Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-20

Bowers; Gems from Robin Hood. De Koven; popular airs (a) Chung a Lungs Jazz Bazaar, Bridges; (b) Dad dS, You've Been Mother to Me, Fisher; fantasia, In Days of Old Rol- linson; Castilian Fox Trot, La. yeeda {; Forever, Sousa; finale, Star Spangled Banner.
 The Rhode Island Tax Officials sO- ciety, composed of the assessors and town clerks, past and present, held it's annual outing at Rocky Point Wednes- day. After a shore dinner there was a business meeting at which there was discussion of the uniform date of as sessment law which becomes effective
 January 1. There was also general consideration of the several new laws relating to taxation enacted at the last session of the legislature, especially the recent decision of the supreme court upholding the laws regarding taxes on corporate excesses.
 The town council police committee, Councilmen Datson and Harper. held a special session to consider the congested traffic conditions opposite the railway station in Railroad avenue, made so by the action of certain jitney operators who persist in parking cars at that point and hawk for business upon the arrival of trains. They are not permit ted to solicit on railroad property which fronts on the avenue, the station proper being more than sixty feet dis tant. therefor they line up near the side walk and solicit at a distance. The trolley car terminal is directly in front of the station. It is here where the cars meet or pass, and the congestion caused by the jitneymen interfere materially with that line of traffic
 The passenger and baggage privilege the the railway station are leased by George Hoxie and he has sublet the pas senger privilege to specified jitneymen. In radiation the other jitneymen make the demonstration that causes the con gestion. Police Chief Brown, who is al- so superintendent of public vehicles, has notified the offenders that they must abandon their tactics and not park their cars in that section of Railroad avenue. The jitneymen thereupon operated their cars up and down that particlar section of the avenue and general vehicle traf- fic became even more congested. The jiSneymen claimed they were within thir rights, and doubted the authority of the chief to prevent them from keeping their vehicles moving or even parking Tn Railroad avenue, and they engaged counsel to urge their claim.
 Chief Brown and Messrs. Peck and O'Leary of the trolley company were at the meeting of the police committee, and there was thorough discussion of the sub ject The police committee decided that the congestion of traffic there must cease and the offending jitneymen desist from their demonstration at the railway sta ton. Chief Brown was assured that his action would be approved by the council
 There was also a general discussion of the jitney situation, as to the varied charges, and excess charge for crossing the bridge into Pawcatuck. At present the charges are at the option of the jit- heynen, the only requirement. being that the rate be posted in the automobile. It
 is now expected that the matter of estab- fishing zone rates. and general regulation of the jitney service will be considered at the next meeting of the town council
 Earl Taft, IS. wanted for a year by the authorities of the state home and school,
 was picked up by Sergeant Ferguson
 Wednesday night on blanket he had purloined from an automobile. Earl had been farmed out to George Whitford, who
 has a farm in Petnuock. He left that
 farm 8 year ago and the authorities at the state institution were notified of the boys departure, and there has been search for him ever since. An officer from the school took the boy from West erly Thursday afternoon.
 Tho Westerly Sanitary corps ambulance service is the most commendable ever in Westerly, even if there is no hospital in the town. Heretofore in emergency cases the injured persons have been required to wait an hour or more for a train to don- vey them to New London. Providence or Norwich, to be met at the station by an ambulance to take them to the hospital