Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-02
WESTERLY TOWN COUNCIL MEETS
Solicitor Asard to Act in Suit Against Town. In jured by Gas Considered-Rt. Rev. William N Nc Wicker Speaks at Christ hurch Recepton-T owns Wealth increased by Sand Bank.

| to establish pool room at 51 Pierce
 street. The council voted to give pe-
 titioner leave to withdraw.
 The matter of the alleged destruc-
 tion of trees in Elm street by leaking gas was considered as was the au-
 thority of the tree wardenl whose
 rights are quite broad, as fully ex- 1 plained by Solicitor Agard. He ques- | tioned whether the gas company wan tonly destroyed the trees, but if caused by neglect or lack of knowledge, the ! tree warden has the right to prepare regulations to prevent further destruc tion and place reasonable restrictions upon the work of the gas company. Councilman Maxson said the gas com
 pany had already showed evidence of bettering the conditions.
 President Clark stated that the town had never granted any gas company the right to lay pipes in the streets and the company had no town fran chise for the privileges Some twenty
 years ago gas company was char tered by the state and they com 1 menced business in the town.
 MT. Clark said that it would require expert testimony to decide whether the trees referred to were killed by
 gas, and that he understood a gas
 company had experts make examina- tion of Westerly trees quite recently. He said he was giving the matter att tention and would do all that could be done to remedy the evil
 As the gas company had no town franchise the opinion prevailed that the council was in a position to die | tate to the gas company, and it was suggested that officers of the gas com
 pany be haled before the council but no action was taken. It was suggest ed that the company be stopped from -&-. lor] to the trees were made good, but this, too, was merely talk. The whole mat ter was continued for further consid- eration, and the town solicitor was re-
 quested to look up the legal condi- tions.
 The closing exercises of the dia-
 mond jubilee of Christ Episcopal churcch were held in the Sunday evening, and was in the form of a parish reception. There was a so- cial session with refreshments. Also an address by Rt. Rev. William N. l McVickar, bishop of the Rhode Is
 land diocese, who while congratulat- ing the local parish spoke in the | main of the growth past work and 1 prns7ects of the diocese as a whole Rev. William F. Williams. rector of Christ church, spoke for his parish
 and parishioners, and ex-Governor Utter made an address of congratula- | tion in behalf of the town of West erly. subject selected for him by
 the committee representing the church.
 Rowland w. Durham was at the piano and in charge of the musical part of the exercises, feature of which
 was the soprano singing by Mile. Em- nf- D,tri In in
 formal session remarks, all congratula- tory in character. were made by past
 and present members of Christ parish, in which the work of the rector, Rev. MT. Williams, received the most cor dial compliments and commendation. The beneficial results of the small public libraries, especially in towns was an important theme at the fall meeting of the Rhode Island Library
 association, held at Portsmouth and
 Bristol Ferry Monday. Librarians from all parts of the state gathered in large numbers.
 The morning session was held in
 the Portsmouth free public library,
 while that of the afternoon was in the Social Studio at Bristol Ferry. After the preliminaries incidental to the opening of the session, H. l.. | ANCOPAlictA, diOl dAldIl Ol DIOWA ulllNST-
 sity, extended congratulations to the
 smaller. libraries upon the beneficial
 work accomplished, and explained how
 the usefulness of these may be ex-
 tended and how interest in them may
 be increased
 Clarence s. Brigham librarian of
 the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester, formerly librarian at the
 Rhode Island Historical society. told
 of the advantages of local history in
 town library, and urged that every effort be made to build up such a de-
 partment and to preserve everything
 connected with the people and affairs
 of the communities wherein the small
 libraries are located. Following each
 of these addresses, round table discus sions were conducted.
 At the conclusion of the morning
 session. lunch was served by the mem
 bers of the guild at St. Pauls church,
 and in the afternoon the delegates
 proceeded to the Social Studio at Bris-
 tol Ferry, where the remainder of the
 programme was carried out. The ad-
 dress of the afternoon was made by
 Ethan Wilcox, librarian emeritus of
 Westerly public library. upon Impress
 sions of the Library Conference. fol-
 lowed by a round table led by Miss
 Grace E. Inman, cnildren's librarian
 of the OlneyviIe free library. on the
 subject of The Child in the Small Li-
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