Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1914-01-09
Westerly Highway Plans ku||ified
State Prepares Appoint Commissioner do all Town Work
Historical Society Meets-Samuel Slocums Death at
Norwich-Bank's Annual Meeting-Water Service For
Weekapaug-Perhaps.

at this time when the Wes=
GARD OF Trade is planning to
highway work from the town
@nd placing il with a commits
sts5de the council membership,
oas Din into the state senate
provides for the reorganization
ire state highway department and
15 il under the charge of one
missioner, 10 be appointed by the
utfinor and TO be removed by his
,>ellencN fer cause. The bill specifies
that the commissioner shall be civil
engineer ana capable road builder, with
yearly salary of $4,000, and like sum
for clerk hire and office expenses,
Under the proposed act the governor
shall appoint one assistant highway
te1lns being four years. There will
be three districts, one comprising
Providence county one Washington
and Kent counties and the other Bris-
toll and Newport counties. Each as
sistant will receive $4,000 a year, must
not be over thirty years of age, civil
engineer and resident of the district.
The roads of the state shall be of three
classes: State roads, main highways
for all the people OF the state; state
aid roads, highways forming direct
connection with state roads: town
roads principally OF beneAt to resi-
dents Of the town.
The expense Of constructing and
n2SIJ1lStAi3AAa[ SNdAe tSHdS snail NC OS4l4S
Uaolly by the state, The state shall
construct state aid roads and the town
In which located shall maintain 1t in
connection with the state the state
paving two-thirds and the town one
third The act provides for general
road Inspectors under the commissioner
and also for three inspectors who shall
be named by the governor and report
&frect to him, The bill specifies the
Kind Of roads to be built and regulates
4 1I-
rides for an eight hour day for all Ia
bcrefS ezssSSoyed under the law at
rr.iniznuza wage CT $2-s5 a day.
Senator Edwin c. Pierce of Cranston
intrc&uoed the bill Es has made a
stndy OF public highway reformation
GZhten the upeIR6ers of the Westerly
Board of Trade in the main matter
that is now occupying their attention
There was a large attendance Of
members and much interest shown at
the regular meeting of the Westerly
Historical society held Thursday eve
ring IN the Memorial and Library
building. The president, Miss Julia E.
Smith, presided. The feature of the
session was the lengthy, carefully
complied. interesting and instructive
paper prepared by Mrs Addje P T.
HIllard and read by Miss Bertha NJ
Brown. The title WAS kitchamaug,
and dealt with the earliest Indian ford
ing places IN the PaEEatuck river
The question box brought forth
topics that resulted m beneficial dis
cnssdon on purely local historical sub
1ects- These three questions were in
trod#ced-
DE-. Joshua Babcock. who resided IN
the present Smith homestead is said
TO have had a salt works Did he use
sea water and evaporate IT.
ForneT1 ythere was a windmill On
Quarry hill Who was the owner and
where was the mill located? II he
had a store IN combination What kind
was ft2
Was there an organization OF minute
men IN Westerly during the Revofu-
ton? II SO. who was IN command?
Where was the training ground Did
Westerly do any privateeringe
Printed copies of the constitution and
bylaws Including the list Of officers
and members were distributed
Samuel Sioconn, who was operated
upon in Backus hospital, Norwich. last
Friday for a serious trouble and which
required immediate surgical attention,
died Wednesday night in that institu-
ton. The body was removed TO his
Slocarn was In his eighty-nrst year
and had resided here for over half q
century. He was a, stone cutter by
trade but retired from active work
several years ago. He had been q
deacon of the First Baptist church for
a great many years and served as
treasurer UP to a year ago. He was
Of quiet disposition and never took
real active interest In public affairs
but was ever ready to assist IN the
advancement of the town
When there was q. call to arms in