Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-03

Two citizens, James J. Sullivan and
 Ambrose Wilson, appeared before the
 common council at it's meeting on
 Monday evening in support of a peti-
 ton for electric lights on Palmer ave
 nue and Myers avenue on the West
 Side. Tn answering their plea for
 lights Aldsrman ". C. Mclaughlin,
 chairman of the police commission
 CTS, made it plain that it was prac-
 ticaIly useless for any petitions for
 more lights anywhere in the city to
 be presented for the reason that the appropriation is not suf1fcient to war
 rant any more new lights, unless an additional city tax is asked for. In a discussion of the matter after the meeting with some of the members of the council, MT. Sullivan declared that he would pay no more city taxes until the lights asked. for in his neigh borhood were granted.
 This was the regular November
 meeting of the common council which was called to order at little after l 8 o'clock by Mayor T. c. Murphy and l the roll call by Clerk Stephen D. Moore 1 showed Councflmen Hugh Kinder and William J. Kramer as the ansentees. Aldermen Henry Gcbrath for the finance committee made report advis- ing payment of $4 to Julius Wuttkey
 and $25 to James Ellis for damage in
 March by water that came into build ings occupied by their places of bus mess on Franklin street.
 Petitions Presented. 4 petition from Nettie M. Porter and Nelson ". Porter for the acceptance of Linden parkway as a public street
 was referred to the public works com
 mittee.
 A petition from Robert McNeely to establish a sidewalk grade on south westerly side of Eleventh street be- tween Central avenue and North Main street was referred to- public works
 committee.
 Permission to Connect with Sewer. Clerk Moore read a report from the public works committee recommend ing giving permission to Frank Ennis to connect No. 50 Ward street to the sewer by a private drain according to | an agreement he has signed. It. was | accepted and adopted.
 Claiming that 8 nuisance had been created by the odors and gases that arise from the brook used as a sewer l on the East Side at a point near F, L. Aliens, at No. 475 Main street, Mrs David $. Merritt of No 469 Main street asked that some relief be given. The brook had been closed in up to the 1 point where it comes to Mrs. Merritt property. This was referred to the
 public works committee.
 For TroIIe~ Track at Barn. A petition from the Connecticut | company, through the Shore Line Electric company. lessee, was present ed asking permission to lay a branch | trolley from Central avenue to the l car barn to be known as the sand
 track branch. A public hearing on the
 petition was assigned in the counci chamber on the evening of Tuesday November 10th.
 In petition to the council William T. Crandall represented that in the city tax of s2.7S that he had paid for his wife. the sum of $1.36 had beer included by error as this was charge able to William Crandall of Broadway He asked to have this refunded and
 a. motion was passed to have the $1. .3f
 paid to him out of the contingent fund
 Pay for Franklin Street Improvement A resolution was passed authorizing
 the payment of S2,s0O to Fred G | Thumn and Bertha Thun1m and a similar amount to William H. Shield. | for land which they were to deed tc
 the city for the widening of Frank | lin street.
 Petitions for Street Lights.
 A petition for a street light in front
 of No. 1sS Elizabeth street was pre-. 1 sented, signed by D. J. Wilbur an6
 forty others. It was laid on the table l for future reference, which is the ac-