Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-04
WESTERLY

no" uolllS DuSlneSS al the Old StanGS. under the disguise of qui-h lanch rooms, or were being operated as cider joints. He said the chief of police ought to be asked to keep a sharp lookout on these places to detect law violation.
 Councilmen Haswell replied that the chef was doing just that thing at present.
 Councilman Fowler said some action should be taken in regard to the place ill Main street. as there is always a noisy and cider merry crowd there.
 Councilman Craig replied that it was impression that there was no law against the sale of strong cider and therefore it could be sold without li- cense, by anyone who leslred to en- gage in the business. He understood there were but two former saloons that had license as lunch rooms. one in Main and the other in Canal street. and there was no occasion for disguise iu the sale of cider.
 Town Solicitor Agard oorroborated this and declared that under the law cider was not included as an intoi- eating drink; but that there was T town ordinance against the sale of strong cider if it becomes a nuisance, and that the patronage of q low class Of men constituted the nuisance.
 Councilman Fowler believed the Main street place ought to be declared a nuisance and closed.
 Councilman Craig said it was easy enough to declare nuisance, bat not so easy to produce the proof.
 Councilman Fowler said that in passing the Main street place he had heard swearing and cufsing. and had seen drunken men come out of inc place. He believed intoxicants were dispensed there.
 Town Solicitor Agard declared tina | the sale of liquor was not necessary to complete a nu sance, under the Jaw but it could be established by the as scmbltng of idle. absolute and noisy persons. The charge of nuisance against a place in Canal street was sustained by the court in q case where the sale of intoxicating drink was not charged.
 In response to queries, Police Chief Trow1 stated that he had rece ved comnl0ints against the Main street place I'D to two weeks ago, but none since he had a talk with the propIie- tor.
 Councilman Fowler said he saw three drunken men come out of the plaoe Friday.
 Town Solicitor Agard declared th2t he had seen old roundoEs come in and come out of the place.
 President Flynn said ho had beer tcld b~ Chief Brown that the manager had promised to conduct his business within the law. If the council saw fit the virtualizing Fcense could bC cancelled, but that would in nowise prevent the sale of cider. He believed that of the business was on the leve it ought to be done in the open, ant that all Instructions of the view rt removed, just as is the case in Carr place in Canal street.
 Chief Brown added that he had re- ce we'd no complaint against the Carr place. He believed patrons seccrc( whiskey elsewhere and then went tC ! the Main street place and concocte 9 "stone fence" and this mixture so it is said, has some kick in it. Town Solicitor Agard stated tha Chief Brown and his men were keep ing tabs on the Main street place, ar; 1 he assured the council that unles couiit ons changed there would be an attempt made to support decla ration by the council that the place I was nuisance.
 Councilman Fowler added that un | less the drunken rotten crowd $ kep l out of the place it odght to be de l clared nuisance right away. Chic 1 Brown said he would order the re
 moyal of barriers Of view from th l street forthwith.
 l The Harold Thatcher mill propert, 1 in Ma Il street, in Sept. 12, 1916, wa l 4-.I .., l of twelve years in excess of assess now owned by the Westerly Textil l company and the benefit of the unex i pired agreement was requested. Tn matter was deferred to tha next meet ] ing.
 Tree Warden Gavitt complained tha public service corporations had beel
 clipping branches from shade trees without the, required legal permit iron him, and fines were provided for tn l offences. The council advise1 tha
 he take up the matter with the tow
 solicitor.
 Dr. Samuel c. Webster, superin
 tendent of health in his monthly re port to the council stated that inluen
 ga was now a reportable disease, am | that eleven cases reported to him dur | ing January. There was no othe l contagious diseases reported. l The council ordered the payment 0 all bills presented, and then adjourn cd to the evening. 4 budget to n' l presented to the financial town meet 1 Ing today Tuesday, was considered l Returning soldiers aIege that ther | has been favoritism and fraternal in i dlence in the matter of promotions il | the army at home and abroad. On 1 soldier asserts that regardless of qual 1 fcations men who did not happen t 1 belong to certain civic organization i had a very poor chance of promotion 1 Here is a local application, said tn ] soldier: Take for instance Dr. - 1 )f Pawcatuck who has been in activ 1 service in the field for seventeen months, is still in the service witl 1 of Westerly. who has been in servic
 at Camp Devens for three months
 and now out of the service. has beel 1 commissioned a major.
 | A fire alarm was sent in Morda. morning from Box 26, corner of Parl avenue and Spruce street. for gras | fire in the rear of the residence of D1 John NJ, O'Connell, 19 Narrasanset 1 avenue. The motor trucks of tn
 Rhode Island and Cyclones extinguish
 cd the blaze before damage resulted
 lust after turning from Union stree 1 rom the fire house to Broad street the Alert Hook and Ladder conlpan eruck came to a dead stop. aud thu | -enained until lowed to a garage fo
 'epairs The gear of the timer wa
 etripped. There had been troubl
 rom this source for some time. bu
 t had not been fully corrected.
 was said that the track would be bac in commission within a few hours.
 Rev. Clayton A. Burdick presided q
 the meeting of the board of manager
 of the Seventh Day Baptist Mission
 ary society, in the Pawcatuck churcl
 Westerly. The quarterly reports