Eleventh Company 26 5 1 1 51 Twelfth Company 24 16 4 2 37 Thirteenth Company 5 1 1 1 6 Fourteenth Company . 4 11 Fifteenth Company 43 10 4 63 Sixteenth Company . . . 8 4 17 Seventeenth Company 42 16 2 86 Eighteenth Company 57 23 3 2 88 Machine Gun Detachment . 22 4 39 Sanitary Detachment . 8 15 Band 6 2 13 W arren Artillery 3 13 Totals 505 153 32 8 923 ANNUAL RETURN OF THE RHODE ISLAND MILITIA FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1918. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 27 1 U3H« •a^u3aj83y j NNH^MMN 05 GO •u9j\[ pa^squg; 05 -CO r- -05 •CO ■pauoissirauioo jb^oj, OrH(N -cococm r-t«5 • o COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. ai a 3 •sin'BUG'piai'i puooag | ; ; ; • t'- .H -i-t ■s^uBua^narj ^siij | ; ; ; •CO -1-H IX-H •snt'B^duQ | ’. i '• ■ t> -1-H •uic^d'eqQ | ; ; ; ~ ; ; apiH jo jo^oadsuj | ; ; ; - 1 ; ; ■130350 ^Iddng | ; ; ; - 1 : •laogjO 9on®npjo | ; ; ; - ; : •s^uu^nfpy | ; ; co • • •sjotujy | ; ; ; >o • • •jauoioo-'iumiainarj [ ; ; ; -< ; ; •puoioo [ ; ; ; rH : Staff Corps and Departments. •^uaunaBdaQ souBopio | ; •^U3tn^J«d3Q S, 3BJ3U3Q a^uooApy-aSpnf | U •sdioo J3^smnj3^aunO j '^uaui^JudaQ S.IUJ3U30 ^mnnfpy aqx drauo-ap-sapiy ' ' •saoiTBZtuBSJO II® J° ssniBdmoQ jo jaqtnn^j • ■ ■? I • ARMS OF SERVICE. Governor’s Staff National Guard National Guard Reserve i otate vjruaru Field and Staff 1st to 18th Companies Headquarters and Supply Company 3 0 •' N § S D « >*§ . ca 3 "£ 30 2 >, a J s’3 Infantry Rhode Island Militia 3 a a 3 3C 5 s 3 u a, u 3 3 ♦Figures include some officers and men in the State Guard. 28 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT. ROSTER OF THE RHODE ISLAND MILITIA. Commander-in-Chief. R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN, of Newport. Governor of the State. Inaugurated January 5, 1915. Adjutant General’s Department. The Adjutant , Inspector and Paymaster General . With Rank of Brigadier General. Abbot, Charles W., Providence February 1 1911. Rhode Island National Guard. Quartermaster Corps. Quartermaster. With Rank of Major Manchester, Horace L., Barrington July 21, 1906. National Guard Reserve. Judge-Advocate General’s Department. Judge- Advocate. 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. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 29 STATE GUARD. Headquarters — Providence. Name. Rank. Date of Rank. P. 0. Address. Alvin A. Barker Colonel April 24, 1918 .. . Sept. 27, 1918 . . . Newport. Westerly. Charles H. Ledward Lieut -Col . . . Adjutant. Irvin C. Elmer Captain July 12, 1918 . . . Providence. Supply Officer. Howard Sheffield Ordnance Officer. Captain July 12, 1918 . . . Providence. William F. Flanagan Major July 12, 1918 . . . Providence. Inspector of Rifle Practice. ♦John J. Finnigan Captain July 12, 1918 . . . Cranston. Chaplain. Stanley C. Hughes Captain July 12, 1918 . . . Newport. First Battalion. Everett E. Whipple Adjutant. Henry W. Sutcliffe Major 1st Lieut .... Sept. 27, 1918 . . . July 12, 1918 . . . Westerly.' Westerly. Second Company. — South Kingstown. Grafton I. Kenyon Charles V. Johnson Chesman 0. Childs Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut . . . Sept. 9, 1918 . . . Sept. 9, 1918 . . . Sept. 9, 1918 . . . Wakefield. Wakefield. Peacedale. Fourth Company — Westerly Abraham P. Datson Henry M. Clarke William Mitchell Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut . . Sept. 27, 1918 . . . Sept. 27, 1918 . . . Oct. 28, 1918 . . . Westerly. Westerly. Westerly. Sixteenth Company. — East Greenwich. (V arnum Continentals.) Howard Y. Allen Captain Sept. 9, 1918 . . . East Greenwich. Daniel Howland 1st Lieut .... Sept. 9, 1918 . . . East Greenwich. Henry E. Cockrell 2nd Lieut . . . Sept. 9, 1918 . . . East Greenwich. *Subject to examination. 30 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. STATE GUARD.— Continued. Second Battalion. Name. Rank. Date of Rank. P. O. Address. Herbert Bliss Major July 12, 1918. . . . Newport. Adjutant. Arthur Power 1st Lieut .... July 12, 1918 .... Newport. Third Company.- —Newport. (Newport Artillery Company .) William Knowe Captain Sept. 9, 1918 . . . Newport. William E. Braley 1st Lieut .... Sept. 9, 1918 . . . Newport. William M. Thompson 2nd Lieut . . . Sept. 9, 1918 . . . Newport. Thirteenth Company. — Bristol. (Bristol Train of Artillery.) Stephen W Bourn Captain Oct. 28, 1918 . . . Bristol. Thomas H. DeCoudres 1st Lieut .... Sept. 9, 1918 . . . Bristol. Henry H. Bullock 2nd Lieut . . . Sept. 9, 1918 . . . 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 Major Sept. 27, 1918. . . . July 12, 1918. . . . Woonsocket. Pawtucket. Adjutant. William G. Christie 1st Lieut. . . . First Company. — Woonsocket. Allen C. Arey Charles F. Parker Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut.. . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Woonsocket. Woonsocket Woonsocket. * Robert Menard Sixth Company. — Pawtucket. Charles A. Bailey Charles E. Dessault Walter B. Macmillan Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Pawtucket. Pawtucket. Pawtucket. *Subject to examination. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 31 STATE GUARD. — Continued. Third Battalion — Concluded. Seventh Company. — Pawtucket. Name. Rank. Date of Rank. P. 0. Address. Thomas A. O’Gorman, Jr. . . *James McKinnon Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Nov. 16, 1918. . . . Providence. Pawtucket. Fourteenth Company. — Smith field. ♦Edward M. Fuller ♦Caleb E. Moffitt ♦William E. Norton Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut. . . . June 24, 1918. . . . Nov. 18, 1918. . . . Nov. 18, 1918. . . . Providence. Greenville Esmond . Fourth Battalion. Alonzo R. Williams Adjutant. Albert B. Coulters Major 1st Lieut .... July 12, 1918. . . . July 12, 1918. . . . Providence. Arlington. Ninth Company. — Providence. 0 Company B, First Light Infantry Regiment.) Frederic S. McCausland, Jr . Willis H. Hatch J. Gilbert Dudley Captain 1st Lieut 2nd Lieut. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Sept. 9,1918.... Providence. Providence. Providence. Tenth Company. — Providence. ( Company D, First Light Infantry Regiment.) Francis J. Harris Fred B. Cole Earl W. Folsom Captain. . . . . 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Providence. Cranston. Providence. Eleventh Company. — Providence. (Company E, First Light Infantry Regiment.) Frank L. Barrows ♦William H. Bezely George L. Butts Captain 1st Lieut 2nd Lieut. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Providence. Providence. Providence. Twelfth C ompany . — Providence . (Company F, First Light Infantry Regiment.) Captain Frank E. Van Olinda Howard E. Branch 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut. . . . Sept. 9,1918. .. Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Providence. Providence. “*Subject to examination. 32 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. STATE GUARD. — Continued. Fifth Battalion. Name. Rank. Date of Rank. P. 0. Address. Archibald C. Matteson Major July 12, 1918. . . . Providence. Adjutant. Robert N. Fiske 1st Lieut .... Aug. 23, 1918. . . . Providence. Fifth Company; — Providence. ( United Train of Artillery.) Fred N. Joy Captain Sept. 9, 1918 Providence. Frank G. Bagshaw 1st Lieut .... Nov. 12, 1918. . . . Providence. Henry C. Plott 2nd Lieut. . . . Nov. 12. 1918. . . . Providence. Eighth Company. — Providence. {Company A, First Light Infantry Regiment.) Joseph H. Bourck Captain 1st Lieut .... Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Providence. Spencer H. Over 2nd Lieut. . . . Sept. 9,1918.... Providence. Seventeenth Company. — Cranston. {Company B, Cranston Blues.) Dexter T. Knight Captain Sept. 9, 1918.... Cranston. Ralph B Glines 1st Lieut .... Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Cranston. Lloyd P. Williams 2nd Lieut. . . . Sept. 9, 1918.. . . Providence. Eighteenth Company. — Cranston. {Company A, Cranston Blues.) Paige B. Coons Ralph K. Stone Arthur H. Walker Captain 1st 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. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 33 STATE GUARD. — Concluded. Sanitary Detachment. — Providence. Name. Rank. Date of Rank. P. O. Address. N. Darrell Harvey Major Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Providence. ♦William Hindle Captain Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Providence. Nathaniel H. Gifford Captain Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Providence. Charles C. Purdum Captain Pawtucket. Herbert H. Armington Captain Providence. ♦William H. Peters Captain Nov. 19, 1918. . . . Providence. ♦Edwin G. Thompson 1st Lieut .... Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Providence. William A. Sherman 1st Lieut .... Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Newport. Charles L. Phillips 1st Lieut .... Sept. 9, 1918. . . . Date of Appoint- ment. East Greenwich. ♦Frank I. Payne 1st Lieut .... July 1, 1918. . . . Westerly. ♦Alfred M. Merriman 1st Lieut .... July 1, 1918. . . . Bristol. ♦William W. Hunt 1st Lieut .... July 1, 1918. . . . East Providence. ♦Thomas J. McLaughlin. . . . 1st Lieut. . . . Aug. 5, 1918. . . . Woonsocket. ♦Subject to examination. 34 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT, CHARTERED COMPANIES Newport Artillery Company. — Newport. Name. Rank. Date of Rank. P. O. Address. Alvin A Barker Colonel July 31, 1917. . . . Newport. William Knowe Lieut. -Col. . . July 30, 1918 . . . Newport. William E. Braley Major July 30, 1918. . . . Newport. William M. Thompson Captain July 30, 1918. . . . Newport. Surgeon. William A. Sherman Major Feb. 29, 1916. . . . Newport. Adjutant. Arthur Power Captain April 28, 1914. . . . Newport. Quartermaster. Horace S. Brown 1st Lieut .... July 30, 1918. . . . Newport. Paymaster. 1st Lieut .... Assistant Surgeon. Douglas P. A. Jacoby 1st Lieut .... May 30, 1916. . . . Newport. Commissary. Clarence A. Peabody. ...... 1st Lieut .... April 28, 1914 .. . Newport. Inspector of Rifle Practice. Harry H. Hayden 1st Lieut .... April 28, 1908. . . . Newport. Assistant Paymaster. James S. Groff 2nd Lieut . . . April 27, 1915. . . . Newport. Chaplain. Stanley C. Hughes 1st Lieut .... April 28, 1914. . . . Newport. Kentish Guards. — East Greenwich. Melville A. Newcomb Colonel April 28, 1915. . . . April 24, 1912. . . . East Greenwich. Edward A. Graves Lieut .-Col . . . East Greenwich. James G. Miller Major April 24, 1918. . . . April 24, 1918. . . . East Greenwich. William S. Rice Captain East Greenwich. Adjutant. William A. Congdon 1st Lieut .... April 24, 1918. . . . East Greenwich. Quartermaster. Ora 0. Booth 1st Lieut .... April 24, 1918. . . . East Greenwich. Commissary. William R. Nason 1st Lieut .... April 24, 1918. . . . East Greenwich. Surgeon. Herbert B. Horton Paymaster. Major April 24, 1912. . . . East Greenwich. Louis W. Dugdal6 1st Lieut .... April 24, 1918 . . . East Greenwich. Judge- Advocate. William E. Reddy 1st Lieut .... April 28, 1915 . . . Riverpoint. Chaplain. William Worthington 1st Lieut .... June 14, 1905. . . . Providence. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 35 CHARTERED COMPANIES —Continued United Train of Artillery. — Providence. Name. Rank. Date of Rank. P. 0. Address. Merton A. Cheesman Robert N. Fiske Fred N. Joy Adjutant. Robert Bain Surgeon. Edwin G. Thompson Assistant Surgeon. Colonel Lieut -Col . . . Major Captain Major 1st Lieut .... June 29, 1917 . . . Dec 2, 1918 . . . Dec 2, 1918 . . . June 26, 1917 . . . Dec. 7, 1914 . . . Bristol . Providence. Providence. Providence. Providence. Inspector of Rifle Practice. 0. Fletcher Best Quartermaster. Captain 1st Lieut .... Dec. 2, 1918 . . . Providence. Assistant Quartermaster. 2nd Lieut . . . Commissary. 1st Lieut .... Assistant Commissary. 2nd Lieut . . Paymaster. 1st Lieut .... Assistant Paymaster. 2nd Lieut . . First Company. — Providence. Captain Henry C. Plott 1st Lieut .... Dec. 2, 1918 . . . Providence. Charles A. F. Smith 2nd Lieut . . . Dec. 2, 1918 . . . Providence. Second Company. — Providence. Frank G. Bashaw Robert E. Burke Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut . . . Dec. 2, 1918 . . . Dec. 2, 1918 . . . Providence. Providence. Third Company. — Providence. Foster E. Merrill Stanley H. Lyons Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut . . . Aug. 28, 1917. . . . Sept. 1,1917.... Providence. Providence. 36 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT CHARTERED COMPANIES —Continued Bristol Train of Artillery. — Bristol. Name. Rank. Date of Rank. P. O. Address. John H. Bailey, Jr Colonel . . . . Dec. 6, 1917. . . . Bristol. Asa W. Hathaway Lieut. -Col . . . April 4, 1918. . . . Bristol. Stephen W. Bourn Major .... April 4, 1918. . . . Bristol. Adjutant. William G. Dixon Captain . Dec. 6, 1917 . . . Bristol. Judge- Advocate. 1st Lieut .... Quartermaster. Octave LeClair 1st Lieut .... Dec. 6, 1917. . . . Bristol. Commissary. Henry Wheeler 1st Lieut .... April 4, 1918. . . . Bristol. Surgeon. Alfred M. Merriman Major April 6, 1916. . . . Bristol. Paymaster. Fred Wilbur 1st Lieut .... April 4, 1918. . . . Bristol. Inspector of Rifle Practice. Howard W. Church Captain April 4, 1918. . . . Bristol. Chaplain. Adam C. McGilton 1st Lieut .... April 1, 1915. . . . Bristol. Company A .— -Bristol. Captain Henry H. Bullock 1st Lieut .... April 6, 1916. . . . Bristol. Charles J. Sartini 2nd Lieut. . . . April 4, 1918. . . . Bristol. Company B . — Bristol. Captain George R. Fish 1st Lieut .... April 2, 1914. . . . Bristol. 2nd Lieut. . . . Company C . — Bristol. Thomas H. DeCoudres Captain April 4, 1918. . . . Bristol. William Bradford 1st Lieut .... April 4, 1918. . . . Bristol. George L. Drown, Jr 2nd Lieut. . . . April 4, 1918 . . . Bristol. Kentish Artillery. — Apponaug. John J. Brant Colonel April 25, 1918. . . . Apponaug. John G. Townsend Lieut.-Col . . . April 25, 1917. . . . Apponaug. William A. Waterman Major April 25, 1917. . . . Apponaug. Thomas A Leland Surgeon. Captain April 25, 1918. . . . Apponaug. Samuel H. Long Captain April 24, 1912. . . . Apponaug. THE ADJUTANT GENERATES REPORT. 37 CHARTERED COMPANIES —Continued First Light Infantry Regiment. — Providence. Name. Rank Date of Rank. P. 0. Address. William F Flanagan Colonel May 1,1916.... April 9, 1917. . . . Jan. 14, 1918. . . . Providence. Percy W. Gardner Lieut. -Col . . . Providence. Alonzo R. Williams Major Providence. Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut . . . Surgeon. N. Darrell Harvey. . . Major. . . Jan. 21, 1918. . . . Providence. Adjutant. Captain Quartermaster. Howard Sheffield Captain Feb. 28, 1918 Providence. Assistant Quartermaster. Eugene C. McManus. . . 2nd Lieut. . . . Mar. 4, 1918. . . . Providence Paymaster. Charles R Leonard Inspector of Small Arms Practice. Albert B. Coulters Assistant Surgeons. William Hindle Captain Captain Captain Jan 16, 1911. ... Jan. 10, 1916. . . . Jan. 21, 1918. . . . East Providence. Providence. Providence. Nat. H. Gifford 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. — Providence. Frederic S. McCausland, Jr. Willis H. Hatch J. Gilbert Dudley Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut. . . . Aug. 5, 1918. . . . Aug. 5, 1918. . . . Aug. 5, 1918. . . . Providence. Providence. Providence. Company D. — Providence. Francis J. Harris Fred B. Cole Earl W. Folsom Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut . . . July 1, 1918. . . . July 1, 1918. . . . Aug. 5,1918.... Providence. Cranston. Providence. 38 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT. CHARTERED COMPANIES —Continued. First Light Infantry Regiment. — -Providence — Concluded. Company E. — Providence. Name. Rank. Date of Rank. P. 0. Address. Frank L. Barrows Captain April 23, 1917. . . . Providence. William H. Bezely 1st Lieut .... April 23, 1917. . . . Providence. George L. Butts 2nd Lieut. . . . April 23, 1917. . . . Providence. Company F. — Providence. Captain Frank E. Van Olinda 1st Lieut .... June 18, 1917.. . . Providence. Howard E. Branch 2nd Lieut. . . . Sept. 7, 1917. . . . Providence. Warren Artillery. — Warren. Stephen F. Brayton Colonel Oct. 21, 1918.. . . Warren. Lieut .-Col . . . Major Otto J. Alletag Captain Oct. 21, 1918 Warren. Isaac Bouffard 1st Lieut .... Oct. 21, 1918 Warren. Thomas Burns 2nd Lieut. . . . Oct. 21, 1918.. . . April 21, 1913.. . . Warren. Adjutant. Elmer Lother 1st Lieut. . . . Warren. Commissary. 1st Lieut . . . Quartermaster. Roy L. Sawin 1st Lieut. . . . April 16, 1917. . . . May 24, 1915. . . . April 25, 1910. . . . May 18, 1898. . . . Warren. Paymaster. Michael P. Griffin 1st Lieut .... Warren. Surgeon. Charles E. Scott 1st Lieut .... Warren. Chaplain Herman W. Watjen 1st Lieut .... Warren. Cranston Blues. — Cranston. John J. Finnegan Major May 29, 1918. . . . July 24, 1918 . . . May 1, 1918. . . . May 1,1918.... Cranston Adjutant Lowndes A Smith, Jr 1st Lieut. . . . Cranston. Supply Officer. G. Frederick Bohl Surgeon. William H. Peters 1st Lieut .... 1st Lieut .... Cranston. Providence. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 39 CHARTERED COMPANIES.— Concluded. Cranston Blues. — Cranston — Concluded. Company A. — Cranston. Name Rank. Date of Rank. P. 0. Address. Paige B. Coons Ralph K. Stone Arthur H. Walker Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut. . . . May 29, 1918. . . . May 1,1918.... May 1,1918.... Cranston. Cranston. Providence. Company B. — Cranston. Dexter T. Knight Ralph B. Glines Lloyd P. Williams Captain 1st Lieut .... 2nd Lieut. . . . May 1, 1918 . . . May 1, 1918. . . . July 24, 1918. . . . Cranston. Cranston. Providence. 40 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. COPIES OF SOME GENERAL ORDERS ISSUED DURING THE YEAR 1918. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. The Adjutant General’s Office, Providence, January 30, 1918. General Orders, No. 3. I. Colonel Alvin A. Barker, Rhode Island Militia, is hereby placed on special duty to date from February 1st, 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 the 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-in-Chief. CHARLES W. ABBOT, The Adjutant General. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. The Adjutant General’s Office, General Orders, No. 5. Providence, April 24, 1918. 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. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 41 The 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 examination by 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 completed. Requisition will then be forwarded as before specified. II. The following Constabulary Commands having been reported to the War Department as duly authorized to bear arms are also tentatively recognized as units 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. III. 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 under 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. 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 Officer of the State Range, Rumford, R. I., upon the recommendation of the Quartermaster General, to take effect May 10, 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. By order of R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN, Governor and Commander-in-Chief. CHARLES W. ABBOT, The Adjutant General. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. The Adjutant General’s Office, Providence, May 17, 1918. 1918. 42 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. III. Following the requirements of Section 61, Chapter 394 of the Public Laws, as amended the Commanding Officers of the Independent Chartered Military Organizations which may have companies recognized as units of the State Guard as per General Orders, No. 5, c. s., this office, and the Commanding Officers of unattached companies recognized as per same order, will detail boards for the examination of candidates for non-commissioned officers in their respective commands, and will appoint those found duly qualified. Blank warrants may be obtained from this office to be signed by the appointing officers. By order of R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN, Governor and Commander-in-Chief. CHARLES W. ABBOT, The Adjutant General. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. The Adjutant General’s Office, Providence, June 11, 1918. General Orders, No. 10. I. Major N. Darrell Harvey, Surgeon, First Light Infantry Regiment, is hereby authorized and directed to organize a Sanitary Detachment for the State Guard to consist of six men for each company now, and hereafter to be recognized. The junior medical officers of the First Light Infantry Regiment will be recognized when the five companies have qualified. One medical officer in each Chartered Organization will also be recognized when his command has qualified. In all out of town companies the physician, who has been authorized to make the physical examination, will be recognized and appointed as a medical officer with the rank of 1st lieutenant, as soon as the command has qualified, and directed to secure the six men as before mentioned. Should there be two companies 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 Machine Gun Detachment at the Cranston Street Armory, securing the required six men. II. The recognized text books for the instruction of the State Guard will be the following of the U. S. Army, viz. : Army Regulations, Infantry Drill Regula- tions, Manual of Interior Guard Duty, Field Service Regulations and Small Arms 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, 636-660, 745-748, 755-765. Special attention to 135-138, 604-622, 694-696, all inclusive. For Company Musicians, specially paragraphs 45-48, inclusive. Manual of Interior Guard Duty: — Paragraphs, 1-256, 299-307, 337-367, all inclusive. Small Arms Firing Regulations. — Paragraphs, 22-60, inclusive. By order of R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN, Governor and Commander-in-Chief. CHARLES W. ABBOT, The Adjutant General. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 43 STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. The Adjutant General’s Office, Providence, July 12, 1918. General Orders, 1 No. 14. J I. All units of the Rhode Island State Guard having now been mustered into service, the organization as a provisional regiment of infantry is announced as follows : II. Numerical designation and location of companies are hereby announced as follows based upon date of muster-in of the respective commands: — 1st Company Woonsocket. 