Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-03
WESTERLY FIRE DISTRICT MEETING
Rspor of feaser Whpple Board of Engineers and Com nittee on Purchase of Fire Appazstus- Grange Elects oficez-M Meeting of Board of Trade.

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 The sa,asal s.. .aaaesae of ,,t tsS s,Essa- wsss- da1 eFe1Iu& i'm tho Town hall Eu- 9sne 8. Psnd1et0n, moderator. and Lewis Stanton. clerk There was a faErKy taxge aftendance o6 taxpayers of &5io district. Treasurer Everett A, EHhappla Su1nifted irls annual report tr3ct. duly audited. The report show d she receipts for the year to have been 410,000 by notes at bank, $7s6@.S3 from taxes, $62.55 interest on taxes, and $24.EO interest on deposits, which with a balance on hand g year ago 3o 3o7.sa. st.'1A'ss' ~
 The debt statement is as follows: Notes at bank $7,5o0, less cash on hand $164.29, shows a net debt Ro- debt November 30, 1913, was $1,5T7.l6- Therefore there has been an increase in debt during the year of $5,758.5o
 Moderator Pendleton explained that this increase was due to unusual nur permanent improvement in the hre district property. He quoted some of the items that were included in his detsiIed report: Maxim Motor com pauy, for two Inotor-driven fire ap- paratus, $4,932.s0: Babcock & Wilcox, 7 alterations in fire house. $221.50: Louis Dotolo, for building stone walls at fire house property, s246.05: Robert Drys- dale & Co.,. new heating plant, $563; C.. G. Stanton company, painting, $2Ib.1g These five items of them eelves figure up $6,10S.53, or s349.9S lesa than the total debt increase. Un- der the circumstances, the finances Of the district were in satisfactory con- dition, as the extra expenditures are of a permanent nature and add TT1a- tef1a1Iy to the assets of the district. The report was accepted and ordered recorded.
 The clerk read the annual report of the board of engineers and accompany- ina recommendations, as follows, which was received for record:
 To the Taxpayers of the Westerly Fire District:
 Your board of engineers hereby re- spectfu1ly submit their annual report The department has responded to the following, alarms of fire during the past year:
 December 8, box 63, 12:15 a. m.-- street. Loss $200.
 g, still alarm-Chimney fire at Dr. John l.. Mays on Canal street. No loss.
 January 2, box T1, s:05 p. m.S-Chim- ney fire in store of Michael O'Brien partment not required.
 26, box 63, 10 p. m.-False alarm.
 February Il, box 35, 2: 30 p. m.- Brush. fire on Spring street No loss.
 12, still alarm-Chimney fire in house owned by Louis Dotolo on Pierce street. No loss.
 16, box 73, D. m.-Roof fire, West erly Light and Power company. Loss
 April 15, box 52, 5:15 p. m-Lenard house on Main street. Loss $200.
 21. box 52. Il a. m.--Chimney fire, house of Eliza Fay on Summer street.
 May 27, box 52, s:so p. m.-wood shed Andrews & Co, on Main street. Services of the department not re-
 -uiy 2O,e box S4, 11:15 p. m.-Auto- mobile of Charles A. Morgan on Elm -y--~et. Loss $422.50:
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 September 8, box 714-Barn of Louis Deutsch on Canal street. Loss small.
 8. box 56, 11:56 p. m.-Autonobile of Dr. Taylor of Stonington- Loss
 17. box 52, 12:1o a. m.-coal bin of Andrews & O.. on Main street. Loss small.
 house on Pond street. Outside fire district. Totally destroyed
 27. box 26, a. m.-Fire on the roof of H. 1T. Kenyon house, corner or Park avenue and Spruce street. Loss small.
 90. box 39. a. na.-House owned by Joseph Marzoli on Granite street. Services of department not required.
 October 5, box 34, 7:45 p. m.-Sup- posed fire in the Elm street school house. Services of department not re- quired.
 A, still alarm for a fire in the home of Fred Cottren on High street. No loss.
 26, box 42-Fa1se alarm caused by crossed wire.
 27 box 39, 1o:15 p. n.--Saloon build- ing of Frank Holiday on Granite and John streets. Loss S700.
 November 1, box S7. 10:45 a. m- False alarm.