Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-08
WESTERLY

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voted to accept the gift and TO extend |
thanks to the Civil war veterans.
These cannon have for many years !
| been in the post quarters in the Me
mortal and Library building place on
the lawn being denied by the trustees |
of the Memorial and Library associa-
ton. Mr.. Fowler was continued as
committeeman TO select suitable To-
| cation for the cannon and report TO the
next meeting of the council.
| President Maurice w. Flynn an
nounced that i'll compliance with the
i vote of the council he had appointed
a committee on the part of the council
| to act in conjunction with committees
of the Westerly Board of Trade and
| Westerly Historical Society to arrange
for an Old Home Week in observance
of the two hundred and fftieth ami
versary of the founding of the town.
| The names of the several committees
| have been given in The Bulletin and
they will meet this (Tpesday) evening
for organization and the arrangements
of preliminaries.
President Flynn stated that the coun-
1 Gil had been publicly criticized in re-
gard to the projected sewerage system
and he would like to know whether it
| was up to the council or the water
commissioners to go forward with the
! work,
Thomas Mckenzie, superintendent of
the water works. who happened to be
at the meeting on other business, re-
piled that the town council was the
/ | recognized authority of the town, that
I the water commissioners were aD-
i pointed by that body and he was of
the opinion that it was up to the.couu-
Gil to take the initiative and order the
/ work to proceed. Mr.. Mckenzie add
ia . I, l. i
money, and that the town had voted
to issue bonds of $3.50 600 to meet the
1 expenses, or so much of the apDropri-
1 alton as may be requested by the wa
A ter commissioners. The town had al
ready appropriated $4,000, which had
\ been applied to the engineering work,
the purchase of land, and covered a
period of two years. The plans and
specifications are already printed and
ready and all is in order to go ahead
with the work. 1t was a question
= however, whether it was the opportune
: time to proceed with the work. and
whether the town considered it wise to
issue the bonds at this time. It is up
: to the town council to say go ahead
with the work. 1t might be proper for
. the commissioners to come to the coun-
Gil and ask for appropriation 10 carry
l on the work
ton of Mr.. Fowler it was voted that
}. the water commissioners the town
: treasurer, and the town solicitor, be
e invited to meet with the council, for
= consideration of the .eWer system pro
+, ject next Friday evening.
a deed was accepted from the Smith
! Granite company. without cost for a
: strip Of land along Franklin street
that materially widens the highway at
l. Granite street The granite building
: at the corner has been sold and the
L Smith Granite company before MAX
d ing the transfer decided to deed the
section that had been partially used
: 2s highway, for highway purposes.
4 Edward L. Gavitt, recently appointed
. | superintendent of Wilcox park, ten
dered his resignation as tree warden
L | of the town. The resignation was ia
:, bled in the hope that arrangements
- could be made with the park trustees
G so that Mr.. Gavitt might serve off
= cially as tree warden even if not doing
the actual work, but only OF an advis-
# CRY nature.
: Sheffield Greene, forest fire warden
was unanimously reappointed to tn,
office, and these deputies nominated
by him were approved by the coun
ell: Frederick E. Esger, Truman Cal
~, vert and Palmer Chapman, russell l
Il Slocum was reappOinted special office
4 under the dog law.
It The council voted that the sum o
= S68 deposited with the town by tn
d aQmln4stratiOn OF the estate of Samue
1t G. LIZ is be paid to the widow Thi
$. amount came from the estate of 10
d siah Knowles in 1892. The ad-ninistra
IN tor could not locate Mr.. Lewis. nov
deceased, and the money goes to hi
Of widow. She has been fully identified
n by the judge of probate at St Louis
Mo.
l. The Cakes company, John Champli
Id president, applied for a victualling Ii
cense, for Nos. &C. 80 and 40 Mai
Id street. As these numbers cover tw
buildings it was decided that a licens
I'd would be required for each building
Of The application was tabled TIL
lie same company was granted virtualler'
license for the ChamDlin farm on tn
Sc Shore road.
Fictualling license was granted t
/ Subville and Galen.
Il Council Clerk Whipple reported tina
during the fiscal year of 1918 Their
r. were 1873 marriages, 23S births and Is
- deaths, and in 1919. II marriages, q
births and 231 deaths.
Id Thomas {. Brown, chief of polio
tt reported ten arrests in March, as fol
IN lows: breaking and entering and thet
d fowl, two: theft Of horse and wa
iy on, one; theft two, intoxication, three
md one each for setting fire in til
open and for being an idle person with
: out means of support.
Dr. Samuel C. Web,%er. superintend
4 ent of health reported two cases {
I diDhtheria in March.
4 John Cisco, one Of the oldest Italia
I residents Of Westerly. who said he no,
! lived alone, his children being with
4 former wife, told the council that h
1 was cid and lame and wanted help. Fl
7 would not object to being sent to til
; L town farm. President Flynn told tt
! old man that he would personally cor
a 4 suit with the oVerseer of the poor an
: / see what could he done in the case, a
. though confident that the overseer Gla
, given the case consideration and d
I what he knew to be right .
i The cost of bridge building on higf
ways in Rhode Island are borne prt
portionately by all towns of the stat
@a These bills were ordered paid as We
tery's proportion: For bridge IN tow
of North Kingstown. $21.1S; for brid.
"a in village of WEXFORD, &141.70.
The faarant nuisances caused by Il
! overflow of cesspools, by reason
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