Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-04

ing litigation was denied.
 In the case of Talbot adm. vs. Bur- lingham, which suit was completed on CITY MEETING fAvORS STONY BROOK
 (continued from page hve.) be accepted and that they receive . vote of thanks and that they be con- tinued in office with all their duties and that their recommendation shall be adopted. This was voted.
 Resolution on Pumping Station.
 He then presented the following res- olution:
 Resolved, That in view of the pres- ent scarcity of the city water supply. when rains will be less and probably small in quantity, and thus the people be endangered with a water famine, with all it's perilous and oppressive consequences- that it is the judgment of this meeting that the emergency should be at the earliest possible mo- ment put in full operation; that the sources of contamination to the waters of said brook should be abated or re- moved, so that said waters shall be reasonably safe for use; and that the board of water commissioners be and they are hereby respectfully requested with all reasonable despatch to pro- ceed to do away with the dangerous contamination of said waters and to supply the same to the city without chemical treatment that has proved so far distasteful and offensive to the consumer.
 Speaking upon the resolution. ha begged their pardon for keeping them there under circumstances which made it most oppressive. There is nothing in the charter. he said, which required It is not necessary to be identified. This is done 1t seemed to- him, to crush out the spirit which has risen up here. If tho people will only take into their hands the power we have there would be @ no trouble .,a; Al the voice, but by the charter they thought they could tire out the people and carry through schemes which the peO- pie are not in favor of. It is the glory, of this country that the will of the people is the supreme law. It is the boast that the will of the people shall not be thwarted. In foreign lands the people have risen up and chopped off the heads ofs those who have acted thusly.
 They would have you believe the wa ter board has full control and. you have no voice. You appointed them. Is the preacher larger than the creator or the servant more powerful than the master? They are appointed to in- augurate and maintain the water works. Judge Hovan drafted the char ter. and he did 1t wisely and made 1t so the situation it being necessary to refer the matter to the council and then to the city meeting
 have witnessed studies efforts to go against the will of the people and we are now kept here until the next right. We have lDr. Harriman's word for it. That is something, isn't 1t? He will tell you that colon bacilli are common in water. Think of the water they are Supplying you with today. When was the analysis of that made ? Your authorities care more about car rying through a scheme of theirs by expressing the people. Blake's report said that Trading cove brook is better water with the sources of contamjna- ton than the water from Bog meadow that has been and is being supplied to the city.
 Health Officer Speaks. City Health Ofi1cer Dr. N. B. Lewis thought MT. Shields left several things in the dark and referred to the matter of forbidding the treating of the water, declaring that he and the state board of health had nothing to gain in ad- vising the treatment. He read the re- port of State Chemist Newlands. which has been published. showing the nuis- ances along the brook and stating the water is objectionable unless filtered or purified. The contamination of Bog meadow, as MT. Blake reported, was from the LaPierre farm, which has been abated
 MT. Shields stated that the super intendent had stated that cattle~pas- ture along the side of the Reservoir now.
 Continuing, Dr. Lewis said that the examination of the water by MT. Blake resulted in his declaring that Trading Cove brook should not be used without purificahion below Canadian Path brook, and the pumping station is some distance below the junction. Councilman Barry Heard. Councilman John Barry said that h5 was ready to defend the action of the authorities and the council, and said he voted for Pease brook, believing It the best thing and for Jordan brOook be- lieving that to be the next best thing. He said MT. Shields is able tao buy spring water, but the poor people which represent have to back 1t a half mile. He said the workingmen are the ones W11O SI6 pxdy1tlS lilO lcASc and they should be heard in the mat ter. He denied that any man could say that eh had done other than act for the best interests of the city. Drinking Places for Horses. pr. Lewis called attention to the fact that there are six or seven drinking places for horses in the stream at Trading Cove brook, and moved that the portion pertaining to the purifica : ton be stricken out of the resolution. S. A. Crandall asked if he ever heard of any horses dying from drinking the water. This raised Q big laugh MT. Shields said that the resolution intends to do away with teh chemical treatment, but sand filter beds can be used. and they are the best. He would amend to say that the water be filtered, as he wouldn't put the city to that ex- pense if not necessary.
 Out of Order. But Put. Mayor Thayer said that the resolu- tion is clearly out of order, and no one knows it better than the mover. The supreme court has passed on 1t tame and again that unless the matter is in the warning it cannot be acted upon in city meeting and have any standing. So as nit to oppress the people, he said, he would put the motion and aslIl