Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-11
WILLIMANTIC

" l1QudIl oIICSI lOllOWluS hG6hsS ness with bronchial pneumonit. < Mrs. i House was born in South Glastonbury l | August 2S, 1928 the daughter Of Tras- 1, tus and Fannie N. Chiids Bidwell. She | leaves one daughter Mrs. French with |, | whom she made her home after the death i | of her husband, June 25, 1912; a sister, ! l Mrs. Henry Hurlbutt of Portland, Conn., ; l and six grandchildren, Donald A. French ! of Willimantic, Mrs. Asiine Ward of Newton Highlands, Mass. Anderson o. and Ralph E. Martin of New York, Hay ward c. Marton of Lebanon and John W. 1 Martin of Casper, Wyoming. Four great l grandchildren also survive Mrs. House. James Danahey died Sunday at St. Jo- sep's hospital following a shock sus- tained about week ago. Mr. Danahey | was one of this city longtime residents.
 He is survived by two nieces, Mrs. Chas, Miller and Miss Anna Murphy, of this
 vlty.
 The funeral of David Mathewson was held Sunday afternoon at , o'clock from his home in Warrenville, Rev. B. C. Bug
 bee officiating, assisted by Rev. Arthur 1 D. Carpenter. pastor of the First church
 of Wilimantic. My Jesus as Thou Wilt, and Abide With Me were sung during the
 services by members of the Congrega- tional church choir of this city. The
 bearers were Wallace L. Burkee, Eenry
 Lamphear, Thomas Bebbington. and Ellsworth Weeks. Burial was in War
 renvile cemetery where a committal 1 service was conducted. Arrangements
 were by Funeral Director. Jay M. Shep-
 ard.
 The May meeting ot the common
 council was held Monday g4sIt at the
 council chambers at the town building. The meeting was called to order by
 Mayor Charles o. Gates who asked il there was anything open for discussion.
 George E. Stiles and William Konopas- ) lSa representing two Main street busi l ness houses, requested the definition of parking on that section of Main street
 in front of their places of business houses Mir. Stiles stated that the ordi- nance hurt his business and that the , ordinance should be changed as regards his frontage on Main street. He also objected to the parking ordinance on
 Union street, stating that autos were l parked there by their owners and left i standing all day, thus making it nnpos-
 sible for business houses on the south , side of Union street to get their own au- !, tos to the curb at their doors MT Konopaska of the Windham Battery Co. : stated that according to the ordinance no autoist could leave his car il front of his shop to charge a battery as this was parking. The question of the bars
 at the railroad crossing came up and it
 was suggested that the bars should be !. changed to fall parallel to the railroad 3 tracks instead of diagonal as they do
 now. A. NJ Gilman also spoke, request
 ing that something be done to stop the backfiow of water on his property result
 ing from the stopping up of the city
 culverts He had laid pipe lines on his
 property on Jackson street but the ohw I oF pfoi it1 ct 1ar op- to his land.
 . City Clerk A. c. Scripture read the
 minutes of the March meeting of
 common council anu of the special meeting These were accepted as was 7 the report of Superintendent of Streets Irwin NJ Ford, showing !, an expendi- ture of s1173,S0 for the month. The second reading of sidewalk implications
 from A. R. Sharpe, Harold l.. Taylor. r and C. H. Reinhardt of Chestnut, street , | was voted to take the usual course as 3 were the first readings for, sidewalks by . | Stephen Barnofsky for a t55xs sidewalk ! on Jackson street VII. Birmingham, ! for one 1OSxs on Turncr street, D. P . Ahearn for one on High street measur 4 ing 126x6 by the B. P O. E. No. 1911 :. for one 400x6 on Pleasant street, Allins $ Ruber Co. for one on Main street 70x10 : and from Arthur l. Dubreuil on Unio1
 street for one 45XG feet. A petition fo l a gasoline pump on Union street from A
 J. Dubreuil was referred to the stree 2 committee with power. The resigna tiol Il of William L. Smith, a permanent fire
 man of Engine Co. No. 1, was accepte' !. and Patrick F. Hagserty assigned tc !, his place The report of the committe A appointed to make survey of the line ' of Chestnut, street was accepted as wa T the recommendation fnI acceptance 0 n Chestnut street by the city upon whic extensions alterations and grading wer - to be made A public hearing on tn
 question was set for May IS at 7.30 O
 clock in the evening. Voted that s5.0G
 be borrowed for city expenses. Vote nay of City Engineer Robert F. Pitche be increased from s to s1o per day. hi
 helpers increased from $50 to s5 pc n day. Reading of bills followed and vol q ed paid as read.
 It. was voted that the street committe
 investigate the Mountain street and th
 Jackson street situations suggested b
 Mr. Gilman. It was also voted that
 committee be appointed to inyestigat = the new ordinance for parking and cf hearing will be held soon on this ques IC ton.
 The number of arrests during tl . month Of April was 96, a great increas
 over those of March. This report in d,