2nd “ South Kingstown. 3rd “ Newport, (Newport Artillery 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, “ “ “ “ ). 11th “ Providence, (Co. E, “ “ “ “)• 12th “ Providence, (Co. F, “ “ “ “ ). 13th “ Bristol, (Bristol Train of Artillery) . 14th “ Smithfield. 15th “ East Providence. 16th “ East Greenwich, (Varnum 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.-Colonel James F. Phetteplace. Major Charles H. Ledward. “ Herbert Bliss. “ Walter G. Gatchell. “ Alonzo R. Williams. 11 Archibald C. Matteson Major William F. Flanagan, Ordnance Officer. Captain John J . Finnegan, Inspector of Rifle Practice. “ Howard Sheffield, Supply Officer. “ Irvin C. Elmer, Adjutant. “ Stanley C. Hughes, Chaplain. 44 THE ADJUTANT GENERALS REPORT. 1st Lieut Arthur Power, Adjutant, 2nd Battalion. “ “ Henry W. Sutcliffe, Adjutant, 1st Battalion. “ “ Albert B. Coulters, Adjutant, 4th Battalion. “ “ Wilham G. Christie, Adjutant, 3rd Battalion. IV Companies are hereby assigned to battalions as follows: — 1st Battalion. 2nd, 4th, 16th Major Charles H. Ledward. 2nd Battalion. 3rd, 13th, 15th Major Herbert Bliss. 3rd Battalion. 1st, 6th, 7th, 14th Major Walter G. Gatchell. 4th Battalion. 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Major Alonzo R. Williams. 5th Battalion. 5th, 8th, 17th, 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. V. On the briefing fold of enlistment papers of men mustered in to the State Guard units 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 1st Lieutenant Fred B Cole. VIII Names of medical and company officers will be announced later. By order of R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN, Governor and Commander-in-Chief. CHARLES W. ABBOT, The Adjutant General. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT. 45 STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. The Adjutant General’s Office, General Orders, No. 15. Providence, July 15, 1918. The following instructions to govern the examination of officers as required by Section 44, Militia Law, State of Rhode Island, 1909, 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 organization, he will use the text books and blank forms which have been issued to such organization. If any are lacking, or if he is not a member of any organization, 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, 1917) ; 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 (1914); Manual for Courts Martial, etc., (1917); 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 rolls. Weekly and monthly drill reports. Enlistment paper. Application for discharge. Company and consolidated morning report. Ration return. Company and consolidated sick reports. 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, with 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. 46 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 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 1916, 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 authorizing 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-Chief . 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. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT. 47 Prepare in presence of Board, a pay and muster roll, weekly and monthly drill reports, enlistment paper, application for discharge, daily and consolidated sick report, morning report, requisition for quartermaster supplies. Militia Law, State of Rhode Island. Drill 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, 749 to 791, 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, 792 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 Regulations, United States Army, 1914, — appendix 6, pages 190 to 204. Manual for Courts Martial, etc., 1917. 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-in-Chief. CHARLES W. ABBOT, The Adjutant General. RETIRED LIST OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE RHODE ISLAND MILITIA. NATIONAL GUARD. Brigadier Generals. 3. Chace, Thomas W General Orders No. 1, January 30, 1892. 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. Stiness, 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 Orders No. 28, September 29, 1915. 158. Tanner, Herbert S General Orders No. 19, June 11, 1917. Colonels. 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. Lieutenant-Colonels. 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 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL^ REPORT. 49 52. 66 . 84. 89. 93. 101 . 103. 116. 124. 125. 7. 16. 19. 21 . 35. 55. 57. 60. 64. 68 . 72. 73. 86 . 90. 91. 92. 109. 110 . 111 . 115. 133. 139. 155. 161 165 10 . 44. 95. 114. 131. 140. 152. 160 Majors. Lally, Frank M General Orders No. 15, June 15, 1899. Ely, William General Orders No. 13, April 29, 1902. Maynard, William A General Orders No. 24, November 18, 1905. Sweeney, Peter A General Orders No. 21, July 31, 1907. Bowen, Richard LeBaron . . . Act of Legislature, May 7, 1908. Harrington, Walter E General Orders No. 19, June 10, 1910. Corey, John A General Orders No. 33, November 5, 1910. Cook, Maurice H General Orders No. 3, January 8, 1913. Wilcox, Howard D. General Orders No. 3, January 9, 1914. Bixby, E. Merle General Orders No. 8, March 23, 1914. Captains. Lewis, Azro N General Orders No. 4, February 27, 1892. Maxson, C. Clarence General Orders No. 7, March 21, 1892. Draper, Edwin General Orders No. 13, May 12, 1892. McSoley, Bartholomew General Orders No. 22, June 27, 1892. West, Stephen J General Orders No. 6, April 29, 1895. Wolcott, Henry Act of Legislature, May 1, 1900. Barker, Edgar R General Orders No. 14, June 14, 1900. Canning, Frank General Orders No. 18, July 19, 1900. Clarke, Edward M General Orders No. 9, May 4, 1901. Bray, Ferdinand. . General Orders No. 19, December 22, 1902. Phillips, John M General Orders No. 16, November 18, 1903. Slyne, Walter D General Orders No. 3, February 17, 1904. Blunt, Harry W General Orders No. 16, June 16, 1906. Datson, Abraham P General Orders No. 24, December 18, 1907. Rittmann, Charles Act of Legislature, April 13, 1906. Roberts, Arthur F General Orders No. 10, April 21, 1908. McKenna, P. Henry General Orders No. 45, December 11, 1911. McAuley, John T General Orders No. 4, January 16, 1912. Gallagher, Thomas F General Orders No. 5, January 19, 1912. Crosby, Henry A General Orders No. 28, October 9, 1912. Reilly, Joseph P General Orders No. 28, October 15, 1914. Wall, Howard F General Orders No. 13, April 29, 1915. Richards, Charles H General Orders, No. 5, January 22, 1917. Lythgoe, John C General Orders,' No. 30, October 1, 1917. FitzGerald, Jerome M General Orders, No. 6, May 4, 1918. First Lieutenants. Downey, James E. . : General Orders No. 5, March 12, 1892. Gates, Hobert L General Orders No. 11, April 12, 1898. Parker, Robert B General Orders No. 30, December 3, 1908. Crowshaw, Joseph A. General Orders No. 20, June 27, 1912. Jackovitz, Joseph General Orders No. 23, August 24, 1914. Auty, Joseph, Jr General Orders No. 19, June 22, 1915. Russell, Thomas .General Orders, No. 26, July 14, 1916. Nield, Fred B General Orders, No. 25, July 11, 1917. 50 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. Quartermaster Sergeant. 123. Stage, George W Special Orders No. 87, June 27, 1913. First Sergeant. 126. Collins, Denerson E Special Orders No. 79, May 13, 1914. NAVAL MILITIA. Captain. 138. Bliss, William C General Orders No. 12, April 22, 1915. Commanders. 117. Lawton, Charles N General Orders No. 5, January 16, 1913. 157. Gladding, Edward P General Orders, No. 8, April 4, 1917. Lieutenant Commander. 121. Lawton, Charles E General Orders No. 30, October 27, 1913. Lieutenants. 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 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 General Orders No. 8, March 26, 1915. 144. King, Frank P General Orders No. 34, November 22, 1915. 153. 154. 156. 166. 34. 80. 113. 136. 167. 98. 146. 151. 164. 81. 150. 163. 26. 83. 88 . 112 . 147 148 22 . 27. 11 29 37 38 46 53, 65, THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. 51 Sherman, Arthur A General Orders No. 26, July 14, 1916. Johnson, Charles G General Orders No. 33, October 9, 1916. Bain, Robert General Orders No. 5, January 22, 1917. Seymour, George E General Orders No. 12, June 21, 1918. Lieutenant-Colonels. Danforth, Edmund C General Orders No. 6, April 29, 1895. Wiggin, Frank L General Orders No. 9, May 4, 1905. French, Irving T. . . . General Orders No. 9, March 27, 1912. Prior, John General Orders No. 33, December 19, 1914. Ebbs, Robert C General Orders, No. 13, July 8, 1918. Majors. Patterson, Frank S General Orders No. 20, May 20, 1909. Barker, Christopher F General Orders No. 7, February 16, 1916. Williams, Alonzo R General Orders No 16, May 17, 1916. Hall, Albert H General Orders No. 6, May 4, 1918. Captains. Perrin, William D General Orders No. 9, May 4, 1905. Baker, Walter M General Orders No. 16, May 17, 1916. Swarts, George G General Orders No. 4, April 9, 1918. First Lieutenants. Bosworth, Edward T General Orders No. 25, August 4, 1892. Tilley, George W General Orders No. 23, October 7, 1905. Cole, Charles M General Orders No. 15, June 7, 1907. Keith, Theodore B General Orders No. 6, February 7, 1912. Porter, Emery H General Orders No. 7, February 16, 1916. Hazard, Silas H General Orders No. 7, February 16, 1916. DECEASED. Major Generals. Walker, William R General Orders No. 25, August 4, 1892. Arnold, Olney General Orders No. 27, October 13, 1892. Brigadier Generals. Rhodes* Elisha H General Orders No. 6, March 21, 1892. Budlong, John C General Orders No. 18, August 13, 1894. Dyer, Elisha Ex. Mil. Orders No. 1, October 31, 1895. White, Hunter C Ex. Mil. Orders No. 3, November 4, 1895. Dennis, Charles R General Orders No. 34, June 30, 1898. Barney, Caleb H General Orders No. 17, June 20, 1899. Kendall, Hiram General Orders No. 7, April 9, 1902. 52 THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT. Colonels. 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, Cyrus M General Orders No. 6, April 29, 1895. 39. Clarke, William E General Orders No. 13, May 2, 1896. 48. Goddard, Robert H. I General Orders No. 54, December 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, February 13, 1903. 71. Gladding, Daniel W General Orders No. 8, April 30, 1903. Lieutenant-Colonels. 5. Kendrick, Joseph H General Orders No. 3, February 11, 1892. 12. Chase, PhilipS 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, 1894. 40. Strauss, Alexander General Orders No. 38, October 28, 1897. 41. Carter, John A General Orders No. 41, December 14, 1897. 94. Patstone, Lewis General Orders No. 27, November 16, 1908. 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 Lieutenants. 2. Webb, Samuel H General Orders No. 1, January 30, 1892. 32. Martin, Hezekiah General Orders No. 21, November 28, 1894. 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 Total number on retired list Deceased 160 118 42 REPORT OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL Providence, R. I., December 31, 1918. To The Adjutant 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. 54 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL’S REPORT. There have been many occasions and requests for use 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 and Woonsocket to burn 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 14th Company, R. I. S. G., but have furnished 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 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL’S REPORT. 55 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 expected 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- siderate hay also. With the small appropriation available, the use of old material, and the donation of some labor, a small barn has been erected 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. 56 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL’S REPORT. Equipment 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. .45, 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 purposes. 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 assistance to me in taking up the affairs of this department, and for the loyal interest of the clerical force in this office. HORACE L. MANCHESTER, Quartermaster General . Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 17. §>tati' uf SUjuir Sulatti mb }lrumbntrr Jllantatimta. 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 Sotiurahlr Hanid S. Scaring At -Nempart May 26. 1918 Since its last report this Commission has experienced a severe loss in the death of the Honorable Daniel B. Fearing at that time President of the Board. Mr. Fearing’s death came very suddenly on May 2 * 6 , 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 1859 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 was 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 numbered 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. COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. William H. Boardman, Central Falls, President. Theophile Guerin, Woonsocket, Vice President. James G. Johnson, Riverside, Secretary. John C. Cosseboom, Woonsocket, Treasurer. John L. Curran, Proyidence, Auditor. Edwin R. Lewis, M. D., Westerly. J. Alton Barker, Newport. SUPERINTENDENT. 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. 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 1918, 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-zvater ponds and streams. The hatching and rearing of trout. The enforcement of laws relating to fresh-zvater 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 zvith 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 COM M ISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 5 inches in length to six inches and were liberated in suitable 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. 1918. 3,500 11,600 5,300 4,500 5,100 39,113 62,000. in in in in in in in 12 brooks 23 brooks 13 brooks 18 brooks 10 brooks 57 brooks 63 brooks Avg. number Avg. number Avg. number Avg. number Avg. number Avg. number Avg. number 275 504 423 250 510 686 984 From State Hatchery. Total 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 is desired to call the attention of 6 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 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 : COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 7 1. The financial sup-port 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 8 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 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 to 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 have 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 reports. Allowing for all seemingly con- COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 9 tradicting facts, it is clear that gradually along our principal waterways the fisheries are 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 difficult of interpretation and ofteft 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. 10 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 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 39 To expenses and services of Superintendent 2,437 75 To expenses and services of deputies under the lobster law .3,836 51 To expenditures in operating the Wickford Hatchery and Experiment Station 4,304 86 To purchase of egg lobsters 3, 2 45 9 2 To expenses of securing and distributing fresh- water fishes and investigating 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 $17,595 24 1918. Credit. Dec. 31. By received from the State Treasurer $1 7,327 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. COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. II 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 1917 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 S l / 2 inches in length. 62.000 Brook Trout 2 l / 2 inches to 6 inches in length. A list of the ponds and streams stocked by the Commission : — White Perch. Slack’s Reservoir, Smithfield and Johnston. Waterman’s Reservoir, Glocester and Smithfield. Quidneck Reservoir, Coventry. Randall Pond, Cranston. 12 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 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 Reservoir, Glocester. Wallum Lake, Burrillville. Mishnock Pond, West Greenwich. Fenner’s Fond, Cranston. Marshapaug Pond, Providence. Oak Swamp Reservoir, Johnston. Brook Trout. Round Top Brook, Burrillville. Tarklin Brook, Burrillville, North Smithfield and Glocester. Cherry Brook, North Smithfield. Aldrich Brook, Lincoln 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, Johnston. Old Furnace Brook, Cranston. Warwick Brook, Coventry. Buck’s Horn Brook, Coventry. Potterville Brook, Coventry. Hardig Brook, Warwick. Falls River Brook, West Greenwich and Ext ter. 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. Chickashecn Brook, South Kingston. Mill Pond, Tiverton. COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 13 Mill Brook, Little Compton and Tiverton. Shippee Pond, Foster. Paine Brook, Foster. North Branch Brook, Smithfield. Onion Meadow Brook, Smithfield, 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. Razee Brook, Cumberland. Catamint Brook, Cumberland. Mowry Brook, North Smithfield. 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 prevented us from having this data as complete as might be desired. The Lobster 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. T 4 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. Table T. Table Comparing the Number of Pounds of Lobsters, Number of Pots , and Average of Pounds Per Pot, for the Years 1912-L918. Year. 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 1,362,68 6 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 Markets. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. Newport (wholesale) 322,709 245,915 250,000 300,000 319,591 Newport (retail) / 165,316 187,867 203,674 201,690 201,095 Sakonnet (wholesale) 32,081 31,374 9,800 15,000 15,000 Tiverton (wholesale) 45,296 79,283 31,789 30,000 25,000 Block Island (wholesale) 250,000 436,000 205,000 380,000 272,000 Point Judith (wholesale) | [ 75,000 78,709 93,000 100,000 Watch Hill (wholesale) ( 122,150 <{ 25,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 Narragansett Pier (wholesale) J [ 22,650 26,500 28,000 30,000 Wickford (wholesale) 62,936 165,000 Other markets 100,000 100,000 300,000 100,000 200,000 Total 1,037,552 1,203,089 1,130,472 1 ,240,626 1,362,686 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. IS Table HI. Number of Pots, Boats and Men Engaged in Lobster Fishing in Rhode Island in 1918. m Location. Men. Boats. Pots. Block Island 40 28 4,000 Bristol 2 2 120 Charlestown 2 2 200 Hamilton 2 2 , 75 Jamestown . '. . 11 111 560 Little Compton 7 7 ! 350 Middletown 6 6 373 Narragansett Pier 20 18 1,377 Newport 90 76 6,955 Point Judith 2 1 120 Portsmouth 2 1 60 Prudence Island 3 3 240 Sakonnet 1 1 30 Saunderstown 5 4 235 Tiverton 9 7 275 Wakefield 9 8 479 Warren 5 2 110 Watch Hill 1 1 30 Westerly 12 12 966 Wick ford 5 4 110 *Other places 9 6 180 Total 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 Island. 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. COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 1 6 License No. Name. 16. George E. Smith .. 17. Richard Knight ... 21. John E. Littlefield . 22. Rouse B. Dodge . . 25. Sylvanus Willis . . . 26. Johannes Jacobson . 27. Henry T. Mitchell 29. Antonio De Sousa . 30. Howard Fisher .... 33. George Trunejes . . 36. Samuel B. Dickens 37. Elias Littlefield . . . 38. Albert S. Hayes . . . 39. Edgar Littlefield . . 40. Addison Rose 40. Milton Steadman . . 42. George J. Melisotte 43. Albert Anderson . . 47. William N. Ball 49. James Carpetis 50. Elmer E. Babcock 53. Stannos Janitos 61. Frank Browning 62. Irving M. Ball 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. Apostolis Fisfis 80. Carder H. Champlin 8 1 . Nicholas Skapinakis 82. Lyman Hall 83. Charles E. Allen . . . 84. Richard Steadman . . 85. Silas C. Hall 86. Charles A. Hall 87. Frank M. Gross 88. Dimitrios Damascus 90. Oscar T. Dykstra . . 9 1 . Adrian Dykstra .... 92. Bernal H. Dodge . . . 94. George F.. Tew 95. Andrew J. Tew 96. Eugene A. Tew .... 99. Peter Andrews 101. Perikles Booras ... 102. John Cummings 104. Restcom E. Peabody 105. Beck Anderson 106. Daniel A. Jordan . . . Location. Block Island. Providence. Block Island. Avondale. Block Island. Newport. Block Island. Narragansett Pier. Block Island. Newport. Wakefield. Newport. Narragansett Pier. Block Island. Newport. Narragansett Pier. Newport. Westerly. Newport. Block Island. Prudence Island. Newport. Wakefield. Block Island. Newport. Middletown. Newport. Apponaug. COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 1 License No. Name. Location. 109. Harry G. Violet 110. Isaac Allen 112. Jerome T. Blount 113. Roscoe E. Simmons 114. Frank J. Hareter 119. Nicholas Trocotas 120. George Lathrop Prudence Island. 121. George A. Carpenter Saunderstown. 122. Clarence H. King 125. George Frank 129. Constantine Mataronas 130. Edgar ,F. Grinnell it 131. Anastacio Angelo ii 134. Nicholas Julias u 136. Nicholas Mataronas ii 137. Stamos Domotaris i i 138. Vasilas Hanos ii 139. Frank Parlenas ii 140. John Giones 141. John Violet ii 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 152. Henry C. Bush Bristol. 153. Demetrios Giones Newport. 154. Vasilas Paris “ 155. Benjamin A. Kinnecom 15^6. Constantine Conomus Newport. 157. Ernest F. Dickens Block Island. 158. W. H. Barlow Newport. 160. William Handling Point Judith. 161. Angelo Maniotis Newport. 165. Stamos Salonikas “ 168. Constantine 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 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. l8 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES License No. Name. Location. 195. Stamatos Logothetis Newport. 197. Hiram C. Matterson Narragansett Pier. 199. Manuel Jacobs Block Island. 200. Clinton A. Young Abbott Run. 201. Byron J. Hathaway Newport. 205. Walter H. Munro Warren. 206. Arthur Damascus Newport. 208. Harold Barry “ 209. John H. Chappell Narragansett Pier. 210. Fred B. Tucker “ « 212. Floyd Huftalen Warren. 214. Manuel Silveria Little Compton. 215. Frank 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. Wright Narragansett Pier. 238. Steven Protopapas Newport. 239. Robert P. Hall Westerly. 241. Elvin M. Scott “ 243. Joseph C. Whaley Wakefield. 