WEFKL V NORWA I." K GAZFP'I‘F‘ : 11151111111111. “consolidation committee” of twenty- Itwo present when Russell Frost, mod érator of aprevious towu meeting, called the met-ting to order Saturday revening in the Norwalk club parlors The absent ones were Messrs. G. M. Holmes, Levi Warner and John J. Walsh, the latter, howevcr, came in a short time later. I'The committee had been elected by virtue ofavote passed at a previous town meeting to draft a charter for the consolidation of the several sections of the town of Norwalk. On 'motion of Jeremiah Donovan a ballot was taken for chairman of the committee. and Messrs. D. E. Hoyt, S. E. Dibble and Leo Davis we1e cappoint ed tellers. The result of the ballot was as fol lows : A. Solmans, 12 .1. s. Hurlbutt, 3 , R. H. Rowan. 3 Levi Warner, 1 1 Dr. F.. B. Baker, Mr. Solmans was declared elected. E. L. Gregory was elected secretary by the following vote: E. L. Gregory, 12 Leo Davis, 4 R. H. Rowan, 2 J. J. VV'dlSh, 1‘ 1 Dr F. B. Baker, Chairman Solmans said that as he- understood it the meeting had been called to consider as to whether it was deemed best to consolidate. This brought Mr. Hurlbutt to his feet. He said that the purpose of the meeting was for nothing of the kind, that it was to draft a charter as direct ed by the town meeting. He said that he was not in favor of forcing a charter on any district that did not want it, and personally would not advise the committee to vote for consolidation. l-Ie reiterated that the committee’s power in the premises was restricted to framing some kind of a charter, the same to be presented at a future town meeting to be voted upon by the people. Mr. Donovan was then recognized by the chair, and said that the delegate from VVes-t Norwalk, Mr. Mather, had a resolution to present. The resolution as read was as follows Resolved. That we, the legal voters and taxpayers residing within the West Norwalk School district of the town of Nor wal k in special school meet- ing assembled, do express our disap- proval of any Scheme and protest against any plan that would cbliter ate the school distr ict lines,and consolidate into one town or city d1st1lct, the pub- lic schools of Norwalk; and be it fur- ther Resolved, That we, also, protest against any scheme or the application for any charter having for its object the consolidation of the entire town- ship of Norwalk into one city cor- poration. Also Resolved, That whenever the representatives or delegates of the several school districts and municipali- ties of this town meet to confer on the subyect of a charter, mat the delegate or representative elected at this meet— ing be requested. to present the fore- go1ng resolutions and oppose the for- mation of any charter for consolidation. The question of accepting the reso- lution was p1ovocatixc of considerable discussion. ' Mr. Hurlbutt claimed that the reso- lution showed that the lchst Norwalk district had not appointed adelegate as defined by the Vote of the town meeting, and the resolutions were not proper. He ‘said that it should be no offense to differ in the matter of a cha1ter and that there wc1c but few who did' not favor consOlidation in some fdrm or other. The order of the town meeting Was to draftaeharter, not to oppose one. Even if the charter was made fair it might be rejected. If the resolution was passed it would defeat the purpose of the meeting. Speaking of the feeling existing be- tween the cities of Norwalk and South Norwalk, he thought that perhaps Norwalk did wrong at the time it re- fused to furnish the latter city with a supply of water,.and added that he had strongly. advocated the granting to South N orwalk of the first place on the - town ticket. He spoke in disfavor of a previous meeting of a portion of the committee in South Norwalk, and concluded by - saying ”if we can’t get together har- moniously let us so report to the Itown meeting.” Mr. Mather: It was the voice of the meeting in my district to oppose enn- solidation in any and all forms. The Ii'eSOIutiOus 'as presented are'the voice . ' ' oEthat meeting. There were but nineteen of the _ Jere Donovan: To impugn or charac- terize as wrong the doings of any sec- tion of‘the toWn in the matter was no. They have a perfect right We can’t get pardonable. to act as they choose. any better expression of the minds of the reSJdents in any Other way. ' Their- rights of duty were just as sacred as those of the legal gentleman. You cannot take away that right, if they see fit to act according to their con- science. He said that the town had not yet asked the committee to frame a charter but simply to act on Light’s proposed charter, and