Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-02

I ! B. Pendleton. After the approval of I the minutes of the annual and special meetings of the year, Chief Engineer | Samuel c. Cottrel and Assistant En- Greene and George E. Egger, com l posing the board of engineers, submit ted their annual report, as follows; l To the Taxpayers of the Westerly Fire District:
 l Your board of engineers hereby re- I spectfully submit their report: The l department has responded to the fol- | lowing alarms of fire during the past | year:
 l Dec. 7-Box 41, s.15 p. m., house owned by Albert Langworthy, 13
 School street, loss $105.07.
 Jan. 1-Box T, 11.45 D.. m., New
 England Bottling works, Pierce street, yservices of department not required. l March 12-4.50 p. m, still alarm. | brush fire of Beach street, services of department not required. l March 14-4.so p. m., brush fire,
 Sweeney quarry, out of the fire dis 1 trict.
 l March 21-11.s0 a. m.. Brush fire, l Dunn's Corners, out of the fire district. l March 21-6.3o p. m., roof fire on l Highland avenue. loss small. | March 29-Box q, 6.3O a. m., roof I fire, house owned by Fred Opie on l Newton avenue, loss $50.44. | April 1S-Box 39, 7.30 p. m.. gargage l and work shed on Franklin street, out I of the fire district. April 20-Box 42, 5.10 D. m., brush l fire on Elm street, services of depart ment not required. May 27-Chimney fire on Park ave- | nue, no loss.
 l June Box Il, 12.50 p. m., James 1 Blackler's soda water works on Pierce 1 street, no loss.
 l June 11-Box 45, s.SO p. m., garage l of Edwin Barber on Beach street, loss | $255.75.
 July 4-Box T, a. m., house owned i by Antonio Lorilla on Pleasant street loss $3.5oO.
 July 11--Box 57, S.15 a. m., touring | car. owned by Harry Peckham on High street, loss $500.
 July 2O--Box 6s, 1.5o a. m., house l owned by Peter Rose on Oak street, l loss $775.
 July 2s-1o.o5 a. m., still alarm,
 laundry on High street, department not I required.
 Aug. 26-1115 p. m fire in rear of l No. 131 Canal street, no loss. 1 Aug. 30--Box 57, 6.30 p. rn.. West l street, loss S22, ,000. I Sept 10-Box 39. 11.50 p. m, barn
 and shed on Franklin street, out of the | fire district.
 1 Oct. l5-S p. m., still alarm, coal bin 1 of Smith Granite company, on Main | street, no loss.
 i Oct. 24-Box 75, barn in Central l park. out of fire district. | Oct. 30-3.50 p. m., fire in rear of five ! and ten cent store on High street. ser i vices of department not required. N Cisterns-The fire cisterns are in | good coalition.
 1 Hose-We have now on hand 3.150 feet of hose in good condition, 750 feet \ in fair condition.
 ! Membership-Boar of engineers, 4 men; Hose company No. 1, 36 men; 1 Alert Hook and Ladder company, 43
 men; Hose company No. ?, 40 men. Recommendations would rec ommend that the salaries and appro- 1 priations for the year ensuing be as
 follows: Chief engineer. increase in salary (amount not mentioned); as ! sistant engineers, $50 each; two engi- 1 neers of steamers, $75 each; two as- 1 Sistant engineers of steamers, $25 | each; ianitor. $150; treasurer and col lector. s1Oo; Hose company No. 1, $500; | Alert Hook and Ladder company, $500; I Hose company No. ,, $500. We also | recommend a motor apparatus for the l Alert Hook and Ladder company. II Treasurer Everett B. Whipple sub
 mitted the financial report of the dis
 trict, duly audited, and which was ap- i proved by the meeting. The receipts were: From use of apparatus at forest | fires $20, sale of hose house $40, sale old harness $5, from taxes $7,819.40,
 
 notes at bank $11,S0o, interest on de- z posit $17.05, which with a balance of 1 $164.25 on hand Dec. 1, 1914, makes a total of 19.922.10.
 The expenses for the year were $17,5S8.4S. which includes notes of
 300 paid the Washington Trust
 company as the main item, and there
 is a cash balance of S1,333.62. The debt statement is as follows:
 Notes at bank. s6.0o0; less cash on
 O.. la1o+
 s4.ss6.3S: net debt Nov. 30, 1914, ST. 335.71;- decrease of debt during the year, S2,469.33.
 In the absence of Clerk Lewis Stan
 ton, Charles J. Butler was chosen clerk
 pro tenn.
 Eugene B: Pendleton was reelected moderator for the ensuing year. The , present clerk, MT. Stanton, sent word
 that he could not attend to the duties
 and Everett A. Kingsley was elected
 clerk.
 Everett E. Whipple was reelected 1 treasurer and collector.
 Eugene B. Pendleton was reelected
 auditor. -N
 Walter E. Wheeler, Albert N. Gran.
 dall and Everett A. Kingsley were re.
 elected assessors. Everett E. Whipple moved the re- election of the present board of engi- | neers.
 Richard J. Rooney made motion tha LHS -uOaTd OI engineers pc composed l as follows: Harry s. Coyle, chief; Will. liam IF. Greene, George Egger, JohI
 Lynch and Herbert P. Clark, assist l l ants, Robert Duff seconded the motioI out MT. Coyle declared he was not
 candidate for chief engineer.
 On motion, the old board of engi neers were elected separately anC 3 unanimously.
 MT. Rooney argued as a reason fo,
 board of five engineers instead O. ] four was to prevent a tie in the trans action of business. Chief CottreIl saiC he had been a member of the board 2
 years and that there had been no tie
 Mir. Whipple did not think it well t, add another engineer at an expense O . $50 a year. Everett Barns said if ther 7 was to be a change in number of en
 Gineers 1t ought to be reduced to thre
 instead of increased to five. 3 When the recommendations of tn 3 board of engineers was reached ther g was discussion as to increase of salar.
 of the chief engineer, and on motiol . of MT. Barns the salary was increases [ from $500 to $4O0, and without opposi X ton. The other recommendations il 2 regard to other salaries were adopted The board of engineers recommend
 ation for a motor apparatus for. tn
 Alert Hook and Ladder company wa explained by Chief Cottrel1. He sai, ' that this company purchased it's ap : paratus 31 years ago and it has beel