Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-03
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Vised schedule of prices to cover the work for the balance of the year, which l means the completion of the main sec ton of the system. The machinery has arrived for the pumping station at Mar gin street and the superstructure is to be built and the machinery installed in l ample time for all connections.
 The contractor wanted to revise the figures to cover the entire contract but ihe board would not consider any prices 1 that might exist next year. With the exception of this period change in prices, the old contract stands. The change in 1 rchedule price is only $10,000 more than 1 in the original contract and does not extend beyond January 1, next The ac- 1 tion of the board was approved by the 1 town council.
 The council also approved and author ized the contract for building the super structure of the pumping station, to H. T. Kenyon company for $7,S2o.
 Jesse G. Burgess applied for permis- mission to erect a gasoline delivery sta l tion at 68 Main street. The application was granted subject to the approval of ) the highway commission.
 Dr. Samuel C. Webster, superintendent of health reported one case of chicken | pox and two of diphtheria, during the month of July.
 Clerk Whippie. after reading the cur rent bills for approval and payment, de- clared it was the smallest batch of bills received in any one month since he had been the clerk. Included in the bills were one for $S0194, payable to Frank L. Holiday. judgment in a suit 1 for damages by driving his automobile
 | against rope stretched across Broad street when rspairs were being made to l the highway.
 1 Chief of Police Thomas E. Brown re- 1 ported fifteen arrests during July, as follows Violation of automobile laws,
 four; intoXicaton ofur; reveling, four i; and one each for insanity, carrying con-
 cealed weapon and violent assault bill of SIS was ordered paid for the 1 service Of a special officer at the recent l Chautauqua session. While there was
 no opposition to paying the special of l fcer, there was considerable comment upon it as a matter of right. It. was
 said Chautauqua ought at least pay for 1 the service of a special officer. The concern paid no license fee, no ground 1 rent, no nothing, but pocketed the guar | anteed expenses and profits and de- parted Chautauqua, according to ex- pressed opinions Of the council ought to be treated officially the same as circus
 or any other travelling show.
 President Datson read the circular for
 state prohibition officer asking local
 police aid in enforcing the law, which was published in The Bulletin week 1 ago.
 Aimon c. La Dire claims that. March l 24 last. as he was riding in his auto 1 truck on the road from Apponaug to l East Greenwich, his truck was run against and damaged by an automobile
 owned by Edson F. Gallaudet and has entered suit in the superior court to re- l cover s1o,eD0 in damages.
 1 Mr La Dire states that he sustained | a. number of serious injuries severe nervous shock, and that the action of his
 1 heart has been irregular since the acci- dent. He also ayers that there were
 in the truck at the time of the collision,
 l fifty-four do5an of eggs valued at l S4025, and that they were smashed
 ] when the cars came together.
 I The new town hall is inadequate for 1 the uses of the town, although when the
 project was being discussed it was arg
 ued that it was proposed to erect Q town building that would provide for all future as well as present needs, and
 l that there would be ample room to ac- conlnodase all town offices that had direct business with the people. When completed, the basement was devoted in part to the workshop of the water de- partment, the top floor to the town hall proper, and the second to town offices On this second floor is the office of the town clerk. the water commissioners of l fee, the town treAsurer's office and the room that is used Jointly by the probate court and town council, and all space on that floor is occupied.
 The highway commissioners asked the town council for an office in the building Monday, and the council assigned the commission to use the room jointly with the town treasurer. This action was taken with full knowledge that the town treasurer and collector, had refused of flee space to the highway commissioners Should the objection of the treasurer finally prevail, the highway commission must rent quarters elsewhere as the work of the department cannot go for ward without established quarters. There is no office for the charity depart
 ment, or the assessors of taxes, and the local police department is located in the section of the building owned and main tained by the state of Rhode Island. The office of the water board is all too small, much of the work being done elsewhere at periods, and the only offices in the building that are fully adequate
 for the purpose intended are those of the