Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-14

William Williams of Providence, who
has contracted to build the town build
ing and court house at Broad and IN
ion streets. Westerly, will begin work
on the site next Monday. by the gem
eral clearing of the premises and plac :
ing the stakes for the foundation on
the building. According to agreement
the building must be ready for occu-
pancy on February IL, 1913 Mr. VIII
Hams expects that the work viii be
completed month or two earlier than
The time specified. By the terms OF
the contract such portions OF the foun-
dattons of the buildings that have been
removed and of retaining walls That
are available may be used In the UNI
derEround foundation for the new
building. The Nestor house, so-called,
that stands partially on the town
property goes into the ownership or
the contractor, and provides that the
building must be RACED and the ma
teriaI removed A portion OF this house
Will be utilized as an Office and stor-
age place by the contractor until the
new building is completed
So far as can be done consistently.
the contractor will give employment to
residents OF Westerly, and his plan Is
to continue the work uninterruptedly
until the building Is completed.
The contract for furnishing the red
granite, OF which material the build
ing Will be contracted, has been
awarded to the New England Granite
Works The stone will be quarried and
of this material will be commenced
rust as soon as working plans are fur
nished by the architect
The time cannot be recalled when
prospects were brighter for the build
ing trades in Westerly, nor when the
town had more encouraging outlook
Congressman George n. Utter Of
Westerly joined with the democrats in
opposition to the Sherwood service PEN
sion bill for the benefit of veterans Of
the Mexican and civil wars, and which
might ultimately extend to the vet
Grams OF the Spanish-American war.
or the 19 civil war veterans question:
ed in Westerly, Wednesday, all were
emphatic in denunciation of the action
of CONGRESSMAN Utter, some of them
asserting that it was his duty to rep
resent the sentiments of his conStitu-
ency rather than to insist upon his
personal notion of the important mat
ter.
OF Is representative business men
questioned on the subject, II strongly
endorsed Congressman Utter's action
and were pleased with the independ-
ence he manifested by voting against
ciates, but which he believed to be det-
rfmental to the public good, and they
declare and the war veterans were al
ready being ttLersIly- cared for by the
ed that he was glad TO see that there
We're seven other. republican congress
men who believed the measure to be
wrong and who had the courage to
vote AZ conscience dictated
Representative Utter is stronqIy in
favor Of the proposition of Secretary
of the Navy Myer to abandon navy
yards now in existence and establish
Ing great yard on Narragansett bay.
Mr.. Utter says.
II the government is going into a
plan for dropping the smaller navy
rl( he
veloping thrse or more large establish
nents to care for the Atlantic fleet. 1
think there could not be found more
admirable site for one Of these plants
Than in Narragznsett bay. The many
small navy yards now in operation
were the outgrowth OF time when we
had q great many wooden ships in our
navy Naval construction however
has changed to such an extent that
many OF these yards are inpracticable
for the present days necessities /
think they should be closed down and
larger plants established or developed,
and think the most suitable place for
{ mammoth navy yard would be at the
point on Narragansett bay suggested
BY Secretary Myer."
s.l A Delegation of the machinlsts en-
pioyed at the torpedo station at Mar
raqarsett bay is in conference with
Congressman Utter and other members
OF the Rhode Island delegation at
Washington with reference to an in
crease in wages which has been denied
them by the superintendent of the s6a-
tom and who sent adverse report u BON
their request to the department. The
nlach1nists contend that the cost of
Irving Is fully as much as in places
where machinists are employed by the
government and that therefore they
should receive equal compensation for
service rendered
Articles of association incorporating
the kinczid Oil company have been
Tiled with the secretary of state. The
incorporators are William T. Kfncafd