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FO M *‘“"fi of the Court of Common Coun- cil _he! Norwlch, Conn., May 23, 1910. To the Court of Common Couneil the City of Norwich: The Committee on Finance present their estimates of the expenses of the City and of each department thereof during the year ending on the 15th day of May, 1911, and of the receipts fer the same period as follows: BSTIMATED EXPBENSES, Department on Public Works— Ordinary street expenses Garbage ashes ... Sewers and basins ... Macadam re Street sprinklin; ot $30,000.06 €,500.00 and i Parks, trees and spraying ..... 1,500.00 Intt avenue sewer ..... 750.00 Ripley place sewer ..:.....- 170.00 Boswell enitie av Eleventh . treet sewer .. R $55.868.00 ¥Fire Department 32,200.00 Police Department— Salaries, pay rolls, ete. ... City Court $27,650.00 Street Lighting ... .. 22,000.00 Health Department— Salaries and disinfectants. 1,150.08 Gas and Electrical Department— Operating and Zeneral ex- penses ... Fixed charge: interest bonds . $97,500.60 000.00 Park Commission Finance Department— Salaries and com- Trissions $4.5 Court House i 6.414.08 tric profits ... 645837 Reserve funad, and elec- deprecia- RO 54.83 00.00 1 43 vear Contingent Sachem street improvemer West Main improvem Division street provement $149,983.78 reet street $10,211.50 $132,063. TN\ BSTIMATED RECEIPT Cash on hand. May 16, 1916 $13,259.73 Water Department 42,000.00 Department of Public Works— Street sprinkling $3,250.00 IR it 300.00 Town of Norwich 18,000.00 ———— $21,550.60 Department of Cemeteries— Ordimary receipts $5,000.00 = Cemetery t fund, interest. 1,300.00 $6,300.60 Police Departmomt— City court ...... $3,000.00 Licenses and per- mite L........ 500.00 . ————— $3,500.00 Gas and Electrical Depart- ment <easena. 160,060.00 Finamce Department— Temporary loans in anticipa of taxes .. Court house Sewers ......... Bank and insur- ®nce taxes .... To be raised by tax.. X $432,063.28 s called for of nine mills be required, To meet the expendit their estimates a t b on the last city list will said Het being $12.8281 In view of recent increases in local taxatien for town purposes, your Com- mittee have made every effort to re- duce the rete of city taxation and the above estimates are deemed to be such es will fully and fairly meeq the e penses economical edmifistration and of such permanent improvements a= are at this time absolutely neces- sary. 4 addition to the above estimated expensos for erdinary purposes of the Government, the Commitiee on Finance have been requested by petition, com- mittee reports, etc., to bring before the timates of the cost of the following ex. tures and smprovements prayed or, to wit: For & new layout of Yantic street from Washington street to a point near the first_house on westerly side of Yantic street . .$6,000.00 For a for milk inspector for two past years and suc- at ceeding year month ...... = 7 ¥ar drafting, tising and submitting to Gemeral As- sembly a Revised Charter. For brick paving Main streot from Rose place to west side %, slhomckot street, Petition B PR For brick paving Muin street from Rose place to west side of Market etreet, Petition No.3 ........ For macadamizing Main sireet in the Sixth district from the 375 per 2,700.00 5,060.00 4,707.50 6,827.50 present macadam to the - unction of Main street and milton avenue ........... 2,389.00 Por a sewer In Oneco sireet from Sachem street to & point near the intersection of Oneco street with Willlams - BT RSRORie B e 1,275.00 The swm of theee estimates is equal %8 about two mills on the grand list. Your Committee recommend that the warning for the nextlannual city meet- ing include the last named estimates and a call for action thereon Your Commltice further recommend the adoption by the Court of Common Council of the following reselution Resoived, That the report and esti- mates of the Committee on Finance be accepted and approved: that the Clerk cause the same to be published. as re- qnired by the amended oharter. and that the Mayor, or, in his absence, the Senior Aldermen present, be directed on benalf of the Court of Common Council to submit the estimates em- braced in this report to the next city meeting to be held on the Arst Monday of June next, and to recommend that & tax of nine mills be laid on the last perfected gramd lis: of the city. that the above and forexoing trie copy of the original report and resolution. Attest: R G. CROWELL, City_Clerk amd Clork of the Caqurt of Common_Council. Norwich, Conn., May 28, 1910. may24d MONEY LOANED en Diamnnds, Watch: Jowelry m.