Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-15
IN AND ABOUT WESTERLY
Town Debt Reduced $6 643s-Overseer of Poor Reports Balance of $126-Annual Financial Meeting Votes S2OOO to Convert Old Town Hall Into Manual Training Depsrtment-ProvidenceC Circle Meets.
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tured ribs, besides having his left 1 cheek pierced by a nail, and receiving
 @ severe shaking up, The injured man was brought to his boarding place on ] the West Side by Dr. Michael H. Scan | lon was called to attend him.
 Approximately s13,ooo was appro- l priated at the annual financial meet 1 ing Of the town Of Westerly, held at l the town hall Tuesday morning, when ]. in addition to the regular appropri- ] atieas amounting to practically $9S, 1 eco, it was voted to convert the old 1 town halL which is soon to be vacated, l inta a manual training department. to i eXpend $2.00G for the investigating of 1 various sewage systems which the ! taxpayers voted to install, besides 1 S1, ,0g0 for the improvement of the west 1 end of John street, Q like amount for strengthening the dikes along the banks of the Pawcatuck river on Canal i street, not to mention a number of
 other smaller appropriations for gen eral improvements all of which were voted without the least opposition. The report of Town Treasurer James l M- Pendleton showed that the receipts for the year ending May l. 1913, amounted to S663. 0$9-44 and that the towns debt had been decreased S6,- ] 43&-z1 during the past twelve months, in spiGe of the fact that the amount l of taxes collected was less than the [ - May l, 1913, was $597 ,039.83.
 The report of the school committee showed that Of the s12,000 appro- pTiated to furnish additional school ac- commodations at Bradford that there
 was an unexpended balance of $10, ,333 i but that two extraordinary expenses arose during the year when it became necessary to install a new heater at the Pleasant Street school and the high price of coal The committee also
 ~ls ,I5 ing be converted into a manual train ing department, which was later voted. The sixteenth annual report of the water commissioners was very satis- factory and showed that $13,000 had been turned into the sinking fund, which was over twice the amount transferred last year.
 The report Of the Overseer of the poor, E1Iery Barber showed that dur ing the twelve months the expenditures at the asylum amounted to 1,857.28 and the expense for outside poor amounted to $1,196.93, which with the
 appropriation of $2.S00 left a balance of $12606 which is considerably more than that of last report. The receipts of the town farm amounted to $29427.
 The following appropriations asked for by the town council and the school committee through the town council were voted:
 Schools, including $400 for medical inspection, > $49, 400; highway and bridges S15.000: oil for the highways S2000; street lights, $9,700; police $7,0003 town officers, $6,000: town hall S3,500: printing and advertising. $1 900: support of the poor, $2,800; memorial library, $200: Budlong post, $50: Rob- eTt Brucker camp, $25: band concerts, $100-
 The usual resolution exempting new manufacturing concerns from taxation for q period not exceeding ten wears was read and passed.
 Senator Louis ". Arnold offered the resolution for the town hall to be placed under the control of the school used for Q manual training and ele- Tnentary industrial school. Milo NJ Clark moved the adoption of the res Olution and if was carried without dissenting vote.
 Ten thousand. three hundred and thirtv-three dollars of the unexpend- ed sum of the Bradford school appro- priatj0n was voted to equip the old town hall with tools and machinery. to purchase and erect Q two room port able schooIbouse at Pleasant street, for installing sanitary water closets at some of the schools.
 Senator Arnold called attention to the necessity of strengthening the dIkes along the river in Sti1lmanvilIe from the Westerly Shirt company to the pumping station and an expendi- ture of $1000 was voted.
 F. c. Bufum offered a resolution for the expenditure of $1,000 for the i'm provement of the west end of John street, near Elm street, which was passed after a short discussion.
 The electors voted to expend $200 for the preservation of the elns after MT. BuffuIn stated that there are 172 trees in town and that an ouer had been made to protect them from the elm tree beetles and insects for that amount