Putnam patriot., 1918-08-09
CITIZENS ASKED
 FOR S75,OOO
Common Council Issues Call for Special City Meeting to Rem edy Situation Caused By a Technicality.
Regular Meeting of the Council Was
 Held Tuesday Night.


 CTS of the city of Putnam appropri ated the sum of S75.000 with which to lay a 16-inch main from the pump. ing station in Harrisville to the sun. : ply system in Putnam, and thereby re medy the dangerous and uncertain condition in which the water system now is. Since the time of that spe- cial city meeting technicality has arisen that is concerned with the bor- rowing of the money A large fin ancial institution in this state stands ready to let the city of Putnam have the $75,000, but, according to attor- nies, the Act under which this loan is to be made. specifics that at the meet ing at which the money is appropri- ated the polls shall be open from 9 in the forenoon until in the after noon. At the meeting in June the polls were open only from 10 o'clock until 3. Because of this, the loan cannot be legally made. In order to remedy the situation. and make the loan legal, the common council has called a special city meeting to be held on Monday, August 19. At this meeting the polls will be open as is provided by the Act of 1905, under which the loan is to be made. and the citizens are asked to again appropri- ate the money needed to put the wa ter system into proper shape If the money is so appropriated work will start at once.
 H. J. Smith, a member of the WA ter commission, was present at Tues days session of the council and ex- plained to the members that pipe could be secured for the work, and that at least three firms, he had learn ed, were willing to bid In this case it was believed that it could be com pleted this season. The call for th.s special meeting, as we'll as more deS taiied explanation of the technicality where in this issue Of The farr6u@i-e
 At s.30 o'clock on Monday, the 18th 1 of August, there will be a special city meeting to see if the voters will ap- propriate the sum of $581 for sewer extension, and $569 for improvement of the easterly side of Church street, north of Providence. At the council meeting Tuesday evening, at which time it was voted to issue the call for this second special city meeting, Al derman John G. Johnson explained that of the $58l asked for the sewer extension, $181 was to be used to re- i imburse the Eclipse Manufacturing Company for sewer that they had laid at their own expense. At the time this sewer was put in, it was agreed that the city would stand the cost.
 At the meeting of the council Tues day the following were absent: AL dermen Mulan Darcy, Beausoleil and | Dean
 The report of the captain of police was read and accepted, and showed that during the month of July there were 20 arrests made, a majority of them for violation of traffic regula- tions. Three prisoners were sent to iail during the month, and one wo- man was committed to the state farm 1 for women.
 1 The resignation of Atty Archibald Macdonald, Jr., as assistant prescott l ing attorney, was read and accepted. i Atty. E c. Morse was elected to fill the unexpired term.
 A petition for an increase in the pay of the police department was read. It asks that the captains pay be jumped from S24 to $50 week, and that patrolmen's pay be increas- ed from $2l to $25. This was re- 1 ferred to the finance and police com mittee, jointly.
 A communication from Fire Chief Boursier was read, stating that he, with the city health officer, were ln- specting about the city, and that sew eral landlords have been given notice to clean up rubbish. In connection with this Mayor Marcy remarked: T hope the chief follows up this work consistently, and sees that the clean i ing is permanent, and that rubbish IS not allowed to accumulate again
 The resignation of Ovila Guertin as foreman of Eagle Hose No. was read and accepted Mayor Marcy ! called the attention of the council to | the fact that under the existing or dinances the council had no power to 1 fill this vacancy The matter was re- ! ferred to the ordinance committee to report at the next meeting.
 It was reported that the alterations being made to fire truck No. l are practically complete, but that there are still minor adjustments to be made, which will require ten days or more. The council is anxious that the work on the truck be speeded to the utmost, as the city is not com pletely protected from fire while one of it's trucks is out of town.
 A member of the police committee