Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-07
|BIC APPROPRIATION M WESTERLY '
Annual Finaneial Town Meeting Votes TotaIof $17sooo $51, 800 for Highway. and Bridge.- Pawcatuck Boy Has Smallpox Ellis Property Sold Chs1Ies Brown to Build at Atlantic Beach

the annual financial town meet ms Of the electors of Westerly held J}esday morning at the town hall. |1 the sum of s179.000 was appropriated to meet the expenses of the town for M the ensuing year. The meeting which
 was postponed from the sth of Feb Fl freemen of the town and was one of the most enthusiastic financial gath t ertngs held for several years.
 Il Of the large sum appropriated $51,- | pairs to highways and bridges under l the supervision of the new highway commission The sum of $60,000 was
 appropriated for the schools and the l budget as presented by the council | was passed as follows: Police, $7, ,000; street lights, $10, GOO; town off1cers, $7.- l 900; town hall. g. 800: printing and
 lie shade trees. ss.s ;soo: % miscelianeons. % $4.50o; assessors plans. $500; inter est. $17.o00; state tax. $14,D00. The regular appropriations amounted to $6S,000. Of the appropriations made expenses, $500 for medical inspection. and $700 for evening schools.
 There was much discussion over the big highway appropriation, since the town appropriated over $60.000 only a short while ago for rebuilding the Watch Hill road. Among those who. were Thomas H. Peabody, Joshua M.
 Clark, Adam Archie, Charles J. But
 Ter, Milo M Clark, James McColl, John Catto, Walter S. Price. Gr. Albert H.
 Spicer, Dr. John Champlfn and Fran
 cis O. Haskell.
 When asked by Councilman Haswell
 If it would be possible to appropriate
 the amount named under the p-eseB
 rate Of taxation, Town Treasurer
 James M. Pendleton stated that thus
 far no one had consulted the town treasurer about appropriations. but
 the citizens were going ahead and spending their money without mak-
 He said he did not want to talk against any particular appropriation suggested. but that greater economy was needed in spending the public funds. According to the rate of reve- nue last year the town will have an income during the next year of prac- tically $145,000 and nearly -$180900 has already been appropriated.
 The sum of $500 was voted for bounties on foxes and wsodchucks to be paid by the town clerk upon ap- proval by the chief of police. The bounty was fixed at $5 for foxes and 25 cents for woodchucks.
 Albert, B. Crafts presented an ap- propriation asking for s1o,o00 to re- pair and widen Atlantic avenue at Pleasant View. The motion was lost. He also presented a resolution to in- struct the representatives and the sen- ator from Westerly to secure legisla ton for the town to spend money for opening the sbreachway at Bright mans pond and to lease the waters for oyster beds and other sllellfish. ] The resolution was .passe6.
 A resolution was passe:1 to instruct necessary for the town to construct and improve such sidewalks as may serve the greatest public need.
 The rate of taxation for the year was fixed at $1-50 for eacti s100.
 In the course of the meeting Town Treasurer PendIeton severely criticed one of the Westerly representatives in the state legislature in causing the sact providing for biennial, elections in Westerly to be held up. He said that such action showed a Ia sk of public spirit. Continuing he said it was the height of esotism for one man to from his town on a matter which he l had been instructed by. the citizens to | work for.
 Another ease of smallpox was re- ported in Pawcatuck, Stonington. on | Tuesday afternoon to Health Officer !! Charles F. Congdon of Mystic The | patient lis Raymond Pendleton of | dIeton. who has been employed in an | establishment on Coggswell street. ] and was taken i'll last Friday. Tues day the case was reported to the | as smallpox: the house was immedi- | ate1y quarantinedN an1 pla carded. A sister of the Pendleton boy, according to the health officer. has been attend ing the West Broad street school The case has been assigned to Dr. Taylor of Stonington. who has charge of the smallpox cases in the town of Stoning- ton. There are four members of the PendIeton. family, and all have been gaccinated.
 One case of scarlet fever was also reported to Health Officer Congdon yesterday, the patient being Diana Jo- seph. daughter of MT. and Mrs. Man | uel Joseph of Northwest street, Ston- ington Her sister, Elizabeth, who is D Y,s,r,f1 iy, fe cAr0rd grade has hAeu N