Bristol Budget Discusses Town Engineer and Public Works
The May 17 1968 council discussion outlines a two part time inspector plan for Building and Plumbing under the Town Engineer who also serves multiple boards and commissions. It notes federal and state cost sharing for a Vacuum Filter, adds staff for police and civil defense needs, and cites capital items including a street sweeper and storage garage expansion. The plan aims to modernize drainage and road projects with a 174000 debt for the Vacuum Filter and funding from taxation for most capital items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ting
Ymot
Planning Board
Zoning Board
Sewer and Highways Depts
Bristol
Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Police Dept
FBI
Bryant College
Civil Defense
Public Works Dept
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Tanyard Brook
Smith St
One Hundred Years Ago IN BRISTOL
From the Bristol Phoenix May 16 1868 reports on public schools in Bristol praising high enrollment at seven hundred pupils and a notable rise in the High School from thirty two to fifty five. It notes teacher salaries largely unchanged and an upcoming grand promenade concert and fair to fund uniforms for the Bristol Cornet Band. Weather mentions the printer’s devil and a lighthearted joke about onions and oranges. An acknowledgment by the retired Congregational pastor Thomas Shepard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Phoenix
North East
Town Hall
Bristol Cornet Band
Congregational Church
Sears
Tesuimee
Thomas Shepard
Liquor seizure and blacksmithing ad in 19th century notices
A sheriff seized one barrel and two kegs of whiskey and two barrels of ale from a shop on Thames street near State. The keeper was arrested for maintaining a common nuisance. Framing the notice is an ADV for Frederic A. Geisler offering blacksmithing, shoeing, carriage repair, and sale of new and second-hand carriages and wagons with ironwork services and locks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames Street
State and
Thames Streets
Frederic A. Geisler
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Civil Defense Administration
Highway Dept
Aways
FAC