Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-02

ccmpany was the cause of water get
 ting lnrO the cellar of the property and doing considerable damage Mr. Flynn said he was informed that the conduit formed a sort of pocket, or
 ridge, that caused the ,clogglng of the drain and general overflow into the cellar Of the Chapman property. Coun- cilman LangWortny spoke in similar strain of complaints that had come to ! him.
 pr. Champlin had not heard before that the conduit that had been laid i ten years ago had caused damage to
 the Chapman property, and was of opinion that the damage was from some other cause
 William Chapman said that ever ! since the conduit was laid there has been more or less damage, but that it was not to be compared with the dam age of the past year, I1aClede Wood mansee, who leases the corner store
 m the Chapman bu1lding. was asked
 Il ne mad any testiJnony to give in the
 matter. lie sail, he simply came to
 the meetlng to present g bill for dam-
 age to goods fn the cellar by the wa ter tbdt oNerflowed from the brook
 or drain, lie presented an itemized
 plil Tor %l926. It was voted to hold
 me 6lt. pending investigation as to
 WheIher the telephone company or the IoWh was responsible for the danlAge
 N0uncllmar Langworthy remarked IT 1t ne was in favor of having the
 Canal street wires underground, but when the paving IS relaid that it be
 cone by the town and that the tele- Elone company pay the bill. He said
 that the roadbed in Main street was
 now tR bad condition by reason of the
 way the paving blocks were Telaid by
 me telephone company.
 Dr. Champlin said the Main street
 paving was relaed by the town and that the telephone company paid the bill, deducting the amount from the contract for the work complete. and
 with the consent of the contractor He
 sad the work in Canal street was to
 De done by the construction depart ment ot the Southern New England
 Telephone company, and that the con-
 dluon of the street would be fully as
 good as before the work was com
 menCed
 Upon motion of Councilman Flynn,
 1t Was voted that the petition be
 granted ana that the work be done to the satisfaction of the highway con-
 mlttee of the town council
 JoaA C sec, who resides in Pierce
 i''',Vr '0illI'itilcu Ol Jle damage to ll2
 prcperty hy flood He stated the
 cause vas the stopping up of natural
 nrOOks or drains, causing the water to overflow his lands.
 Councilman Langworthy said the h2EWay committee would remedy the
 trouble In go far as 1t was possible,
 out that nothing could be done until
 the water now there disa pBears. Just aL present the water in that section is deeper han at any time since the big flood Of 1886, Mr. Langworthy said that originally there were four drains from property in that section to the
 PaWcaruCk river put that two of these drains were blocked by the founda- tions of buildings, two of which were built by Joe Crills and are the cause Of damage to other properties Councilman Flynn suggested that if the cUlverts or drains built by the town were illegally obstructed the ob- 1 sgructi0ns should be removed Charles r. Anderson called atten- 1 tion of the council to the damaged condition of his property in Oak street, caused b. the diversion of all the wa ter that came down the hill into his garden Councilman LaAgWorthy con- fessed that just how to care for this volume of water was a difficult prob | lem that he could not solve, and as chairman of the highway committee he wanted every member of the coun- cil to view the situation and assist in the solution of the problem.