Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-05

izations to act as a sort of executive
committee, or board of managers, to |
start the preliminaries for the celebra- |
| ton of the 250th anniversary of the
| founding of the town of Westerly.
President Flynn was authorized to
| name the coGmittee on the part Of
F, the council.
Councilman Fowler annsunced the
| receipt of a report from Professor H.
E. Clifford of the electrical department
of Harvard college and Boston School
| of Technology as expert, representing
| the town of Westerly, in regard to the
recent increase in service and rates
for electricity and gas, by the Nara
gdnsett Lighting company and it's
auxiliary, the Westerly Light and
Power company. The report shows
excessive charges in several particu-
| lars. 1t is planned to thresh this
| Town Solicitor Agard announced
| that after careful research he had
found in the general laws passed in
! 1904, an act which gives the town of
Westerly full authority to engage III
| tie gas and electric business. which
ne read to the council. Mr.. Agard
stated that the authority was plain
and if Westerly desired to go into the
| business for the benefit of the resi-
| dents of the town, and vicinity, that
authority was already vested in the
| town.
Herbert p. Clark, town sergeant,
with permission of the council, called
attention to the $4,000 appropriation
for the suppression OF mosquitoes, and
| that according to press reports,
place for that appropriation was be-
ing. selected in Cranston. Mr.. Clark
said he understood the bill was pend
ing in the legislature, and he asked
the council to make some more that
might result in some of the money
being expended to suppress mosqui-
toes at Watch Hill and Pleasant View,
A vote was passed requesting the SEN
ator and representatives from West
lerly to endeavor to secure a part Of
the appropriation for this section.
AS matter of personal privilege
Councilman Haswell said the state
ment made in town meeting was in
effect that a road roller purchased by
the town was a second hand machine
when purchased. He happened to be
a member of the committee that
bought that machine. and that as d
matter OF fact it was new, and there's
fore the assertion Was~a reflection up
on the integrity of the committee. He
asked that the clerk be instructed to
write to the manufacturers of the road
roller and ascertain the facts. A vote
| to that effect was adopted.
Councilman Fowler announced that
a member of one o. the local Grand
Army posts had notified him that the
post is in possession Of two brass
cannon now at their post room, and
that there was desire that the town
! council fake over these cannon and
place them in some conspicuous place.
The matter was referred 10 Council
men Fowler, Thorpe and Larkin.
| Frank {. Fowler, the new owner of
the mill property last occupied by the
Pequor Shirt company, was granted
exemption from taxation for the unex-
pred term (tLlree years. which was
granted the former owners.
Dr.. Samuel c. Webster, superintend-
ent of health, reported two cases OF
diphtheria and one Of influenza dur
ing February.
Louis ". Arnold was reelected to
the board of water and sewer com
mission, and Sheffield Greene was re
detected fire warden.
Renewal of license was granted
George Montalto, for three pool ia
bles in the Martin house building.
Samuel G. Cottre!I. n, for the past
half century 4 member of the West
erly Fire department, and chief of the
board of engineers for the vast TWEEN
ty-one years died Monday morning a
Backus hospital Norwich -There ht
has been under treatment for foul