Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-03
S. HOUR A WEEK SCHEDULE
In Westerly Wooden Mills that Been Running Short
Time Since Last Fall mith Granite liant Start
Work-United Charities Society Project in Westerly
Abandoned.

turned Wednesday afternoon from a
visit in Providence.
| It is expected that the new Wash
burn silk mill industry will be in OPP
| Grafton by March Is.
The project to organize society of
united charities in Westerly has been
! temporarily abandoned.
| Charles Noyes. Jr, is census talker
of manufacturing concerns in WASH
! ington county and Pawcatuck-
! After several weeks of idleness work
| has been started this week at the
| Smith Granite company plant.
| The condition of the four diphtheria
patients in Pleasant street is improved
| and no new cases have developed.
| Otis Everett a vice president of the
! Industrial Trust company OF Provi-
| dence, was in Westerly Wednesday.
Ruins of the Welch fire are being
cleared, but Mr.. Welch has not def
nitey decided upon building opera
lions.
The westerly wooden mills that
have been running on short time since
November are now on a fifty-five hour
a week schedule.
Staid citizens object to the an
nouncement of wrestling and boxing in
Westerly that really take place over
the bridge in Pawcatuck-
The damage to the roof of the town
hall incurred at the recent WEIGH fire
las DScu Iuliy IOQ<hiI Gu a. tiAS CAPCAioC
of the fire insurance companies.
Effort is being made to have Hon.
I James C. Monaghan lecture in West
erly under the auspices of Narragan-i
sett council, Knights of Columbus
There are enough ancient. historical
and valuable documents hidden from
view in the Westerly public library to
equip good sized literary museum.
Specifications for general repair of
the First Baptist church, by reason of
the recent fire, are in the possession OF
contractors who desire to bid for the
work.
In compliance with a vote of the
town council, it is probable that speci-
f1cations for paving the Broad street
bridge will soon be read for local
bidders.
At the meeting of the westerly
Board of Trade more publicity was
advocated, yet when publicity is given
to committee work it meets with some
disfavor.
William Higgins, who was called
ness of his father. Michael Higgins,
expects to return to the national cap
ital next Saturday
Outfielder Michael Donovan of
Westerly, who has been transferred by
sale from the Brockton to the New Ha-
ven baseball team. is still drilling in
the holdout brigade
In addition to the big electric sign
near the railway station, the Westerly
Board of Trade is to locate two more
advertising signs at the main highway
entrances to the town.
The Dunleavy property in Pleasant
street, consisting of a house and lot,
was sold by Auctioneer Eugene b.
Pendleton Wednesday to George b.
price was $1,252.
A copy of Couse's picture of The |
Master Workman, the original now
owned by William d. Hoxie of New
York and Westerly, is used on the adj |
vertising calendar of a manufacturing |
firm of art calendars.
Ralph Christensen, formerly employ |
ed in the machine shon of G. Il. Cot |
tren & Sons company, died Tuesday |
of tuberculosis at Liberty, y. Y. He
leaves a wife and son and father and
mother, who reside in Moodus, Conn.
J. Charles Runyon, electrical con-
tractor in Railway, n. j., and we'll
known in Westerly. where he makes
occasional visits, has secured the po-
sition of general superintendent of the
Electric company of Yonkers.
n. Y.
Ever notice what little heed the
toughened professional tourist takes of
postoff1ce during the heavy rain We'd
nesday and chatted cheerily for nearly
an hour until ordered to move on by a
Westerly policeman.
George Fl. Webb, supervisor of cen
Sus for Rhode Island has sent the
names of PSI persons who have passed
examination for enumerators to the
census bureau, Washington. There are
311 districts in the state and thirty |
more enumerators must be provided |
for country districts
G. Russell Stewart, through Attor-
ney George r. Mckenna, has brought
suit to recover $4,000 in damages from
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad company. Last Deem |
Der Stewards horse and milk wagon |
were struck by a switch engine at the
Prospect street crossing. He claims
damages for injuries and loss of prop
erty.