Putnam patriot., 1910-04-22
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 i special meeting of tfse common I council VAS held TaeAasv evening for
 the purpose ef heaang sise report Of the eoinmittee relative ts spfiHkling the city streets sith oil in estapiiance
 Nilh a faition presented to tue e0Bn- cii at ils preceding regular meeting. Present. Mayor Mcdonald. Alder
 men Carpenter, Josiin. Hasksss.
 Bfodeuf, Miner, Beaihielse. and La.
 Rns.
 Alderman Ia*iin reported fhat he had been o the -laie House at Pf0si-
 denee for an interview with the Rhode
 Island State Board of Public Roads.
 He sseertaIned that it took 2-l0ths Of a gallon Of oil b sprinkle l square yard Of road. The eost Of tue oil is 3 l-2 cents ger gallon, which figures sie4 per mile, for one application. The committee recommend the spfinklIng with eil provided that tie petitioners sign another petition in which they agree 10 pay their pro rata assessment the same as if the spfiakling ass done With water.
 It had been further aseertained that ia this state no assessment for sprinki. Ing with oil could be collected unless the abulfefs where sueh spdnkling as done would agree to pay such as- sessment and Il would therefore be necessary for those who wish the streets 10 be spginkled with oil to sign another petition agreeing to pay theif t-sessiuent. This petition can De sign. cd al E D. Bugbee's store.
 Alderman Hawkins stnted thai he had ngafed the afea of the streets which tbe petitioners asked 10 have oiled and found that the oil would cost szi8 per application, and that probably mol over two applications would be necessary. He spoke very fayorably regarding the proposition and said that two applications Of oil would be cheaper and more seryiceable than daily applications of water, that IL would not only allay the dust but would preserve the roads. The matter was left hy Mt Hawkins agreeing to aet upon the request Of the Mayor ta call upon E. b. Bngoee, who headed the petition, relative To another peii. ton in which the signefs agree to pay assessments.
 Alter the adjournment Of the above meeting the sewer committee met and organized. There were present Will liam Raflefty, Isaac t'hampeae, E. NJ. Arnold. K. German, C. II. Brown, W. \. Johnson, l.. M Wheaton, nr. F A. Merfell, Aldermen LaRue, l,euthlettc, Hawkins and Dady.
 Mayor Macdonald called the meet Ing to order. (, II. Brown was elected chairman and R. German secretary. The chairman stated the purpose of the meeting to be to take np matters relative to sewerage system for the city and incidentally the matter ei the city water system. A general informal discussion followed.
 Special attention was called by Health Officer LaRue to the serious conditions in the north end of the city
 where eesspools afe running over and into the guttefs.
 It was suggested that the building ! of sewerage system be begun in n
 small way and additions made from l time to tune. II wns voted to have | Engineer Chandler of Norwich, whose plans were before the committee for l their inspection, come to Putnam and explain the plans and give the com miitee all the information he can re- gafdiug the matter.
 The matter of the city water system was also discussed and the present system was criticised. IL seemed to
 be the feeling of the meeting that some
 different arrangement for city water k necessary.