Norwich bulletin., 1909-04-24

ufacture of brass goods, the lessees being given the privilege of final pur- chase.
 This will add an entirely new line to the industries of New London, and the
 credit of getting this industry and the formation of the Industrial com
 pGny, in a marked measure is due to
 Mayor Armstrong. The erection of the industrial building has been one of the successful hobbies of the mayor.
 It was the kind of a proposition that
 the enemies of the mayor could not turn down without boomerang effect.
 The w. D. Forbes company that was
 induced to establish an industry in
 New London coming here from Hobo-
 ken, N. J., mainly through the efforts
 of P. Leroy Harwood, without the as-
 sistance of the board of trade or busi-
 ness mems association, is gradually
 coming to the fore and is destined to
 give the city national industrial prom
 thence. The company has built an
 entirely new plant, and much of the
 product is for government use. Mir.
 Forbes is in close business touch with
 congress by reason of his several need
 ed and useful inventions of certain furnishings for government and other vessels.
 His latest is an icemaking machine which has already been satisfactorily tested by practical men, and the att tention of the navy department has been called to the machine, and MT. Forbes has received notice that a board Of naval officers will soon visit the plant and put the machine to tests
 which, if they prove satisfactory. will
 mean their adoption on government vessels.
 The working force of skilled me- chanics Is being gradually Increased and it is expected that the force will l be more than doubled within the next two months. MT. Forbes is intensely interested in the advancement of New London, has membership in the board 1 of trade and business mems associa- tion and Is prominent in every effort made to increase the importance of | the city. The infusion of new blood into the business life of New London
 has long been needed.
 Rev. Howard Colby Ives, minister
 of All Souls church, is a hustler in re- | ligious and educational matters, and 10 active in all matters pertaining to the
 moral side of city life. Since his com ! ing to New London a few years ago he has added materially to the church membership, has caused the purchase of church property and the letting of contracts for building a new church | edifice The people are indebted to
 Rev. Mir. Ives for the opportunity of ! hearing President Eliot of Harvard
 and Booker T. Washington. He will
 next week be in Philadelphia attend | ing the annual congress of the Ma | tional Federation of Liberals, an en- tirely non- n-sectarian organization, em- bracing the liberals of all denomina- tions. Sunday, May 2. he will preach | for Dr. Slicer in All Souls church, New York city.
 i Although a busy church worker, he | finds time to write Interesting articles
 on public matters for the local news | papers. MT. Ives seems to be a min- 1 ister of and for the people and resorts
 to nearly all known proper methods to keep church work before the public, and is therefore very much in the
 limellght
 The Brigade of Boosters are doing much to boost New London into it's proper place. and for which they are entitled to credit from the whole peo- pie, but they seem to have sidestepped | from the chief matter that would re-
 store New London to It's former rank l as a seaside summer resort. Since the passing of the old Pequot house the | city is without a summer hotel and
 it would be perhaps well for the boost CTS to go into the hotel business. Ale ready the New York Yacht club has given New London the go-by and this
 is only the beginning of the loss of