Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-16

the report or DeleEdte Tracy 10 WaSn- r ington and an address by J. H. Hale of state and national prominence in fruit growing, after which a, lunch was served by the Del-Hoff under the di- rection of the entertainment commit
 tee.
 At the opening of the meeting Pres ident Cary reported that the trans portation committee had called upon
 Mayor Lippitt in accordance with in- structions at the last meeting and
 learned that the city had done noth-
 ing relative to the freight business in Franklin square by the trolley com pany. A petition has been presented
 to the counsel and the matter is be- fore the public works committee and the corporation counsel.
 Vice President E.. A. Tracy then gave a very interesting report of the trip of the boards delegates to Washington
 to the National Harbors and Rivers congress. He stated that President
 Cary had been made the chairman of
 the Connecticut delegation by the eighteen representatives from the
 state. He referred to the many de-
 lights of the trip and spoke of the
 impressive address made by Senator Burton. He considered such questions
 broadened the scope of the board,
 which had become known throughout the country because of being repre-
 scented there. Hartford, New Haven,
 Bridgeport, Derby. Shelton and Nor
 wich sent delegates.
 He referred to the disappearance of
 the pork barrel" idea and the pres
 ent method of not expending money
 unless the reports of engineers war ranted it. It is possible to take a
 cargo today from Stonington to Key
 West by the inland route for vessels
 not requiring more than nine feet of water. It is hoped to increase the
 depth SO as to make 1t 23, and then
 large barges can make the trip. It
 is claimed that the loss by shipwreck
 each year would more than meet the
 cost. A nine-foot channel is also
 wanted in the Ohio. Deepening is de-
 sired between St. Louis and St. Paul.
 and in the Missouri for many miles 8
 channel seven feet deep is asked.
 Many enthusiastic addresses were
 made. Congressman Ramsdell claimed
 that 500 million should be voted at
 once. In the past the money spent for
 such purposes being in smal lamounts
 had been wasted Most all the dele
 gates favored the issue of bonds after
 the engineers have certified the im-
 provement will be practical
 His report was received with much
 applause.
 President Cary told of the delegation
 
 delegation wearing Cincinnati badges. Congress was not in session while the delegates were there. A call. was made on Congressman Higgins and his attention was called to the con- dition near the city wharf relative to the removal of ledge there, which could be done for s1 1000 and with that improvement it might be possible to go farther and at least to the gas and electric plant.
 Two new members were elected as follows, Raymond J. Jodoin and Charles F. Lillibridge.
 More Trolley Service.
 Under the head of new business Timothy Murphy referred to the in- crease of business as shown by Franklin square and said he hoped it would increase. There is something more important, he said. and it is the extension of electric lines in Norwich SO as to give better service. Since the first rails were laid in Norwich, l years ago the extensions have amount ed to but seven or eight miles. The company has abandoned the privileges to lay their tracks in streets where | they had the privilege in Washington street, Market and Water streets. Boswell avenue, he declared, had | developed much its entire length, while Washington street hasn't any 1 electric accommodations and Asylum street is another which is important, ! and he suggested that meeting of I the citizens be called under the board of trade auspices to consider the | matter. If the Connecticut company | doesn't want to build lines to accom- | modate the people, the privilege should | go to other companies, the Norwich & | Westerly or the Norwich & Hartford. | IJa he raxv fe IOnIfr1cr fo | its own interests. having refused to | build to Maplewood, and it is possible | for a Montville man to get to his work quicker than for a resident of l Starr street or part of Hickory street. | He moved the matter come up at the | February meeting, which was voted. l Civil Service Reform.
 | In behalf of General w. A. Aiken, ] Principal H. A. TiITell announced the i fact that the State Civil Service Re- | form association will have a banquet
 at the Mohican hotel in New London | next Monday. and such speakers as | Norris G. Osborn, President A. T. Had I ley of Yale and other men of prom | thence will be heard. He urged the | local men to attend.
 | Connecticut as Fruit Growing State.
 President Cary introduced J. H. Hale | of South Glastonbury to speak on l Connecticut as Fruit Growing State, | and he was heard with delight. Mir. Hale intersperses his statements of | facts and figures with bright remarks, which kept his audience crying for more and handing him applause every l few minutes. Agriculture he declared l is the foundation of everything, and it ! is because of it hal the boards of trade l are beginning to get interested in the | subject. People have been drifting to | cities until they realize there is neeeS- | sity of returning to the farms. He read what James J. Hill has to say regard | ing What We Must Do to Be Fed, and declared that the products of the Am | erican farms for 1909 is $S, 700, ,000, 900 of new wealth worked out. The pro- | duct from the poultry yard is more | than from the gold mines, in the past | year. There is also several hundred l millions received from exports in ex- | cess of imports. Connecticut stands
 second in all states in the poultry bus mess and has more high grade Jersey | and Holstein cattle, more high grade seed farm products, more tobacco per | acre to- any state in the Union. Ii
 runs second in small fruit. It has more fine table grapes per acre than any l other state and in peaches produces more than does Delaware in the aggre- gate and better in quality.
 Our ancestors planted fruit trees for l making something to drink The ap-
 pie has not had a fair show, but what it can do under cultivation and spray ing is yet only a dream or a promise Connecticut stands at the head in thess lines because of the Agricultural col lege. of which q. &. Palmer was a val ned trustee: the experimental station the agricultural societies, dairyrnen's
 association. Pomological society, anS n1-a4 E.-..