moved. that the West Norwalk resolution be adopted. Mr. Hurlbutt: It never entered Mr. Donovan’s head to oppose the resolu- tion as presented at theto’wn meeting although he was prese11t.He did say at the meeting that-a d1 aft of the char- ter could not be made inside of six weeks. amendment to my original resolution. In the outlying districts you get but one-third of the population. Mr. Donovan: 'Why not take action on the West Norwalk resolution? Mr. Palmer: Thought rejection of the resolution unnecessary. I accept the suggestion as an Mr. Walsh: Was in favor of its acceptance. Mr. Donovan: There is unnecessary talk by you lawyers. I again ask fora vote on the resolution. The vote was taken ,and the resolu- tion accepted. Mr. Blanchard: the resolution any district can do as By the passage of it pleases? Mr. Hurlbutt: committee whosays he won’t perform his duty as directed by the town in and the Any member of this framing a charter, declines committee will consist of only those who do as the town ordered. That puts Mr. Mather out of the pale of the committee. When they act to the contrary they are not a committee. Mr. Solmans: I'm going to be lib- I like to hear Mr. Hurlbutt talk. You don’t know his eral. I Mr. Donovan: lung,r capacity. Mr. Hurlbutt: something that is public will know how to act. ‘Mr. Toner: Would it be within the scope of the committee to bring in a re- When you prepare concrete, then the port as against consolidation ‘9 Mr. Hurlbutt: No; they were not appointed for that purpose. Mr. Blanchard: Mr. Mather had a right to act as his district directed. Mr. Palmer: Suppose South Nor- walk is denied representation en the committee and others the same, and one man from one district prepare the charter. The meeting has the funda- mental. power. I never saw a neater piece of business than that done by Mr. I-Iurlbutt at the town meeting. Light had said that South Norwalk should be coerced. Hurlbutt’s resolu- tion swept the ground from under Light’s feet very If it had been ditferently framed the committee might have voted to divide the town. [move that it is the neatly. Mr. Donovan: sense of this committee that we 111epar e no charter for consolidation. Mr. I—Iurlbutt: The'motion is out of order. Is it fair? They don’t like me in South Norwalk but they ' will see their mistake some day. They didn’t object to the resolution at the meeting. Tney can’t help but acknowledge that at the town meeting was the place to object. They permitted the passage of the resolution withouta dissenting vote. I insist that the committee shall do as instructed. They should draft a charter as they are in honor bound. We are called upon to work for the town of Norwalk, not for any particular district. - I am ready to go ahead with the framing of a charter even if I don’t get five votes. I am not limited to my duty by the political confines of my district. If we can, let us raise our- selves above the selfish interests of any one district, I have no right to scheme to benefit the city of Norwalk. Mr. Donovan: Just estimate the number of voters at the town meeting and also the population of the several districts. The latter represents the entire town. I would ask that Mr. Hurlbutt at the next bar meeting re- quest that Judge Woodward be brought before the same and be censured for perversion of duty and conscience, in town meeting to investigate the needs 1...... new town house, the eeleotmen . several school districts having failed to act as instructed by a- in the meantime hiring a building i11- volving an expenditure of thouSands of dollars, and Mr. Hurlbutt fully under- stands that things brought before committees die. Mr. Hoyt: I was not. instructed by my district. I am undecided in the matter. Mr. Walsh : I did not come here in- structed. I am opposed to Light’s proposed charter, as the people in' the outlying districts can’t at present be convinced as to benefits. When the people find that they are not getting what they want they will f.thI' consol idation. I would like a. charter. '1 don't think at present you can do any- thing but stir up strife by insisting on consolidation Outlying districts don’t want it. It was finally moved'that no action be taken in the matter of preparing a charter, the vote being 14 to 5. Those voting in the negative were I-lurlbutt, Buckley, Walsh, Davis and Weed. The following resolution was/present- ed: Whereas, In the opinion (if this com- mittee the benefits of consolidated government would be secured with more certainty and less friction by: so extending the boundaries of the two cities as to take in the entire territory of the township, therefore, Resolved, That