Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-28
improvements Of Westerly Highways
Voted at Special Town Meeting After Lengthy Discus
son-s1,5oo for Shore Road s5ooo for Beach Street,
$500 for Watch Hill Auction Of Lots for Unpaid
Taxes-Seventh-Day Baptists Prepare for August
Conference.

Three propositions for improvements
OF highways were favorably considered
at special town meeting, held in the
Town hall. Monday. The annual meet
theirs deemed it advisable to have a
special meeting so that the work could
be completed before the arrival of the
watch Hill contingent and the sum-
amer visitors.
? There were eighty -one taxpayers
present when Moderator Eugene B.
Pendleton called the meeting to or
der. all sections of the town being rep
resented. After Clerk Whipple read
The call. which recommended appro-
priations for widening. Strengthening
and improving the Shore road. Beach
street from River Bend cemetery to
Thompson corners and for a highway
in the village of Watch Hill. William
L Clarke. president of the town coun-,
ell. made a motion that the sum of
$500 be appropriated for improving
the Shore road, provided the owneps
OF the abutting properties give to the
town the land required for the inn
provement. This motion was adopted
and appropriation made without OPP
position. The contemplate ted Improve.
Inent is in connection with the work
being done at the expense of the state
highway and be maintained ut the ex-
pense of the state.
President Clarke presented vote
covering the second proposition, which
included an appropriation of $500
for improving Beach street from the
south gate of River Bend cemetery to
rhempson's corner and the narrow
est and most dangerous section of the
main highway between the villages of
Westerly and Watch Hill.
DR.. M. III. Scanlon asked for expla-
nation from the highway committee
as to the improvements contemplated
as this was a. matter with which the
taxpayers should have detailed infor-
nation
Councilman Albert H. Lansworthy
OF the highway committee said the
committee would like to widen the
road for the full length between the
points named macadam the street and
lay cutters. He said the cemetery as
sociation had agreed to set the wall
give strip of land from ten to four
teen feet in width towards the inn
provement. If the cemetery corpora
tf0n erected q more costly wall, the
difference in cost from the moving and
resetting of the present wall would be
borne by that corporation. He said
that the Marist society that owned the
property adjoining would give the strip
of land provided a rustic wall was
placed along the new line, instead of
f0oetttng the present wall.
Joseph At. Murphy believed 1t was
out ef thu ordinary on the part of the
town to expect people to pay high
price for land and then give a large
part Of II to the town. He believed it
but fair that If the town took over
valuable property that the owners
should be fairly recompensed
DR.. Scanlon said he was not op-
posed to the improvement, but If the
highway committee had definite plans
for the expenditure of public money
that Il was but just to the taxpayers
that It be made known.
:. Milo Clark declared that the people
should be definitely informed whether
II was contemplated to do the. whole
or = part of the work contemplated
He be1feved the road should be widen
ed between the points from the GEM
etery to Thompson's corners the full
length, or not at all; as doing only
part of the work would not relieve the
danger or improve the general condi-
tions.
John J. Carney asked if the cemetery
proposition was accepted who would
pay for the change in wall Tine, the
cemetery corporation or the town?
Mr.. Langworthy explained that the
cemetery association gives the town
permission to move back the wall, or
II q better wall is decided upon the
cemetery association will take the sum
that would be paid for the removal,