Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-09
WILLIMAN

, ton the sum of s9.07. the same being the amount of taxes collected illegal ly by the City of Wi1limantic was adopted. A resolution authorizing the water committee to make repairs to the city ice houses not to exceed $2,- 900 was adopted. A resolution giving the lighting committee power to make such cha nges as they saw nit in the lighting arrangements on the Main street end of the bridge over the rail- road tracks was adopted.
 Corpora tion Counsel William A. King stated that he had three tenta- tive iitnev ordinances which had been drawn up by the ordinance commit ice based on varia tions of the zone system He introduced a resolution
 authorizing the city clerk to secure
 size as Willimantic information re- Iating to their charges for taxi car riage When the question was put on this resolution Alderman Webber took the floor He said:
 , GAS chairman of the committee on
 iitney fares I did considerable inves- tigating along this line and found that the matter was regulated almost en- |, tirely by local conditions. You had
 good ordinance here which you killed
 without even giving it a trial You al
 lowed certain men to come before your
 body, at least one Of whom insultea
 the councik and then meekey re Sclnded the ordinance. You have made
 yourselves the laughing stock of 1the
 city and the only way in which you -can redeem yourselves is by re-pass- .ing the ordinance"
 Corpora ton Counsel King called at
 tention to the fact that there was
 motion before the council.
 Alderman Webber said that it was question of protecting the thousands
 of citizens or of protecting the eight or ten iitnev drivers and he believed
 that the citizens should get the pro-
 lection He asked MT. King if he be- lieved in patterning after other cities and Mir. King replied that it depended on the city. Alderman Webber closed
 by saying that. the council as repre-
 sentatives of the city were not sup
 posed to take any such mess Of gush
 as had been handed to them at the
 hearing He then moved for the put
 ting on the table of the resolution be
 fore the council. His motion went by the board for lack of second. The original motion authorizing the city clerk to get information from other cities was passed. Alderman Webber casting the only dissenting vote.
 Alderman Webber moved the adop- ton of the former ordinance. with amendments striking out the clause pertaining to trunks and making it ef- fective on Sept 20 instead of Sept. 1. The matter was referred to the ordi- nance committee with power to re draft the ordinance. The meeting ad- iourned at S-55.
 David Sweden, a former resident Of this city. was being sought by Chief of Police Daniel KiIlourey in connection with the kidnapping of his four year-old son Monday from the home of his adopted parents. MT and Mrs. Albert c. Whitaker of Jackson street The Sweden family had do n4esJic troubles, while living here with the result that the husband and wife separated and the children were com nitted to the county home. One of them the hoy who was kidnapped. was taken out of the home by the Whitakers and adopted by them. The child was taken off in automobile bearing the license plates of Public Service License No. 200. which. ac- cording to the State Automobile Reg ister. is that of Rosario F'reno of 519 Bank street New oLhdon. The po lice in New London and Norwich were notified and Chief Killourey was in both cities Monday but up to a late hour Monday night had not succeeded | in getting any trace of either Swei | den or the child.
 S. Adams & Go. succumbed to the meat cutters union on Monday morn ! ing and are now removed from the list l of markets which are under ban by i the union. A member of the firm when ! on Monday. said that the i