246. Asahel B. Larkin Westerly. 249. Thomas T. Saunders “ 251. Charles Gross* Newport. 253. Philip A, Mott, Jr Block Island. 254. John Espaniola Newport. 261. Henry M. Hareter Point Judith. 265. Joshua G. Champlin Narragansett Pier. 269. Constantine 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 Wardsworth Wickford. 290. C. Scott Northup “ 291. Willard F. Borden Tiverton. 294. Arthur E. Northup Wickford. 295. Nicholas Batlis Newport. 297. Marcus M. Wilcox Tiverton. 298. F. O. Lanphear Westerly. 299. George P. Gardner Narragansett Pier. 302. John Larson Newport. ‘License revoked. COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. License No. Name. 303. John H. Smith 304. Benjamin Johnson 305. Herbert M. Barnaby . . 306. Rudolph Schade 307. James H. Smith 308. E. M. Gladding 309. Bernard Murphy 310. Jack M. Neronka 313. Julio Barbato 314. Einar S. Johnson .... 316. Joshua . F. Clarke 320. Horace Webster 323. Ellis B. Wilbour 324. Herbert Wilcox 326. Stephen C. Peckham . 330. Thomas P. George . . . 331. James Mataronas 332. Anthony Axiotes 333. Jacques A. Biastre . . . 334. Charles L. Aylsworth . 336. Stamos J. Deomatares 338. George S. Ragias 341. Lester H. Coggeshall . 344. Patrick H. Dillon 350. Jeremiah Littlefield, Sr. 353. Louis Adams 354. James McLeish, Jr. . . 356. William P. Smith 357. Walter S. H. Bliven . 358. Ralph E. Crowell . . . 361. Rufus Hines 363. William B. Hall 365. William H. Spooner . . 368. Odessas Booras 369. William Christiansen . , 372. John C. Molden 373. Nicholas Kiousis 374. William A. Wright ... 375. Anastaso Salonikas . . . 376. Albert E. Sherman . . . 377. Anthony Constantine . 378. Edward M. Harvey . . . 381. William H. Dickerson 382. Henry C. Durfee 384. George D. Anthony . . 387. Harry I. Mosher 390. James F. Chase 394. James Gregory 397. Siderys Siderys 401. George L. Hoxsie 402. Louis G. McKenna . . Location. Middletown. Newport. Narragansett Pier. Jamestown. Wickford. Newport. Jamestown. Newport. Narragansett Pier. Little Compton. Charlestown. ii Jamestown. Newport. Wakefield. Newport. Narragansett Pier. Block Island. Newport. Jamestown. Newport. Little Compton. Warren. Newport. Newport. Middletown. Newport. Narragansett Pier. Newport. << Portsmouth. Warren. Tiverton. Jamestown. Wickford. Newport. WatcITHill. Newport. Pawtucket. 20 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. License No. Name. 406. John D. Doyle 407. Louis Miller 408. James Skapinakis 410. John Coffinas 414. Charles A. McKenna . . 416. Walter T. Caswell .... 417. Norman Brownell .... 418. Leroy C. Wilbour 419. Henry Bannister 420. Joe Frank Rose 424. Josephine L. Towle . . 425. Frank Stein 426. W. Everett Gray 427. Clifford B. Winn .... 428. Roland L. Manchester 431. Leonard Nichols 433. Everett A. Morgan . . . 435. August L. Caswell . . . 436. Harrison M. Littlefield 437. Howard L. Vars 438. Pardon G. Gray 439. John F. Maxson Location. Newport. Saunderstown. Newport. Pawtucket. Nairagansett Pier. Portsmouth-. Little Compton. Narragansett Pier. Jamestown. Wakefield. Newport. . Providence. Tiverton. Providence. , Westerly. Newport. . Jamestown. . Saunderstown. . Newport. . Westerly. COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 21 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 number of traps and with the growing importance of fish in our national fojod supply we may look for another slight increase in fish-traps as soon as help and materials become more plentiful. TABLE IV. Fish-traps Set in Rhode Island Waters in 1918. Providence River 6 Greenwich Bay 10 West Passage 14 Mount Hope Bay 10 Sakonhet River 78 East Passage 12 Off Shore 58 Block Island 6 Watch Hill 4 Total 198 Table V. Total Number of Traps Set in 1898 and 1910 - 1918 . 1898 119 1914 1910 283 1915 1911 277 1916 1912 261 1917 1913 267 1918 252 246 215 199 198 Deep Water Fishing off Newport in 1918. The first reported catch of the various marketable fish in traps off Newport is given in the accompanying tables. 22 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. Table VI. Calendar of Scup Season off Newport, 1914 - 1918 . 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. First appearance Run commences April 28. May 7. April 18. April 28. May 2. May 10. April 24. June 1. May 4. May 10. Run ends July 1. June 25. June 20. June 15. June 15. Most abundant May 10 May 10 May 10 June 4 May 15 to to to to to June 9. June 5. June 10. June 8. J une 1. Table VII. Calendar of Mackerel Season off Newport, 1914 - 1918 . 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. First caught in trap April 25. May 7. May 6. April 28. May 6. First last shipment from Newport. . May 16. May 14. May 14. June 11. May 16. Most abundant May 16 May 14 May 14 June 11, May 16 to to to to to June 25. June 16. June 20. July 1. June 20. Record day June 12. May 26. June 11. Season ends at Newport June 30. July 1. Aug. 1. Aug. 1. Aug. 1. Table VIII. First Appearance of Various Marketable Fish in Traps off Newport, 1914 - 1918 . • 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. Butterfish May 1. April 19. May 1. May 4. May 1. King Fish May 18. May 10. May 12. May 9. May 10. Mackerel April 25. May 7. May 6. April 28. May 6. Sea bass May 7. May 1. May 4. April 30. May 6. Sea robins April 29. April 19. April 20. April 30. May 1. Scup April 28. April 18. May 2. April 24. May 4. Squid May 7. May 1. May 1. May 2. May 2. Squiteague May 2. May 10. May 20. May 8. May 20. Striped bass May 4. April 29. April 30. May 7. May 6. Tuna June 27. June 28. June 21. June 12. June 12. COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 23 Tuna Fishing Tuna fishing as a sport was not carried on as extensively off our coast in 1918 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 Tackle Class. (Wood rod, not less than 6 feet 9 inches overall. Tip, not less than 5 feet, weight not over 16 ounces. Line, not to exceed 24 thread.) First Hobart J. Parks 76 lbs. Second Robert Graves 46^ lbs. Third Zenas W. Bliss 35 Y\ lbs. Fourth William Wilson 32 lbs. Light Tackle Class. (Wood rod, not less than 6 feet overall. Tip, not less than 5 feet. Weight, not over 6 ounces. Line, not to exceed 9 thread.) First William P. Thompson 44 lbs. Second R. S. Hale 36# lbs. Third Andrew G. Weeks 34 lbs. Fourth L. Dana Chapman 32# lbs. J. T. Crandall, Secretary.” 24 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. ENFORCEMENT OF STATE LAWS. Under the Lobster Laws. Under Government jurisdiction $55 00 license revoked License revoked $20 00 20 00 20 00 Jamestown, July 5, hauling lobster pots without license. . . Newport, July 13, 11 short lobsters Newport, July 26, shorts thrown overboard Wakefield, November 25, fishing for lobsters, closed season Wakefield, November 25, fishing for lobsters, closed season Wakefield, November 25, fishing for lobsters, closed season Under 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 11, 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 ioth to 13th, in co-operation with the Washington County Agricultural Society. As usual, both marine and fresh- water fishes as well as lobsters 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 continued 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. COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 25 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 1st to September 15th, investigating certain problems in the propagation of oysters in Narragansett Bay. He summarizes the results as follows : “Two projects were undertaken: (1) 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. 26 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. “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 Or 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 minimum 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 lobsters 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 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 2 7 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'. Year. Fourth Stage. Fifth Stage. 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 *521,861 *469,344 *682,348 *683,840 *624,674 *852,621 *812,500 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 . 1906 24,800 4,900 5,481 1907 1908 1909 1910 28,372 1911 1912 . 1913 1914 1915 1916 . 1917 1918 *The entire number liberated in these years were in the latter part of the fourth stage and beyond. 28 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES- TITLES OF SPECIAL PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE COMMISSIONERS 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.) Twenty-ninth Annual Report. 1899. 3. Tower, R. W. Improvements in the Methods of Preparation of Fish for Shipment. Twenty- ninth Annual Report. 1899. 4. Bumpus, H. C. The Extension of the Commercial Fisheries of the State. Twenty-ninth Annual Report. 1899. 5. Kellog, 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 Barnes, 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-shell 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. COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 29 18. Mead, 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. Thitfy-fifth Annual Report. 1905. 20. Emmel, 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 1-XII. Thirty-sixth Annual Report. 1906. 22. Tracy, H. C. The Common Fishes of the Herring Family. Plates VII-XII. Thirty-sixth Annual Report. 1906. 23. Barnes, E. VV. Methods of Protecting and Propagating the Lobster, with a Brief Outline of its Natural History. Plates XIII-XXVI and XXVIII, XXXI, XXXII, XXXVI. 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. Emmel, 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. Tracy, 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. 33. Hadley, P. B. Regarding the Behavior of the Larval and Early 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. 1908. 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. 30 COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND- FISHERIES. 38. Emmel, V. E. The Problem of Feeding in Artificial Lobster Culture. Thirty-eighth Annual Report. 1908. 39. Tracy, H. C. The Fishes of Rhode Island, VII. The Life History of the Common Eel. Thirty-ninth Annual Report. 1909. 40. Sullivan, 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, 1908.) 42. Mead, A. D. A Method of Lobster Culture. Thirty-ninth Annual Report. 1909. (Paper Presented Before the International Fishery Congress, Washington, 1909.) 43. Tracy, H. C. Annotated List of Fishes Known to Inhabit the Waters of Rhode Island. Fortieth Annual Report. 1910. 44. Barnes, E. W. Notes on the Spring and Summer Fishing in Deep Water off Newport During the Years 1905-1909. Fortieth Annual Report. 1910. 45. Barnes, E. W. The Plague of Sea Clams at Easton’s Beach, Newport. Fortieth Annual Report. 1910. 46. Hadley, P. B. Additional Notes Upon the Development of the Lobster. Fortieth Annual Report. 1910. 47. Barnes, E. W. Revised Edition of Methods of Protecting and Propagating the Lobster with a Brief Outline of its Natural History. Plates IV-XXIV. Forty-first Annual Report. 1911. 4 Public Document.] Appendix. [No. 18. uf SUjafte dfaUtttb m\h flrnmftettrr plantations. 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. PAWTUCKET EINOTYPING CO., PRINTERS 1919 4 REPORT To Ilis Excellency R. Livingston Beeckman, 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 Assembly, 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. 4 REPORT OE PUBUC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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. By fixing by law the thirty-first of March as the time for filing reports by the railroads and railways as heretofore suggested, the Commission, bv 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 recommended that the provision of the Act relative to the presentation of the Commission’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 Gas 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 report op public utilities commission. 5 W^orks 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 investigated by the agent 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 Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, Old Colony Railroad Company Providence and Worcester Rail Road Company, Providence, Warren & Bristol Railroad Company, Narragansett Pier Railroad Company, Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, and Wood River Branch Railroad Company. There were no changes in the list of operating companies: The 6 REPORT Otf PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, Moshas- suck Valley 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 to its own line, the Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, Old Colony Railroad Company, Providence, Warren & Bristol Railroad Company and Providence and Worcester Rail Road Company. The Narragansett Pier Railroad Company is operated by the The Rhode Island Company, and 1 the operating statistics again, as in the past, are included in the statistics of street railways. CAPITAL STOCK. The total par value of authorized capital stock of the railroads 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 amount reported for the year ending June 30, 1917. The companies reporting outstanding capital stock in excess of $1,000,000.00 are The New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road Company, with a total of $157,1 17,900,00 ; Boston and Provi- dence Railroad Corporation, $3,996,000.00; Old Colony Railroad 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-operating by the operating companies. ASSETS. The total assets reported amount to $542,925,933.05, comprising the following items: road and equipment, $260,304,672.88 ; all other investments, $246,724.78; current assets, $30,239,952.12; deferred assets, $21 1,588.44 ; unadjusted debits, $5,444,719.83. REPORT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 7 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 $11,582,512.88 The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company re- porting an increase of $1 1,562,754.27 ; 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 Company, 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 Valley 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 New York New Haven 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 Valley Railroad Company and $4,622.78 by the Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation. The Wood River Branch Railroad Company reported a decrease of $9,665.47. 8 REPORT OP PUBtTC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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 and 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 Branch 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 Company 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 Ri^PORf OR PUBIyTC UtTUTTIvS COMMISSION. 9 Valley Railroad Company, an increase of $955.23 ; Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, an increase of $5,321.88; the Wood River Branch Railroad Company, a decrease of $42,831.25. OPERATING INCOME. The total operating income reported, $20,519,562.37 was a net decrease of $2,568,912.16, The New York, New Haven 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 operating companies showing an increase, that of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company being $5,352,726.21, Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, $33,- 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 Company an increase of $7,883.81. 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 Valley 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 by The 10 REPORT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, the a- mount being $9,070.02, a decrease of $251.46. NON-OPERATING INCOME. The total non-operating income reported amounted to $10,375- 307.21, The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com- pany showing a decrease of $27,491.10, the Old Colony Railroad 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 Provi- dence Railroad Corporation an increase of $4,927.93, making a net decrease of $30,525.39. The gross income reported amounted to $30,894,869.58, the de- ductions from the gross income, $26,131,442.52. making a net in- come of $4,763,427.06. The gross income as reported was a decrease of $2,600,437.55, reported 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 Company, an increase of $2.97, Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, an increase of $19,750 98, Wood River Branch Railroad Company, 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; Moshas- suck Valley Railroad Company, $39,464.18, Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation,. $639.44; Old Colony Railroad Company, $240.38. The Providence & Worcester Railroad Company reported a decrease of $369.06; Wood River Branch Railroad Company, $4,995.52. The net income reported amounted to $4,/ 63 ,427.06, which was a net decrease of $3,191,36 7.77, reported as follows: The New York, New Haven and llartford Railroad Company, a decrease of $3,150,881.92; Old Colony Railroad Company, a decrease of REPORT OE PUBLIC UTILITIES' COMMISSION. 11 $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 & Bristol Railroad Company, an increase of $2.97. RAILWAY OPERATING REVENUES. The total rail line transportation revenues amounted to $81,833,- 426.76, an increase of $5,338,896.45; The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company’s increase being $5,327,376.69 ; that of the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company, $11,515.61, and that of the Wood River Branch 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 Valley Railroad Company, an increase of $12,177.50 and the Wood River Branch Railroad Company, a decrease of $866.14. The passenger revenues 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 both showed a slight increase. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company reported an increase of $316,036.61 in other rail line transportation 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 increase 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 $22,303.96 and the Wood River Branch Railroad Company, the remainder. RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENSES. The total railway operating expenses reported amounted to $62,064,537.23, a net increase of $7,623,725.35. The New York, 12 report op public UTILITIKS COMMISSION. 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, $52,0 76.63; 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. In transportation expenses there was an increase of $5,182,270.07, 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 of $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 repotted amounted to 21,896,416 miles, and the work service train mileage, 1,407,197 miles. The transportation service? train mileage was divided as fol- lows : freight, 6,843,741 miles, a decrease of 816,966 miles, of which a decrease of 817,261 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 ; passenger, REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 13 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 Company, 19 miles by the Moshassuck Valley Railroad Company 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 R.ailroad Company, 34 miles by the Wood River Branch Railroad Company and 1,343 miles by the Moshassuck 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, The 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- 14 REPORT OE PUBErC UTILITIES COMMISSION. road Company showing an increase of 154,984 miles and the Moshas- suck Valley Railroad Company a small increase ; yard switching, 6.362,402 miles, a decrease of 321,849 miles, The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company showing a decrease of 320,481 miles and the Moshasstick 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 transportation 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 Hartford 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 reported by The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and which was a decrease of 55,073 miles. PASvSENGER 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- REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 15 ford Railroad Company reporting an increase of 6,423,921, the Moshassuck Valley 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 and Hartford Railroad Company reporting an increase of 163,985,855, the Moshas- 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 Company 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-revenue. 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 Company. The ton miles of non- revenue freight was an increase of 37,477,577 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 16 report op public utilities commission. 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 1,261, 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 under 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 Union 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. REPORT OP PUBRIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 17 DIVIDENDS. The total dividends paid by companies owning or operating rail- way lines within the State, amounted to> $1,052,759.00, which was $126,021 less than the amount previously reported. The Bay State Street Railway Company was the only company 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 & Kail River Street IJailway 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. 18 REPORT op rubric utilities commission. 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 reported 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 $2,772,32 1.42, the Newport & Providence Railway Company reporting $18,546.21 ; Bay 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, REPORT OF PUBEIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 19 158.65. 