Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-02


| with every member present, and nm
| isEed the business in record time, 80
minutes, including the reading of the
minutes of a regular and special meet
| ing. President Maurice w. Flynn pre-
sided and all the bills for the month
| Of December were ordered paid just as
| they We're presented by Clerk everett
e Whipp1e. The bills from the over
| seer of the poor, which included his
salary and that Of the keeper of the
town farm, and the Christmas dinners
! to the deserving poor, and aid to the
poor generally for the month, amount
ed to $250.5Si This seemingly extrav-
agant amount is perhaps due to the
high price of coal and necessities of
life.
Councilmen Robinson and Thorp, to
whom was referred the petition Of
Abraham Iiebowitz and others for in
vestigation as to the safety of the
Materese ice pond in Central park, re-
ported that the owner of the pond has
agreed to fence in the pond, and this
satisfied the petitioners.
Lewis Stanton, superintendent of
health, reported there was no con-
tagious disease in the town during the
month of December
Chief of Police Thomas z. Brown
submitted his report for December,
which showed @eight arrests for violent
assault, three for intoXicatiOn and one
each for gambling, carrying concealed
weapon and revealing. The chief at
tached q summary of arrests for the
year, which totalled ISL. This sum-
mary was printed in The Bulletin
Monday.
President Flynn stated that he had
been informed that the many arrests
made in the vicinity of saloons kept
by Italians. was due to card game
called The Boss. Quite a number can
git in at the game, and every player
must make his chip towards psyir7
for the drinks, but there is one indi-
vidual winner, and he is designated as
I-rf,a l. Ill 4Io% Sc
coming himself, or he can make di-
vision of the drinks to his aSsocia ties,
just as he chooses. He sometimes Sc
lectS a few friends to join him in the
drinkfest and ignores others who help
Ell pay. for the drinks. This frequently
creates il1-feeling and usually ends in
a row, sometimes of little import, and
at other times in row of much con-
sequence, that results in arrest and
prosecution for violent assault with
dangerous weapon or carrying con-
cealed weapon. The Boss has been
barred in some saloons, beginning with
the new year.
At the December meeting of the
town council Frank w. Coy called the
attention of the council to the dilapi-
dated condition of the fence that di-
v;des the town property in front of
the old town hall and the Coy prop
erty in Union street. Mr.. Cey asked
that the fence be repaired. If the town
did not claim ownership of the wall
and fence, Mr.. Coy was willing to do
the repairs The council referred the
matter to the school committee, as the
old town hall property had been turn |
ed over to that committee for school
purposes. At the meeting Monday
Councilman HasweT stated that Mr.. !
Coy had asked him to bring the sub |
ject before the council again, and this |
he did, at the request of Mr.. Coy.
Councilman Haswell said he told Mr. |
Gov that the matter had been refer |
L.
Coy replied that he did not know the !
school committee in this transaction |
and that his business was with the |
town.
that the town council had no more to |
do with the fence in question than |
with the fence at the Westerly High |
school.
Councilman Thorp suggested that
the retention of a section of the prop |
erty as a public hitching place left |
that part under the jurisdiction of the
highway committee, and perhaps the
council.
Councilman Faswe1l stated that in
property, all of it, the building and |
adjoining land, had been given over
to the custody of the school commit
tee for school purposes and therefore |
was not within the jurisdiction of the
town council. He said the matter had
been formally presented to the com
mittee and that action was expected
at an early date.
New Years day was observed BY
the CLOSING of banks, the schools and
the postofHce, but otherwise business
went on about as usual and with a
store transactions. There were sew
era1 formal receptions in society. The
old time New Years calls, noted for
informality, have become a lost society
feature in Westerly.
The junior class of the Westerly
Eioh school enjoyed novelty in the
line in school hall New
ceptfon there was an Immigration
dance and nearly every known nation
was represented in costume. 1t proved
very enjoyable, was largely attended,
and excellently managed by Lester
Iavitt and Howard Taylor, president
and vice president, respectively of the
junior class.
Representative David j. White of
East Greenwich will succeed Albert n.
-angWorthy of Westerly as chairman
IF the house committee on appropria-
tons, Mr.. Langworthy having been
elected to represent Westerly in the
senate. Mr.. White has announced his
withdrawal as candidate for deputy
speaker, and it is stated that Richard
W. Jennings of Cranston is slated for
hat position. The Rhode Island gem
raj assembly convenes today, and
Governor Beeckman will be inaugural
ID at noon with the customary cere-
nonia1.
The fish hatchery authorized for
Rhode Island will be located at Block
sland and 'tbe devoted to the CONNER
ial species Of that region according
o the report of the United States
jsheries bureau, just published. The
lite for the hatchery has been sur
eyed and selected, but title to the
property has not yet been secured
AT Wexford the bureau operates a |
ranch of the Woods Hole fish cultural I
tation, at which quantities of fatfsh
ggs are collected s
Newport has entered into the tile
shing industry, vessels going out from
hat port to catch the new fish that
as become so popular.
Graduates of Brown university resi-
as ri |