Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-22
WESTERLY

destination near Providence. The ma chine is of tho Curtiss tyne, started from Garden City. is owned by the Ma I tiena1 Association of Phetography and Survey, and was being operated by l Aviator Brainerd.
 Friday morning an attempt was made to proceed to Providence. Cash Miller had arranged to make the trip with Aviator Edward F. Brennan, by1 the payment of SEQ and signing a re- lease to the association in event of ir- jury by accident. The arrangements were completed and with the two ff1en| i'll the machine the start was made. Hundreds of men. women and ehildrena had assembled to witness the hop-off and witnessed an exhibition with g. genuine thrill. entirely unexpected. Due to the uneven condition of the l field, when the machine left the ground it barely cleared 3. stone wall. and the tail end struck some tall brush. The machine failed to rise as the aviator expected and moment later 1t crash ed into the branches of q hickory tree. cutting a clear swath.r The tail end caught in the branches. causing the airplane to turn earthwards and down it went, the nose ef the machine fur rowing the ground. The machine was wrecked. ..Fa
 Aviator Brennan received scratches in his face. Mir. Miller was uninjured. To the uninitiated observer the air plane was wrecked beyond repair. Mir. Brainard acknowledged that in ap- pearance the wreck was .eofnplete. but said it was not really as bad as it looked to be. He said the engine was not injured and that most of the dam aged parts could be used again. He will be here a couple of days taking the machine apart and ship it back toI the works for repairs.
 In the ease of. Bertha +. Smith against the board of highway com
 nissioners of the town Of Westerly, an appeal from the decision of the board in the matter or a lay out in the reconstruction Of a state high way, on the Post Road. the jury in the superior court rendered a vef- dict in favor of Mrs. Smith. The points of law raised in the case in the matter of jurisdietieu the inter- pretation of the law in regards to purchase and Condemnation. raised l by Attorneys Rathbun and Dunn in favor of the appellant were sustain ! ed by Judge Dorarl. and the main 1 point for the jury to determine was 1 the necessity for the taking of Mrs l Smiths land, and nots to determine the method by which it might be se cured Mrs. Smiths main objection was that the highway. as proposed,
 would come within ten feet of { l well which was the source of water
 supply from the estate. z Under the law the Westerly Highway Cofrmis- sioners bv themselves, or committees. have nothing to do with state high
 ways. The state board has the right l to acquire land needed for highway uses by purchase from a fund created
 for that purpose. The work on the
 highway has been held up at Hayer-
 sham by reason of the pendeney of this case Town Solicitor Harry B ! ksard represented the Westerly
 Highway Commissioners and Assist
 ant Attorney General Eisson the state board of public roads.
 j. The court. sdieurnsd to Monday
 when the case of the state against Charles H. Sherman, of Exeter. vii be called for trial. He, is charged , with setting a trap on his own prem ises with a jaw spread of more thar T six inches, and was arrested by {