Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-13
WESTERLY

The July meeting of the Westerly t6wn council was held Monday, President Abraham Datson presiding. all members being present.
 pr. Samuel c webste~. superintendent of health, reported ir the matter of col. lection of garbage. etc, and carting same through the public streets. He said he ia trying to abate the nuisance but the wori- is difficult of accomplishment as there is no regulating ordinance. There was no provision made for the removal of gar bage. There are sanitary conditions that the superintendent and town solicitor are endeavoring to enforce.
 Solicitor Agard suggested the adoption of an ordinance to meet the require ments.
 Charles R. Johnson. manager of the Atlantic Beach casino. asked for permis- sion to have roller skating from to | o'clock on Sunday afternoons for the bal ance of the season. MT. Johnson guaran- teed the best of order.- There was no objection apparent, and no action was taken.
 Chief Brown told the council that com plaint had been made of excessive speed ing of automobiles outside the patrol jurisdiction of the police and asked fer two motorcycle officers. The request was granted and George Mattison and Robert Resell swere appointed as the officers. 1HO11dS IL. bFOWu, Cnl6I OI pOllce, xNe- ported four arrests during June. As &t perintendent of vehicles. he said he had issued no special bus licenses and that 1 the one now in operation was under li- cense of last year that does not expire until September next. He said there was report of overcrowding cars from Watch Hill and Pleasant View on the return trip. Councilman Campbell said this could be
 overcome if all patrons did not attempt l to return at the same time.
 Newman F. Tuckerman spoke in favor of the buses and believed they ought to
 be encouraged and better public service
 would result with regular line of buses. Ira B. Crandall, as a citizen and mer- chant, told the council it would be sorry day for Westerly if deprived of trolley Il service. During the strike the buses did good service at moderate rates at the start, but later on they charged 25 cents
 for ride. He declared the trolley road should be given opportunity to make good l, during the summer season in order to be able to give winter service.
 Councilman Moore did not consider it fair for bus to precede a trolley car 8 couple of minutes and take passengers at , a station who had assembled to take
 car. After general discussion the whole
 matter was referred to the superintendent 2 of vehicles, with the understanding that
 no more bus licenses be issued. ,l The superintendent of health, Dr.. Sam
 uel c. Webster, reported one case of
 humps during the month of June. Harry c. Wood was granted a license
 to operate a pool room at Watch Hill. ?, Ernest A. Smith was granted a victual-
 ing license for restaurant at Pleasant
 View, near Atlantic Beach. Victualing g license was also granted to Edward J.
 Ranguci at Pleasant View. Like licenses
 were issued for Watch Hill to Harry Lit-
 tlefield, Caroline Cato and Charles J. Rood, and tavern license to c. B. Bliven for Pleasant View.
 The coast artillery companies of the 2 Rhode Island National guard, seven in J number, are at Forts Creole and Getty for two weeks of strenuous training This 5 is the first encampment since the reorgan- a ization of the guard and is the only time = since colonial days that Westerly was
 without a military company. The First, r Second and Seventh companies are at a Fort Creole and the Fourth, Eighth, | Twelfth and Sixteenth at Fort Getty.
 ! Headquarters are at Fort Creole. Lieu tenant Colonel Cyril L. D. Wells is the l. commanding officer, with Captain John J. ], Collins as adiutant. The daily routine , includes individual instruction at the bat l. teries of gun and ammunition sections. 1. plotting rooms, observation towers and l. range instructions. Infantry instructions will be centered in the school of the sol
 dier and the school of the squad. Former
 local officers of the Rhode Island National
 guard and the old Fifth company. wester- = ly, will make a visit to the island forts E during the encampment period, Henry Robinson Palmer Stonington, ed s itoria1 writer for the Providence Journal a delivered an interesting, instructive and ;. timely address before the Mems class of U the First Baptist church Monday evening
 His subject was Battle of the Ballots. He
 had large audience as the meeting was ,< public.
 Iel John Firth. 42, foreman at the Brad.
 ford Dyeing association. died suddenly al K the plant Monday morning just after the Ie work had begun. The probable cause ot
 death was heart disease. He leaves his k widow and two children. Mir. Firth was le in apparent good health when he left his
 home to go to the mill. He was a mem
 Der of Franklin lodge of Masons, West.
 erly.
 In the Third district fcourt Monday
 morning, before Clerk M. Walter Flynn
 came Frederick Mellor and John Roy
 charged with quarreling and reveling e Mellor was fined s2 and costs of s2so. IT - the case of Roy, sentence was suspended r on payment of costs. '