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NORWICH#BUIEEm SATURDAY,WESTERLYSamuel C. Mitchell, Oldest Member of Budlong Post Active90—Lightning StrikesThurscfav’s Storm—Frank L. Furness’s Brother Drownedin Canoeing Accident at Madison.‘Tm just as young1: as I used to be, but ^11 ftnd.i that -I'm only ;■ a-; short distance’winner; I can’ t travel s at such a fast clip as* I could fifty years ago, but otherwise*I'm A1 witli a This spoke Samuel C. Mitchell as he • gave a jig step when he called .for the-Norwich Bulletin in Nash’s 4 store, • Friday .morning. He added: “If I live until October I will be 81-years of ago and have used tobacco ' before I reached my teens. I worked as a blacksmith at the Batterson quarries for forty-five years, and was called upon to do machine and other kind of work there,even to running a locomotive. I’vealways been a hard worker, but * hard work docs a man good, provided he takes half-way decent care of himself. I guess I’ll kill two birds with one stone this time, give me two papers of tobacco, instead of one. Thought I might see that other Mitchell fellow around here and take a fall out of him, although he’s perhaps thirty-five years younger than I am.”Samuel C. Mitchell is the oldest member of Budlong Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and while there may be a few Civil war veterans older than he, there certainly is not one more active, or cheerful. Mr. Mitchell enlisted from Westerly, in Battery G, First regiment, Rhode Island Light Artillery, Nov. IS, 1861, was wounded in action May 3, 1863, and was sent to hospital where he remained for five months. He was transferred to Company H, First regiment. V. R. C., Dec. 8. 1853, and mustered out Nov. IS. 1S64. He retired from active work about ten years ago and has a deserved ph.ee on the honor pension roll of the United States government.rpany, as proposed meajis a less of $5,000 to the company, but this change was. intended*when the Westerly company was taken over. Mr. Lisle wanted it understood that the reduction of rate from 14 to 12 cents Is the reduction that was based on bringing the service,from Providence, and that it did not mean more reduction when tho pole line was installed and the service here.President Flynn asked if a reduction in the gas rate had been aw’arded. Mr. Lisle replied that he had not the time to go into the gas question; but did not think there would be much, if a.ny reduction, as it would not be feasible to build a pipe line from Providence. He had no written proposition to offer the council in regard to the electric light rates, but said he would prepare a report, embodying what he had said and present it to the council.Frank W. Coy asked: If there is to be a minimum charge, why not make it annual instead of monthly?Mr. Gray, of the Narragansett company, made reply that experience and investigation of 124 cities, with populations cf over 40.000, only 13 cities were on a monthly minimum basis, and this rule was approved by the commissioners and courts of nearly all the states.Air. Coy could see no reason why there should be a minimum rate in Westerly that is higher than is charged in other places served by this company.Mr. Gray said there is no minimum charge in Providence and never had been, and places near Providence charged less than in Westerly, and if Westerly was near Providence thereMRS
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Norwich bulletin
Norwich, Connecticut, US
Sat, Jul 15, 1916
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