Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-03
WESTERLY


 The letter mail pouch from New. York for Westerly, which arrived on train 30 at 5:G5 Tuesday morning,
 was so badly mangled that mulch of i the mail matter could not be identi- | fled, more Was made ready for de | livery badly nnutilated and it is prob able that some of the mail vii never | reach the parties addressed. This is l due to the fact that this train which 1 had made stop at westerly until l years ago went by the station at d l very high rate of speed and when the 1 pouch was thrown off, it rolled back 1 and was cut to pieces by the car l wheels. The lone baggaseman at the l station gathered together the seat l tered rnutilated mall matter. and later | Postmaster Thomas F. LAhinan kiked
 mile or raore down the track pick 1 ing up here and there letter or ;, got busy just as soon as the mail 1 mess reached the office and rtnederEd l the best service possible under the 1 circumstances.
 1 Two hours later along came train 1 S4, the neWspa per train. As it whiz- 1 zed past the Westerly station the bundles Of New York papers were thrown off and several of the bun /; dies went under the car wheels and l were tnutiiatea beyond use. Accidents i like this are of frequent occurrence
 in connection with the newspaper 1 train.
 1 Last June an acident like that Of 1 Tuesday morning occurred to a mail 1 pouch. Letters were strewh ali along l the line. Some we're recovered at Bradford and Carolina and one in the l railroad yard in Pawtdcket A letter l from this pouch was picked up in recovered en the track near WeqGete- | quoek.
 The mail trains s:e3 a. 1n east
 bound and 1:so a. m. west bound, had made stops to take on a dis
 charge mail at westerly for thirty five years, up to two years ago, and
 the lack of this service is a severe loss to the people of Westerly. Post
 master Benihan, baeked by the blsi- | ness men Of westerly, has strained
 every effort to have this service re-
 stunned, but without avail.
 The catehed service was finally
 esta blished in connection with the mai
 train for New York, when the de
 partnlent decided that trains 2e anc 30 would not make stops here foi the mail. A mail crane was erected
 as a substitute for the stop Of traif 29 for New YoA. Several times thi
 train tfaveled :s such high speed that when the catcher caught the poucF from the crane, the pouch was badl, torn and the letters scattered fol quite distance along the track and
 perhaps. .stine dropped ffof1 the | bridge into the Pawcatuck river ant 1 never recovered.
 Postmaster Lehihah must repot | this later mail accident to the depart ment and he will pr5baf5ly take ad vantage Of the event to renew his ap \ peal, in behalf of the people of West erly and the bAst interests of the ser vice, to have these two night ma trains make vefy brief stop at West \ erly At the same time the postnaast
 CT might suggest thai the newspa pc rain be required to slow down in pass ing the Westerly station, so that tn \ ba pers could be thrown safely to th | platform.
 I Judde Edward N. Burke held q r4s ular session of the westerly probai court Tuesday, the first ana final a5
 count of Henry L. Bufdick admifif
 trator of the estate ef Ada L. Bardic :. showing a valuation Of s42. 764.7 '' was received and continued to Marc .s 1G. First and final account Of Add
 c. Stiliman, exeeutrix of the estate | :, Orville Stillra1an, valuation $S,743.s u was also ordered received. .: Ths inventory Of the estate of Mai n A. Perry, Waiue Sa,7gs.5l was receive 1' and approved for record.
 :. Mary s. Crofts, administrator e the estate of Albert B. Crofts, pet s toned the court for authority to SC 1.. ~ for .$30 plus probate fees. dispute y claims against and disputed intere s in, specified pieces of real estate, cor .i tinued to March Is. with order of nt !. tice.
 m m The report Of Pavlo Giulian '2 guardian of the estate of his fl, lss minor children. as t6 distribution :" their estate, was received and order' i. recorded.
 sa Edwin Shaw petitioned for tl as adoption Of Edwin NJ. Lester Mari al sss orange Of name t6 Shaw The boy 1s seven years Of age, resides with u iu petitioner and the whereabouts Of u |. mother unknown. Continued to M: 10 with order of fotice.
 'h H. o. Templeton, Maine guide al of woodsman, resident of Odassoe. " er give a detailed account of the fnetho, 1e of trapping and camping as practice n, by the hunters and Eoodfnen Of Mair to at a meeting of westerly Boy Scon' or this (Wednesday) evening. MT. Ter xt plet5n will talk on the methods
 trapping animals, skihnihg them, t st building of fires, and other featne
 of a campers life. He will illustra Id several points in his talk by the u r. of equipment which he employs in
 trips through the Maine woods: Sr S Commanders sf Rhode lsiAAd bss ,,- American Legion, will meet Saturd x, afternoon in Providence at the r ,' 1 quest of the federal war risk ihSuran p. bureau. It has been suggested that q special state convention of the leaE n 1,' be held, to urge all former servi .s' men who have dropped their insu ts ance, te be feinstated. War risk i
 surance may be renewed until July
 Should the WAT risk insurance D
 reau will send represen tative Id speak on the question of, reinstat h. ment of insurace.
 !. Melissa Catherine, widow of EA us Burdick, died Monday at the home 's her son, Clarence. in Peace Dale, fl