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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
1
A letter to the Phanix editor analyzes costs of building a Bristol Town Hall with bonds. It computes annual charges for 26 30 and 40 year bonds at various rates, noting interest and sinking fund payments and total 20 to 40 year costs, plus maintenance, comparing to current $11 525 interest and sinking fund on 80 year bonds.
Capt Turner seeks permission to address the Town Council at the next meeting on whether the town tax levy was legally assessed. He will present a $1500 bill for services and expenses tied to urging the Attorney General to answer Gov Higgins questions after two refusals. The matter ties to removing obstructions from Bradford Street per the original layout and Schubarth survey.
Base Ball Notes outline Bristols at Olneyville this Saturday and May Yth at New Bedford to face Pair Haven, a top Massachusetts team. They host here June 1st as the regular season opens May 16th with only first class teams. Practice begins nightly after 5 o clock, weather permitting, and the schedule will be announced later.
The Sunday gathering at Rockwell Hall featured Rev Joseph Hauttcheson of Warran arguing for keeping Sunday, framing it as the nation’s moral capital built by religious observance. He contrasted Anglo-Saxon character with Latin talents, urged state action to foster religious observance, and praised past Puritan strictness while advocating kinder future practice.
Industrial Trust Company notes May 1 marks the start of a new interest quarter and deposits received by May 5 will accrue interest from May 1. Interest compounds semi annually in August and February. Bristol branch at 525 Hope Street, Bristol. R. 1
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