Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-16
CITY MEETING FOR STONY BROOK
Decided by Vote of Almost Four to One to Authorze Issuance Of Bonds to Amount of 532oO0o to De. velop Water Supply There Vote of 1902 Was Re. cinded and Decision Made to Have the Floating Debt of $l59,3oo Bonded Discussion or the Ques- ton of Reservoir Blocked by Delay.

water question, and months of heated
 debate as to the merits of the present situation, special city meeting We'd nesday evening decided by vote of l almost four to one to authoriza the is- l suance of bonds to the amount of 1 s320,O00 for the development of the Stony brook proposition. It was lore gone conclusion that this would be the result of the. meeting and the last special dity meeting having indicated most plainly what was wantads Wed- nesday evenings session lasted but two ! hours. being cut down by the fact that l there was no discussion upon the mer- l it's of the proposition. This was a had been anticipated. When tha op- l portunity for the remarks on the mos l ton were called for there was a pause and. no one offered to speak Evident | Iy waiting for someone else to be heard, i Dr. Hartman did not rise to speak un- 1 til the vote had been called for and the
 voters were about to get their ballots l He then spoke briefly, when tha mayor considered it out of order and sus- tained the point of order of A. II.
 Boardman, although many asked to have Dr. Hartman continue, it being I the feeling that he should be haard. It was expressed by someone in the nall, at random that the vote would be for ! Stony brook anyway, and upon tn2t
 Dr. Hartman felt willing to submit the | NldIfeI, allnQQBH H6 Ida 4<GAaSa " read the report in regard to the engl-
 neers' investigation of that watershed, | The vote was taken on that proposi- 1 ton by check list, but on the other 1 three matters in the warning by viva yoce vote. The feeling seemed to pre- 1 vail, that while the discussion might 1 have added some warmth to the meet 1 ing, the voters had come there with their minds made up and wanted Stony brook. which they secured.
 1 It now remains for the council to ap- l prove the recommendation of the water l board at a special or regular session. I it being legal for them to do so now i inasmuch as the vote Of 1902. which
 was against Stony brook. has been
 rescinded.
 stated that he had not decided when
 he would call special meeting of the court and might let it go until the next
 regular meeting. He said he intended ! to confer with the water board and learn their wishes in this regard.
 At S.05 o'clock Mayor Thayer called 1 the meeting to order and the warning
 was read by City Clerk s. D. Moore. The seats were all filled and there were
 several hundred standing, but the att 1 tendance did not reach as large num- Der as at previous meetings.
 | The items in the warning are as fol- l lows: CD to vote and decide whether I or not they will raseind a certain vote
 or resolution passed and adopted at a 1 city meeting held on Jan. 31st, 1902, re- | jecting the Stony brook watershed, so- called, as a source of water supply for
 said city; @ to vote and decide whether or not they will appropriate or I authorize the appropriation of a sum of
 money in excess of three hundred l thousand dollars (S300,0001. sufficient 1 to enable the board of water commits 1 sioners to increase the water supply of ] said city from the said Stony brook watershed, provided said vote of Jan. 1 31, 1902, shall be rescinded: f3) to vote
 and decide whether or not they will au- i thorize the proper city officials to ob- | tain from the legislature authority to ! issue bonds with which to raiss money for said purpose; (A to vote and decide ! whether or not they will authorize the pronef city officials to obtain from the | legislature authority to issue bonds to
 refund the present floating debt of tha city.
 Fourth item Explained.
 | Mayor Thayer called attention to the fourth item in the call which, con- eerned the taking up of the indebted | ness now represented by certificates. l I placed this in the warning, the mayor l said, because the charter commission
 recommended that all the floating debt 1 should be bonded and not continued as 1 a floating debt, and considered it best l to do this now rather than call spe- 1 cial meeting for that purpose.
 Resolution on Reseindine Former Vote. In regard to the first matter, Cor 1 poration Counsel Tanning presented 1 tho following preamble and resolution. Whereas The city Of Norwich, in Q legal meeting held on the 31st day of l January, 1902. voted it's disapproval of | the plan of developing the Stony brook watershed and establish waterworks on said brook until the waterworks 1 owned and controlled at said date by i said city had been developed to their ! fullest extent: and
 1 Whereas, Since said date there has been an additional development of the waterworks owned by the city on said l Jan. 31st 1902, and their further de- ve1opment would not meet the present
 requirements of the city for an ade- development would be inadvisahle in view of the limited watershed at Fair view and Meadow brook; therefore, be
 Resolved, That the vote passed at said city meeting held Jan. 31st. 1902, l tion of the board of water commits ] sioners and of the court Of common l council with reference to developing I Stony brook watershed and protesting l against the proposed expenditure of city money therefor, be, and the same ! lrS lGAEQy IGHllliAl4- Amos A. Browning asked if there had been any action by the water commissioners and council
 l The mayor stated that they had moi l acted on this matter. as they have nothing to do with it. but the council l has passed a resolution favoring the | taking of steps to go ahead with the stony brook supply and recommending | 1t to the council. The council deferred action upon this until the city meet I ing rescinded its vote, the action of the city meeting in 1902 having been against Stony brook. It would not re- auire another city meeting, however. 1 the mayor thought. after the council
 acts in special meeting.
 Upon the motion to rescind the vote | of 1909, tha mayor said: am in doubt 1 about the right of a vote by viva voce
 on this, but He stated he would try it and if the feeling is all one way he l said it was viva veee vote in 1902. Vote Rescinded.
 | The motion was put and carried al- most unanimously. there being hut a 1 few noes. and it was declared vote. Stony Brook, Resolution.
 A resolution presented by Corpora ton Counsel Banning concerning the establishment of the reservoir on Stony brook was as follows.
 1 Resolved. That the court of common council of the city of Norwich he, and appropriation of such sum. or the sev- eral sums. of money,> not to exceed in the aggregate $320000 as may be | irao,Jisifa f, nav far apc11i.iuv ord