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 be 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 was $3,983,614.94, which was a net 20 REPORT OP RUBRIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. decrease of $941,061.27. Decreases in net operating revenue were reported as follows : Bay State Street Railway Company, $209,- 516.94; The Rhode Island Company, $608,827.51; The Shore Line Electric Railway Company, including amount previously reported 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 : Bay State Street Railway Company, $105,058.52; The Rhode Island Company, $759,414.44; the Shore Line Electric 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; Bay State Street Rail- way Company a decrease of $8,477.77 and the other companies small decreases. The total gross income reported amounted to $3,919,563.41, which was a net decrease of $990,086.25. The Bay 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 Bay State Street Rail- way reported an increase of $75,935.73 ; the Newport and Providence REPORT OP RUBRIC UTTI/TTIRS COMMISSION. 21 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 reported amounted to $545,828.27, which was a net decrease of $1,089,916.23. Decreases in income balances were reported as follows: Ray 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 & P'all 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 111.330,937 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. 22 REPORT OR PUBUC UTHjTlRS COMMISSION. 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 percentage 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 CLASSIFICATION 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 204. 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. REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 23 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 utilities. Two employees, not on duty, the same as in the preceding year, were 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, 241 by street railways and 13 by other utilities. Two non-trespassers, other than a highway traveller, were re- ported killed bv 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 to 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 24 REPORT OI? RUBRIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. UTILITIES REPORTING ACCIDENTS. The various utilities reported accidents as follows : Adams Ex- press Company, seven ; Bay State Street Railway Company, one ; Blackstone Valley Gas and Electric Company, Pawtucket Division, 28 ; Blackstone Valley Gas and Electric Company, Woonsocket Divi- sion. 22; Bristol County Gas and Electric Company, three; James- town & Newport Ferry Company, two; Narragansett Electric Light- 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; Western Union Telegraph Company, two. RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. The total number of railroad accidents reported was 666, which was 57 more than the number reported 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. PERCENTAGE OF PASSENGERS, EMPLOYEES, ETC. 1 lit percentage of passengers, employees, highway travellers and other persons killed and injured to the total number of casualties is shown by the following table : RtfrORT OI? PUBtylC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 25 Passengers Persons under agreement Employees Employees off duty Highway Travellers .... Other non-trespassers . . Trespassers Kilted. 4.00 32.00 8.00 4.00 12.00 40.00 100.00 Injured. 7.21 0.16 78.68 1.41 1.88 8.62 2.04 100.00 Total. 6.94 .30 76.92 1.66 1.96 8.75 3.47 100.00 CHARACTER 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; failing, 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 ofif 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. 26 report OE PUBLIC UTILITIES commission. 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 off trains, a decrease of 14, and 26 in unclassified accidents, a decrease of ten. No passengers were reported injured in collisions, as against two in the preceding year. EMPLOYEES. The total number of employees killed during the year was ten, two of whom were off 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 off moving trains, eight; getting on or off stationary trains, 15; working on track, 67; coupling, two; other, 318. report or puruc utilities commission. 27 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 bv 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 28 REPORT OR RUBRIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. which one person was either killed or injured ; 34 in which two per- sons were either killled or injured; 14 in which three persons were cither 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 eight were either killed or injured; one in which il were either killed or injured and one in which 28 persons were either killed or injured. CLASSIFICATION OF KILLED AND INJURED. Two passengers, two more than the. preceding vear, 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 employees, an increase of 58; two employees not on duty, an increase of one ; 241 highway travellers, an increase of 25 : two non-trespassers, not highway travellers, an increase of one and nine trespassers, 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, five; 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 five 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 REPORT of pubi/ic utilities commission. 29 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 in 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 protected grade crossings on private rights of way and eight of these injured -were injured at similar locations. Two of the persons were 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. 30 REPORT OR RUBRIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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, 73, 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 follows: 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 increase of 47. There was a decrease of two in the number reported injured in derail- ments, REPORT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 31 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 in leaving moving cars. OTHER UTILITY ACCIDENTS. Utilities other than railroads and railways reported 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; Blackstone 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 32 REPORT op public utilities commission. 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. report or public utilities commission. 33 INVESTIGATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE RHODE ISLAND COMPANY. Following are the findings of the Special Commission for the Investigation 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. j 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 Company, ” 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 : “SEC. 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 of. the rates of fare charged by it, or of its transfer system, or other modifications in its system of fares and transfers, as sudi 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.” 34 REPORT op public utilities commission. 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 provisions 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 equitable, and in accordance with the provisions of said Section 2 the said Special Commission for the Investigation of the 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, are modified as follows : Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer Zone's. 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 Olneyville Square, Providence. 1. Providence Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer Zone. The Providence single five cent fare and transfer zone shall in- REPORT op public utilities commission. 35 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 : LINES. 1. Pawtucket-Hope Street. 2. Pawtucket lines. 3. Smithfield Avenue. 4. Woonsocket. 5. Branch Avenue-Douglas Av- enue. 6. Centredale, Chepachet. 7. Manton Avenue. 8. Hartford Avenue. 9. Danielson Connection. 10. Plainfield 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. Edge wood. 20. Riverside, Bristol. 21. Taunton Avenue. 22. Taunton Connection. • 23. Luthers Corners. 24. Rumford, Hunts Mills. 25. Phillipsdale. PARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT. At Providence city line, on Hope Street. 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 Street, Providence, near turn out. At Ridgeway Street, Providence. 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 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 Ingrahams Corner, East Providence. On Taunton Avenue, at cross-over iust 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, En=t Providence. On North Broadwav at Walker Avenue, East Providence, 36 REPORT op public UTILITIES 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. FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT. 1. Pawtucket-Hope Street. 2. Providence Lines. 3. Smithfield Avenue. 4. Mineral Spring Avenue. 5. Prospect Hill. 6. John Street. 7. Broad Street. 8. North Attleboro. 9. Benefit Street. 10. Attleboro. 11. Pawtucket-East Providence. 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. At Pawtucket-East Providence Line. 3. Woonsocket 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 a centre. The single five cent street car lines, entering and 1 LINES. 1. Pascoag. 2. Worcester Consolidated. 3. Milford-Attleboro and Woon- socket. 4. Providence. 5. Manville. Main Street turnout, Woonsocket as are and transfer limits on the several saving this zone are indicated below: FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT. At Branch River Bridge. At State line, Woonsocket. At State line, Woonsocket. One-half mile south of city line of Woonsocket, upon private right of way. At junction of Cumberland and Mendon Roads. REPORT Otf PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 37 4. Clyde Square, River Point t 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. 1. Providence. 2. Washington. 3. Hope. 4. Rocky Point. 5. Crompton. LOCAL FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT. Near Westcott turn out. At Cemetery. At Fiskeville. Near Westcott turn out. At end of line, Crompton. 5. Cranston Local Single Five Cent Fare and Transfer Z.one. The existing local five cent fare and transfer limits within the city of Cranston shall be continued. 6. Bast Providence Loco . jf 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 : LINES. L Phillipsdale. 2. Pawtucket-East Providence. 3. Rumford-Hunts Mills 4. Taunton Connection. 5. Taunton Avenue. 6. Luthers Corners, Fall River Connection. 7. Riverside. Olncyville Local Five Cent Ft A five cent fare shall entitle LOCAL FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT. Red Bridge-end of line at Phillipsdale. On Roger Williams Avenue, at Nelson Street-Boyden Heights. Red Bridge-end of line at Hunts Mills. Washington Bridge-State line, Taunton Avenue. Washington Bridge-terminus on Taun- ton Avenue. Washington Bridge-State line, Warren • Avenue. Washington Bridge-Boyden Heights. re Zone. a passenger to travel between Olney- 38 report or public UTILITIES commission. ville Square and the following 1 termini, in either direction, without any transfer privilege, viz. : Centerda'le 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- 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 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 report op public utilities commission. 39 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 Boyden 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 Slaterville into Woonsocket, nine cents, with a transfer privilege in Woonsocket. On the Woonsocket-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 : INTERURBAN AND SUBURBAN EINES. 40 REPORT Otf PUBIviC UTILITIES commission. O O to O to O O CO VO 00 Ov VO I'' CM n 00 in 1M!M (M CM 0\t^0\0t^00 Tl-<\ir'%rH.'M’3-CMco 1-OOlflHH 00 Hf H 1-H CM CO co co co co < CM co co CM i ro CM VO to VO to Ov Ov to VO 3 -Q 3 CO ^ -o I c.S rt i— r 2 3 C -c fl 2'o O 03 "C T3 "C "O 03 o o o o o o PuPhPhPl,Pl,P4 ri CM to rf if, vo 3 c3 'oP -1 be Ph <0 o “20 P4 U7 2 §5 v u U i in #0 (0 - - s s g * S.'S IS ° (U :> > > ^Ph 0J CQ D co Q < £ PQ P4 £ W 55 ro vn in *0 .g*a t" t» > >h rt rt 2 2 S PlhPhPhC^W r-l C l CO Tj- IT) 2 c £ C o u o Oh U c/)Ph RLPOlFf OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 41 Providence Seven Cent Pare Limits. The seven-cent fare limits on the several street car lines entering and leaving the Providence transfer zone are indicated be!iow : LINES. SEVEN CENT FARE LIMIT. 1. Pawtucket-Hope Street. 2. Pawtucket. 3. Smithfield Avenue. 4. Woonsocket. 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. Thornton and Hughesdale. 13. Dyer Avenue. 14. Cranston Street. 15. River Point. 16. Reservoir Avenue. 17. Elmwood 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. 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, 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- tation, round trip, and trip tickets, as now in use on the Danielson 42 report op public utilities commission. and Sea View lines, except that excursion tickets at less than the regular rates may he sold between Providence and Narragansett Pier or Wakefield. Location of Intermediate 7,one 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 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 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. Modification of Fates of Fare and Transfer System. 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 effective 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. BLISS, WILLIAM C. BLISS, GEO. H. NEWHALL, Special Commission for the Investigation of the Affairs of the Rhode Island Company. REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 43 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, ADJUDGED AND DECREED: 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 equitable. 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 OJneyville Square, 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. 1. Pawtucket-Hope Street. 2. Pawtucket lines. 3. Smithfield Avenue. 4. Woonsocket. 5. Branch Avenue-Douglas Av- enue. 6. Centredale, Chepachet. FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT. At Providence city line, on Hope Street 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 Street, Providence, near turn out. At Ridgeway Street, Providence. 7. Manton Avenue. 44 REPORT op PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 8. Hartford Avenue. At Lowell Avenue, Providence. 9. Danielson Connection. At Lowell Avenue, Providence. 10. Plainfield Street. At intersection Lowell Avenue, Provi- dence. 11. Dyer Avenue. At Cranston-Providence city line, on Dyer Avenue. 12. Cranston Street. At Cranston car house, on Cranston Street. 13. River Point. At Providence-Cranston city line, on Reservoir Avenue. 14. Reservoir Avenue. At Providence-Cranston city line, on Reservoir Avenue. 15. Elmwood Avenue. At entrance to Roger Williams Park, on Elmwood Avenue. 16. East Greenwich, At entrance to Roger Williams Park, on Elmwood Avenue. 17. Broad Street. At Providence-Cranston city line, on Broad Street. 18. Rocky Point. At Providence-Cranston city line, on Broad Street. 19. Edgewood. At Providence-Cranston city line, on Maryland Avenue. 20. Riverside, Bristol. At Ingrahams Corner, East Providence. 21. Taunton Avenue. On Taunton Avenue, at cross-over just east of Broadway Six Corners, East Providence. 22. Taunton Connection. On Taunton Avenue, at cross-over just east of Broadway Six Corners, East Providence. 23. Luthers Corners. At Broadway Six Corners, East Provi- dence. 24. Rumford, Hunts Mills. On North Broadway at Walker Avenue, East Providence. 25. Phillipsdale. On North Broadway at Walker Avenue, East Providence. 2. Pawtucket Single Five Cent Pare 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. report op tubuc utilities commission. 45 The single five cent fare an< car lines entering and leaving LINES. 1. Pawtucket- Hope Street. 2. Providence Lines. 3. Smithfield Avenue. 4. Mineral Spring Avenue. 5. Prospect Hill. 6. John Street. 7. Broad Street. 8. North Attleboro. 9. Benefit Street. 10. Attleboro. 11. Pawtucket-East Providence. 1 transfer limits on the several street 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. At Pawtucket-East Providence Line. 3. Woonsocket 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 : LINES. 1. Pascoag. 2. Worcester Consolidated. 3. Mil ford- Attleboro and Woon- socket. 4. Providence. 5. Manville. FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT. At Branch River Bridge. At State line, Woonsocket. At State line, Woonsocket. One-half mile south of city line of Woonsocket, upon private right of way. 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 46 report of public UTILITIES commission. 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. 2. Washington. 3. Hope. 4. Rocky Point. 5. Crompton. Near Westcott turn out. At Cemetery. At Fiskeville. Near Westcott turn out. 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. Bast 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 : LINES. 1. Phillipsdale. 2. Pawtucket-East Providence. 3. Rumford-Hunts Mills. 4. Taunton Connection. 5. Taunton Avenue. 6. Luther’s Corner-Fail River Connection. 7. Riverside. LOCAL FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT. Red Bridge-end of line at Phillipsdale. On Roger Williams Avenue, at Nelson Street-Boyden Heights. Red Bridge-end of line at Hunts Mills. Washington Bridge-State line, Taunton Avenue. Washington Bridge-terminus on Taun- ton Avenue. Washington Bridge-State line, Warren Avenue. Washington Bridge-Boyden Heights Olneyville Local Five Cent Fare Zone. A five cent fare shall entitle a passenger to travel between Olney- ville Square and the following termini, in either direction, without any transfer privilege, viz.: REPORT op public utilities commission. 47 Centerda'le via Manton Avenue. Terminus at Manton Village. Providence city line on Hartford Avenue. Thornton and ITughesdale. Terminus of Dyer Avenue iine at Cranston Street. lutcrurban and Suburban LAnes. 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- 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 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 Oaklawn line is 7.31 miles in length with a 48 REPORT OP PUBUC UTILITIES COMMISSION. I ' five cent fare from the Providence centre, and the seven cent fare limit has been placed at Knightsville. vSpecial 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 Boyden 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-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, and 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: INTERURBAN AND SUBURBAN LINES. REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. V cC c'S VONHfOWTf CM rH CM CM CM CM Ov o I— i»-tu->r<0O\O>ON o V ^-i»-i000 0 Tf 00 rH ON 00 00 VO *0 VO VO VO VO 'Onl-CMOOVOoOt^O PO o O O o O\KCT\OK00 ro OfOO"!NOOr' VO Tj-osvooo^--* O E f. 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  • °« O M *- y Ph "h-* O g y «:s So c'S y 5 itg 01 P-I e 2 rt 2 *P? rt ’y > y O O >- C/3 Ph 50 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Providence Seven Cent F'are Limits. The seven-cent fare limits on the several street car lines entering and leaving the Providence transfer zone are indicated below : LINES. 1. Pawtucket-Hope Street. 2. Pawtucket. 3. Smithfield Avenue. 4. Woonsocket. 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. Thornton and Hughesdale. 13. Dyer Avenue. 14. Cranston Street. 15. River Point. 16. Reservoir Avenue. 17. Elmwood Avenue. 18. East Greenwich. 19. Broad Street. 20. Rocky Point. 21. Riverside; Bristol. 22. Taunton Avenue. 23. Taunton Connection. 24. Luthers Corners ; Fall River Conne’ction. 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, 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- REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 51 tation, round trip, and trip tickets, as now in use on the Danielson and Sea View lines, except that excursion tickets at less than the 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 passenger 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 fast 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 Rates of Fare and Transfer System. When to Become Effective. The Rhode Island Company shall file with the Public Utilities Commission new schedules of rates of fare and transfer regulations and a cancellation of such existing rates of fare and transfer regula- tions as may be necessary to place in effect the determination herein made, such new schedules to become effective on or before April 1, 1918, upon at least five days’ notice to the Public Utilities Commis- sion 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 this seventh day of March, A. D. 1918. WILLIAM C. BLISS, SAMUEL E. HUDSON, ROBERT E. RODMAN, Commissioners. 52 REPORT OP PUBUC UTILITIES COMMISSION. The following Act of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island approved March 19, 1918, entitled “An Act Repealing Section 3 of Chapter 1516 of the Public Laws passed at the January Session, A. D. 1917,” entitled ‘An Act Providing for an Investiga- tion of the Affairs of The Rhode Island Company/ ordered re- corded : “It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows : Section 1 . Section 3 of Chapter 1516 of the Public Laws passed at the January session A. D. 1917, entitled “An Act providing for an investigation of the affairs of The Rhode Island Company,” is hereby repealed and the authority therein conferred upon the public utilities commission is hereby revoked, and any and all orders issued by said commission under the author- ity of said section 3, are hereby annulled and revoked, and said commission is hereby directed not to order any change to be made in the fares charged by “The R-hde Island Company” until further ordered by the General As- sembly. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.” March 27, 1918. 'The following Act of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island approved April 18, 1918, designated as Chapter 1624 of the Public Laws of Rhode Island, entitled “An Act authorizing the Public Utilities Commission to approve an increase in the fares charged by The Rhode Island Company,” is ordered recorded : It is. enacted by the General Assembly as follows : Section 1 . That the determination of the Special Commission appointed under the provisions of Chapter 1516 of the Public Laws, passed at the Tan- uarv session, 1917, modifying the rates of fare charged by The Rhode Island Company, and its transfer system, and its system of rates and transfers, and which said determination has been certified to the Public Utilities Commis- sion in accordance with said Chapter 1516 of the Public Laws, is hereby ratified and confirmed, and said Public Utilities Commission is hereby di- rected to order The Rhode Island Company to make such modification of the rates of fare charged by it and of its transfer system, and such other modifications in its system of fares and transfers as said Special Commission has so determined and certified ; 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 REPORT oe public UTILITIES commission. 