Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-08

GQ6 Ql8uWaK Cotu1QlElGG fe[tG the lnIef~ ests of the town were guarded.
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 Councilman HaswaII stated that the highway committee had more CT lees trouble in the location of poles a. q as the committee was liable to chanye from year to year, 1t would be best co have an ordinance relating to the ges- ting of these poles. Couucilmen 1ul- ley. Flynn and Town Solicitor Agarsl were, on motion of Councilman Has : we'll appointed a committee to prepare an ordinance and present same at . future meeting of the council
 Councilman Flynn asked if advertis- l ing space was rented on the poles. Manager Speilman said there was not and that effort was being made to have the poles freed from advertis- Ing. PresNent ChampIin said 1t V s ehe intention of the telephone company to keep all poles free from advertising, except in the matter of street signs and notices Of town and fire districts. Clerk Whipple said there were per- manent signs attached to telephone poles, although an ordinance prohibit ed. He did not think any form of ad : yertising should be on the poles except street signs.
 Councilman Robinson of the apeeiaI committee appointed to investigate the agreement with the town and Wester- ly Automatic Telephone company in regard to free telephones in town de- partments and a police gong in Dixon l square, called upon Dr. ChampIin to explain the absence of the promised police gong. Dr. Champlin said a gong had been placed in Dixon square as agreed several years ago. but that it did not prove satisfactory, and a tele- phone and electric light had been sub- stituted, with regulation police box This required aM extra pair of wires for the light and special attachment in the office switchboard to turn the the company charged the town $1 month. He said three telephones were furnished the town free of charge.
 In response to queries from Coun- c1lmen HasweN and Flynn Dr. Cham pin said the Westerly Light and Pow CT company furnished the light free but the telephone company charged $12 a year for operating the light in con nection with police calls. The special committee was then discharged Dr. ChamDlin said the agreement between the telephone company and the town of Westerly was on file in the conn pany's office and was open for the l inspection of the councilmen at any time.
 When a small bill from the town sergeant for sunEuening witnesses was lOENSTSo Pdto SuSS6SCIOn was u1aQ6 by the cerlk that more care be- exer- cised in the selection of jurors. as sev- eral had been disqualified when sum moned to court. Councilman Flynn said the jurors called from Westerly compared faEorabiy with those from any other town in Washington coun- | ty. This was not agreed to by Town 1 Solicitor Agard. who said that the best I qualified jufymen came from Hopkin- ton and North Ktngstown and South KfngStown, as rule, although there have been eminently qualified jurors from Westerly while there were others totally unfitted for the service. Town summons on a juror who did not un- derstand the nature of the summons and could not read the document.
 Chief of Police Thomas E, Brown reported three arrests during Novefn- ber and four fire alarms. The peti- l tions of NataIe Gabrielle for a pool H. A. Darusha, of Bradford, referred from the previous meeting, were grant ed, as the chief of police acQuiegced Official notice was received from the state returning board notifying that the town of Westerly had elected two representatives to the next general as- sembly Francis c. Haswell and AL bert H, Langworthy. Lewie Stanton, superintendent of health, reported mo new cases of contagious disease dur | ing November.
 Justice Haven was appointed super visor of highways for December. An order was authorized for the sum of $25.70 for damage by dogs causing the death of geese and chickens. The bills of the overseer amounting for November to s2o4.61 were ordered paid,