—-flu- of any kind at the est An eld mt,ro-l Interest. od to. wi mflfl‘ 0. d‘o.%' LN THE COLLATERAL LOAN CoO. 143 Matn Siceet, Upstairn. A fudl line of Wedding and Engagement Rings WAL FETSWELL, 25-27 Frankin Stret maydiau - - NEWS LETTERS FROM BULLETIN REPRESENTATIVES MYSTIC Trolley Line’s Summer Schedule in Effect—Patriotic Addresses to School Pupils—Union Memorial Service. The Home Missionary club gathered in the parish house Thursday evening and held a meeting, after which a supper was served. musical and lit- erary programme as rendered and games were played. Those present were Misses Edna Wheeler, Ellen Holmes, Annie Rathbun, Louise Paige, Alice MacDonald, Edith Rathbun, Abby Barber, Sarah MacDonald, Jen- nie Noble, Helen Starr, Winifred Fiske. G. and S. Summer Schedule. ‘The summer schedule of the Groton and Stonington street railway went into effect Friday. The passenger schedule will not differ from that of last summer, but for the express ser- vice the car will leave Mystic at 7 in- stead of 7.30. The half hour service will start on passenger cars at 8 o'clock for Groton and 9.30 for West- erly, and will continue until 10.30 p. m, Addressed School Pupils. At the Mystic High school Friday afterncon Isaac Cundall addressed the higher grades on his experience while at Gettysburg. Many of the G. A. R. were present. Rev. C. T. Hatch, pastor of the M. E, church, also made a brief address. Good Game Expected Today. A good game of baseball is leoked forward to this afternoon, when the Mystic team will play Stonington at Stonington. Burrow ill not be able to pitch this game, has accepted a better offer elsewhere, and Glasser of New Haven will fill the box. Keat- ing' will cateh, O'Ponnell will play first, Cawley at ghortstop, Holmes at third and either Kane or Fitzgerald will play second. In the outfield Bir- chall will be left, Trombley at center and Burdett at right. This will leave Morgan, McKone and Burrows on theé bench. At Industrial park the Corinthian lub will play the Norwich Free Acad- emy team. Robert Clarke of Beverly, Mass., visiting in town. Memorial Service. At the Methodist church Sunday morning the pastor, Rev. C. T. Hatch, will address Williams post, G. A. R, Latham camp, Sons of Veterans, Wil- liams Woman’'s Rellef corps and the Veterans of the Spanish War. It will be a union meeting of the Baptist, Congregational and Methodist church- es. Special music haes been arranged by the chorister, Ira F. Noyes. Eii Gledhill will sing the offertory solo. Birthday Party, About twenty little friends of Leroy Wilson gathered at the home of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Shea, to help him celebrate his seventh birthday. Games were played and at 5 o'clock the children sat down to a ta- ble filled with good things. In the center was a birthday cake with seven candies. Master Wilson received many useful presents. ¥ Local Briefs. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse D. Crary of New York have arrived at their summer home. Rev. J. H. Newland of Norwich wes in_town Friday. Misses Helen Starr and Winifred Fiske left Friday to spend the holiday in Boston. Mrs, Ingram Gledhtill is in Rockville, Conn. Mre. Fred Godfrey of New Haven is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Conrad Kretzer. Miss Helen G. Irving is in Middle- town attending commencement exer— eises at Wesleyan. