Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-07
DID BUSINESS IN FAST Time
Common Council Handled Many Matters in Half Hour Ses-
sionPermisson for Shipping Street Pole Line-Street
Sprinking Assessments Lad-Newton Street Resident
Does Not Want any Oilng There.

The December meeting of the COM
mon council on Monday evening was
half hour session but much business
was taken up and disposed Of in that
time
Mayor Murphy called the meeting to
order at SIS. The roll call by Clerk
A. G, Crowe11 showed Councilmen
Hugh Kinder and William ]. Kramer
as absent
Two Hearings.
The hearing was opened on the new
sidewalk grade on the easterly side of
Lake street from property of S. A
Cole to Broad street. There was no
one to be heard and the resolution es-
tablishing the grade was adopted.
There was also hearing on the pc
tition of the Connecticut company for
a pole line location on Shipping street.
stated that he had letters from the
telephone company and the electric
light department saying that they were
satisfied with the plan
City Engineer George E. Pitcher
asked what the height of the poles
would be and was answered 40 or IL
feet" In reply to his inquiry Mr.
Eaton also said that there would be
the usual place on the poles for the
fire alarm games. The hearing was
declared closed and the resolution es-
tablishing the pole line according to
the plan was passed, providing for 40
foot poles or higher and that there be
space on the poles provided for the
fire department
Reports on Petitions.
Alderman NJ. H. Hourigan reported
for the public works committee as
follows:
Favorab1y for the Southern New
England Telephone company to lay a
wooden pipe on Boswell avenue and an
fr0n 11ina Park Sfrnof Mrc Maurice
Fitzgerald will have to get permission
from Rich e Rubin for the right to
connect with a sewer which she had
petitioned for; petitions for a grade
on Forest street and for house num-
hers at Sunnyside are under consid-
Grafton; George E. Rogers, who petit
toned for right to erect an electric
sign on the front of the Majestic
: building, given leave to withdraw.
He does not want the sign now, it is
understood.
The report was accepted and the
recommendations adopted.
Building On Franklin Street.
Casper K. Bailey, alderman, reported
for the fire commissioners that they
had granted the petition of the Triple
Link corporation for permission to
erect a temporary building on Frank
lin street, Of frame with iron sheating,
according to their petition.
More Bug Lights.
Alderman Henry Gebrath for the po-
lice commissioners recommended an
additional bug light on Oneco street,
on petition of DR. ]. S. Blackmar and
also one on Melrose terrace.
Petition from jeremiah Lynch for
permission to connect Raymond place
property by private drain with public
sewer in Perkins avenue was presented
and was reported upon favorab1y by
the public works committee and their
report was adopted.
Petition to install gasoline tank I'M
der the sidewalk and a gasoline pump
at the curb in front of their Main
street store was presented by Alling
Brothers and was referred to the pub
lie works committee.
Sidewalk grade and tar sidewalk on
northerly side of Spring Garden av-
enue from West Thames to Summit
and on the south side from West
Thames to Woodmansee avenue was
asked for by the Norwich Housing
company and was referred to the pub
| lie works committee.
Protests Newton Street OiIing.
Samuel Moran called attention to the
| oilinG o.. Newton street in 1914 where
he said a narrow strip was oiled and