Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-27

the sccsaa welfare department of the Westerly District Nurse association. is the prime mover in the agitation for tt,e homeless men who travel from plaoe to place and have no n8gllt shel- +er i'm tae twin villages Of Westerly and Pzweaknck. Tfsis was divulged at fAs meeting held in the Exchange for women's Work, which was attended sy oflcfa1 representatives of the towns af Westerly and Ston1ngfon and of the Westerly District Nurse Rssoeia- x3nN, upon invitation of LeRoy Earns worth. superintendent of the Peoples Missten. Miss McCon explained that tho object of tho meeting was for the purpose of considering some plan that would resz1it fn a lodging place for the class Of men, who are commonly called tramps. bue which includes honest men Tn search of employment. in the rear of the quarters of the Peoples Mission in Pawcatuck. to serve the twin villages, was discussed. It was suggested that the building be ereeteA and maintained at the expense nf the towns of Westerly and SASn- 4ngton. There was doubt expressed ae to fhs feasibility of the town of Westerly aiding Sn the erection and s1aeantenanee of & building for the pur- pose specified that was to be located In another state While the lodging house plan was favored. the opinion pyevaiIed that it should be maintained by private subscription. rather than by town aid. In opposition it was stated that towns were supposed to ledge these homeless men, and usually Sid, in the interest of humanity, but that in Westerly and Pawcatuck there were no such provisions and therefore public support should be given the proposed project.
 Secretary Lynde of the social well fare department of the Associated Charities in New London. gave an in darestinG outline of the social welfare work in that city. He said the tram szent deDendent men were lodged at The police station and Bradley Street Mission and that the organization he represented was more engaged in bet rering family conditions by securing employment for the heads of families. He waz not familiar with conditions sn Westerly, but was surprised to learn that the town had made no pro- vision for lodging the unfortunate and hczneless men and what was true of Westerly was also true of Pawca&11cl. Missions should not be expected to dc work that belonged to towns with eat the financial aid of the towns.
 The whole matter. after being thor eu9hly discussed. was referred to a ssomrn1ttse with request that an in- veStigation be made and report sub- Ya1tted to 2 meeting to be held next Monday evening. The committee is esmpose6 of Charles Perry, Rev. Sam pel M, CRtheArt, Se1ectman Henry A. #taAle. Councilman Maurice w. Flynn and LSRay BaRnswogth.
 
 YMe Increased efficiency of sho Ere &AAAP&Wa RppS HarsU k~ <so%An@asH~A taxpayers of the Westerly fire district at A meeting to be held next Wednes- day evening. Several weeks since the fro district authorized Chief Engineer Samuel G. Cottreu to appoint & con1- rt7ittee to investigate present condi- present methods, with special refer ence to speedier response to fire alArms. This committee held several sessions and the situation was tn- vestfgated in all it's aspects. The re- port of the committee to. be submitted to the meeting of the fire district is in course of preparation and will prob ably recommend the purchase of a moseF-driven fire apparatus, presum- ably chenalcal and hose wagon. or perhaps a triple-action apparatus which includes pumps, a machine cap able of giving chemical. hydrant or pumping service. or all combined. Should a decision be reached to pur- schs8e Q modern fire apparatus public sentiment in the town is favorable to purchase of the very best. powerful machine with reserve power sufficient to clfrnb the steep hills of Westerly, heavily loaded and at speed, and able to run through snow of the average depth without & iessening of speed.
 It Is stated that the members of the committee who favored the pur- chase Of horses, have abandoned that idea, as suitable location convenient to the fire house for stable purposes cannot be secured. This whole mat ter is to be handled by the taxpayers e6 sAs Westerly fire district. which ei ts $ only a comparatively small, but thick ly settled section of the town of Wes- tcFly. A powerful and fully equipped chemical and hose wagon one of the dependable kind. will cost from s4,5O0 to s5.o00.
 psnieI J. suiIy, the former scotton kfnS," is a resident of Watch Hilj. and makes his home in this town per manertly. The theory concerning cot ton crops, expounded by MT. Sully. is discussed by Carl GeIler, the cotton statistician. in Theodore Prices qualification, Commerce and Finance. as follows:
 There has been much talk of late about determination of seed. and some southern correspondents think 1t like ly that the cotton acreage will be re- duced for various reasons. The theory of seed deterioration was the pet ar x,rnent of Daniel J. Su1ly. who ten years ago was at the height of his glory. Tn his circular of November a, 1913, he mentioned ~sterility of seeG as one of the chief causes of the