Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-06
WESTERLY

The bottom has dropped out of the project of The Ninigret company to erect big mtlle buildings in what IS known as Riverside park. The ex- tensions will be confined to the land now owned by the company and all this will not be utilized for indus trial purposes. Though this condition has been previously reported Tn tnls correspondence, official color was glv- en to the report at the meeting Of the Westerly town council, Monday, when Town Solicitor Harry B. Agard, who is also counsel for The Ninigret com pany, announced that the company had changed it's plans in regard to building in Riverside park. At the financial town meeting a few weeks since. it was voted to sell Riverside park. which was the public play grounds and in charge of the school committee, to The Ninigret company for $6 900 and that this sum be set aside for the purchase of another playground. A new field had been selected on the Hannah Crandall property and 8 satisfactory purchase price agreed upon.
 MT. Agard told the council that the company stood ready to purchase Riverside park at the price specified, but would not agree to utilize the site for manufacturing purposes. UH- der these conditions there was op- position to the transfer at the coun- Gil meeting, Councilman Thorpe re- marking that the land would bring considerable more than $6000 if sold at public auction, and MT. Agard ac- quiesced. Councilman Thorp would not object giving the property as a gift for industrial purposes. but was opposed to sell it as a matter of spec ulation.
 Mir. Agard stated that no transfer could be made except by legislative action by reason of complications ir prior transfer from the Playground association to the town, with the school committee as custodian. H. i declared that the legislature would not mean that the property would bt transferred, but would give a financia town meeting power to transfer a | any time should the qualified voters so decide. A vote was adopted au- thorizing the town solicitor to secure the required legislation.
 Dr.. Samuel c. Webster, superin tendent of health, to whom was refer red his report for February, whici failed to report any cases of influenza
 stated in explanation, that in hi: opinion there were no cases of in fluenza in the town at the time, tha is if the epidemic of 1913 was inf1u enza. The sickness that the coun cil believed existed in February an
 the sickness calleA influenza as pre- vailed a year and a half ago were a different as two things possibly coul
 be. The town ordinance specifics tn cases that must be reported to him b physicians and this so-called influ
 enza is not included,
 Dr, Webster said that only five C
 the sixteen physicians of the town re
 ported cases to him as influenza. The reported 13 cases in January, 34
 February and in March total (
 53, and there were twenty times a
 many cases that were termed gril
 The doctor said he did not repor
 these cases as he did not conside
 them influenza, and that there wa
 no occasion to produce unnecessar,
 excitement in the community. Thir
 teen of the 53 cases reported were
 Bradford, and there were probably
 like cases in the town that othe physicians did not report as infiuer
 ga. Dr. Webster in his report fe March stated that there had been re ported twenty-two cases of measle
 The report was accepted and order ed on file.
 Charles L. Fowler, Of the Westerl
 Textile company, and The Ninigr'
 company, stated to the council that
 had been customary to send an arme
 man to the bank for pay Foll none
 and he had been informed these me 1 were liable to arrest for carrying col
 cealed weapons. He had no intentic
 ob being the cause for violation of u
 law, and asked for the appointment
 these men as special constables,
 serve the town without pay. F . asked that Ernest D. Hawkes., Vii
 fam F. Donovan and Charles ' - SAuer be appointed special constable
 They were appointed subject to t ' approval of Thomas E. Brown, chi of police.
 Leciede Woodn1ansee and CharIt
 J. Butler called attention to the CO , gested condition of Main street fro . Union to Broad. by reason of aut
 mobile parking there for an indefini T time. MT. Woodmansee suggested
 parking period of not more than thi ( ty minutes. The matter was referr
 to the chief of police and poll . committee. with power.
 Il Elizabeth GourIay Peck sent COT q munication to the council complaint
 of the damage to her land caused l. the overflow from the old stand pi of water works on Quarry Hill. Col