Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-02

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/ NOS do saloon work. but they chccrfuiy
/ pocket the profits.
! The matter of paving State street
/ has received considerable public atten-
/ ton, especially i'm regard To- the mate
rial to be- used. After providing for
the appIopria ton tho CITY meeting yu'-
ed to leave the material TO ba used 90
the judgment Of the street committee
and two eX-mayorS. the sentiment uf
the meeting being I'm favor of Belgian
blocks. the blocks now I'M the street O.,
be broken in two. s"t on end iu glyut
and cement. Ia order to ascertain the
wishes of property owners and mere
chants in state Stcrct. the committee
man made personal visitation and
| found they We're almost 10 20 man OPP
posed to Belgian pavement Boo amy
form GA account OF the noise made by
passing teams. and favored yitiHcd
brick or wood pavement
\ short stretch OF street was paved
with the smaller blocks as sample
work, and this meets with tho APPROX
al of the committee and will probably
be adopted, This work win require am
expenditure Of $4,000 or more and
after che work is done state street viii
be paved with the sauna noisy pave
mcut as before.
state street needs paving but Go U.s.
in mu"h better condition than Tie
grant SSlaveJ section OF Sank street.
But the property owners in that bus
lest street made no move fpr % new
pavement. i'm the hope THAT old Belgian
block pavement would be condemned
aud tina, tho Bank street PAYERS would
go too. and that both streets would
bc paved with vitr.hcd brick.
Many IN New London are interested
in - ra0AITlarN ~ RaU ~ In
Of New Britain for the chamUlaiuoy of
the state house OF representatives. o--
peciaiiy mOUg his comrades OF the civil
war; who favor Rev. Mr.. Epson also
as the chaplain is usually selected from
Hartford county and there is no
chance for a New London county man.
Mr.. Epson was born Iu Connecticut
and always lived iu the state. except
when he participated i'm the civil war
as chaplain Of the Thirteenth regiment.
Connecticut yuluut ner infantry he
gradua'fd from Yale university iu 1859.
and after the close of the war ne
opened q school for bows in New Pres
ton, and was pastor Of the Cougrega-
tional church IN that place.
Rev. Mr.. Cuson was elected % menu
Der Of The house of representatives in
the 1897 session, serving on the CONF
mittee on education as chairman and
acted as chaplain OF the house on sew
eral occasions. For three years hn was
chaplain OF the department or Couuce-
ticur Grand Army OF the Republic. Hc
has an extensive acquaintance through
out the state. ana his prospects OF clo.-
ton seem favorable
The big plant Of the Eastern Ship
building company, which al one time
promised so much To- the successful nl-
ture Of New London and Grotou, Us
now among the things tbat were and
are no more. for during the week the
plant was divided - into lots and au.-
toned OF. to be carted away and util-
lied elsewhere. The opening Of the
big plant was a big boom. and the
large force " well paid wOrkmCn re-
suited In making New London q busy
and prosperous city.
But when the plant suspended opera
tons 1t was severe blow to almost
every line of business. and a slump In
real estate valuation. New London
gave hearty welcome to the big indus
try. regretted its departure. and all
that but the city would perhaps have
been In better condition II the big ship
ward had not located on the banks OF
the Thames, the benefits We're more
than balanced by the setback caused
hv suspension of operations and the
departure Of hundreds from New Lon
don
The future of the site. which is own
ed by the New York. New Haven aud
Hartford Railroad company. has not
been announced but the removal of the
marine repair shops from \evrort
would mean permanent. healthy
growth in population and be- of meal
cula BILE benefit 10 New London. Re-
port that this was 90 happen has been
i'm circulation for wear or more
Thst new Northwest Hose company
hat is knocking for Admission into the J
fire department of New London Is not I
slow i'm getting into the ways Of the !
regular department. for already chow |
der has been served. and another was