Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
WESTERLY AND VICINITY
Gift of Thirteen to LbrarySate Administrator Fixes Coal Prces-Dr. Frank l. Payne and Members of Sanitary Detachment Awaiting Call to Halifax-Walter T. Brown Home From Liverpool.

The Anna Gardner Scrap Books. thirteen Of them, presented to the Memorial and Library association by Miss Anna Gardner and compiled by her. aunt, Miss Abby Gardner, now de- ceased contain newspaper clippings of the, births, marriages, deaths. obitu- aries and newspaper accounts of funer- ais and weddings that have occurred in Westerly and vicinity, from 1850 to published Vital Records of Rhode Is- land, and moer elaborate in, detail There are fourteen volumes of the An na Gardner Scrap Boogs, and they are classed among the valuable collections in the reference department of the h- brary.
 Their usefulness has been material ly increased by the generous action of Edwin P. Wells, of Newton, Mass, who voluntarily prepared indexes for these volumes, as labor of love and general usefulness. The index is. ar raigned in a convenient form and the work of MT Wells is appreciated by all who have occasion to refer to the scrap books as we'll as by the manage ment of the library. Mir. Wells while at the library in genealogical research, examined the scrap books and realiz- ed the need for an index and provid- ed it He became a member of the Westerly Historical society and gave an illustrated lecture on Japan at a society meeting.
 MT. Wells compiled ard edited a large volurn on the commemorative services Of the First Baptist Church of Boston. on the two hundred and fif- tieth anniversary of it's foundation, June 3, 6, and [, 1915. He has pre- scented a copy of this work to the l hrary, and aIso the History of the First Baptist Church of Boston, 1665-1SS9
 The Rhode Island State hospital at n -f for the year. and unless financial aid is given, the time is near when poor patients cannot be received. In the hope that rhe work may not-be cur tailed, the trustees of the institution have sent a circular letter to Westerly and other towns and cities in the state which reads as follows:
 Owing to the constantly increasing number of patients sent to this hospi- tal not only from your town, but also from most of the others in the state, the trustees of this hospital find them selves fast approaching the time when to their sorrow it will be unable to take in all the patients that come to its doors.
 During all the years from 1s6s when this hospital was opened, it has never turned away a proper patient from it's care, but with the increased now finds itself facing the problem of room for patients and money to care for them.
 During all. these years the expense of the hospital has been met by be- nSI%sts and. donations from charitable people. except that ftae city of Provi~- dence has paid something toward the expense of the patients coming from that city
 Your town has rarely if ever paid the Rhode Island hospital anything for the care of it's indigent sick and injur- cd, and the time has come when the hospital will have to ask you to help bear the expense of caring for them The hospital would like to be able to continue 10 carry on this Humanitarian work in the future, but for reasons mentioned above. it will be unable to do so. , {.
 We would. suggest that until You have hospital accommodations of your own. that you. pay us tho average cost of our care for indigent patients. that come to us from your town.
 Each letter then gives he nunber of patients from the town or city in ques- ton treated during the past year. and the cost to the hospital of their care.
 Patients given free treament at the hoSpial in the past year from each of the five cities outside Providence, to- gether with. their cost to the institu- tion. are as follows: Central Falls. 31, $1s92; Cr1nston. 11o, S6226.2e: New port. 2, s196,6o Pawtue.Set, Y, s447o.4o: Woonsocket, II $137I.20. -'f
 Towns in the state received free treatment for their inhabitants as fol- lows: East Providence T. 24F9.z0; Cumberland, 3: sSs,2o: North Kings town, 1e, s51s20; North Providence. Coventry. IS, -ssos2o. Warwick. 4s, s1,- 346 40: West Warwick. 36, s3,614.60; Bristol, 50. s2,o57; Harrington. 1s, ssss; Glocester. 4. s1sS; North Kings s1s5s.so: s9g Foster e 5 I ss414e ee~sn Smith. h, field, 9. ssSs.4o; Burrillville, 20. $7s0.4o: Johnston, 46, s1,S16; South Kingstown. II, s4o2.6e: Narraeanset, 1, s17: 50; town, ?, s1e2.so: Tiverton. 1, s2.2o; Warren, ss. s1135.20: West Green wich I. s1s.4o; Westerly. If, s5os.so.
 Federal Fuel Administrator Holmes has fixed the prices for coal in Rhode being $s.?5 a ton in Providence, and from s10 to $1o.75 in other sections of the state. The maximum price for bi- luminous coal in Providence is fixed at $9 per ton in Providence and $9.50 in the rest of the state. . The maxi mum for pea coal is set at s9 a ton. Reductions in anthracite range from 25 cents to $1.40 per ton. and in-no in stance is there raise in the present price In some cases the prices under the new schedule remain as before, hut reduction is obtained by way of eliminating the carriage or binnage charge. There is not much change in the. price of solf coal, although re- auctions are made and in these cases there are slight increases. These standard prices are based on data fur nished by the zone or local coal com nittees and from information received from retail dealers and consumers. The maximum for Providence is the lowest in the state.
 Pawtucket dealers will be limited to s10 per ton. the maximum also set for Central Falls, Woonsocket, New port, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick Wickford an.1 Tixerton. The price to be fixed for Bristol. Warren. Barrington and Riverside is $10.50 and for Westerly. Narragansett Pier, Wakefield and Peace Dale, $f0.25. Sim street
 Oscar cottren of New Haven spent