Mystery Spring at the Sewer Lab Trap
A high school laboratory student doubts the water in the sewer and returns with a batch of purplish liquid to set a trap. He pours the purplish stuff into the sewer as part of a curious experiment.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1951
Page
4
A high school laboratory student doubts the water in the sewer and returns with a batch of purplish liquid to set a trap. He pours the purplish stuff into the sewer as part of a curious experiment.
Residents chase a purple-tinted water mystery as Bristol Harbor leaks a strange spring. The town debates sewer outflow fixes, harbor improvements, and legal steps with Wugener Cochran hired as legal adviser.
Town officials consider Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution survey of Mount Hope Bay and 31stol Warrior Creek to study currents and determine a safer outlet site. The Mount Hope Bay option risks $290,000 in a $500,000 legal limit, with total survey costs near $800 more if included.
A continuation notes a dispute within the Republican Town Committee over adherence to True Democracy. The speaker pledges to persevere for the people’s benefit and to seek guidance from God as the chapter advances.
The Columban Fathers plan a new cinder block and brick seminary building ready for occupancy near Easter. Twenty three novitiates will complete their first year here after the $210000 structure is finished. Father William M. Kelly serves as rector.
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