Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-02
MATTERS INTERESTING WESTERLY
Traffic Regulations EnforcedStart on Track Removal From Dixon Square-Thefts by Small Boys-Season the Beaches Starting in Well.

The tral7ic regulations in Westerly are generally respected owing to the police vigilance, but once in while some thoughtless driver leaves his car headed in an illegal direction and dis appears from the view of police off, cers. "Wednesday morning there was a law-offending car in front of the First Baptist church and it was there for half an. hour before the owner ap- peared. Policeman Ferguson was there. too to give the offender warn ing not to repeat the offense and to hand him a printed copy of the traf- fic regulations. Councilman Francis G. Hasweil chairman of the highway committee was the offender and was politely reprimanded by the police of 6cer, who added that the example set by the councilman was not of the kind that should be emulated. In this, the councilman agreed, and promised com pliance with the law in the future.
 A gang of the construction force of the Norwich and Westerly Traction eoNspany, commenced Wednesday morning to remove a section of the treck in Broad street which terminates at the Westerly High school, and is in part compliance with the orders of the town council to remove all tracks from Broad street and Dixon square except those of the main line, thereby changing the terminal from the square to the railway station Only the track that extends from the schooiho9se to a point just above the main entrance to the Memorial build ing will be removed at this time. so thax the increased summer traffic will not be inconvenienced
 The section of tracAage in Broad Etreet Is paved with granite blocks between the rails and for eighteen inches on the outside, while the bal ance of the street is of macadam con structfon. Tho trolley company will street now occupied by it's tracks in as good condition as the rest of the roadbed, and that will be very easy and not expensive, as the road is all ready in poor condition The paving blocks and rails taken from Broad street will be utilized in the construc= ton of the new turnout in Railroad avenue. If is understood that at the close of the summer season, the work will be resumed of removing the uackage in Dixon square, which is obiectionabse to the members of the town council
 All $sse your,g thieves of Westerly are not yet in the state institutions, although they are committed there in hlocfS of five. At least two are at large and they are the boys who pur fotned from a storehouse in the rear of the H. B. Gavitt company store in Pawcatuck- These boys were not par tieufar what they stole provided it was of brass or some sa1able material, for they took the four brass wheels with rubber tires from a casket truck Mnd part of a silver rail used on a heaEse The robbery was reported to Pzfroau1an Shelby Nicholas. who sus- pected two small boys residents of the Pierce street section of Westerly. The assistance of Omcers Mitchell and Ferguson, of the Westerly police force, was aeughI The boys were soon To- c9ted and the brass wheels of the caxket truck recovered. The boys made an unsuccessful attempt to sell the wheels to a junk dealer. so they said, but de1ted the theft of the silver rail The boys have not yet been arrested.
 Some carpenter tools and other ar ticles were stolen from the same place and, perhaps, by the same boys, who say they expected to sell the brass