Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

AL the regular meetlneS Of the WeS- : terly town council, Monday, the claim of Mrs. Susan A. Vose, widow of Hor- i ace Vose. for damage to her properties l in Railroad avenue, by reason of rad. 1 ical change of grade, was heard. At torney Samuel H. Davis representing Mrs. Vose. The members of the coun- cil took view of the premises just prior to the hearing accompanied by Town Solicitor Agard and Attorney l Davis.
 Mrs Mabel Vose Chapman, daugh- ter of the claimant, was the only wit ness. She testified as to the neglected 1 condition of the highway since the work was commenced last October. 1 It was temporarily abandoned many 1 times, to the detriment of the use and i to the general disfigurement of the i property. She told of the damage sus- i tained by the overflow of water caused 1 by the change in grade, of the neees- ' sity of building retaining walls in l front of the residence property and i along the driveway to what is known as the small barn, of the steep grade 1 to the big barn, of the damage to the trees, and of the depreciation of the value of the properties by reason of 1 the change Mrs. Chapman placed as | a low estimate of damage from S3,00O | to $4,000. A memorandum made by | her father, Horace Vose, who died De- cember 20, slast, was read and Mrs. i Chapman added that her father esti- mated the damage at s5,000 and would l have sued the town for that amount, I which she did not consider to be ex- cessive. Personally, she was at a loss 1 of about $S0Q by damage to dahlia i roots that were stored in the basement of the big barn and were spoiled by ] the flooding with surface water, caused i by the change in grade.
 MT. Davis quoted legal authorities ! to show that alleged improvement of i the highway in front of the properties I did not enter into the matter of com pensation for damages. He asked fla vorable consideration by the council and hoped the matter would be ami i cably adjusted and without recourse i to the courts.
 The councilmen retired for deliber- ation and on their return announced ] that they had fixed the damage to the 1 Vose property at $1,300. Mrs. Chap l man said that would not be acceptable. i MT. Davis gave notice of appeal from {. the decision of the council
 i Tree Warden Edward Gavitt asked i for an additional appropriation of $100 l for the purpose of completing the work 1 of trimming the trees in the public i streets and told of the work accom- 1 plished in that line. The money was l appropriated and the efficiency of the ! tree warden was praised by President 1 Culley and Clerk Whipple
 Mir Gavitt said that with the CO., 1 operation of the street committee and l the street light committee, better light l ing service could be had, provided l lights were 6hcanged so as to better conform with, the changed condition 1 of the trees Mir Gavitt said that Ar | thur M Cottrell desired to remove. at l his own expense, tree that stood di- rectly in front of the entrance to his residence in Elm street, which could be done without narring the beauty l of the surroundings as there were 1 other trees in close proximity. MT. | Gavitt was told that such matters are 1 entirely with the tree warden, who must first give public hearing on the proposed removal of trees.
 Attorney John J. Dunn, counsel for Amos J. Parsons, Haverford, Pa, a summer resident of Watch Hill, asked that committee make investigation
 of an accident which occurred at i Watch Hill, July 10. He said MT. Par sons was riding motorcycle and
 when not far from the fountain at
 motorcycle struck trolley track
 which was about two inches above the
 surface of the street. The rider was
 thrown to the ground and suffered g
 dislocation of his right shoulder. Councilman Flynn could not under
 stand how Mir Parsons motorcycle could have struck the rail unless ht was well to the left of the centre oi
 the road
 Councilman Thomas made a like statement, adding that at that point
 the trolley rails were below the sur face of the road.
 MT. Dunn then changed the location
 of the accident, saying that it oc' cured about opposite the Darlington
 cottage. In response to a query from
 Councilman Thomas. MT Dunn sait
 that he made no claim for any specific
 amount but expected that Mir. Par l sons would be made good for the in
 juries sustained.g He said the trolley company was supposed to keep th'
 tracks in good condition and also fo . a distance of eighteen inches outside
 the rails but the proper place to pre-
 sent the damage claim was to the towl council. The matter was referred t , the sctreet committee.
 The report of Chief of Police Thoma
 E. Brown showed twelve arrests dur ing July and of these seven were fo s intoxication and one each for murder , : evading fare. reckless driving, insan , 1 and non support. The bills of s3
 for automobile hire. and s122.6S fo ! i extra police service were approved an . ordered paid
 r Lewis Stanton. superintendent o
 health. reported one case of scarle , fever during the month
 Victor Gervasina was granted tay ern license for the Bradford house a
 Bradford.
 l The petition of Orville G. Barber fo
 victualing license at Watch Hill Wa | granted.
 The bid of the Andrews company [
 furnish coal to the town hall at SIP si a ton was accepted. This is an in
 crease of 50 cents a ton over that ( T last year, half of which is charged fo
 putting the coal in the bins, whic
 cannot be done as readily as in the ol Nl town building.
 Milk inspector Breen reported ths
 he had called on 45 n1ilkmen, had in
 spected the milk and found it satis
 factory. Councilman Thomas said tn
 report did not agree with a statemer
 the milk inspector had made to hin
 and he believed the inspector shoul