53 whenever in its opinion the public interest shall so demand and the affairs of The Rhode Island Company shall warrant. The Rhode Island Company shall file with the Public Utilities Commission 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 effective on or after May 1, 1918. upon at least five days’ notice to the Public Utilities Commission and the public; provided that the Public Utilities Com- mission may, for cause shown by The Rhode Island Company, extend the date upon which such new schedules shall become effective. The schedules of rates of fare and transfer regulations herein ratified and confirmed shall continue in force during the remainder of the war with the Imperial German Government and for a further period of one year after a treaty of peace shall have been signed by the warring nations, unless sooner abrogated or changed by the public utilities commission in accordance with law. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.” April 26, 1918. 54 REPORT OF PUBLIC UtlU^lES COMMISSION. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Tn the Matter of the Report and Determination of the J Special Commission for the Investigation of the Af- >No. 0421 . fairs of The Rhode Island Company, j The General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island at the Jan- uary Session, A. D. 1918, by the provisions of Chapter 1624, of the Public Laws, approved April 18, 1918, authorized the Public Utili- ties Commission to approve an increase in the fares charged bv The Rhode Island Company. Said Chapter 1624 reads as follows: “AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO APPROVE AN INCREASE IN THE FARES CHARGED BY THE RHODE ISLAND COMPANY. It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows : Section 1. That the determination of the Special Commission appointed under the provisions o>f Chapter 1516 of the Public Laws, passed at the January session, 1917, modifying the rates of fare charged by The Rhode Island Company, and its transfer system, and its system of rates and trans- fers, and which said determination has been certified to the Public Utilities Commission in accordance with said Chapter 1516 of the Public Laws, is hereby ratified and confirmed, and said Public Utilities Commission is hereby directed to order The Rhode Island Company to make such modification of the rates of fare charged by it and of its transfer system, and such other modifications in its system of fares and transfers as said Special Commission has so determined and certified; 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 Com- mission whenever in its opinion the public interest shall so demand and the affairs of The Rhode Island Company shall warrant. The Rhode Island Company shall file with the Public Utilities Commission 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 REPORT OE PUBIJC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 55 to place in effect the determination herein made, such new schedules to be- come effective on or after May 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. The schedules of rates of fare and transfer regulations herein ratified and confirmed shall continue in force during the remainder of the war with the Imperial German Government and for a further period of one year after a treaty of peace shall have been signed by the warring nations, unless sooner abrogated or changed by the public utilities commission in accordance with law. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.” In accordance with the authority and direction contained in said Chapter 1624 of the Public Laws. It is ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED: 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 equitable. 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 sha'il be provided for Cranston and East Providence. A local five cent fare zone shall be provided from Olneyville Square, Provi- dence. 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. 56 REPORT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. The single five cent fare and transfer limits car lines entering and leaving this LINES. 1. Pawtucket-Hope Street. 2. Pawtucket lines. 3. Smithfield Avenue. 4. Woonsocket. 5. Branch Avenue-Douglas Av- enue. 6. Centredale, Chepachet. 7. Manton Avenue. 8. Hartford Avenue. 9. Danielson Connection. 10. Plainfield 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. 20. Riverside, Bristol. 21. Taunton Avenue. 22. Taunton Connection. 23. Luthers Corners. 24. Rumford, Hunts Mills. 25. Phillipsdale. on the several street zone are indicated below : FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT. At Providence city line, on Hope Street. 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 Street, Providence, near turn out. At Ridgeway Street, Providence. At Lowell Avenue, Providence. At Lowell Avenue, Providence. At intersection Lowell Avenue, Provi- dence. At Cranston-Providence Dyer Avenue. city line, on At Cranston car house. Street. on Cranston At Providence-Cranston Reservoir Avenue. city line, on At Providence-Cranston Reservoir Avenue. city line, on At entrance to Roger Williams Elmwood Avenue. Park, on At entrance to Roger Williams Elmwood Avenue. Park, on At Providence-Cranston Broad Street. city line, on At Providence-Cranston Broad Street. city line, on At Providence-Cranston Maryland Avenue. city line. on At Ingrahams 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 North Broadway at Walker Avenue, East Providence. IMPORT OF PUBLIC 'UTILITIES COMMISSION. 57 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 approximately two miles from Main Street Scjuare as a centie, ex- cepting in the direction of Providence, where the city limits of Pawtucket and Providence shall continue as the transfer limit be- tween 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. 1. Pawtucket-Hope Street. 2. Providence Lines. 3. Smithfield Avenue. 4. Mineral Spring Avenue. 5. Prospect Hill. 6. John Street. 7. Broad Street. North Attleboro. Benefit Street. 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, cn 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. 10. Attleboro. At State Line, Central Avenue, Paw- tucket. 11. Pawtucket-East Providence. At Pawtucket-East Providence Line. 3. Woonsocket 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 sev- eral street car lines entering- and leaving this zone are indicated below : LINES. 1. Pascoag. 2. Worcester Consolidated. 3. Milford-Attleboro and Woon- socket. 4. Providence. 5. Manviile. FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT. At Branch River Bridge. At Slate line, Woonsocket. At State line, Woonsocket. On^-half mile south of city line of Woonsocket, upon private right of way. At iunctioij of Cumberland and Mendon Roads. 58 REPORT OR PUBUC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 4. Clyde Square , River Point , Single Five Cent Fore 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. 1. Providence. 2. Washington. 3. Hope. 4. Rocky Point. 5. Crompton. LOCAL FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT. > ear Wcstcott turn out. At Cemetery. At Fiskeville. Near Westcott turn out. 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. Bast 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 are indicated below : LINES. 1. Phillipsdale. 2. Pawiucket-East Providence. 3. Rumford-Hunts Mills 4. Taunton Connection. 5. Taunton Avenue. 6. Luthers Corners, Fall River Connection. 7. Riverside. lines entering and leaving this zone LOCAL FARE AND TRANSFER LIMIT. Red Bridge- end of line at Phillipsdale. On Roger Williams Avenue, at Nelson Street-Boyden Heights. Red Bridge-end of line at Hunts Mills. Washington Bridge-State line, Taunton Avenue. Washington Bridge-terminus on Taun- ton Avenue. Washington Bridge-State line, Warren Avenue. Washington Bridge-Boyden Heights. REPORT oi? PUBLIC UTlIjTlItS COMMISSION. 59 Olneyville 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. Thlfnton 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- 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 60 REPORT OR PUBLIC UTirjTlIvS commission. 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 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 Boyden 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-Manvi'i'le 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 internrban 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 : INTERURBAN AND SUBURBAN LINES REPORT 01' PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 61 -< coCMcoonOnOn^o CM t". v^OO On ON ! M- M" CM rn n'tio'tvonio'o ■Or- OVOOnOJNN CMCMCMt-hCm’cococM OnONhonT O ro — I t'* CM rt ,-h trS M- CM* no nNinNnr- i oo cm COOVONt-HnO\IS NO u-j on On vo no jj-s-S S.s o oPh 2 ° -g, G b iO^.S •« •m to£»P-t G cfl >n G rt oPh s’? S3' ^ O G ... O O O o O O O oooooo o C d fl fl G oooooo o > oj PH^^PnOnPL, P-j 1 -i CM CO M" VO no O O j? G G § ' OOO^O^CJ^ WCfloO-TlIU'/J ^oWO^Ph 07 ’0 t! o o G ypL S G G O G oot:>>o> oo^goooo 03 U U K. 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PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 89 o o o ooo O^vo .-TcvTco v-» t-N fo :>+j Zo <1 . tu ^ s & o« O r bfl CO 3 OtC wS gs W o A- •— i >03 go P-< U W > H *< Pi < O u • O O^w ^ rr oT ^ 1-1 VO VO O' ov (OON o o o O O o ^ owoo ooo O O o _ o' o' ON Ov VO CM CO OO^fvf OOO O O O t'-" °i r* vocvTro Ov Ovio rf v-l tOVCN AhS ooo ooo ^ ^ — < O O ov Ov ro 00 vf t-i rriOOO . oCooo oo,g>£ cj o«u § ^ <« -5 a bo C r-yps uw r oo 90 report of publi utilities commission. W 6 o ^ I W £ 2 S >8 § s o 5 Q 2 c < ^ o a < »hk X 00 VO O v co tr> Ov VO m- n- o\fOM«innvn PO ts VD (O O VO 00 to © O O O O o to tN. VO C© VC O CO CO VC CO 1-H CM Ov VC 00 CM O CM Ov Ov CO t'* cm CO CM U-J I— i a g co VO 00 H CM^O vo CM tT 00 CM co VC O O rH O OO O t-> Ov co t>. O VO Cn. cl M* ^ i-h 00 00 00‘v , o H too CM O ° Q O O © I CM to cl- o ihNOovO , CO o M- r-< o c • ■- • i£ 2* to s y oo s 2 ~ > c ^ OoJi«« h a o o § 1 . £? : 73 3 o . a -c ^ 8 n! 8 . 3 §3 •a o« *5 «Ph'; C.s •£po 0-5.5 Ph II Lc 2 2 3 3 • - d t-< cn < h 5 ■> k 3 to a G jr" X cn j O . 3 ’§ l-H OV VO co O © CO O ( o o o < CnT sts of the Company based upon prices of materials and charges for labor in May, 1918, upon the same basis as Mr. Adams, and the comparison is indicated below : Adams. Russell. Difference. Net cost gas materials Manufacturing Labor, Total plant repairs and all depreciation, Taxes, Other Expenses, 50.10 cts. '7.70 16.00 5.39 10.00 53.67 cts 7.70 25.62 6.67 13.08 3.57 cts. 0 9.62 1.28 3.08 Total cost and depreciation, Interest and Dividends, 89.19 16.40 106.74 27.50 17.55 11.10 Total, 105.59 cts. 134.24 cts. 28.65 cts. 104 REPORT PUBtIC UtlUTl^S commission. 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 the 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 Mr. Adams has seen fit to classify as “Total Plant Repairs and all Depreciation.” It 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 neecssary 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 RLpOR? OR PUBLIC UTILITIES COM MINION. 105 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 the item which Mr. Adams has seen fit to classify as repairs for month of May, 1918, as appears on page 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 Water 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 Gas $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 7.496 Deducting this amount for the purpose of determining the actual expense of repairs : Cents per M sold. Total Repairs per Adams $33,013 19.22 Less above items not repairs 12,864 7.49 Balance Repairs $20,149 11.73 106 REPORT OR PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Mr. Adams although at first testifying that in his opinion five cents per M sold was an adequate depreciation allowance, later ad- mitted that in view of the increased cost of materials and labor now prevailing he would not say that the company’s estimate of 6.4 cents per 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 which 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 expended 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 pleased to call “Construction in Repairs” of $16,282.20 or 9.48 cents per M sold. It 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 material 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 Five) he must have based 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 Comm is- report otf public utilities commission. 107 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 GAS 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 Ft. = .102 per M Cu. ft.” The repair expense per M sold may then be compared : Per M Sold. Depreciation. Total. James T. Swan. January to June, 1918 10.2 cts. 6.4 16.6 Exhibit One Company. May, 1918. 11.7 6.4 18.1 Alton D. Adams estimate. May, 1918. 11. 6.4 17.4 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 Mr. Adams to be sufficient to offset depreciation as he has alleged. 108 REPORT OR public UTILITIES commission. T axes. 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 on 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. Adams for this item, that the amounts improperly included under his item “Total 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 allow- 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 will 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. We 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 the Massachusetts cities of Fall River, Springfield and Worcester, for the purpose of throwing light upon this question. The accountant of the Commission has made this REPORT of public utilities commission. 109 comparison as appears by the last sheet of Exhibit 24, and the total in cents per M manufactured, for the items Distribution Ex- pense, Commercial Expense, General Expense and New Business for the year 1917, the figures representing for Providence the calendar year 1917, and those for the Massachusetts 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, Commercial Exp. 7.481 cts. 6.492 cts. 12.009 cts. 6.874 cts. General Exp. New Business 10.743 8.258 5.429 5.892 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 comparison 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 affect 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- no REPORT OE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. priving the consumer of certain elements of service to which he has long been accustomed, it is here and here only that economies to suit the emergency conditions can possibly be effected. While we believe that the estimate of Mr. Adams of 10 cents for such “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 clearly 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 ieave but 4.3% for a dividend upon the capital stock outstanding. The Commission is asked by Mr. Adams to ignore the sworn testimony of the fact that every share of the capital stock of the Company, 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. REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Ill No evidence lias been produced in this investigation to show that the fair value or 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 $7,906,801, and deducting 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 appear 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. 112 REPORT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. TABI/E J. PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY COMPARATIVE STATEMENT COST PER 1,000 FEET. 1917. 1918. Per 1,000 Manuf’d. Per 1,000 Manuf'd. Amount. Cents. Amount. Cents. Gross Income. Minimum Charge Metered Charge $ 4,582.04 1,799,507.75 $■ 3,482.69 1,066,353.64 Gross Sales Less Discount $1,804,089.79 6,743.76 86.550 $1,069,836.33 96.396 Net Sales Expenses. $1,797,346.03 86.227 $1,069,836.33 96.396 Mfg. Coal Gas $ 274,107.63 35.915 $ 162,751.72 67.419 Mfg. Water Gas 488,802.64 36.996 514,930.51 59.296 Total Mfg. Cost Less Gas in Holders $ 762,910.27 36.600 $ 677,6 82.23 1,643.85 Net Mfg. Cost Distribution Commercial $ 762,910.27 155,928.44 138,524.11 36.600 $ 676,038.38 $ 95,499.40 76,3 32.35 60.914 General New Business Taxes r 63,531.07 21,867.23 124,163.82 24.181 36,465.00 11,450.18 66,000.00* 25.747 '1 otal Expense $1,266,924.94 60.781 $ 961,785.31 86.661 Net Income $ 530,421.09 25.446 $ 108,051.02 9.735 Interest 29,147.64 1.398 32,764.80 2.952 Balance to Profit and Loss $ 501,273.45 24.048 $ 75,286.22 6.783 Coal Gas Manufactured 763.215M 241,418M Water Gas Manufactured 1,321,214M 868.399M Total Output 2,084,429M 1,109,817M *Accrued. The net income of the Company per 1,000 cu. 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- report or public utilities commission. 113 predation 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 differentia 1 ! 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. Amount. New Rate. Amount. Increase. 25,663.2 $ .55 $ 14,114.77 $ .55 $ 14,114.77 39,469.3 .75 29,601.72 1.04 41,048.07 11,446.35 22,119.3 .80 17,695.42 1.04 23,004.07 5,308.65 32,828.9 . .85 27,904.60 1.10 36,111.79 8,207.19 66,302.3 .90 59,672.11 1.17 77,573.69 17,901.58 68,964.7 .95 65,516.40 1.23 84,826.58 19,310.18 632,421.1 1.00 632,421.19 1.30 1.25 822,147.43 189,726.24 11,527.3 1.05 12,103.67 1.32 15,216.03 3,112.36 175,494.1 1.10 193,043.58 1.38 242,181.85 49,138.27 4,846.7 1.15 5,573.72 1.45 7,027.71 1,453.98 86.8 1.20 104.16 1.20 104.16 2,179. 1.25 2,723.73 1.25 2,723.73 115.8 f 1.35 158.48 ( 1.35 158.48 { 1-45 U-45 1,060,633.56 1,366,238.36 305,604.80 Increase for average month, $50,934.13. Il4 REPORT op public utilities commission. 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. The rate for a'll 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 onc,e 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 bv the Fuel Administration to secure the necessary gas coal, to materially re- duce its manufacturing 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. • 1 “ 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, they will no longer be able to serve the public efficiently, as it is a demon- REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 115 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.” it!********** 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: For the first 5,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, For the next 5,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, For the next 40,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, For the next 75,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, For all in excess of 125,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, For gas sold in the Riverside District of East Pr For the first 5.000 cu. ft. used in any one month, For the next 5,000 cu. .ft. used in any one month, For the next 40,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, For the next 75,000 cu. ft. used in any one month, For all in excess of 125,000 cu. ft, used in any one month, Gross. Net. $1.40 $1.30 1.33 • 1.23 1.27 1.17 1.20 no 1.14 1.04 idence : Gross. Net. $1.55 $1.45 1.48 1.38 1.42 1.32 1.35 1.25 1.29 1.19 116 report oe pubeic utilities commission. 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) REPORT OR public UTlLHlRS commission. 117 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 N umber One : “PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND. Commission On It's Own Motion ^ vs. j^No. 43. Thr Rhodr 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, and 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, (433) It is hereby ORDERED: First : That pending the decision of the Commission upon the propriety of the proposed changes and as to the reasonableness of the rates therein contained, the taking effect of the changes proposed 118 report of public utilities commission. 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.” report or public utilities commission. 119 PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND. Commission On It’s Own Motion "I vs. J- No. 43. The Rhode Island Company. J 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 to 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 public 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 120 REPORT or public utilities commission. Board, but also ini 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 a'iso 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 Deficiency $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 De- 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 : report public utilities commission. 121 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. 122 REPORT op public utilities commission. tablk l. THE RHODE ISLAND COMPANY. Calendar Year. 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 1917. Actual. Amount. Per cent. Operating Revenue. Part of Each Nickel. $6,000,602 100. 5. 4,519,003 75.3 3.765 $1,481,599 24.7 1.235 655,250 10.9 .545 $826,349 13.8 .690 115,482 1.9 .095 941,821 15.7 .785 1,161,544 19.3 .965 83,100 1.4 .070 197,428 3.3 .165 $1,442,072 24.0 1.200 $10,441 0.2 2,168 $1,454,681 24.2 1.210 *$512,850 *8.5 *.425 Deficit. report public utiErtiES commission. 123 TABLE M. THE RHODE ISLAND COMPANY. 1918. Actual for first Seven Months and Estimated for Remaining Five Months. (Includes Wage Award from July 19, 1918.) Calendar Year. Amount. Per cent. Operating Revenue. Part of Each Nickel. Total Operating Revenue $6,222,815 100. 5. Eess Total Operating Expenses 5,463,020 87.8 4.390 Net Operating Revenue $759,795 12.2 .610 Eess Taxes ^ 684,500 11.0 .550 Net Operating Revenue Eess Taxes $75,295 1.2 .060 Other Revenue 115,000 1.8 .090 Total Income $190,295 3.0 .150 Fixed Charges: Rentals $1,161,544 18.7 -.935 Interest on Funded Debt 83,100 1.3 .065 Interest on Unfunded Debt 223,624 3.6 .180 Total Rent and Interest $1,468,268 23.6 1.180 Discount Amortization * $10,440 0.2 Miscellaneous Debits 2,200 TOTAE FIXED CHARGES $1,480,908 23.8 1.190 NET INCOME *$1,290,613 * 20.8 *1.040 Deficit. 