Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-05-02
COUNCILMAN SISk, NO LONGER CITY
| RESIDENT, RESIGNS FROM COUNCIL


At the May meeting of the court of
common council in the council chamber
Monday evening James L. Case was re-
appointed a member of the board of gas
and electric commissioners for a term of
five years dating from May 18th. The
council accepted the resignation of Frank
A. Sisk as a councilman and the .vacan-
cy caused by the resignation will be fill
ed at the city election next month. Mr..
Sisk presented his resignation because of
the fact that he has lately removed his
place Of residence outside the city lin
its.
Statistics and Pictures.
Too many tables of statistics repeated
year after year in annual printed reports
of some of the city departments. as well
as the expense for printing pictures of
officials with reports. were criticised in
report made by the special committee
on city printing and matters relating
thereto.
1t was the last regular monthly meet
ing Of the present administration. The
meeting was called to order at SIS o.
clock by His Honor, Mayor Herbert M.
Lerou, and the minutes of the previous
meeting, according to custom, were ac-
cepted without reading.
Broad Street sidewalk Hearing.
The first matter taken up by the coun-
Gil was the Broad street sidewalk hear
ing. The sidewalk order affects two pro-
perty owners, Yetta Cohen and Margaret
Briscoe. There was no one present who
wished to be heard on the matter and
the hearing was declared closed by the
mayor.
Mayor Lerou presented the name Of
James L. Case, for disappointment as a
gas and electrical commissioner for a
term of five years from May 18th. AL
derman Arthur L. Peale moved that the
mayors nomination be confirmed. The
council confirmed the reappointment of
Mr.. Case with but one dissenting vote
The resignation Of Frank A. Sisl1 as a
councilman was read by the clerk. Mr..
Sisk presented his resignation owing to
the fact that he has lately moved his
place of residence outside the city limits.
Councilman Edward Crooks showed the
council accept the resignation and that
the vacancy be filed at the city election
next month. The motion was carried by
the council
The Norwich Chamber of Commerce in
a communication to the council recon-
mended that an appropriation be in
cluded in the estimates to provide for
the proper rebuilding of Asylum street
from Newton to West Main street. Me
chanic street, Shipping street and South
street. The communication was referred
to the public works committee for inves-
LEGATION and report.
Appropriations Voted.
A petition from Sedgwick Post. No. 1
G. A. R., asking the council to appropri-
ate the usual annual appropriation OF
5000 towards the expense of the Memor-
iaI Day observance held by the most was
read by the clerk On motion of Alder
man Peale the council voted the appro-
priation asked.
On motion Of Alderman Arson r
Grover the council acted favorably on g
petition from r. S. Griswold Camp. No
g. United Spanish War Veterans. asking
an appropriation of 500 for the purpose
of defraying the expense of decorating
on Memorial Day the graves of the
Spanish War Veterans buried in Nor
witch.
Fire Commissioners Report
The annual report of the board of fire
commissioners, Alderman Arson r
Grover. Councilman Edward Crooks am
Councilman N, Eugene Smith. was reat
by the city~clerk and on motion Of Alder
man Grover was accepted and ordered
printed in the journal. The commission
ers' report is as follows
Norwich, Conn. May 1, 1922.
To the Honorable Court of Common
Council.
| Gentlemen: In compliance with an or
dinance your committee on fire depart
ment respectfully submit the following
report:
Twentv-slx meetings have been he'll
for the dispatch Of business in addition
to several conferences that did not war
rant calling meetings and making rec
ords. The fire department has been i'm
proved by the purchase of two new mo
tor driven bumpers, and a motor drive
aerial ladder trucw. Also new Re
runabout for the deputy chief was pur
chased and new REQ chassis wa
equipped with a body and chemical tan
and is called squad car. All of thi
apparatus was purchased with the spe
cial appropriation of $4,000.
BY the purchase of the above pieces Q
motor apparatus the department has dis
posed of the horses that formerly haul
| ed the old aerial truck, and at this dat
there are no horses in the department.
No. 6 station at Thamesville ha
been put in repair and is now in goo
condition with newly organized com
pany located therein. and known as En-
| -
ahled to do this by the sale of the oil
station at the Falls and devoting tn
proceeds to the necessary changes an
repairs.
Four new fire alarm boxse have bee
purchased and installed during the yea
and more should be installed as soon q
possible. The $4,000 appropriated fc
new apparatus at a special city meetin
and the $4,000 appropriated at the sam
meeti, from the sale of old No. sta
ton at the Falls has been expende
From the regular appropriation all gu
standing bills have been paid and
small balance returned.
The conditions in the Greeneville di
trict remain as reported one year ag
all horse apparatus and no horses
draw the same. Aside from this sectic
) the department is in very good conditio
: more complete report Of the doint
: of the department is given by the chi
J in his annual report in July. which wi
cover the fires attended and the loss
on same. etc.
Respectfully submitted
ANSON r. GROVER,
> EDWARD CROOKS.
n. EUGENE SMITH.
Board of Fire Commissioners.
3 Deeds For Highway Purposes.