the two sub-com mit- tees of three members each be appoint- ed, and representing the city of Nor- walk and the Over River, Center,Nortb Center. Cranbury, Silvermine, Winni- pauk and West Norwalk school dis. tricts, and the other representing the city of South Norwalk, the East Nor- walk Fire district and the South Nor- walk, East Norwalk, Middle Five Mile River and South Five Mile River school districts, to putin concrete form the various necessary and expedient provisions of charters. for two cities covering the territory of their respec- tive sections and report the same back to this committee at an adjourned meeting weeks from this evening. Mr. Walsh: to be gained. I don’t see any result What standing will this resolution have before the town meeting? Mr. Hurlbutt: I move that the matter be indefinitely postponed. ' And it was so voted. ' It was then voted to adjourn. The following is the resolution pass- ed at the town meeting on February 27th, under the provisions of which the that met Saturday evening was supposed to act: Voted, That a committee consisting of one representative from each of the of the town, except the South NorwalkUnion School district. .two representatives from said South NOrwalk Union School district, three representatives from the city of Norwalk, and three representatives from the city of South Norwalk and three representatives from the Fire District of East Norwalk. (being acom- mittee of 22 in all) be appointed, each representative by his district or munic- ipality, to meet and put in concrete form the various necessary and exped- ient prowsions of a charter for a. con- solidated Norwalk. ——‘~<e-0>~~ MUSIC AND RECITATION. committee Association The South 1”Norwalk Teachers’ Holds its Monthly Meeting. The South Norwalk Teachers‘ As- sociation held a regular monthly meet- ing in the Kindergarten of the Frank- lin street school Tuesday night. The program was as follows: Piano Duet, . Misses Dodge. Vocal 3010, E. E. Crowe. Recitation. “My Ships,’ . Miss Sadie Campbell. Violin Solo, Master Frank Sturtevant. Piano Solo, Miss Mai Kelley. Recitation, "Merchant of Venice, A. A. Graham. E.- E. Crowe and Frank Sturtevant responded to encore's. Light refreshments of cream and cake were served. Mr. Graham’s exposition of The Mer- chant of Venice was very, fine. The committee was composed of the Misses Barrett, Simpson and Dodge.’ Three boys and three girls selected from Miss Tolles’ grade. served as waiters and waitresses. Miss Helen Bracken was accom- panist. '~~-‘0-o>——- lake Possession. - The Riverside Mills company took possession on Monday of what has been known as the Riverside Mills, the deeds of the same having been properly filed at the Town clerk’s office. The officers dent; Wesley Gamble, treasurer; H. V. Carr, eecretary.‘ The company has several large out-of-town contracts on l hand. of the company are A. J. Slade, presi-- .ANNUAL QllllillliNl of Norwalk and South - , Norwalk. A GOOD REPORT. as Heretofore. Some of the friends of the organiza tion having expressed a wish to become acquainted with the details of its work- the Board of Managers of the Woman’s Exchange dea‘ded that the yearly statement should be made public after the annual meeting, which was held' able conditions which have embar- rassed many similar enterprises during the past year, this report compares very favorably with those of former years. This, however, has been accomplished by especial effort on the part bf the members of the Association and it has been no small problem how to raise the necessary amount for the , running expenses of which rent is ob- viously the most important item. To this must be added the amount paid for supplies, the telephone, mes- senger-and. the inevitable list of in— cidentals As in other Exchanges the ten per cent. commission on the sales is the somewhat uncertain amount paid to On two occasions to the with the money the superintendent. she has donated the per. cent. Exchange. This, raised by several entertainments and by a few orders accepted for Catering has effectively supplemented that re- ceived from dues so that the end.of the year shows an encouraging condition. There are at present forty consign'ors in all departments and about the same number of members. A large member- ship would increase the opportunity for good work and it is earnestly de- sired that othcrs should become sufficiently interested to unite them- Annual dues for members are two dollars. In acontemplated‘removal from number 57 to number 56 West avenue, all present advantages will be continued and some additional ones offered. 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