124 REPORT Otf PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TABLE N. THE RHODE ISLAND COMPANY. 1919. Estimated. Includes Wage Award. Calendar Year. Amount. Per cent. Operating Revenue. Part of Each Nickel. Total Operating Revenue $6,464,000 100. 5. Less Total Operating Expenses 6,198,670 95.9 4.795 Net Operating Revenue $265,330 4.1 .205 Less Taxes 711,000 11.0 .55 Net Operating Revenue Less Taxes *$445,670 *6.9 *.345 Other Revenue 115,000 1.8 .090 Total Income *$330,670 *5.1 *.255 Fixed Charges: Rentals $1,161,544 18.0 .900 Interest on Funded Debt 83,100 1.3 .065 Interest on Unfunded Debt 223,624 3.4 .170 Total Rent and Interest $1,468,268 22.7 1.135 Discount Amortization $10,440 0,2 Miscellaneous Debits • ,, T - #tTT . 2,200 TOTAL FIXED CHARGES $1,480,908 22.9 1.145 net income *$1,811,578 *28.0 *1.400 Deficit. REPORT op public utilities commission. 125 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 fa'll 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 twdlve 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- 126 REPORT OP PUBUC UTILITIES COMMISSION. gineering 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. Eniery 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 2.4 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 theoretically 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 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 127 schedule is 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 Avenue Line. The five cent fare limit should be placed at Veazie Street. Hughesdale. The village of Hughesdale should be included 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 Square. Tauton Avenue , Taunton Connection , Fall River Connection. In order that the track mileage distance should reasonably compare with that of other lines, the five cent fare limit should be placed 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. Pazvtucket-Cumberland Hill. Establish an over lap for South bound passengers making zone from Barrett Street to Town Hall, Val'ley Falls. The first intermediate zone north bound should ex- tend from Railroad Crossing to Barrett Street, and the second from Barrett Street to Pole No. 487. 128 report oe public utilities commission. Buttonwoods and Rocky Point Lines. Third intermediate zone should extend from Palace Garden to Conimicut, which has a per- manent population. Fourth intermediate zone should extend from Conimicut to Fongmeadow. Fifth intermediate zone should extend from Longmeadow to Meadow View or Rocky Point. These modifications will relieve to some extent the residents of Conimicut and Longmeadow, while in no way violating the theory of the rate system. Providence-Bast Greenwich. Fourth intermediate zone should extend from Hills Grove to Town Hal'l 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 Wickford, and the sixth intermediate zone should extend from Wickford to Green Farm. It must be remembered that the Commission has before it an ap- plication 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 United 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:’ report op public utilities commission. 129 “We have recommended to the President that special congressional legis- lation 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 railways and the municipalities in which they operate. The just 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 given, because of the immediate pressure for money receipts now to keep the street railways running so that they may meet 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 present exigency. In justice the public should pay an adequate war compensation for a service which cannot be rendered except for war prices. The credit of these companies in floating bonds is gone. Their ability to borrow on short nr*es is most limited. In the face of added expenses which this and other awards of needed and fair compensation to their employees will involve, such credit will completely disappear. Bankruptcy, receiverships and demoraliza- tion, with failure of service, 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 agencies should be a command in the present emergency, and these substantially increased rates of fare, to a large 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 United 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 Burrillville 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 130 REPORT OP RUBRIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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. I). 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 report or public utilities commission. 131 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. 132 REPORT OP PUBUC UTILITIES COMMISSION. “PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF RHODE ISLAND. City oe Newport vs. Newport Water Works Edward L. Spencer Et Al vs. Newport Water Works These complaints, one hied by the City of Newport and the other 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, the cases were heard jointly, hearings being held on the 18th and 28th days of August, 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, Esq. 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 public highways of such town or city for supplying the inhabitants of such town or city with water, for such term of time and upon such terms 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 PI. Norman made a proposition to CNo. 4. l {.No. 15. J REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 133 “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 H. 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- 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 all 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 Beach to the Bridge constructed over the Creek at the Easterly end of the said Beach, at the Middletown line be conveyed to the said Norman. 134 report or public utilities commission. 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 said 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 majority of arbitrators appointed for the purpose, one by said City, one by said Norman or his representa- th r es, and a third by the two so chosen by said parties hereto re- spectively.” Now Therefore Know All Men. 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 report op public utilities commission. 135 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 presence of J. Truman Burdick Francis B. Peckham Jr. 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 PI. 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. City of Newport by (Seal) David M. Coggeshall, City Treas. 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 136 REPORT OE PUBUC utilities COMMISSION. and water rights at Lawton’s Valley in the Town of Portsmouth, the said act being as follows : It is enacted bv 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 Valley, 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 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. 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 REPORT 0 $ RUBRIC UTlRlTlRS COMMISSION. 137 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 Union Street, about four acres belonging to Edward Almy, and about twenty-two acres belonging to Edward Sisson. And upon taking ^ny 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 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 o*f the supreme court. Sex. 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 by 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 Norman, 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 disatisfiecl 138 REPORT op public utilities COMMISSION. 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 shall 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 shall from time to time provide; report op public utilities commission. 139 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. Sec. 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 Law- ton’s Valley, in the Town of Portsmouth, and of Easton’s Pond, in Newport and Middletown, and to acquire, as hereinafter indicated, 140 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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 val'iey 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 Bliss 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 land, 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 h. Thurs- REPORT OP RUBRIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 141 ton, 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 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 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 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 Mr. 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- 142 REPORT op public utilities commission. man to the corporation of the water works property, the recitals in the deed being as follows : August 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 said 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 supplv 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 bv 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 Citv 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 T may have entered into to supply water to corporations or individuals, they assuming the burdens and benefits of the same transferring hereby to the report oe pubuc UTILITIES commission. 143 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 IslancJ 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, namely : 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 144 report op public utilities commission. 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 eighty-one, continuously supply said city of Newport with a full and ample quantity of fresh water, to the reasonable satisfaction of said city (from 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 all times, including and com- prehending water for use in all the public buildings of said city, comprising the City 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 toi lay the dust, for flushing sewers and for drinking fountains and for all other public purposes, at an annual compensation which shall never exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be paid by 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 REPORT OK PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 145 on the said first day of Tune 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 apportionment here presently set forth to wit : Water for Fourteen Spring Drinking Fountains of ordinary capac- ity, and one constantly running or flowing fountain 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 purposes whatever in the City Hall of said city, established 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 Houses, one Hose house and one Hcok and Ladder house, say $50 for each steam engine house and $10 for each hand engine house, 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 of 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 from 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 of 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 at $10 a year each. School houses, as above mentioned, at $20 a year each. And whenever the price to be paid 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 146 REPORT OP PUBUC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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 never 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 take 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 shall 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 Norman, 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 Norman 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 pipes the same rules shall obtain as may be in force between said Norman and his other customers taking his water in said Newport; and provided further that every hydrant used bv 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 IMPORT OK- PUBLIC UT I LIT IIvS COMMISSION. 147 those hydrants only which shall from time 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 engages 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 the'n future installment or installments of moneys accruing 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 representa- 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 premises 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 upon 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 ( which might not iegally be 148 REPORT ok pubuc utilities commission. made without it) on the city by any person and that no amount shall ever be claimed of said Norman under said Clause beyond the said abatement. It is agreed furthermore that said Norman 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 purpose. This contract may be by said city at its option renewed, and. continued to run in precisely the same terms in all respects 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 so at any time between December 1, 1885 and June 1, 1886; provided however that if the permanent 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 hereunder, then arbitrators shall determine report op public utilities commission. 149 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 purposes, to reasonably fulfill the requirements and engagements 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 Company’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 J889, under date of March 25, we have a report by Mr. George W. Piper, the accountant, on the financial operations of the company from June 1. 1881 to March 16, 1889. Ex. 11. This account shows expenditures for construction 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. 150 REPORT OP PUBLIC UtlUlPlKS COMMISSION. In this year (1891) a new Blake-Corliss pump was installed in Pumping Station No. 1. Respondents Brief , Page 3 states : “On 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 inhabitknts, 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, report of public utilities commission. 151 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; Now, 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, That 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 schedule hereto annexed and hereby made a part of the agreement. And the said Newport Water Works in consideration of the said settlement 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. In 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. Horton, Mayor, dent of the Common Council. Fred M. Hammett, President of the Common Council. (Seal) 152 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTIPIPIPS COMMISSION. 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 liable 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. Service 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. Persons 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. report op public utilities commission. 153 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 pipes and hydrants in a proper state of repair for use. Dwelling Houses. Dwelling houses occupied by one family for one faucet $7 00 For each additional faucet to be used in same family 3 00 When a house is occupied by more than one family, one faucet only being used by all, for each family 6 00 When 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. Where 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 00 154 REPORT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Stores , Offices, etc. First Faucet 6 oo Where two or more tenants are supplied from the same, each 5 00 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 and Workshops. For markets, saloons, restaurants, workshops, or for pur- poses not included in any other classification, and nor 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 12 00 For each water closet in a public bath house 12 00 Stables without Hose. Private Stables. For first horse 6 00 For each additional horse 4 00 For each cow 2 00 Livery, Club and Boarding Stables. For the first horse 8 00 For each additional horse not exceeding four 4 00 For each additional horse exceeding five 3 00 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 report of public utilities commission. 155 day ) not less than 1U w 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. Building 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. (Seal 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 east, 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 of stock, mak- 156 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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 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 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 Professor Sedgwick, dated November 1, was submitted criticising the company’s filter beds and recommending a modern 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 authorizing 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 con- tract, dated March 27, 1908, which provided for the construction of REPORT OK PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 157 a modern 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 adequate 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- 158 REPORT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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 : Eor 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 only 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 W^hen 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. B oar dincj H o uses. For the first faucet 13 00 For 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 REPORT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 159 Public Baths. For each water-closet in a public bath-house 12 00 For each tub in a public bath-house or hotel 12 00 Stores, Offices , etc. For the first faucet 6 00 For each additional faucet 3 00 Where two or more tenants are supplied from the same faucet, each 5 00 For a water-closet used by the occupants of one store etc. only, . 5 00 When used by occupants of more than one store, etc:, for each tenant 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 00 to 25 00 Hose. For hose not more than three-eighths inch orifice at noz- zle, for washing windows, sprinkling 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 perfnit the use of water for a Foun- tain or a fixed or moving sprinkler, nor for hose left run- ning unattended. Stables. Private Stables. 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 00 160 REPORT oe public utilities commission. Livery and Boarding Stables. For the first horse, without hose 6 00 For each additional horse not exceeding four, without hose 4 00 For each additional horse exceeding five, without hose 3 00 For the first horse, with hose 14 00 For each additional horse, exceeding four, with hose 7 00 For each additional horse, exceeding five with hose 6 00 Motor Vehicles. For the first motor vehicle without hose 7 00 For each additional motor vehicle without hose 5 00 For the first motor vehicle with hose 14 00 For each additional motor vehicle with hose 10 00 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 without 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) elevators, 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. REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 161 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 Water. 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, daily 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. ! t i • : ' Regulations. The following regulations will be considered a part of the con- tract with every person who uses th.e 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 purpose be required, notice must be given before it will be allowed. ■Service 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 responsible for payment of the Water Rates unless the Office is notified in advance that the rates are to be 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 162 REPORT OF PUBUC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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 purposes, 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 used, 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 the damage or inconvenience that may result when pressure in the mains 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 in advance, annually on the first day of June. In all cases of non-payment of the Water Rates in thirty days after the rent is due, or violation of 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 Newport Water Works pass all necessary and reasonable orders, decrees and ordinances for the adequate and reasonable protection of the ponds and reservoirs and the water works system of said party of the second part from any contamination, pollution, or other injury either actual or threatened so that said party of the second part may be enabled to exercise its franchise and carry out its said contract. And the said party of the first part also hereby further covenants REPORT or pubuc utilities commission. 163 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 seals the day and year above written. 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 should 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. In the year 1910, a physical re-valuation of the plant was made by Mr. Kent and these figures were used when new accounts were 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 con- 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. Executed in the presence of Guy Norman f The Representative Council of the | City of Newport by William P. Clarke, Mayor, I The Newport Water Works by Bradford Norman, President. (Seal) 164 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Between the time of incorporation of the company and the begin- ning of these proceedings, the company acquired title to nearly 100 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. TPIE 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. Land. The company owns about 690 acres in Newport, Middletown and Portsmouth, acquired 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 Plarrison 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. lUvPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 165 b. Impounding basins : TABLE O. There are six of these : NAME. Area of water shed in i square miles. Kent p. 268. Area of water sur- j face in acres. Ex. 20. Capacity in million gallons. Kent p. 268. Elevation of flow line above mean low water. Ex. 20 and Kent p. 517. Volume of embank- ments in cu. yards. Ex. 29. Date of construction. Kent p. 273. Easton’s No. Pond 3.75 110. 