Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18


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 The contract for the erection Of two public bath houses has been awarded to the Hope Building company, by the board of contract and supply of the city of Providence, on bid of $42, ,030. This concern made bid of $43,79S on the general contract, but the for mer figures were named as an alter nate and accepted as the lowest price named The Isaac Sherman company Of Westerly submitted q bid of SAT ,000. The bid of William Williams, who constructed the new town hall and court house in Westerly was $4S000. linan. s50,190 O. D. Burlington, s47, 900: J. W. Bishop company $5S,362; Charles Crankshaw. s4S, ,S60; Frank l.. Pierce. $45, ,0O0; Famighetti Brothers, $50, 301; P. E. Harding company. $44,- 400: E. K Warren, S59,777: Albert F. Smiley, $49.O00 and Carl F, Carlson $54,S14
 There was meeting of the creditors ef Georgs Collins at the. the 0ffIce fiji es,,ia oT ruptcy and Robert Grieve was elected trustee of the estate, which according to the schedules filed amounts 10 nothing. MT. Collins formerly owned and operated a mill in Central NlI- 1 lage, Conn., This was burned to the ] ground and there was no insurance. { He was recently adjudged to be bank rupt The liabilities amount to $1b- ! 39725.
 The body of Syivio Tiziani arrived 1 in Westerly by express Tuesday morn l ing, from EI Centro, California, where 1 death occurred February $. The de- l ceased was twenty-five years or age a machinist by occupation, and left l the employ of the Atwood company, | and went l to California. He was the son of MT 1 and Mrs. Peter Tiziani, of Bradford, 1 and also leaves two brothers who also reside in Bradford. Burial will be ln St. MichaeIs cemetery.
 The stockholders of the First Ma | tionaI bank of Hope Valley will meet on St. Patriek's day to consider wheth- CT it is best to comply with the system as stipulated in the new banking law or hquidate It is understood that a majoriuy, if not all, of the directors favor the liquidation plan, and will so report to the meeting of stockholders. In the event of concurrence by the stockholders to liquidate, it is quite l probable that the business of the bank will be taken over by the Washington
 Trust company of Westerly and a branch established in the village o1 Hope Valley for the continuation Of the
 banking business. The change will in 1 no way 2nSCI Iil6 DuSA14SbS OA AAOPS Valley and can be made without loss
 to depositors or stockholders.
 "The blizzard of Friday was baby
 compared with that of March, 1888,
 declared Wayland Larkin of Watch
 Hill. He said he was in the old Lar
 kin house at the time, his father, the l proprietor. was in the south, and his
 brother Frank was in the village oi Westerly. During the storm large
 section of the tin roofing was torn from
 the hotel. There was no telephone o1
 telegraph communication and Vehicu-
 lar traffic was impossible. So WaylanC
 Larkin decided to walk to Westerly ] although the snow was hip deep anc 1 the thermometer at zero. He started
 at in the morning and reached West
 erly at in the afternoon. and a lOca
 tinsmith was secured to replace the
 tin roof. There was not nateria , enough in Westerly and there was nc
 transportation from New York. Ma terial sufficient was procured from
 Providence and New London.
 In the meantime g. driveway ha4 been broken through the snow and th'
 tin roof was replaced es expeditiousl! ! as possible. The work had just bee1 completed when a severe rainstorm SC 7 in, and thousands of dollars in dameg' 5 were saved to the Larkin house. Dan
 iel L. Chapman, who carried the mai between Westerly and Watch Hill, ac 2 [ co1npanied Mir. Larkin on the f1V . hours tramp through the deep snow l in which there was no broken path fO s the greater part of the distance.