Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-05
APpQN1 GAS & ELECTRIC COMMISSIONER

and in danger of toppling over. The pc titioner says he has requested the gas ana electric department to relocate the wires but that his request has been ignored The communication was referred to the board of gas and electric commissioners for a report to be made at the next meeting of the council.
 letter from Dr. D. J. Brophy, city health officer, explaining his stand on the bill amounting to $6450 presented by Alonze Letendre for services rendered was read by the city clerk. Dr. Brophy stated in his letter that he had secured the services of MT. Letendre, who is constable. for the purpose of having 2 YaRtic street man, who is tubercular, taken to the tuberculosis sanatorium, the man having ignored instructions to go to the institution.
 Dr. Brephy said he instructed MT. Le- teRdre to take the man to the institution one night. As he heard nothing from
 MT. LeteRdre he supposed the man had | been taken to the sanatorium. About a week later he was notified by the police that the man was at the police station. DF. Brophy said that he did not know
 that MT. Letendre was watching for the Fman on YaRtie street for two or three hours each night for a week at s1 an hour, with s2.50 an hour for machine | MT. Letendre presented a bill for $64.5e and he refused to o. K. it.
 The matter was referred to the finance
 committee and the corporation counsel.
 Reseinds Daylight Saving Resolution.
 On motion of Alderman A. L. Peale thu council voted to reconsider the dayligh
 saving resolution passed at the las meeting It was then voted to rescin' the resolution. The resolution called fo
 daylight saving from March 27 to Oct 30. The resolution was rescinded owini
 to the fact that bill passed by the gen
 eral assembly recently forbids any mu
 nicipality from using any other thal
 standard time.
 How are we going to get daylight sav ing? asked Alderman Charles F. Well
 after the resolution had been rescindeC The manufacturers want it, he said. Al [ derman Wells said that he understoo . that the manufacturers are planning {
 start up an hour earlier in the mornin ,.l and shut down an hour earlier in tn
 afternoon, and that if they do the trolle 2 company will advance their schedules a
 hour. ! , Mayor Lerou said he had talked wit } Secretary O'Rourke of the Chamber Commerce earlier in the day and that
 had stated to MT. O'Rourke that he fe
 the matter should be taken up by u
 Chamber of Commerce and the me F chants.
 = Alderman Pendleton said that in e opinion there is going to be more conf Il sion this year than ever before. d Mayor Lerou said he felt the ci 5 should not take part in any daylig s saving movement
 The mayor then announced his appoin d ment of Clarence E. Carpenter as n member of the board of gas and electr h commissioners for five years from M; 1t 1st.
 l. Reports Presented. The quarterly report of the fire ma
 stal and the monthly reports of the ci n treasurer and street department we e presented and accepted, after which t 1t following bills were approved: l. Police department, $4,s06.9s; stre D. lighting, $1,sS6.ss; public works depa1 le ment, $7,107.0S; department of cen a teries, $452.S4; fire department, $5,31 d S5; gas and electric department, $3 o-- S29.71; finance department, $s,s50. 2 fl tpark department, $22e. water depa le ment, S5,464.75; public comfort static le s12a.54.
 d The council adjourned at o'clock.