40f 336. f 12.45 13.108 1876 & 1882 Easton’s So. Pond 147 . 00f 398. f 11.45 111.956 1893 Nelson Res 2.87 29.70* 99. 17.30 29.250 1882 Gardner Res 90.85 241.9 11.66 65.710 1899-1902 St. Mary’s Res 1 ! 25 116.00 336. 180.00 25.986 1878 & 1896 Sisson Res 90.00 167. 162.61 20.449 1896 7.87 583.95 1,577.9 266.459 c. Distributing res 8. 152.57* 46.407 1877 Total 1,585.9 312.866 1 ^Pressure at tide water about 64 lbs. Kent p. 446. f These are the areas and capacities of the Easton ponds as now developed. 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. H. Norman, Ex. 73. As near as we can ascertain 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-Chalmers 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 166 REPORT OE PUBUC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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 Val- 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 amendment 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. Easton North pond, Easton At the ponds by 1 By deeds and takings South pond and Bailey’s pumping to the! 1R77 from the owners of brook distribution res- f ** • ' “ s< b * ' the land in or on the voir J original ponds and between the point of diversion and the sea, and by prescription. St. Mary’s reservoir, Sisson’s reservoir \t the dam and \ thence by pipes to the filter 1 1878 By deeds, and tak- pumps \ 1.25 sq. m ° r 1896. ings from the owners At the dam, ' of the land; and thence by an| open conduit to Bailey’s brook./ 1 possibly by prescrip- tion. Nelson and Gardiner reser-At a dam just'l voirs and Paradise brook, above Nelson’s I reservoir, thence by pipes to Nelson and | Gardiner reser- ' 2.87 sq. m 1883. voirs, and thence by pump- ing to Easton 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. REPORT OF PUBUC UTlIylTlFS COMMISSION. 167 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 aS* distinguished from th.e 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 : 168 REPORT or public utilities commission. TABLE Q. Distribution System. Supply System. Less than C. I. Cement. Total. C. I. Cem. Total. 4 in 49,540. 49,540. 49,540. 4 “ 51,391.64 36,633. 88,024.64 88,024.64 6 “ 63,340.28 62,810.20 126,150.48 126,150.48 8 “ 19,366.10 19,123.70 38,489.80 38,489.80 10 “ 6,591. 6,591. 6,591. 11 “ 11,809.30 11,809.30 11,809.30 12 “ 17,027.60 29,133.70 46,161.30 46,161.30 14 “ 6,020. 6,020. 6,020. 15 “ 9,291.60 9,291.60 9,291.60 16 “ 472. ■ 472. 7,673 2,873 10,546 11,018. 17 “ 21,228 21,228 21,228. 18 “ 1,290. 1,525. 2,815. 10,075 10,075 12,890. 20 “ 11,146.90 5,465. 16,611.90 16,611.90 24 “ 1,300 1,600 2,900 2,900. 163,562.52 238,414.50 401,977.02 8,973 35,776 44,749 446,726.02 The amount of ledge encountered in laying the mains is estimated in the company’s schedule, group 4, at 7970 running feet, or 5,313 cubic yards. b. Gales , boxes , etc. 'There are 902 gates as per company’s schedule, group 4- A, viz. : Number. Sizes, inches. 1 15 117 94 242 258 47 8 63 8 18 13 12 6 1 VA \\?. 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 24 Total 902 rEporT oi? public utilities commission. 169 'Of these, 18 are on the supply mains ; the rest belong to the dis- tribution plant. (There 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 piant 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, tangible and intangible, enumerated 170 report or public utilities commission. 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. Mo 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. report op public utilities commission. 171 ORIGINAL COST OF THE WORKS AND COSTS SINCE THE PURCHASE The original cost of the works to the corporation was $500,000.00, this being the price paid by the corporation to Mr. Norman (Res. Brief 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 given an estimate of the cost of the works up to the time of the sate 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 gives the cost at $406,824.06 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 “Right 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 $150.00, 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 included 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 : 172 report of public UTILITIES commission. I, and $82,326.36 Less the Difference between this amount and that recited in the deeds (Ex. 36-56) 56,916.06 $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'ly available data to show the cost of construction in this 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 that 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 construction 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 lo 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. 207 REPORT op public utilities commission. 173 states the disbursements for construction from May 31, 1889 to June 1, 1900 as 8421,408.29. It will be noted that there is a lapse of nearly two months in the two exhibits., one beginning 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 “original cost” data on a Disbursement basis, the computation in this period is made on the same basis and the amount 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, “I included in that amount of money ex- pended in construction account plus an amount of money expended for tools, fixtures, plus an amount of money which is represented in our pipe shop — it is in our store room , that is stock in trade we carry.” If this statement is correct these last two amounts could not be added to the construction account for the reason that 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 174 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. classified in the Construction 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 1,856.02 Land 6,873.70 527,770.59 The same Res. Ex. 14 shows that during this same period there 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 509,019.08 Additions to plant. June 1, 1911 to June 1, 1914. Res. Ex. 193 places the cost of construction in this period as $1,120,028.13. The Res. Ex. 3, p. 123, which is the current ledger, shows the cost 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 112,368.98 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 of 1,208.06 8.418.51 a total cost of Construction to May 1, 1915, of 1,652,056.18 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COM MISSION. 175 The 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 annual 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 charged 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 .... 3,243.66 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 charged to the maintenance accounts 4,254.13 or a total for the four years as shown 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- 176 REPORT or rubric utilities commission. third of this amount was for raw material charged originally 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 65,280.00 taken from the cost above would leave the amount put into construction to June 1, 1915 $1,586,76.18 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 lacking. The value of the engineering services of Mr. George H. Norman 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. REPORT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 177 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 'From 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 Pioe 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 39.00 563.76 4,254.13 Total 20,801.28 178 REPORT op public utilities commission. Table 2. STATEMENT OF MATERIALS CHARGED TO CONSTRUCTION AND DIVERTED TO OTHER USES FROM JUNE L 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 Service Construction — Sold to Private Parties 7,235.34 Meter Construction — Sold to Private Parties... 901.08 Hydrant Construction — Sold to Private Parties 609.84 Total 18,378.95 report of public utilities commission. 179 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 1,721,948.60 180 report op public utilities commission. 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 value of the remaining tracts. Mr. Kent has placed values upon the company’s land in 1910 (Res. 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 Lawton’s Valiev since 1910, $25,771, the total increase over his 1910 estimate being $81,905. TABLE 4. VALUATION OF PHYSICAL PLANT LAND. report of public utilities commission. 181 C O pu ■fi o < $454 52 200 00 15 01 200 00 200 00 200 00 200 00 350 00 250 00 250 00 200 00 15 02 250 00 4.56 1.04 6,750 sq. ft. 23,283 sq. ft. 110.4 147. 29.7 *118.459 8.05 *138.812 *126.14 2.7 70,825 sq. ft. 18,561 sq. ft. 140.72 30.56 , O O CO O O — , 0 0 0 0 O to CM O cp O O VO 0 10 00 0 0 g OOUIOO 0 CM C> O O O CM CM OONNOO n HNnm O CO rH 0 0 O O 00 o-Hfooooa On t-h O CO M" CM 00 on O O ON O CM Q t, 3 ePL 3 C C 3 o o o.£o ° ’K.S IJo' bo f£ to N« Vi Vh jH aJ*5 O 3 n) i-roim •d’S S g co £ P^U i4_r O bo o bo O. o C/5U co 73 3 gee 3U & £. o*i-t *0 co co ; < ^(-Th4 Z* >S „ « : .a.a.S£ 1 . bo W»4 ^ p p u I g g c h4 .0 M co To We TABLE 5. 182 REPORT or public utilities commission, Total $224,198 $224, 19b' REPORT or public utilities commission. 183 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 present 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 Tand Value. Abandoned. I,and used 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 1,013 111,962 Grav 177,974 1,013 176,961 Commission 185,000 184 REPORT OR PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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 building 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. table: 7. e;mbankme:nts storage: re:se:rvoir REPRODUCTION DATA. AAA Reservoirs. Cubic Yds. Commiss’n. Smith. Gray. Respon- dent. 1.35 1.20 1.25 1.50 1878 EJaston No 13,108.00 17,695.80 15,729.60 16,386.00 19,662.00 1893 EJaston So 111,956.00 151,140.60 134,347.20 139,945.00 167,934.00 1882 Nelson 29,250.00 39,487.50 35,100.00 36,562.50 43,875.00 1877- 1896 St. Mary’s 25,986.00 35,081.10 31,183.20 32,482.50 38,979.00 1896 Sisson’s 20,449.00 27,606.15 24,538.80 25,561.25 30,673.50 1899- 1902 Gardner’s Pond . . . 65,710.00 88,708.50 78,852.00 82,137.50 98,565.00 266,459.00 359,719.65 319,750.80* 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. report oe public utilities commission. 185 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 RESERVOIR. 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 RESERVOIR 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 . 186 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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. Smith. Kent. Ex. 29. Sherman. Ex. 164, p. 5. E. W. Shedd. Ex. 202. Mains $534,714 $534,529 $535,000 $572,157 Gates, etc 165,224 18,595 133,381 18,595 166,000 21,000 167,919 15,942 Ledge Total $718,533 $695,506 $730,879 $722,000 $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, excluding 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 : REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 187 “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 be 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 follows : “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 wearing value. This method is the one most largely used in appraisals for all purposes.” ' It would appear 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 o_£ this property as could be observed has been casually inspected by the commission and the record contains the judgment of the engineers upon this question. 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- 188 report op public utilities commission. 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 to 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 present 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, itjwould 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 table: report op public utilities commission. w X H £ w w £ H w PQ C/3 * O C/3 < o W 5 Pd 2 P O , w w p p i P W 55 P r w 1 H tn C/3 8 p 9 O C/3 PL, w P p O C/3 W H < •}uiy — uox; -BxoojdoQ panaooy ■% — UOX4 •BxoajdaQ parxjooy SJB3A ‘oSB 4U3S3J O o OX so O OOOO O to Q to to ■^- H On O ox © O O O rONOQ H N On ox 3 * - 6 6 #3 fc Cl 5 cd (AS 03 S -P aL g . s . 1 S rCl P P *3 g § X) 2 « G fc, o w U op P P ax 2 o O — p rt aJ rt X bo bfl bo o 189 Totals for supply pipe system $125,000 $147,450 .. .... $51,600 $95,850 $3,360 Totals for distributing pipe sys- tem by subtraction $703,550 .. .... 141,800 561,750 12,070 Totals for entire piping system, Ex. 168 $851,000 '$193,400 $657,600 $15,430 190 report op public utilities commission. The total accrued depreciation of the supply system is thus fixed at $51,600, and of the distribution system at $14,800. A summar}^ 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- lows : COST OF PRODUCTION. report of public utilities commission. 191 w .2 ’3 . to W. g u cl.2 O .-►4 45 fi o '£ u .2 rt II o " uW ,5 c to T3 o O £-o 3 - -w Tl H (/) o.2,S tn "o • in V fl 4 + T3 3 W 2-4CJ P a." igi 2-2u o. 5o\rtOO'ONO\ NtOH r-l lO «e- 00 00 no © on oo m- r< O 1—4 NO CO M” NO T^oClO CO ON CM ON 1-4 00 NO CM CO H 00 ON ON © o On ON NO O O rtNNONn p On CnT -4 1—4 CM CM 00 00 M- CM M- C0 On On O O On On >o © © hNNOO -4 oC CM M-'o CM CM i— l 00 M” CM M" i-i owmN • C> NO M- <-4 • ON\oq • irTco O CO 1 00 CM 00 . ONION O 00 rj- 1-1 O O M- © O © © © © O CM © 1-1 O o C^tN © M^NCq -T CM_ i/l ON no"' CO CM co io 00 no 00 00 NO no O © O tv O © O © CM O H »o O © © tN © it NO © <© NO* oC NO* CO* CM to N 00 NO 1-1 00 NO CM ON H CO 1—1 1-4 NO t s « s .s tiQj c c rt C o &aJU! •2 2 C oi g-i- § 2 3^-2 3-2 P(/3Pl,pPc/jP I CM CO M- NO NO rt 3 0*0 H •a S T3 « 9 If P < i < O jl CL d ^ .2 Td ■a 2 g 15 *3 g > ts W w & ? ? o v- C » U O 1,5 « u B I 5«3 o. ^ a ^ to Scot bo rt 3 52 ^ o •S-S J •a w I J u Q 192 REPORT OE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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 questionable claim of a right bv prescription from the lower riparian proprietors, of which, in the case of the Easton’s reservoir outlet the Citv of Newport is one. The alternative claim is made for “water in storage.” We have considered this element 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 outlav and losses are resorted to. The cases are reviewed in Pillsburv et als vs. Peoples Gas Light Company, 4 N. H., P. S. C. anc! the New Hampshire Commission reached the following conclusion, (p. 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.” It would appear that in this case the cost of establishing the re- spondent company’s present business has been defrayed from time to time as the business has grown in size, from the operating ex- REPORT op public utilities commission. 193 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 right of laying water pipe in the City of Newport granted to George H. Norman by the Board of Alderman and City Council of Newport. 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. 1377 — Feb. 8. Grant by the R. I. Legislature to George H. Norman to construct a Water Works system in the City of Newport. 1379 — May 30. Act of Legislature 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 Aider- man and the City Council of Newport, R. I. 1881 — May 9. Act of Legislature of R. I. 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. 194 report op public utilities commission. 1884 — 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 authorizing an increase of the capital stock by the amount 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 Stack 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 of 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 REPORT 01' PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 195 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 given in Res. Ex. 11. This exhibit contains statements of Receipts and Dis- bursements, one from June 1, 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 the! 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 balnnce [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. 196 report op pubuc utilities commission. I TABLE 13. RECONCILIATION CASH STATEMENT WITH BALANCE SHEET SUBMITTED. ASSETS. From Cash Data. From Res. Ex. 11. Construction Accounts. Construction . . . .$739,253 . 37 $739,321.05 Pipe Shop 680.66 1,325.40 Filter 12,389.22 12,389.22 Portsmouth 657.09 657.09 Main Pipe 731.07 Service Const. .. 347.96 • Transfer from Gate Const 13.50 Mainten. $804.95 $752,980.34 $753,875 .29 Inven. . . 473.45 Tools and Fix 62.97 Inven... 4,160.38 Materials 536.42 Inven.. . 4,436.05 Water Takers 4,160.38 Geo. P. Leonard Note 175.00 4,436.05 Cash 6,213.18 175.00 6,213.18 Accounts Receiv’le 1,420.90 923.79 $9,874.83 $760,852.39 $770,230.11 Loss ... 497.11 liabilities. — Capital Stock .. $700,000.00 $700,000.00 Net Surplus 59,853.86 69,231 . 58 Profit .. $9,377.72 G. H. Norman... 998.53 998.53 Increase in $760,852.39 $770,230.11 Surplus. $9,377.72 REPORT OE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 197 •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. 308,693.87 52,426.64 2,585.08 75,105.10 438,810.69 Expense. Maintenance 52,104.79 Material 173.32 General Expense 470.23 Profit and Loss 208.49 52,956.83 Income. Water Rates ... Measured Water Miscellaneous . . City of Newport 385,853.86 473.45 4,160.38 804.95 4,436.05 9,874.83 Less— Loss on Accounts Receivable 497.11 Net Profit additional shown by Balance Sheet 9,377.72 395,231.58 Less — Cash Dividend 256,000.00 Stock Dividend 70,000.00 326.000.00 Net Profit as shown by Receipts and Disbursements * Income Account as reconciled with Balance Sheet submitted in Res. Ex. 11. Inventory of Tools and Fixtures Material Increase of value of construction Due from Water Takers Surplus March 16, 1889, as shown by Res. Ex. 11 69,231.58 198 REPORT of public utilities COMMISSION. 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 number 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 y ears. 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. PNom 1890-1911 the figures submitted in this table were taken from statements of cash receipts and disbursements and conse- quently are not exact income statements, but covering a long period as they do, they are approximately correct statements of income. REPORT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 199 TABLE 15. 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% $10,000.00 1882 — Dividends on first issue of $500,000.00 at 2% 10,000.00 1883 — Dividends on first issue of $500,000.00 at 4% 20,000.00 1884 — Jan. and July Dividends on first issue cf $500,000.00 at 4% 20,000.00 1884— July. Capital stock outstandin g 2nd issue $700,000.00 1884— Oct. 15, Dividends on $700,000 at 2% 14,000.00 1885— Dividends on $700,000 at 5% 35,000.00 1886— Dividends on $700,000 at 6% 42,000.00 1887— Dividends on $700,000 at 6% 42,000.00 1888 — Dividends on $700,000 at 6% 42,000.00 1889 — Dividends on $700,000 at 6% 42,000.00 1890 — Dividends on $700,000 at 7 Wo 52,500.00 1891 — Dividends on $700,000 at 6% 42,000.00 1892 — Dividends on $700,000 at 6% 42,000.00 1893 — Jan. and July Dividends on $700,000 at 4 V 2 % 31,500.00 1893— Oct. 1, Dividends on $1,000,000 at 1% 15,000.00 1894 — Dividends on $1,000,000 at 6% 60,000.00 1895 — Dividends on $1,000,000 at 6% 60,000.00 1896 — Jan., Apr. and July Dividends on $1,000,000. at 4V*% 45,000.00 1896— Oct. 1, Dividends on $1,800,000 at 1% 18,000.00 1897 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1898 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1899 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% ' 72,000.00 1900— Dividends On $1,800,000) at 4% 72,000.00 1901 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1902 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1903 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1904— Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1905 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1906 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1907 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1908— Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1909— Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1910 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1911 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1912 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72.000.00 1913 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 1914 — Dividends on $1,800,000 at 4% 72,000.00 'Total cash dividends paid Dec. 1881 to Dec. 1914, $1 .959,000.00 200 report or public utilities commission. 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 totalling $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. report op public utilities commission 201 vd w a M < H to W t-H to n, w o ^ id H S§5 O ° " g &3 fc H Ph O - Tt & s ° ^ * w o o ^ ^ w 0^0 w ^ £ g 5^ s- O'ot o * J J^C' o to .£* — O ^ t-> pQ O 1) ci-E d g s 2 o H g hH U H W o £ 2 d w Q d O 5 O I -1 d W 55 £ o ISB o p dr o w w w 5g ffi o to z> < * o W 1-1 o to £ w o o >Sh ^ 55 < W N < dT W < H ^ W W f^OstoOCMoOM-'-'OOiovOt-iTj-.-i 'Oi-iKpjouo't'OTffgmOioN \ONIK to Nh .-h vo_Cs_00 Os 00 M" cm” CM so” VO* CC CM* sc* O' CC cd O id vd Os” OCvcCMCMCQro^t'CMTj-oOsOsocM*— • CO CO to CM t'* O' VCM(*)U7r-O\fO00CsiC')r<5O'O\’t’t->H.OOSOCSCsioCM v £ ) CMt'v rnuu^ NOOOOOOt\NStstTf^ir,tO(Ot\NNKKOC 3 OOOOOOOOOOOO 0 00 CM VO 00 CO Os oo oo oo oo CqHOsOvOvONvOvoCMvOOOOOtoOVVOVO-tiHOOiHOsNNOsOv cO'-sos'O'OHtovfOmCVl'vJ-OOO'OOVTfininOOcocoOsOiHOO CM 00 Os VO O^CM^CM M- C'-IM Os *-< to^Cs 00 VO 00 o ft 00 Os to Os M" CO OsvoOO-’'i-i'-iOO(NIOOio”os. 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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 matures. 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 to 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 repiacements) made hereafter, to- gether with the earnings of the said fund. If the sum of $18,000, which the Commission has 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 value, 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, REPORT op public utilities commission. 207 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. 