Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
SUDDEN DEATH OF WESTERLY MAN
Joseph H. Poer's Successful Career Ends robem in Street Watering Effort to Widen and Improve Bay Street, Watch Hill, Failure-Did Geo. E. Lurdick Lose $135?
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The highway committee of the
 Westerly town council by causing the
 residential streets to be sprinkled with oil, has given to themselves a problem
 that is difficult to solve. When the
 dust was laid by oil there was no need for the watering carts on the oiled streets. This decreased the rev
 enue of the man who owned the wa
 tering outfit to such a degree that it was paid by the subscription of those who owned or occupied property front ing on the streets watered. So. the watering man gave notice Saturday that he must discontinue the service, as the only streets to be watered were the paved ones in the business sec tion and the macadam ill Broad street and the income would not pay expens- eS.
 Those in the business section, while willing to pay for the watering of the streets as in the past, realize that the returns to the watering man are not ample, and openly charge the highway committee with discrimination pre- judicial to the business section. They allege that if the committee relieves the residential section of paying the voluntary watering assessment, that the business section should not be ig- HOlEu III lildl ICSptCl- II IL 10 llOl practical to sprinkle oil on the pave ment, it is argued that the commit tee should provide for water sprinkling. and thus remove the charge of alleged favoritism.
 The result will probably he spe- ctal appropriation for sprinkling with water Broad street and the paved streets of Westerly. There was not much said, Monday, still the dust nuis. ance was generally condemned. The section fronting the Public Library and Memorial building, between the trolley track and the curbing, was thoroughly wet down Monday after noon through garden hose, although it Is said that this was violation of the rules of the water department.
 Horace P. Dodge has just completed thirty two years of continuous clerk ship in the store of E. M. Dodge & Co.,, and in point of service is the old est clerk in Westerly. He is brother of Edward M. Dodge, who before es- tablishing in business in Westerly, was in business in Norwich for more than ten years.
 Joseph H. Potter died suddenly at his summer cottage at Moves beach, Monday morning. MT. Potter has been blind for nearly twenty years, but aside from this affiiction he was in apparent good health. It was his custom to spend the winter in Florida and divided his time in the summer at his home in Westerly and his cottage at the beach. He was born at Potter Hill October 20, 1923, son of Robert T. Potter, who was a cotton and wool manufacturer at Potter Hill and was four years old when his father died.
 At the age of 13 he was sent to Bacon academy, Colchester and after ward learned the cotton and wool manufacturing business at Potter Hill. When IS he was pupil in Solomon Carpenters school in Westerly, and a year later, while at this school, he took part in the suppression of the Dorr rebellion.
 Later he learned the machinist's trade at the shop of J. P. Stillman & Co. in Westerly, and afterwards start ed in the foundry business under the firm name of Langworthy, Potter & Co. They built in 1S46 the Old Iron foundry, so-called, and later owned by c. B. Cottrell & Sons, in Pawca- tuck. Stoves and ploughs were man ufactured and MT. Potter retired from the firm after two years.
 In 1850, Mir. Potter bought a half interest in the Henry w. Stillman drug business and four years there after the remaining interest In 1855 he admitted E. G. Champlin into part nership and carried on a large drug and patent medicine business, with a branch store at Mystic and another in Stonington.
 MT. Potter also engaged in the ready-made clothing business in High street, near Canal, Westerly, on the site of the present Potter -Langworthy block, which was completed about two years ago. In 1883, he retired, hav- ing been in the drug business seven teen years and the clothing business fourteen years.
 In 1S47, MT. Potter married Rhoda Ann Langworthy of Hopkinton, She died February 21, 1885. MT Potter is survived by one daughter, Miss Am ella Potter. Mir. Potter leaves a large estate. He was a director of the Washington National bank and trus- tee in the Westerly Savings bank for thirty years. He and his wife in early life joined the First Hopkinton church. After permanently settling in Wester- ly they united with the Seyenth-day Baptist church