Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-04
PUTNAM
Property Owners Sue the city-con- tractor Leo Sued-Thomas McDer- mott to Witness Worlds Series-Re- publican Club to Be Organized.

Suit against the city has been filed and damages for $500 claimed by Nell lie Egan, Joseph Egan and Sarah Egan of Putnam, George Egan of Peacedale and James Egan of Dover, N. H., owners of property near Bridge street.
 The suit grows out of the city's ex- tending a line of the sewer system across the Egan property and the plaintiffs seek to secure an injunc- tion preventing the city from main taining it's sewer service through their land.
 Work on State Road.
 Work on two more state road con- tracts in Windham county will be commenced next week. The Pierson Construction & Engineering Go. of Berlin is to begin work building a stretch of state highway from North Grosvenordale to the Massachusetts line. This road is to be 16,SS5 feet in length and the contract will not be completed until some time next sum- mer. This road is to be of native stone macadam.
 The other road to be commenced is in the town of Plainfield. The A. Vito Construction company of Thompson has the contract to build a gravel highway from a point south of Bish- ops Crossing in Plainfield to the north line of the town of Griswold.
 Both of the stretches of road re- ferred to are parts of the trunk line that will extend from Worcester to New London when completed
 Thompson Contractor Sued.
 Creditors of Antonio Leo, contrac- tor of this city and Thompson, is made the subject of a petition for placing him in bankruptcy, the petition being made on behalf of the Good Roads Machinery company, West Virginia corporation, Thomas Ryan, Thomp- son, and G. Mostello, Hartford.
 The machinery company claims to be creditor 70 the extent of $5,000 for machinery furnished MT. Leo. Thomas Ryan represents himself a creditor of Leo to the extent of $5,100, this for money loaned. Mostello claims being a creditor for $2S4.82, this be- ing for groc cries supplied.
 The petitioners also allege that Leo has committed acts of bankruptcy and that on July 19 he transferred the title of 20 horses, six dump wagons and number of dump carts to Frank Roscingo of this city.
 The defendant has been cited to ap- pear in the district court at Hartford on October :, in connection with the petition. Judge Harry E. Back of Danielson represents the petitioners. Attorney Frank E. Howarth of this city is counsel for Mr. Leo, who is well known here as a contractor who has done much highway work.
 Thomas MoDermott Wins.
 Thomas MeDermott of this city leaves the first of the week to join the spe- cial party of twenty that is to see the worlds series of baseball games as guests of a Boston daily paper. MT. McDermott distanced all the fans in New England in the race for the hon. or, getting more votes by couple of hundred thousand than his next near est competitor.
 The winning of the trip means a whole lot of pleasure for MT. Me- Dermott and an equal amount of sat- isfaction for the scores of friends in many parts of New England who col lected and contributed ballots. With the part in which he is entitled to be rated as the royal rooter he will trav- el between New York and Boston where the games are to be played on alternate days, in Pullman cars, will have the. best seats that money will buy at the ball grounds, and as to en- tertaining, the sky will be the limit l The winners of the contest are tc have everything going and lots of it. County Home Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the board oi l management of the county home fol | children near this city is to be helG 1 October 10. The county commission CTS have issued invitations to many county people to be present and lister ] to the reports that will be made al | that time. The guests will be enter. | tained at dinner.
 Romaine's Violin Playing Makes a Hit.
 | Romaine, an unusually talented vio. l linist, charmed the audiences tha heard him play eccentric style mum bers at the Bradley theater at Thurs days shows. Romaine is more thai an ordinary violinist-he is nothint l less than an artist, playing as on, might expect 8 wizard to play. H | is only a youngster, 21, but a playe 1 who has studied with the best master in this country and spent time abroad and has played all the big theater cir cults of the country.
 The political aspirants are begin ming to tune up. Up to the presen time not much has been heard as t who would be likely to receive tn republican nominations for represent atives from Putnam this year, but ol 1 Thursday more was heard of who vii be apt to be considered at the caucu next Wednesday.
 The Putnam High School association is considering plans for a social O | 4~ I,e11 @haI time during the latter part of thi month.
 Putnam, in common with other cit ies is experiencing some of the incon veniences of the short supply of coal No winters supply has yet been SC cured for the town and city build ing and difficulty has been met witt in getting enough of the fuel to keel the building heated.
 City to Have a Republican Club. ! It was announced here Thursda. thats republican club will be or ganized in Putnam during the nex ten days, this decision being arrived at after a visit from Henry M. Camp representing the National Republican league. MT. Camp conferred witt
 prominent republicans in the city.
 Progressive Candidate to Speak al
 Thompson.
 Herbert Knox Smith, progressiv, candidate for governor of Connecti
 cut, is coming into this corner O.
 Windham county tomorrow (Satur.
 day) afternoon, when he will addres. the citizens of Thompson at Unior hall in North Grosvenordale. He i. scheduled to speak at o'clock. Miss Grace A. Sayles of Worcester has been visiting in Putnam.
 Frank G. Hillman of Berlin was z visitor with friends in town Thursday