Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-19

The annual prize speaking contest OF
the westerly High school was held in
the high school hall on Broad street
Thursday evening. A slight change
was made this year in regard to the
contest. Formerly the boys and girls
contest has been as one, but this year
1t was divided into two contests, the
boys being last evening and the girls
to be March 20. The programme for
the boys speaking was as follows;
Piano solo,
Prayer.
Rev. C. A. Burdick.
Twilight Star
Chorus
Recitation, The Vengeance of the Flag,
Arthur f. Anderson.
Recitation, Aunt Deborah Hears the
Messiah,
George H. Luske.
Recitation, As Beseemeth Men,
Clyde L. Burrows.
Solo, The Middle Dutch Garden,
Miss Price.
Recitation, An Afternoon in Hotel
James F. P. MeikIe.
Recitation, The Confederate Sergeant,
n. William Wood.
Cradle Song,
Chorus.
The judges were Prof. Gilbert Toll
man of Kingston college, r. l., Miss
Fannie T. Pendleton of Westerly and
Principal c. T Kendall of Wheeler
High school, North StoningtOn.
The first prize Of SIS was awarded to
Clyde Burrows: the second prize, $40,
to George H. Dpske.
At a hearing before the state judi
ciary committee there was no opposi
tion to the bill providing that un-
claimed savings bank deposits amount
ing to $6S.615.49 shall be turned into
the state treasury, the bill being based
on q Massachusetts statute. Provision
is made that the owner of deposits may
recover the money at any time through
defined court procedure.
Among the unclaimed deposits re-
ported is $685. in the Mechanics Saw
ings bank Of Westerly, S2.574.60 in the
Ashaway Savings bank and $343.7S in
the Kingston Savings bank.
Residents of Ashaway and Potter Hill
appreciate the trolley road service now
more than ever. for beginning Thurs
day morning they received their mail |
matter two hours earlier than usual. !
Mails now leave Westerly for Ash /
away at and II a. NJ, instead Of at |
8 a. m. and 1 D. m. as formerly, and |
there IS another mall at 6 D. m.
The mails leave Ashaway for West |
erly at 100 and 11.3O a. m, instead OF |
at $50 a. m. and 100 D. m, and with |
another mail at $50 p. m.
This change went into effect without |
notice to the people Of Potter Hill and |
Ashaway and served as a welcome sur |
prise on Thursday morning.
A stone carrying fleet greater than
the stone fleet that was sunk off |
harbor during the Civil war |
will soon be operated along the New
Bingham coast under the direction Of |
the Gilbert Transportation company OF |
Mystic. Samuel r. Rosoff of New
York, a sub contractor for the con- |
struction Of the Cape Cod canal, is in |
Rockland, Me, making deals for the !
bulk Of the granite which is to be used !
in the building o. the two break Wa tiers |
and the walls of the canal. With him |
is Capt. Mark L. Gilbert, president of |
the Gilbert Transportation company,
TO which has been sublet the contract |
for conveying the granite from the |
Maine quarries.
Upwards of one million tons of gran |
lite will be required and fifty vessels |
will be employed in the transportation. |
six of these vessels will be put |
into the service by the Gilbert Trans !
portation company, which will with |
draw aIl of its vessels from the south |
AblIDGA lA1AC. 4 HC OLntI NESSGlS |
will be chartered from out
side owners. Mr.. Resorts portion of |
the contract involves a matter of ST.
000, 900 and viii cover a period of five
years work beginning about the first
of next May.
The breakwaters will be constructed
IN Barnstable bay, near the entrance
of the canal. One will be a mile long
and the other a quarter mile. Each
breakwatcr will be 500 feet wide at the
bottom and so feet wide on top, the
average depth of water being 80 or 50
feet Grout stone viii be used.
The walls of the canal, for which
similar stone win be utilized, will 10
IS feet thick and 80 feet high. The
contracts with granite dealers thus far
closed will bring greater activity to
Bluehill, Stonington. Green Island.
Sones Sound. High Island and Hall
quarries. Other Maine quarries will
share in the production as soon as the
contracts can be made. Captain Gill
bert estimates that 100000 tons OF
granite will be shipped to the canal
this season.