Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-19

Taxable Property.
Norwich property is worth about
$49,000,000 of which sixteen millions Is
in the tax list. The stock insurance
! companies carry an insurance in Nor
witch of S7,569, 1885, and a low estimate
of the amount mutual companies carry
will bring the total UP TO Sl1,5O0,0OO.
Postoffice.
The postojce, with sub-stations at
Greeneville arr Nos, ich Town, hand
les about a ton of mail @ day, there
being 1855 pounds despatched and
| 147, S39 received between August &c and
December s. The receipts from the
sale of stamps, envelopes, etc. for the
year ending December 81 were $780,
y6559, while the total money order
| business which includes transactions
and remlttances from other offices,
amounted to $75S,149.S6.
Vital Statistics.
The vital statistics show Gle births,
2S3 marriages, 446 deaths and 35 still
births for 1908, and 564 births, 261 mar
| riages and 479 deaths and 35 stillbirths
for 1907. The death rate per thousand
was $50 for the year.
The Southern New England Tele-
phone company on Jan. LIST had 1851
telephones in use here, an increase of
100 in the year. They added ten toll
circuits, run SO miles Of wire and have
81 employees in the local exchange.
Two Hospitals.
At the w. W. Backus hospital there
were sol patients admitted during the
year and 357 were discharged as well.
The average cost per week for them
was $1405. In the outdoor department
1917 patients were treated and 2,16l
visits were made, the department be-
ing at No. &c Washington street. This
is probably the only hospital in the
state maintained by its endowments.
At the Norwich hospital for the in
save there are 100 officers and en-
ployes, ATS patients, of whom 90 have
been committed from this probate dis
trice. Since its opening in October
1904, 754 patients have been admitted
and rs discharged as cured and A al
lowed to go home as improved. The
sum of S21s,62701 was expended dur
ing the year for buildings and $79.
213.03 for payroll and supplies, Of
which more than 81 per cent. is paif
out to or through Norwich merchants
The visiting nurse has made 1900 Wis
its.
Otis Library.
The town appropriation enables the
Otis library to be free for the public
The books issued during the year nun
bered 1919, among ABA people. The
library circulates more than 4 l..
books to each of the population.
Educational.
There are at the Free Academy 46C
pupils, so being in the Art school an
so coming from out Of town. A certi
fcation system has been adopted TO-
all graduates Of local grammar school
with sufficient rank and thorough
commercial course has been added
Many improvements were made II
the public schools. The burning OF tn
TaftviIle parochial school required ac
commodations for 700 pupils there an
the employment OF ten extra teacher
One more was added at West Tow
street and one at East Great Plair
All have globes and aliases and a
will. soon have telephones. Two nigh
schools are having large attendance
Town Affairs.
An important improvement has bee
the construction of the stone bridge
Yantic by Winslow T. Williams. J.
was opened for traffic just "a year
after Erastus Williams took possessio.
of the property. Nov. Is, 1924. Tn
engine house has been built there an
given to the steamer company to US
and the store will soon be rebuilt OF
similar lines.
The town has charge of 10 miles
roads, the main thoroughfares havinj
been macadamized except some
| Taftville. to be put in the comm
/ season. A new iron bridge has bee
built at Occum.
The addition to the court house i
| under construction at a cost Of abou
5000.
The street department Office Ia
been moved to the city barn, and I'll
department mas been resurfacing an
patching nine streets with macadau
while "a others have been resurfacet
| and shelled. Ninety is the averag
number Of employees. Three sewer
have been built, p Of the 55 miles
| streets now having sewers.
In the mater department the 19C
| receipts were S6S7945S, the disbursa
| ments $33,S25.09, leaving a net incom
20 the city of S34,969.49, exceeding tina
of last year by $3.071.25. From til
twelve elevators run by water, usin
Is million gallons. the city receive
| S1,70S.98. About TWO million gallon
| are used daily. There were 1857 fee
of new mains laid.
In the police department the re
ceipts for 1908 were SS,00l.70, the dis
bursements s3,27323. leaving for tn
city treasury s4,72S.47.
In the fire department q new pail
company has been placed at the Fall
with apparatus. There were ISL alarm
| during the year with the largest los
in several years, with a total loss o.
| $50, 336.20, insured and uninsured.
The gas and electric department ha
/ moved to the Alice building and tn
commissioners have contract with tn
Uncas Power Co. for electricity for
possible period Of 25 years. The ne
profit for gas for the year ending july
81 was S7,11S.09, while for electricit,
it was $19.612. The price of gas ha
been reduced from ST. 5to $1.25 Sine
the city took the plant and electricit,
has dropped from II IL cents a kilo-
watt hour to ten and ive-cent rate
Other cities in the state charge from
s1.00 to $L35 for gas and from 10 tC
Is cents a kilowatt for electricity.
A road has been built through tn
park. a pavilion erected and two
thirds Of the work on the Greeneville
entrance completed. superintendent
has been appointed to have charge of
the work.
The report was accepted and ordered
place on file.
Knickerbocker Manufacturing CO.
President Cary gave a report regard
ing the Knickerbocker Manufacturing
Co. which has desired to locate here
he stated that it was Incorporated foI
$125,0U0 and $4,000 is paid in. Knives
| meat forks, grass hooks and similar
hardware are manufactured and or
ders cannot be filed. Thirty men are
employed. Mr.. Schiller, who has been
| here has received propositions from
| ether cite offering to pay him NOV
| ing expenses not to exceed $500 and
| give him rent for the first two years
| He is to come here Wednesday and
it will be possible to have him come
| here, it is believed. by making him
| a similar offer, or not to exceed $500
| for moving expenses and $50 monthly
for two ears A mercantile agency