Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-10
WHAT IS INTERESTING WESTERLY t. Recently Appointed Highway Committee Chooses Robert F.
 L. Barr Clerk-Supreme Court Finds For. Concettna
 GriDs in Case Against Railroad Company

The supreme court of the state of Rhode Island has handed down a re- script in the case of Concettina Grills of Westerly against the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Railroad company, and Natale Ben venutt. The defendants exceptions are overru1ed, the petition for new trial is denied and dismissed and the case Is remiteed to the superior court for Washington county with direction to enter judgment for the plaintiff.
 This case has been in the courts for the past three years and is an outgrowth of the extensive improve ments made at the railway station and the elimination oe the Canal street crossing. BenS eauti is a licensed i- Quor de der and had a saloon in 8 building in Canal street that was re- provements. The railroad company in order to get possession of the prop ertv bef1re the lease expired, gave Benvenuti remission to erect one story building for saloon purposes on what was supposed to be railroad and the new Railroad drive, diago- nally opposite the site vacated.
 The building ~aG erected and Mrs. GrilS claimed encr croachment upon her property. Some excavation was made and the boundary post was unearthed, Dut AChloA "flS 1iiGhoo OI ment- Claim was made that mora than half of the building was on the Grills property ard tho boundary lines 50 indicated. The GrillS property, as claimed. was feaced in and the case was takon iEto court. Subsequently, the feEce was removed pending t. o legal pt1Gae1:-ss. The result Is in favor of Mrs. CriHs and the build ing must be removed or mutual ar rangement made to the contrary. Claim in damages for trespass was in- ciuded in the action against defend ants, which must be paid by the or ders of the court In granting tie permit for the building the railroad company was ot 70 opinion that all Of the site was included iU the land purchased from the Dixon estate. Ths decision affects the ownership of prop erty along the old canal banks, so- called
 The first case brought was an ac- tion in trespass Quare clau uSum fregit brought against the railroad company for taking the land and giving its use to Benvenuti In this case verdict of $10o damages was given the de- fendant. The second action was in trespass and ejectment and nominal damage was awarded plaintiff.
 Congressman o'shaushnessy of Rhode Island, member of the sub- committee of the interstate commerce committee which deals with the sub ject of aids to navigation, has called to the attention of the secretary of commerce. the grounding of steam ship North!and on the northern end of Bartbet4's reef, 8 few miles out side of New London harbor, on June k AIT. O'Shaughnessy's letter to Sec retsry Redf1eld, in part. is as fol- lows:
 Tn view of the tremendous amount  cling over the Long Island sound route between New York, New London, Norwich, Providence Fall River, Newport, New Bedford Boston and Portland, l respectfully suggest that you request investigation by the proper persons in your department, to determine whether or not there is need for additional aids to navigation In tho vicinity of Bartletfs Reef go ls to prevent a repetition of the ac- sident which occurred last Thursday"
 Mr- O'Shanghnessy makes no men, ton of the fact that the captain of the Northland was about eight miles off his course, and that perhaps the nishap was due to that course. Suck sccidenIs are liable to happen at any tIne, unless there Is observance of the nresdy established aids to navigation.
 4 double cnluxz,n cut of Miss Mar tov<e. E. Srsyiie and her prize Pom eranfan, Tommy appeared in New ! osk paper Tuesday with this matter If special local interest,"
 Miss Marjerie Ely smyne will be : member of the Watch Hill colony this summer. Dr. Edmund LeRoy Dow and Mrs, Dow Miss SmyHe's mother have just purchased from Will liam A. Greene's place Arcadia at Watch HiI, and will leave their home in New York city, No 37 West Eff Gf frNr end of this month.
 Miss Snyiie, who was introduced to society two years ago, has had no little success in exhibiting dogs, her Pomeranians having taken prizes at several bench shows
 1t is apparent that the new hioh- way committee of the Westerly town council does not propose to follow in the well defined rut of the commit tees that have preceded. Whether the departure will result in general bet terInent of conditions is an open Ques- tion.
 The new committee is composed of councilmen Francis G. Haswen Mau- rice w. Flynn and Charles B. Thom- as, an entirely new board, and they have evidently clutched the handle of that traditional new broom. At the first meeting of the new council. the
 
 pointed for one month only, although the regular tenure of office is one year Justin Haven is the present incumbent, succeeding to the position when Elihu Chesebro resigned three years ago. This action is believed to have been taken in order to give the council time to consider a successor to Mfr. Havens
 Instead of appointing the clerk to me highway committee, as has been the annual custom, this matter was referred to the highway committee, with power of appointment Walter E. Wheeler has been the clerk for about two years and has performed all that goes With the position to the full sat lsfaetion of all concerned. No fault has ever been found with the service rendered. However, the committee decided upon change in c1erkship. and has appointed Robert F. L.. Barr clerk. with a salary of $250 a year. MT Barr is a clerk in the Westerly branch of the Industrial Trust com pany, and is thoroughly competent.