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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1957
Page
12
A Town Council meeting featured a bizarre letter described by a speaker as a chaotic jumble. Officials offered no comment as the clerk read the unclear correspondence from the group, mentioning places and dates but lacking discernible substance.
Town Solicitor to investigate twelve rights of way affecting Bristol residents after council vote. Highway Surveyor Reynolds G. Nora outlined the list of routes possibly deeded or abandoned, sparked by a month old petition over deplorable conditions and waterfront access concerns.
The Town Council studied three Harbor Development Commission proposals and favored a fourth. They may accept Seaboard Construction Co’s $83, or $8,303 bid to build a 190 foot pier off Rockwell Park, revise Rockwell Park lighting, and consider pricing for a cable system for the park. Navy Ens Frederick S Bartlett returns to Newport aboard the destroyer USS Power after a Mediterranean tour with the Sixth Fleet.
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