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nichols and fa_lr;lfly are guests of friends in Rock- ville. Sherman FEildredge of Scranton, Pa, ie in town. Mrs. Jennie 48 the guest of her mether, Mrs. liam Lewis. Mrs. Joseph Couch and maid of New York are saying for a few days at the Couch homestead. NOANK Capt. Allen Ward Not Lost, as Feared —Speedy Horsee on Poguonoc Track —Shipyard Note ‘Word has been received by MNrs. Ward, wife of Allen Ward, who was reported missing from Block Island last week, that he has reburned to the island and is 1n goed health and that the fear that he hed been lost was warranted, Captain Ward has been | fishing in Block Island waters for the past few years and has made that port his home, as it is more convenient to his business. About two weeks ago he ventured out in his small fishing boat and soon after reaching the fishing grounds, in the vicinity of Montauk Point, encountered stronz winds that developed into a gale. Knowing that he would not be able to reach Block Tsland, he made for Montauk harbor, which he reached in safety. As soon as danger of the small boat's heing swamped Bad passed he returned the grounds and after catcl g a load of fish returned to the island. Not thinking that s absence was causing anxiety to his friends and rolatives, he did not send word of his location and was not a little surprised to find that he had uneasiness. Repairs to Steamer Success Completed. Fishing steamer Suocess, which has ‘been at the R. Palmer & Son shipyard | for three weeks for repairs, left early Friday morning for Newport, R. I, from which port she engages in the net fishing business. The boat, which is | owned and operated by Captain Pat- | terson, caught fire while at her dock in Newport. The house work of the boat was practicaly consumed before | the blaze was extinguished. Public Lecture. Isaac Cundall the Civil war veteran, who spoke to the children of the No- ank schools Friday, will lecture at the Noank Baptist church Monday even ing. Mr. Cundall will speak especiall on the battle of Petersburg. The l¢ ture wHl be illustrated with stereopti- con views by Rev. H. B. Rankin. Good Entry at Poquonoec. | is Wilbur of Providence Wil- . i 1 lessees of the Groton driving park at Poquonoo, are hustling to find room to etable the horses that are expected at ¢he track by the hollday. Trainer Case has new horses coming in daily. One of the latest is & colt owned by John E. Hawkins of Norwich. The track is in fine shape. Most of the horses were given a trial around it Friday afternoon. Tug Jamison Inspected. F. E. Chute of New York, inspector for the Asbuckie line of tugs and steamers, was at the shipyard Friday to inspect the engine and huill of the tug Jamison, which was buit for the Jay Street Terminal company of Brooklyn. The vessel is now on the days, where the hull is being painted, and as soon as this work iz completed she will be jaunched and will go on her trial ¢rfp. Chief Engineer Parker- son has srrived and will have charge of the engine room during the trip which is expected to take place in about a week. When the boat leave- Lyman A. Chapman and A. C. V\'N‘ks:l the dock she will ge direct to New Ye Newsy Note: The formation of the march of the R. and the patriotic societiss will place at 11 e'clock. tors are buikifng & stene face G. tal < wall at the Tresidence o1 Sanford Doughty on West Main street. Mrs. Henry Ebbets has returned to ‘East Lyme after a brief visit with rel- atives here. v Harry O. Jennings. of Providence was here . Capt. James Clark, representative of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation com- gany, was a business caller here Fri- ay. = STONINGTON. School Pupils Have Patriotic E. ises—Funeral of Erskine M. Phelps Capt. G. E. Allison, who has Tun the steamer James M. Gifford, will take up his traps Point Judith and wil engage in merlhaden fishing. Thomas McGowan, employed at the locad freight station, had his left hand badly cut Wednesday, ) getting it caught between a car doorway and a large case which was being removed. This (Saturday) evening the Casi- no will open for the season. Mrs. Harry F. Jones of Yonkers, N. Y., is the guest of J. F. Anderson, Jr., and family. James W. Rittenhouse, who has just finished a large contract in Jersey City, N. J., returned here Thursday. Miss Estella Eldridge, who has been visiting in Norwich for the past week, returns tomorrow (Sunday). Mrs. H. N. Pendleton and Mrs. George Robinson were in Providence this week. Mrs. R. M. Pardessus of New Lon- don has been the guest of Mrs. G. W, Haley. M. A. Rathbun of Vermont was in town Friday. C. C. Lane of Boston was calling on iends in the