Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-08
WESTERLY BOARD OF TRADE MEETS
Heszs Asaeesses Timely TepcsNeed of Accommodation Ilain Explained-Probste Court Business Vaudeville Hall, Watch Hill Forger, Proves Bigamist- Congrega- tionaI Church Holds Annual Meeting.

panied by woman, registered at the Watch Hill house during the summer of 1909. and by the lavish manner in which he spent his money attracted l considerable attention during his brief stay at the hotel.
 While at the hotel he gave Col. Dick. the hotel proprietor a check on a New York bank, amounting to S20 saying that he was going to Narra- gansett Pier for a short visit and did not arouse suspicion as to the character of the dashing young fellow until it was returned as worthless The Westerly police were notified and a search was started.
 After Hall had been found at the ! Pier by Capt. Bransfield he was taken to Kingston to await trial upon his failure to find surety for sum amounting to $1.000. Later he was sentenced by the superior court for 8 term of two years in state prison, having been found guilty of taking
 money under false pretenses. Hall.
 who called himself Charles w Ste vens. served his sentence.
 l Hall is now again before the courts charged with being a bigamist, forger and thief. His third wife, Mrs Mary Field Hall, appeared before the su- preme court and admitted through counsel that she is a wife of Hall.
 The embezzler also married Miss Flor 1 ence Teal, who later brought suit for divorce, naming Miss Vida Whitmore Hall, who comes from a prominent family in New York city and is member of a college fraternity and
 8 graduate of Yale, has been hitting a pace that 1t would be difficult to follow, but it looks now as though he had come to a stopping place and
 is likely to be under the surveillance of the law for some time to come.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Westerly board of trade was held at the Town hall on Union street Tues
 day evening, the attendance being
 large in spite of the rain. A brief
 business meeting was held prior t<,
 the lecture of the evening which ryas
 delivered by John w. Gillies of New
 York city, who spoke on the sewage
 question Postmaster ChaDIes J. But
 Ter also spoke in relation to inc new established parcel post system and
 there were reports frsm a number of
 the committees which showed that the
 organization was taking an active in
 terest in the Welfare of the town.
 Under Suspension of the rules the following " ere elected to membership:
 DaVld l., McLaren, s. K. Kehoe, Her
 per- l.. smith, George H. Harper and
 Frank W. Coy, chairman of the Transportation committee, reported
 That through the efforts of the board of trade additional train service he 1 tween Westerly and Bradford. to ac commodate those who came into town Saturday afternoons and evenings was to become effective the 18th of the month, when the eastbound Gilt Edge would stop at Bradford to leave pas sengers. This MT. Coy told his listen CTS, was a partial remedy to present inadequate train service between -Wes- terly and Bradford. but it did not help those who live in the small towns be- tween Bradford and Kingston train of this kind is what the merchants and others of the town are anxious to have
 added to the schedule and it was hoped that as the officials at New Haven, who had been very courteous and generous in giving Westerly a
 number of new trains, would feel that
 the demand Tor an accommodation
 train was so imperative that they
 would take favorable action upon the
 matter at an early date.
 Postmaster Charles J. Butler was
 called upon by the presiding officer
 to tell of the parcels post sy stem. The speaker gave a brief outline of the perceIs pose system and described in general way the method of conduct ing the work.
 MT Butler described the zones,
 winch has mean radial distance of
 fifty miles from the centre E6f any gwen unit of area, saying that the country had been divided into eight
 zones Tor convenience and that the the distance through which the bar
 eel was sent, and that as the dis
 tance is increased, so is the rate of postage. but generally speaking the rate for carrying was considerably lower than the present rates of the express companies.
 That the newly established depart mem or the post office might be well eeu!pped el the government had made an appropriation for the successful
 handling of the parcels. Already the post office department at Washington had notified the local office that if it
 was deemed advisable to hire team and driver for delivering the matter, that provision would be made for the same. At present there is more or less uncertainty as to the extent the system will be patronized, but from present indications it is quite certain that it will be necessary to have A regular delivery, as the mail carriers cannot take on the extra load and tage. Postmaster Butler spoke of the diff Ierent kinds of packages that could be sent through the mails provided they compiled with the regulations as to weight and size and were of mail able matter. He also continued along 1 this line and said that senders could not be too particular in packing ar l tIcies for sending through the mails, i and furthermore that distinctive l stamps must be used on the packages. l Failure to follow out the directions 1 would oftentimes cause considerable inconvenience and delay.
 | Civil Engineer John w. Gillies, with Charles w. Levitt, Jr., civil engineer, l of New York, addressed the members l of the board, telling in an interesting l manner of the benefits to be derived from sewage plant, explaining the different ones now in successful oper- ation and giving in detail the prin- l ciples of the Imhoff system. which 1 under local conditions no doubt serve 1 the purpose and would be as successful as any.
 MT. Gillies. who made a tour of in spection. spoke of the natural location
 for such a plant near the river, where
 the soil is quite sandy and so located
 that it would be isolated from any
 community and therefore would not be harmful to health.
 | The speaker also said that one ot the things to consider was disposal and that although the river would be a natural outlet, the sewage would prove to be a detriment to the fishing interests and to the people below.
 Following the lecture a number O.