Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-03
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Postmaster Lehihan announces that be- I ginning this month the prices of treasury saving. certificates have been advanced on account of the continued increase in i value of. Liberty bonds. as well as the general advance in all investments and the gradual decline in interest rates l The government has decided to reduce the l rate of interest paid on treasury sovlngs 1 certificates to a basis of four per cent. 1 compounded semi annually.
 Narragansett Council, No. 21, K Of l C., is to stage a frolic at the Opera , House this. mouth and the rehefsals for it arc all ready being held. About 200 l members arc working will take part. The warm days which are now prevail l ing are helping out people here and at Stonlngton. SO far the coal question: goes Very little fuel Is being consumed 1 at Westerly and It's neighboring towns st the rate coal is arriving in Rhode Island since the miners went back to work about three weeks ago, prediction 5 made that there will not De. so much uffering aA was feared. Coal Is arriving 1ero in Rhode Island every week and of course Westerly will receive It's share. Rhode Islands allotment for the is s52,000 tons which Is about so per cent. of the normal supply It Is estimated by local dealers that 1G5,0oo tons of hard sosl per month will have to be shipped ,o- Rhode Island between. now and Janu- aryff consumers are not to suffer
 Westerly people are encouraged over the employment situation. The textii6 industry Is gradually turning to normal as Is shown by the latest statement fs- sued by the departfnett of labor. Plants in~ Westerly are running and adding to their working forces each week. There Is no surplus of workers in Westerly and practically an are employed. Ths felt company here has been closed but Is to resume operations within IS days.
 The housing problem Is becoming acute Ia the town as there are few places for rent aad they are hard to get. Rents have beer raised here.
 The westsfiy town council met Monday in the .coursil chamber. An application Of Joseph T. Griiis, president and mama ger of tho Italian Athletic club. to play professional football at Riverside Park on Sundays from Oct 5 to Dec. 10, 1929. inclusive .was- granted. Attorney Maurice w. Flynn, IT,. appeared fin behalf of the club and there was no opposition. The license xzs granted under the same re- strictions as applied t9 the playing of Sunday baseball at Riverside Park.
 4 claim was presented to the meeting by-Hsrry Nj. Roberts which amounted to s25 for damages alleged to have been done to his automobile when it was claimed the machine struck a defective piacsin the highway on Main street scar the property of William D. Hoxie on the evening of Sept 1e. The matter was re- feTed to Town Solicitor John Ferguson IT, ~ S.
 The council. voted to pay g1177.5s due the highway department. for repairs made to Eugh hsstreet and the same was charged to. the. sewer accocnt. Another account oi sst7.sD due the highway dpartme1t wis orderedl charged to the account pf, the olaygreunds.
 The town solicitor stated that he had a communication from R. W. Perkins of thg shore Line Electric Railway company ii which he stated that tho company re- fuses to pay for the work done in repair. lng the highway after the tracks had seen tsid. following the laylng Of, the sew. CT pipe. The trolley officials also clai1f that certain agreements were made wit towa officials
 Joseph $. Griiis appeared before tn. council, representing residents of Cen. tral Park. He told of the terrible scondi- ton, of the main road leading to Centta Park and while the council had no juris dlctlon over the highway, thought they might use their Influence in speaking t, the commissioners, toward getting some. thing done. The commissioners cannot ex- Dend fnonex on a highway until It h.. 3een accepted and it was suggested tha ,hey have the road laid out and accepted shen ask that something be done in tn wRy of appropriation at the town meet Ing. a
 A blte print of the proposed charge and tne dock of the American Thread Company sent by Major Peterson, U. $ sngileer for approval by the council, wa ,xaniined and was approved. A ney dccE is to be erected by. the Thread com oany and new piles will have to b placed in front of the old ones. The. Eiil extend out into the channel abvi tnres feet. To keep the channel tn same width as at present the cofnpsn. proposes to dredge out the east bank c Rhgds Island side of the channel
 T1e report of Dr. T. E. Robinson, milf inspector, was read and approveds Man samples of milk and cream were take and two complaints Investigated. Di Samuel c. Webster, health officer, report sd two cases of d9lJctheria, one of measle and one of mumps.
 Chief of Police Thomas E. Brown fe ported for the month of September, ? a1rebts, 0 loF lntoxlcatiOn, and one 10 lntoxicatpn, while operating an autonr pile Four milk licenses were granted s10o was voted the South .Couflty Pouitf and let Stock Association to be used a speclal premiums at their exhibit.
 Action was deferred on holding . j0i1 meeting of the council with the select men of the town of stoningten, eercerr Ing establishing building lines along tn Pawcatuck riyet. Mai Peterson. JJ. engineer. had been invited 10 attend hi meeting.
 Inc following supervisors were chose for tRe coming election in November Democratic. First district, Cornelius ( Murphy and Dennis Geary; second al, t-lcts Edward Farrell and Josei!h Mo1 tague. Republicanl First district Mi. Cora Chapman aud Charles Raiai secor