Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-05

At the April meeting of the court of common council held Monday evening in the council chamber Mayor Herbert M. Lerou announced his appointment of Clarence E. Carpenter of No. 7e Newton street to be a member of the board of gas and electric; commissioners for term of live years from May 1st. MT. Carpen- ter succeeds John T. Sullivan, whose term as a commissioner expires the last of l this month.
 The new gas and electric commissioner | is we'll known manufacturer of the city. He is connected with the Carpenter Man.
 ufacturing company, with plant on New- ton street. Mayor Lerou made the se- | lection of a manufacturer for the appoint
 ment in recognition of the general feeling | that there should be at least one manu- | ffacturez~on the board
 Tbe business of the council was trans acted in 35 minutes. Mayor Lerou called lfhe meeting to order at S.25 o'clock and Il according to the usual custom the read ing of the minutes of the previous meet ing was omitted.
 A proposed layout for Nelson place which was recently accepted as a public highway by the city was presented by the lpublic works committee. In connection with this matter the public works com mittee presented a resolution deferring
 action on the layout to the May meeting of the council. The resolution was adopted.
 On recommendation of the public works
 committee the petition of Samuel Gold : berg for permission to install gasoline
 pump at No. Il 1-2 Thames street wa. granted.
 The sheriffs return on the Whitake avenue sewer assessments was read ant : accepted.
 } Petitions Received. ' A petition from J. A. Scott of the Lau
 rel Hill market for permission to install a gasoline pump in front of his marke was referred to the public works commit
 Other petitions were received and re
 ferred as follows:
 s From A. F. Greene Co.,, for permission s to install 9 gasoline pump in front 0 :, No. 331 Main street. Referred to publi f works committee with power.
 From Robert W. Otis, for permission { e install a gasoline pump in front of NJ - 303 West Main street. Referred to tn d public works committee with power F From E. R. Edwards and others, for if street light in front of or near No. Is
 Hinckley Hill. Referred to the polis 4 committee
 if OAea4ln Ak1tHSS ClkJs r Miss Mary McInnis, in communicate d presented to the council through her [ IT torney, Charles w. Cassidy, notified ti IS council that on Feb. 24, 1921. she fe It on a crosswalk across Broadway at BFos
 street and dislocated her ankle. She h;
 been incapacitated since. Miss MeInn
 claims that there was snow and ice on u
 crosswalk at the time she slipped al Y fell and that the ice and snow had bet t. there for more than a reasonable leng d of time. She notified the council tn le she will claim damages. The commur a- cation was referred to the finance COT q nittee and the corporation counsel ze Dr. F. c. Atchison.i in a communicati, E to the council. asked some action on t r. part of the council on his request tn g. certain electric wires running from Was
 ington street through Beech drive be I se located. pr. Atchison represents that t ie wires pass through the branches of ne number of beech trees at the drive al IS that the trees are threatened. He re ee resents that the insulation has worn of the wires in a dozen spots and that t bare wires are in direct. contact with t ne trees. Also that the poles are decay