Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-03
Pleasant View Petitions Westerly
Wants Better Road in Rear Of FiftyFve Cottages. j.
Reuter- Appointed Tree Warden rusgists License
Refused-Stolen Power Boat ACKNOWLEDGMENT
for Fire District Complete Work.

Captain Davis Notified Policeman
Harry Cook. They went out to the
motor launch in the captains boat,
and the boy was questioned. He said
he lived in Providence, that he had
owned the boat nearly three years, but
was unable TO tell the make of the
engine.
The boy was arrested and the boat
tDwed in shore. When questioned by
Chief BrHnsfield the boy said his name
was Earl SouthwicK, his age not quite
fifteen, and that he was ON probation
from the Soclkannossett school for boys
and for over a year had worked on
Block Island for a farmer named Mott,
to whom he was farmed by the state
/ institution. He said he never had
sail in power boat until Sunday,
and of course never operated a boat
! before, but that he had noticed how
the switch was turned on to get the
pr0pulsive pow er, and that was all.
A deputy sheriff and the owner of
the stolen beat arrived on the steam
ell Block Island. Monday afternoon, and
were undecided whether to return the
boy to the reform school direct from
Westerly and return him to Block Is
land and prosecute him for the theft
of the boat. In either case the result
would be The same. for he is already
under commitment to the state 'insti-
tuition during HIS minority.
The assessors for the Pawcatuck fire
district and tn. Eighteenth school dis
triet Of Stenneton, located In Pawca-
tuck, have completed their work. and
the result in comparison with that of
1908 IS as follows:
School-19OS s1,5ss,2s5 1909, ST.
530.195; gain, 5000.
Fire-19OS, s2.OS5,O45; 1909, s2,Os6.-
$40; loss, 1,49S.
The depreciation of valuation in the
fire district is due to the reduction
made in values by the town assessors,
whose figures must be accepted as to
talues by the fire district assessors.
The law provides that the school dis
trict assessment shall be made by the
district clerk and the committee, but
the work was done by Clerk William
A. Wilcox and Paul H. Hillard. act
ing for the committee. and whose work
is examined and approved by the COM
mittee. The assessors for the fire
district are Paul H. Hillard. E. Ever
EFT Watrous and Thomas Crowley.
The old state armory property on
Main street, recently. purchased at
auction by the Pawcatuck Seventh-day
Baptist Church, as matter of pro-
lection TO the church property which
adjoins has been sold again, with the
guarantee that the property shall be
used for residential purposes. The
purchaser is Orville G. Baker, who will
erect a dwelling on the site of the
burned armory building. The church
purchased the property for $3.50, or
about one-half of its real value. The
price paid by Mr.. Barber is not made
public.
In different sections of Westerly
aside from the quarters of the reg
ular fire department there are located
fire stations containing reels of hose
on carriages drawn by hand, in emer
gency cases. One of these stations,
located in Pleasant street, came very
near being burned Monday afternoon
just before two O'Clock. The premises
in the vicinity are used as a dumping
ground and a pile of paper back of
and close to the station was discov-
cred by some boys to be on fire.
There was quite blaze and the rear
of the wooden station was scorched
when Samuel Bernsteins attention
was called to the fire. He formed
bucket brigade and extinguished the
fire before much damage was done
If there are unregistered automobiles
in Westerly, the owners may have
trouble. for the state board of public
roads has organized board Of in
spectors, with police authority. who
are now looking up the unregistered
machines. and acquainting the board
of the new arrivals Under the old
law, visitors to the state were allowed
twenty days in which to register, but
under the new law amendment only
ten days are given. 1t is estimated that
there are at least fifty unregistered
automobiles in the state.
Local Laconics.