208 REPORT of public utilities commission. READJUSTMENT OF SCHEDULE OF RATES. There remains the question as to whether a readjustment of the present rate schedules should be made. Population and Consumption. r| he population of the city of Newport and the annual consump- tion of water is indicated in the following table as set forth in the respondent’s brief : TABEE 19. (Compiled from Mr. Kent’s evidence, pp. 281-286 and Ex. 27*). Average Daily Con- Permanent population umption in Gallons. as per census re- — Year. turns, pro rated for Total consumption for Per capita the intermediate the year in gallons. For the of the per- years. whole city. manent population. 1880 15,693 19,566 19,457 21,537 • 22,034 1885 1890 1895 1900 Year ending — May 31, 1905 25,039 1,293,000,000 3,540,000 141 May 31, 1906 25,461 1,325,840,000 3,630,000 142 May 31, 1907 25,883 1,437,940,000 3,930,000 152 May 31, 1908 26,305 1,423,320,000 3,900,000 148 May 31, 1909 26,727 1,440,200,000 3,940,000 143 May 31, 1910 27,149 1,572,000,000 4,190,000 155 May 31, 1911 27,571 1,241,930,000 3,400,000 123 May 31, 1912 27,993 1,371,620,000 3,750,000 131 May 31, 1913 28,415 1,345,970,000 3,700,000 130 May 31, 1914 ' 28,837 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.?% 220,000—6% 11 8% 1885-1895. . 1977— 10% 1895-1905 3492—16% 1905-1914 3798—15% 61,200,000—4.?% 220,000—6% 11 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 consumption during the past three years — 1,363,900,000 gallons. REPORT OE PUBEIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 209 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 permanent ] population of 28,415. Per capita of summer population of 36,415 per Kent, 32,415 per Gray. 4 winter months: Jan., Feb., Mar. and Dec 4 summer months: 383,573,960— 95,893,490 per mo. . . 541,562,704 — Ill gallons. June, July, Aug. and Sept 135,390,676 162 gallons. 123 on Kents assump- Entire year per mo. . . tion. 139 on Gray’s assump- 1,329,794,947— 110,816,412 tion. 8 mos., except June, July, Aug. and Sept per mo. . . 788,220,987— 98,525,123 per mo. . . 128 gallons. 115 gallons. 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 1-2 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 83 Number of families paying 7.00 per annum 693 Number of families paying 12.00 per annum 2,649 Number of families paying 17.00 per annum 849 Number of families paying 20.00 per annum 708 Number of families paying 23.00 per annum 508 Number of families paying 27.00 per annum 224 5,714 Number of families paying 28.00 to 75.00 per annum 558 Total 6,272 Stores 643 Hose 561 Stables 572 210 REPORT op public utilities commission. b. Meter Rate Customers : TABLE 22 ,, Name. Number of meters. Amount of water used. United States Government 10 107,243,120 gallons N. Y., N. II. & H. R. R 6 29,838,000 gallons Bay State St. Ry. Co 2 3,195,800 gallons Total 18 140,276,920 gaUons — 7,793,162 per meter. Summer customers 28 4,171,700 gallons — 148,989 per meter. Commercial customers 80 32,161,475 gallons — 402,018 per meter. Total 126 176,610,095 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 supplied 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 customers 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-eight 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. ' REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 211 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 schedule 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 lessete 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 BOOKKEEPING. Counsel for the respondent company have set forth in their brief the following suggestions as to bookkeeping 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 are, we 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 cf the annual receipts the reasonable, proper and actual cost of operation, maintenance and repair, including such sum, not exceeding $3,600 per annum, for the salaries of the president and treasurer of the company as the stockholders may approve; and the amount, not 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 years 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 $18,000 212 report oe public utilities commission. 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 both 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 ciost 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 to 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 fcr 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 $75,000; assuming that that is the amount of working capital which the commission thinks the company ought 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 $60,000 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 journal 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 paragraph 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 pdant as may from time to time be made and are REPORT OR PUBUC UflUTlRS COMMISSION. 213 (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 be'iow $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- duce a net revenue substantially 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 rhe Company, and that the Company shall bear the expense of the meters. |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, 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 entry of a proper order upon the presentation of the adjusted schedule of rates by the Newport Water Works. 214 report of public utilities commission. 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) REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 215 ORDERS. Application of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company for authority to supplement tariff. 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 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 ]ulv 29, 1918, the effective date of Item 7, Page 49, Supplement 15, to said Official Classification Number 44-Bodies of Passenger Automo- biles, 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 Valiev 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 216 REPORT OP PUBUC UTlUTl£S COMMISSION. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company’s tar- iff R. I. P. U. C. Number X8 and the corresponding tariffs of said other carriers in accordance with the provisions set forth in said application and to provide for changes in car demurrage 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 $100 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 CQpy of said vote on hie in this office and in said proviso, as an issue of stock reasonably necessary and of the amount required for the purpose of REPORT op PUBUC UTILITIES commission. 217 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 Haven, 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 tariff of said Narragansett Pier Electric Light and Power Company’s R. I. P. U. C. Number 15, filed with and made a part of said applica- tion, said rate to become effective 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 tariffs. 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 tariffs 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. No. 403. 218 REPORT Ol? RUBRIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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 for and on behalf °f the Moshassuck Valley 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 date 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 Ma}' 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. Upon consideration, it is Ordered: That, for good cause shown, said Narragansett Elec- tric Lighting Company be and it hereby is authorized to grant special rates to the Atlantic Power Company, Field’s Point Manufacturing Company and the Swansea & Seekonk Street Railway Company for REPORT oe public utilities com mission . 219 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 accordance 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 Electric 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 Narragansett 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. 220 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Application of The Rhode 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, 5 7 and 58, for the purpose of establishing a transfer point at the intersection of the Mineral Spring-Prairie Avenue Line 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, 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, f 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. Application of The Rhode Island Company for authority to amend passenger tariff Number 54 for the purpose of altering the five- cent fare and transfer zone on the Providence-River Point 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 1918. May 9, 1918. No. 411. May 15, 1918. No. 412. report of public utilities commission. 221 permit passengers by a change of cars to obtain a lower rate than the 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 City 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 53 and 57. 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 2 to its passenger tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 53 for the purpose of establishing a transfer point at Centredaie 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 the Town of Cumberland, said supplements to become effective upon one day’s notice to the public and the Commission. Tune 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 publication 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 222 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. between Providence and Block Island, and Newport and Block Island and increasing the rate between Providence and Newport, .said 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 file 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 tariffs to become effective on five days’ notice to the public and the Commis- sion. June 29, 1918. No. 417. REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 223 Application of The Rhode Island Company for authority to sup- plement tariffs. 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, Supplements Numbers 3 and 4 to its passenger tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 53 and Supplement Number 1 to its passenger tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 55, for the purpose of extending the five 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 1 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 by 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 224 REPORT op pubuc UTILITIES commission. 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 rates 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 P'ascoag Branch of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company in Smith Street or Powder Mill Turnpike in the Town of John- ston. Upon consideration, it is Ordered : That the consent of the Public Utilities 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 Railroad 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 manner provided in Order Number 294 of the Public Utilities Commission REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 225 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 application, said supplement to become effective on one day’s notice to the public and the Commission. August 9, 1918. No. 423. Application of Trunk Tine 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. 226 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Application of B'lackstone 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 Valley 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, 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 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. I. 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 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 227 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. 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 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. 228 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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 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 Island 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 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 REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 229 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 Telephone and Telegraph Company for authority 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 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, 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 230 REPORT OB PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 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 Railroad 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 statutory 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 qf 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. REPORT OP PUBUC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 231 Application of R. N. Col'fyer, 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 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. 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 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 Island 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. 232 report op public utilities commission. 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 Island 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. 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, 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. 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 Commissioners, its passenger tariff R. I. P. U. C. Number 61 for the purpose of putting into effect REPORT OE public utilities commission. 233 a rate of ten cents between Crescent Park and Broadway Six Cor- ners, East Providence on special car operating between said points for school children, said tariff to become effective as of November 4, 1918/ Application of R. N. Col'iyer, 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, 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. Application of New England Telephone and Telegraph Company for authority to supplement 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 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 Bulletin Number 15 of said November 18, 1918, said supplements to become effective as of December 1, November 8, 1918. No. 445. November 20, 1918. No. 446. 1918. December 11, 1918. No. 448. 234 REPORT OP PUBLIC UPIRITIRS COMMISSION. 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. 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. 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 11, 1918. No. 449. December 11, 1918. No. 450. December 18, 1918. No. 451. report op public uYiliTieJS commission. 235 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 Ju'ly 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 Eight and Power Com- pany for authority to supplement tariff. 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 supplement its tariff R. I. 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 Po 3 ver Company for authority to supplement tariff. L T pon 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. I. 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. 236 REPORT OR PUBUC UTlUTlRS COMMISSION. Application of Wickford Light and Water Company for authority to supplement tariff. Upon consideration, it is Ordered : That, for good cause shown, said Wickford Light 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 rat£ 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 Central 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. REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 237 Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM C. BLISS, SAMUEL E. HUDSON, ROBERT F. RODMAN, Commissioners. January 15, 1919. 238 REPORT oe public utilities commission, m a hH £-1 m HH c n Q <1 O »-r hH <1 P. 3 ctf Oi e II J 2 o ■SW — • S' S 2 TJ | s u <5 s £.5-- 2 W o rt > g 33 Jp P *3 0*0 *i n! c Ctf C/3 c 2 o 3 >. o S o 3 5S.S iSg&B TJ _v -jr!^ >> - rt 2 c ^^ssoi $ & *! o u i) H So« 32££:° wS^JHOPhPh^ report of PUBLIC utilities commission. 239 Hd S3 £ a 0 a 1 co a >— i CO h— t <1 CO Q <1 O P< a i— i <1 P4 a IS. T-H ■t3 -J c c rt C8 w £ ►* 5? §. *§ oU S* « « £ t3 S* . ll Ctf s« S S5 H aj >> « C G os « a 3 g > o £0 Pi £ £ RAILROAD STATISTICS— Continued. LIABILITIES. 240 REPORT op public UTILITIES commission. 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NCn vc o\ o CO V 3 Q W S o I- > 4 > V 0>N* CM VO 00 r d o u fa o w < >> 248 report op public utilities commission — I if} t-H fH if} Q <1 o 4 h-t < 4 R AILROAD STATISTICS— Continued . road mileage;. REPORT OE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 249 Worcester Railroad Company. Operated by The Rhode Island Company. STREET RAILWAY STATISTICS. CAPITAL STOCK. 250 REPORT Otf PUBUC UTlIjTlKS COMMISSION. t .Ll •§& o>3 T-H O O m O >. si G >> ca C O, rt e O. g 13 <-> >. 03 rt’S > rr « u w £ fc Ph 6 o U .S ^3 «u £ aj ■oB fl' 1 - 23 3(2 o* STREET RAILWAY STATISTICS— Continued. ASSETS. REPORT OP PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. 251 V c/i **}« Q C cn V ^ u v U c/3 3 < to oo o CO 04 ro VO 00 ro oc f V V t n V rjx s « t/2 C> Ph h >> c rt C. o >» rt '3 PS V — o •C PS c 03 a £ o a >> S3 « a £ o a rt & (L> > o W (L) O t/) > s: a] Q. £ O > 03 a> o U >> 03 03 pcj o 0> t/3 03 & 3 Pi! a C (U rH *> o u Ph > Pi P4 Q, £ a! co Pi V > co £ CO In H jU 2 cO u o ° CJ c CO o. o u TJ c JS i n V ~0 o 43 Pi V H d ; CO £ ►. ~ c 43 PP ?/5 * * to >> cO pq Ph (X, Debit. ’Includes $1,121,305.32 for leased equipment. REPORT of public utilities commission, 253 o o cn o Fh £ to H H <1 \o <1 W W co 5* v .5 s ar tn rt.5 4> J5 rt c • -I »-c (U rt « a£ « i o u ts E ti w a . & W fc Includes revenue from boats. 254 report op public utilities commission. : £ <] C /3 w tn G in . O o 1U T3 G C o . . G to Ph £-< P4 c/3 H Net operating revenue less taxes. •Deficit. STREET RAILWAY STATISTICS— Continued. report of public utilities commission. 255 bO < % Pi fl u c ™ u |_ V < Pi a! Pi > S* >*5 re O So fc’-s ai re “ E're fc re cp$ o. o *L C S fe S 2 fe JH z 2 W W > 'Z, W 5 « « (j ES Passengers, Number of 14 Railway Operating expenses H Railway Operating revenues ]i Railways : Accidents 27 Character of 28 Classification of Killed and Injured 28 index V Employees 30 Highway Travellers < 31 Passengers . 30 Trespassers 31 Assets 17 Capital Stock 16 Car Hours 21 Complaints : 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 Rates : Special : Narragansett Electric Lighting Co 218 Narragansett Pier Electric Light & Power Co 217 Rhode Island Co., The 210 Rhode Island Power Transmission Co 219 Recommendations 3 Returns : Railroad . . 6 Railway 16 VI INDEX Rhode Island Company, The: Complaints : Commission On Its Own Motion, Fare Increases 119 Grade Crossings : Centredale — Authorized to operate over.. 224 Investigation of Affairs of : Special Commission’s Findings 33 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, 221, 223, 228, 231, 232, 234, 236 Suspended . _ 117 Track Layouts: Bristol Freight House 223 Providence, Manton Ave 220 Rhode Island Power Transmission Co. : Rate — Special : Narragansett Electric Lighting Co 219 Service : Bay State Street Railway Co'. : Authority to furnish free for Newport Christmas Tree 234 Sidings : The Rhode Island Company : . Bristol Freight House 223 Spencer, Edward L., ET al. vs. Newport Water Works 132 Statistics 240 StonelEigit Water Company: Tariffs : Authority to establish without notice 222 INDEX VII TariEi-'s : 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 227,235 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, 233 N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., The : Authority to establish without notice 215, 217, 218, 230, 232 Providence, Fall River and Newport Steamboat Co.: Authority to establish without notice 221 Providence Telephone Co.: Authority to establish without notice 228, 234 Rhode Island Co., The : Authority tz> 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.: 1 Authority to establish without notice 229 Westerly Light & Power Co. : Authority to establish without notice 235 V 11 1 INDEX Wick ford Light & Water Co.: Authority to establish without notice 236 Track Layouts: The Rhode Island Company 223 Trunk Line District Coae and Coke Committee: Tariffs : Authority to establish without notice 225 Utilities : Accidents 24, 31 Classification of Killed and Injured 32 Westerly Automatic Telephone Co. : Tariffs : Authority to establish without notice 220 Westerly Light & Power Co. : Tariffs : Authority to establish without notice 235 Wickeord Light & Water Co. : Tariffs : Authority to establish without notice 236 feOARl) OF PUBLIC WORfcS. Statement showing size and number of branch connections put in during year 1882: p Size. 3 inch Number. 4 “ .. 10 6 “ 11 Total . 27 Statement showing size and number of branch connections inserted from August 21, 1872, to December 81, 1882, inclusive : Size. 2- inch Number. 2%-inch 3- inch 1 4- inch. 131 6-inch 8-inch Total number of branch connections. 212 FERRULES. ^ Japs inserted in water mains for year ending December 31, 1882 : (-inch Number. M-inch.. %-inch.. %-inch.. Total. 998 3 ! m , Serted in Water maiUS from Se P temb « 4, 1872, to December ol, 1882 inclusive : Siz6. %-inch Number. .%-inch %-inch 5,470 %-inch 4 2,045 305 Total 9,099 Statement showing size of ferrules inserted, number in use and number at curb from September 4, 1872, to December 81, 1882inclusive : ' : h 208 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STOP-COCK BOXES. Number of stop-cock boxes sold for year ending December 31, 1881 270 Year ending December 31, 1882 289 Total number sold ; 559 Summary of places in which water is used : Dwellings . > 7,906 Stores 780 Bars 388 Offices 362 Factories . 255 Barber shops 58 Bakeries 52 Meat markets 74 Hotels 22 Churches 23 Livery stables 38 Hydrant elevators 7 113 Drinking hydrants Schools . 40 Printing offices 20 Eating houses 10 Laundries 17 Halls 10 Photograph galleries 8 Warehouses 8 Breweries (lager beer) 9 Breweries (white beer) 4 Stone yards 6 Theaters * 4 Distilleries 3 Green houses 3 Horse car barns 7 Beer bottling establishments 7 Tanneries 7 Dyeing establishments 6 Grain elevators 13 Parks 4 Malt houses 4 untains (public) 4 Raih-Qad tanks 2 Asylums.. 5 Custom house and branch post-office 3 Police stations 3 Packing houses 3 Railroad depots. 2 ating rinks 2 Fir^Si?gi ne houses 9 Public hidings 8 TiscellaneoV'? purposes 162