Bristol Improvement Association Discusses Rates and Town Laws
Members at the Bristol Improvement Association meeting at Hotel Belvedere voted to add three names to the building law and street width committee. A water and gas rate complaint in duplicate was prepared for the Public Utilities Commission with 25 signatures needed for the hearing.
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Bristol Improvement Association
Belvedere
Public Utilities Commission
Generat Assembly
General Assembly
Lindemuth
Pr&ent
O L. Bosworth
C. B. Rockwell
C A. Johnson
Bristol Auto Fire Truck Arrives for Inspection
A new auto fire truck unloaded at the Franklin Street railroad yards is moved to the Hydraulic Fire Engine and Hose Company station. A Seagfest Company representative from Columbus Ohio will inspect and test the apparatus to ensure proper operation. The vehicle is painted battleship gray with gold and red trimming and bears a silver inscribed plate near the driver.
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Franklin Street
Hydraulion Engine & Hose Company
Seagfest ® Company
Columbus Ohio
Local Officials Named for 1916 Supervisory Roles
The fragment lists officials including Mayor Lindemuth and Chairman N G Herreshoff with B M MacDougall and W H Coggeshall in 1916, indicating administrative assignments or a municipal committee roster. The text names LB C Colt and others in leadership roles amid a 1916 context.
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COLT
Herreshoff
B. M Macdougall
Bristol Fire Department Gets New Chemical Engine
The Bristol town council reports a new chemical fire engine with 350 gallons per minute pumping, six tons weight when loaded, heavy springs and wide tires. It seats about two firefighters, carries ladders and hoses, and bears the town seal with gold lettering on red shaded sides. Delivery is pending and the Board of Fire Engineers will place it after testing. cost cited as 5250 dollars.
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Bristol Fire Department
Board of Fire Engineers
Recording Water Gauge at Bristol & Warren Water Works
An electrical recording water gauge 16 is being installed by the Bristol and Warren Water Works to determine the water level in the stand pipe at Half Mile Hill. The dial at the pumping station in East Warren records the tank height, with wiring and installation to be finished in a few weeks.
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Bristol & Warren Water Works
Half Mile Hill
East Warren
Easter Vacation Cut at Colt Memorial High School
The Colt Memorial School Committee votes to reduce Easter break from ten days to two days due to a three week disruption this term. High School closes April 4 and resumes April 9. graded schools close April 4 and reopen April 16. Miss M. Marietta Burgess elected teacher. Miss Grace Mahon resigns. Miss Mary Nolen elected. Assistant janitor to be hired.
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Colt Memorial High School
M. Marietta Burgess
Pembroke
Colt High School
Burgess
Grace V. Mahon
Oliver
Mary Nolen
Providence
Mahon
Wichita
Kaw
Thomas H. DeCoudres
Local Auto Registrations Reported at Public Roads Office
Last week at the State Board of Public Roads office, registrations listed include Samuel P. Colt of Bristol driving a Ford 22 horsepower touring car with plate 27264 and Arthur F Covell of Barrington driving a Maxwell 2 horsepower touring with plate 27221.
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The
State Board of Public Roads
Samuel P. Colt
Bristol
Ford
Arthur F Covell
Barrington
Maxwell
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Wardwell Lumber CO
Bristol, R. I
W. M. Connery Clothier
Providence Telephone Co
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Ferncroft
Bradford Street
Metra
Mr. and
Mrs
Vernon Castle
Metro Pictures
the Improvement Association
Hydraulion Ton
Town OF
F Lindemuth
W H Coggeshall
Byfield
Walley
Burton
Hayman
Grace Mahan
Oliver School
FT Remieres
Edward D. Kunz
Campbell’s
Campbell
F. T. Remieres
Snd
Braiford
Staples Coal Company
COAL
State Street
Robert Edeson
Big Jim Garrity
Beatrice Fairfax
WM. S. Hart “Rie
God
Acts
Earl Williams
Fatty Arbuckle
Vera Michelena
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