Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-14
STONiNcION

The special town meeting held in. the borough Wednesday night was perhaps the most turbulent and disorderly ever held, as 1t devolved into bitteT con- test between the village of Pawcatuck as against Stonington borough and the part of Mystic located in the town Of Stonington. The meeting was for the purpose of acting on petition for moving pictures on Sunday. which was denied; the widening of Mechanic street in Pawcatuck at West Broad stret, which was ordered, the town to bear the expense of the work of wid- ening, and abutting property owners making no claim for damages.
 The proposition to lay concrete highway was rejected, and it was mainly over this proposition that the bitter contest was waged. It was set up in favor of the proposition that 20 per cent. of the town taxes were col lected from property owners on that street and that it was economy to build this roadway on temporary basis rather than to spend large sums on the street annually to keep it in repair. The estimated cost of the work to tile
 town would be s46.000 and the Shore
 Line Electric Railway company would be required to pay about S12,600 as q portion of the expense. This proposi-
 tion was voted down by small mar gin. When a motion to adjourn was reached the vote was by ballot and adjournment was reached by a small
 margin.
 Attorney Benjamin H. Hewitt was chairman and his rulings were Yigor- ously questioned, especially by Dr. Ed win Whitford. During these parlia- mentary clashes pandefnoniilrn prevail. ed. At one point Dr. Whitford remark
 ed that were he presiding in the chair instead of Ben" Hewitt, there would
 be square deal and so on. Attorney
 Hewitt stood the jibing for while and he said he would call the doctors bluff and called the dentist to the chair stating that he wanted to say few words from the floor. He suddenly ileft the platform and Dr. Nh;tford
 made quick stride fac the chairman ship. Then came hoots misses and cat calls in demonstration in opposition to the doctor and no business could go on. In 1ulls points of order were numerous and all were noisily greeted.
 l It was claimed that Mir. Hewitt was l still chairman. He went back to the stage, but the uproar continued. He then resigned as chairman and Henry
 A. Stahle of Paweatuck was selected.
 He tried hard to preserve order, but it was too late, as the contesting factions
 would not yield, and the disorder con- tinued until the meeting was declared adjourned.
 ! During a brief sane period of the meeting. and while the cement high
 way matter was being discussed. Judge Elias B. Hinek1ey suggested that if the
 town proposed to spend s40,0o0 to $50 : 1 Q00 it would be better to appropriofn i for needed town hall. Albert c
 Martin replied that the offer of i prominent resident of the town to p~r
 sent suitable hall to the town. mad three years ago. had not been car celled. Men of prominence throret
 out the town declared the meeting wa,
 a disgrace to the town.
 Stonington oPinters. 1 A tug with three laden barges. a's, three coastwise schooners, were fog bound in Stonfngtnn harbor Thursday l An effort is being made to organize
 a post. of the American Legion in the borough.
 Officers of the Ship Constructiot, and Trading company were in Stenington Thursday arranging for the resumption
 of work at the shipyard.
 Members of the Pioneer Hook and
 Ladder company will be guests of the company of the same name in Grotor 1 this (Friday) evening.
 The plot thickens in the recent
 clothing store burglary.