borough this week. Miss Nellie Sisson of Providence is the guest of local friends. James Sill of Lewiston, Me, been in the borough this week. C. A, Weimpheimer of New York was at the American Velvet company’s mills, Thursday. Patriotic Exercises in the Schools. An excellent programme Was ren- dered by the pupils of the upper grades at the borough school Friday afternoon, greatly interesting the par- ents and friends of the pupils. The lower grades did their share of enter- taining in their room The entertai ment hall was crowded. The exercises showed the careful training given by the teachers. The musical selections were exceedingly fine. The orchestra of fthe Stonington high school added much to the programme, as did the recitations by KEisle Kuehn, Frances Sylvia and Hubert Zeller. An address by <Colonel Stanton was instructive and interesting. Mrs. John Stewart, who has been se- riously ill during the winter, is able to be out. i Won Spelling Prizes. A spelling match was held Friday afternoon in the borough school, Ca- therine Powers winning the prize in Miss Stewart's room and Hope Haley in Miss Dennison’s room. At 2 meeting of the Stonington free itbrary Thursday evening, it was vot- ed 10 clo=e the library on the day of the funeral of Hon. Erskine M. Phelps, one of the principal benefac- tors of the institution, and resolutions were adopted on his death, Charles I. Wilder of Lancaster, Mass.. has been the guest of his s ter, Mrs. F. B. Noyes. Jacob Seidner has at Watch Hill Class of 1910. graduatey at the Ston- school are Misses Char- Joseph, Helen Harris Chamberlain, Prudence Chesebro Fairbrother, Lydia Louise Ross, and Maurice Hillare Crandall. Masses at St. Mary's church Sun- day will be at 7.30 and 8.40 a. m, Mrs. Lucius N. Palmer and the Miss- has opened a store This ington_high lotte Goodwin ye: —Library Closed During Services. /nu finally told about Doan’s Kidney es Palmer arrived this week for the summer. - Mrs. R. G. Sylvester and daughter Frel for a visit with Capt. and Mrs, T. Scholfield. ‘The comet plainly discernible on Thursday evening and hundreds watched it in the western sky. FUNERAL. Erskine M. Phelps. The body of the Hon. E. M. Phelps, and the funeral party arrived Thurs- day at 1.34 p. m. from Chicago. The body was taken to the Phelps home- stead, where at 10 a. m. Friday fu- neral services were held. The body was placed in the newly erected mau- soleum in the Stonington cemetery. Many relatives and business associates of Mr. Phleps came on from Chicago to attend the funeral Several hundred floral pieces were noticeable. ~ COLCHESTER | Borough Team to Play East Haddam —Star-Gazers View the Comet. Manager Strong of the Colcehster ball team has received a lenge from the KEast Haddam team, which will be accepted and a date set at once. - Mrs, A. L. Stebbins has returned TESTED AND PROVEN There Is a H of Sol in Being Akle to Depend Lpon a Well- Earned Reputation. For months Norwich readers have seen the comstant expfession of praise for Doan’s Kidney Pills, and read about the good work they have done in this locality. Not another remedy ever produced such convincing proof of_merit. 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Our prices tell th whole stor . : STETSON & YOUNG. may2ia $2.00 -- PUMPS -- $2.00 | FLORIST 200 Mzin Streel, Norwich. ivia NEW PITATOES 45 cents the peck. Fine Delaware strawberries. Spinach is cheap. OTTO FERRY, 336 Franklin Street. DR. JONES, Dentist, $5 SHETUCKET ST. Room 10 ‘Phone 32-3 maylid THAMESVILLE STORE _GOOD BERRIES IN SEASON. g TOMATO PLANTS. 1 CABBAGE PLANTS. Leave your order for Sunday Papers and you will be sure to have them de- livered by Bring in a two-dollar bill and try a pair of our Snappy Up-to-Date | Pumps in tan, patent ,or gun metal. That's what they g@ll wear. P. CUMMINGS, (Premiums) 52 Central Avenue. C. S. FAIRCLOUGH, Prop. Summer Hardware \ and Household Utensils KEENKUTTER SCYTHES—warranted. GARDEN HOSE—4 ply, 10c foot. GALVANIZED REFRIGERATOR TINWARE—Dish Pans, WINDOW SCREENS STOVEINK for black stoves POTMEND, mends enamelware. OIL STOVES TWO-BURNER BLUE FLAME, wickless ... GALVANIZED WATERING CANS, all sizes. 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