Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-05
WESTERLY

WESTERLY
 There was an unusually large at tendance. Wednesday evening at the annual meeting of the Westerly Fire district, held in the town holl, with Eugene B. Pendleton as moderator and Everett A. Kingsley clerk. Only tax payers within the district are priv ileged to participate in tho business of the meeting, but that did not pre- elude the presence of many non-ta payers in the fire department fro being present; and all were interest in the election of successor to Sal uel c. Cottrell, who rtired as c,1 engineer of the fire department afi long and faithful service. Chief Co treH is in failing health and was no. q candidate for reelection. For weeks friends of Harry Coyle and George E. Egger. both members of the board of engineers, have been campaigning for me of these experienced men to sue ceed Chief Cottrell, and that election was a feature of the meeting.
 The board of engineers submitted the annual report. with recommenda- tions, as follows: "The department has responded to the following alarms of fire durina the past thirteen months:
 Dec. 7--Still alarm for a fire in the home of Warren Barber on Main street.
 Dec. 1s-stin alarm Seventh day parsonage.
 Dec, 25-Box S5, 61O p. m, chimney fire on Spring street.
 Dec. s1--Box 2S, 1o.3lo p. m., the home, of Mrs. Hogg on Summer street Loss $34S.5O.
 Jan. Box 56. 1.sO a. m, State Line lunch room, out of fire district.
 Jan. 4-Box II. 7.30 a. m, fire at No 1S5 Canal street.
 Jan. 5-Box 66. S15 p. m, barn own ed by George E. Champlin on Oak street.
 Feb. 1o-Box 6a, 1.45 D. m., house occupied by Mrs. Annie Casey on Railroad avenue. March 11-7.30 a. m,, chimney fire on Newton avenue. , fire.
 March 2s-Box ss, 12. .o5 p. m..4 house owned by Fred Lena on Chestnut 1 street
 March 2s-Box ss. brush fire on oal 1 street
 March Still alarm. brush fire or
 March soIBox 8. 2.15 D. m, hcus. owned by Michael Murray, 61 Gross street.
 Arril 5-sdn alarm. forest fire of the Shore road out of the district. 1 April 2s-Brush fire on Nose street
 April 2s-Brush fire on Narra gan | sett avenue.
 May 2s-Box 5. 1t45 a. m., Fret Barber's garage. 1 Aug. 22-Box 57. 1.f5 a. m. barr owned by Mrs. Horace Vose, occupied | bSyr N T1.aI I hay- and house $15,o0O r N Tuckerman' loss $1000o Mir Steadman $250O American Expres company loss 02 COG
 Aug. S1-Box 43. 420 p. m., fax alarm.
 Sept. s-Chimney fire out of the dis trict.
 Sept 1s-Box 75. s2o D. m, s Pierce street.
 Oct. 2o-Box 75, chimney fire o Pierce street.
 !! Oct. 2s-Box 52. 11.3o a. m. Store house occupied by J. Fred Barber il Vincent lane. Storehouse total loss r.: A. Sherman & Sons loss st425.1t
 Nov BOX 21. fake alarm. Nov 11-Still alarm, small fire O
 Chester avenue Nov. 11-Box 63, fake alarm. I Nov. 13-Box 2. barn on Narragan
 sctt avenue. I Nov. 26-Box s5. 9.49 a. m. henhous
 on Spring street. Nov. 29-Box 75 chimney fire 0 Pond street. Cisterns-The fire cisterns are i good condition. Hose-We have 3550 feet of hose i good condition and 300 feet in ia
 condition.
 Steamers-Both steamers have bee , tried during the past. 13 months an | found in good condition. ; Motor Apparatus--Th motor appal Iatus are in good condition. : Nembership-Boar of engineers. Eien; Rhode Island Ones. 27 men; Cy
 clone Engine company. s mer; Ale Hook and Ladder company. 32 men. mrnendations-We would ret 2 onniend that the salaries and apprC ' Irfations for the year ensuing be { i, follows: Chief engineer $500, assis ant engineers S100 each, two enginee = for. steamer. $75 each, two assistal 5 engineers for steamer $25. janitor S2C 2 treasurer and collector $200, Rhode | , land Ones $500. Cyclone Engine con pany $500. Alert Hook and Ladder C . $500.
 Respectfully submitted: S. c. Co q trell, Harry Coyle, W. H. Greene. Ge ,l E.. Egger.
 . Treasurer Everett E. Whipple pr
 sented the report. fully audited. of tl n receipts and expenditures of the di trict for the year ending Nov. 30, 19- | as follows: Receipts, balance on hal h Dec. 1, 1917, s316.72: from use of a
 paratus at forest fires. $50; from not Il lat bank. s7.oo0 from taxes, $s,4S4. 4 IS from interest on taxes, s2S.S9: fire interest on bank balances, $12.S7 n al receipts $16,S72.S9.
 xpenditures-Alert company. a T. propriation, Is0o.
 filling Rubber company, tires, s10
 il: American Surety company, Urea
 urer's bond. SIP; Andrews X Co.,, co
 s15S.6s; Bentley Clark company. gas t. line, $22s.31: William P. Bindloss, e i-s s6ss: (. B. B1iven, posting notic $2; Michael Brown, operating tru. ,n $1S: Amos S. Burdiclz, wood. $s.i
 Charles J. Butler. coal. $S6.s3; Geo1 re F. Champlin, automobile hire, s1.i I. lElwood Clark engineer, SS0 H. ht Coleman. electrical work. $4.1S, Her a. C. CottrelI. opera ting truck. s45; Sa' ! uel 6. Cottrell. salary and exprt