Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-27
WESTERLY

Beginning with the week of April ,, the Young Readers Department of the Westerly Public Library is tobe open from 9.30 a. m. to 6 D. m. Saturdays until D. m. It has been found that maintaing the collections of books in school rooms and branches has taken the place of circulating young peoples books in the evening.
 The town council, the highway com missioners and the board of water com missioners have made plans regarding the completion of the sewer work here on certain steets. They have decidedFto amend the act which has already been passed by the state senate and is now before the house of representatives sa as to exempt the water board from the requirement of the new law, which pro 9ides that permits shall be secured be- fore public streets are opened by any individual. The bill also provides that contractors who are doing work for the water board shall place 'bond with the highway commission to guarantee the replacement of the streets in good condition as when opened. The water works commission objected to this. They claim they have the right to open the streets without having to consult the nlRnWaV also states that it would be impossible to ask bond from a contractor of the sewer work and also expect the con tractor to give a bond to the highway commission. As the real authority for the sewer work Is vested in the town council and the water works is acting as agent for the council so the council has decided to ask the Westerly mem bers of the house of representatives to amend the act now before them. eX- empting the water works commission. The question of finishing the work by the water works commission was discus sed and they promised that any street which had not had the lateral connec- tions would be attended to at once. as the sewers should be finished so high way work could proceed. A plan is to be presented at the next meeting of the town council. At Main, School, Pierce Pleasant, West and High streets are still to be opened up again by the sewer commission for sewer construction and the street work will have to be post poned awhile until the sewer work is completed.
 The amendment ta the Westerly Drainage act passed the senate and the house Friday. The act removes from the law the words "a fair valuation of its water works system. Representative Alex Davis of Westerly presented the house an act incorporating the Shore Line Railway company. The measure went ito judiciary committee. The res olution permitting the use of the state armory at Westerly by the South Coy entry Poultry and Pet Stock association was passed in concurrence by the sen ate.
 I:J c,,1yooSo l., .o16-oJ +o 1,; how, | by illness.
 Daniel Larkin of Elm street was
 weekend visitor in New York. Charles Mullaney is i'll at his home or 1 Stillman avenue.
 Mrs. John Champlin is visiting in New
 York city.
 l Miss Fay Hope. student at Sim
 mons college. is spending her Easter va
 cation at her home in Ashaway Miss Isabelle McLaren is visiting il | Philadelphia.
 David Roche is employed with tn | Liggett Co.,, in New York city. 1 A Westerly graduate, Rev. Charles ] | Dutton, son of Rev. and Mrs John c Dutton, formerly of Westerly. has jus
 published book Out of the Darkness,
 a detective story based on modern life
 He also wrote .'The Underwood Mys l tery." Its pot laid at Watch Hill. Al 1 though none of the characters repre- sented were local. Before studying fo l the ministry, MT. Dutton was graduated
 from Westerly high school and late
 from Albany Law school At presen
 he is pastor of the church in Erie. Pa
 June 21, MT. Dutton will sail for Europ
 and spend three weeks in England. Bel
 gium will also. be visited and two week l will be passed in Paris and Switzer 1 land.
 Rev. Father Larkin, of the Church 0
 the Immaculate Conception has been oi : a business trip ito New York.