Norwich bulletin., 1910-10-04

The appropriation of S.. 600 to pay
a $4,000 note to the Norwich Savings
society brought out some discussion,
Edward Kirby moving that this be
carried over till next year. as this
would be way of saving something in
the amounts to be voted this year. Mr..
Donovan and the chairman discussed
the subject of notes and it was finally
voted to pay the note ON motion of E.
A. Tracy. Elk Mayor S. Ashbel Crandall
called attention TO a parliamentary
point which was Strengthened out.
Salaries the Same.
The printed reports of the other. town
officers, besides the selectmen, We're
accepted as printed, on motion of MIR.
Shields. The salaries of town officers
and compensation for tax collector
were fixed the same as last year: First
lectmen, $500 each; town clerk, $780,
town treasurer $500: acting school Wis
tor, $500: compensation of collector,
one per cent. of an0slnt collected.
Assessors IN Office All Year.
James J.. Case also offered q reSolu-
ton which was passed providing that
the salary for the board of assessors
should be $500 per annum. that they
should have their office open two hours
each day and that they should estab-
lish a card system, the salary to in
chude writing the abstract and transfer
ed in the Affirmative the question
whether this could be voted by the
town meeting and Mr.. Tarrant said
that this was what ought to have been
done three years ago and half the peO-
pie would have been in pocket if we
had given the assessors time to do
their work then.
Otis Library.
DR.. P. II. Hartman offered reso-
h+fe II
sum of $4,000 in quarterly installments
commencing the expenditure and the
benefit the town was deriving from the
library. Town Counsel Tanning made
an amendment that payment be
made on May list. which would save
the town from borrowing the money TO
meet the first quarterly payment.
Treasurer John c. Averill of the libra
ry stated that it would be impossible
to get along without the money until
then and Mr.. flaming withdrew his
amendment
In opposing the motion William f.
Shields said that a sense of duty inn
PEELED him to do this. but it was with
regret. 1t is a time to halt now in
expenditures. People have been de-
ceived into raising the grand list, but
the tax rate has not been lowered This
he presumed would be considered an
educational matter, Mr.. Shields said,
but here was a private corporation
doing business at the public expense
and that did not appeal to him. More
than one-third of the total tax had
already been voted for educational pur-
poses. The town has a member on the
board, but it has never heard from
him what the town gets from the Ii
brary. From the library's report, said
Mr. Shields ii is shown that eight out
of ten books circulated are fiction and
novels. not of educational value but
sprea ding the seeds of impure thoughts
and lives. He moved to lay the mo-
ton on the table, but the motion was
lost amid applause, after James w.
Blackburn had condemned Mr.. Shields
attitude as one of the worst things the
town had ever got into and Adams P.
Carroll who is the towns member on
the library board had said that he was
convinced that the town was receiving
greater benefits from the library than
it appreciated. The appropriation was
voted amid applause
indefinitely Postponed Roads.
The special matter in the warning
concerning certain highways to be pat
in such condition that the state would
accept them as part of the trunk line
system was taken up in connection
with the $4,000 for outside highways.
This amount was approved Chairman
Spalding explained that the Thames
vile macadam and the Washington
0Ll Gtl DIttCtNIIU u me r IdDh1Iu tOWll
line would be the first highways to be
accepted and the sum of $1,000 would
be needed to bring them up to state
requirements.
John Donovan told the meeting that
the Norwich roads were the worst in
the county except one town. and he
discussed with Selectman w r. Will
cox what was meant by trunk lines and
what the state highway commissioner
would do or would not do about &C
cepting roads here, Mr.. Donovan
moved the aDproDriati ton of the $f1 600
definitely postpone prevailed.
TaftviIIe Layout Approved
The formal layout OF a part OF Nor
wich avenue lying between the high
way TO Lisbon and the J. B. Martin
company land was explained by Shop
ard b. Palmer and was accepted by
vote Of the meeting. The Ponen1ah
company will eXpend about $4,000
here in building wall and walk with
out expense to the town in any way
No Hose for Norwich Town.
F. P. CULVER presented a petition
voting the sum of $500 to purchase 500
land Fire company No. ]. Norwich
Town. G. @. Steads motion to lay
on the table prevailed.
Bounty for Foxes.
S Ashbel Crandall presented the pc
tition for paying a bounty of So for
every fox Killed within the limits of
the town. The motion was passed.
Electric Lights at TaftViIie.
The same action was taken on the
petition to erect nine electric lights on
Norwich avenue from the Ponemah
club to the Norwich city Inns except
that the number of lights was increas-
ed to ten on motion of E. a. Tracy.
The lights will cost $3.50 per year
Town to Pay Tuition at Academy.
The petition of r J. Working c. H.
Iiobson and ]. 3. Stanton. a commit
tee of the Principals club. was pre-
septed by Mr.. Working, providing that
the town designate the Norwich Free,
Academy as high school and make a
contract with il for a sum not Ito ex-
coed $500 to receive the punils of the
town. He explained that Norwich was
the only town in the United States
that did not offer It's pupils a high
school education.
Mr.. Tarrant moved that all matters
relating 10 money affairs be post
poned. Edward Kirby favored this.
Superintendent Stanton Of the West
Chelsea district Timothy &. Murphy
ANA Principal {. FL I1obson OF Greene
vile and Albert BOartiln1n al spoke in
favor Of the resolution aa did 5E-
Mayor Cfandal1
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