Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-04

I0ere IS eNlQcnCe Ol BTOSS HcbAcSA in the street department in Ocean ave-
 nue at the junction of Lee avenue,
 where there is a covered or pipe gut
 ter, placed there for the purpose of
 not only making an easy crossing for teams, but also to prevent the collec-
 tion of surface water at that point.
 When there was a deputy highway
 commissioner it was part of his du-
 ties to drive about the city and in-
 spect just such places and keep them
 in proper repair. The mouth of the pipe that runs lengthwise with Ocean
 avenue has been gradually filling up
 until 1t was finally completely clogged
 and the surface water now overflows
 at that point and cuts gulIies into
 and destroys the macadam road. \ lit- tie attention. to this obstruction
 month ago would have prevented the present trouble and not destroyed the roads surface. To properly repair ! the damage at that point will require the expenditure of a sum that would
 equal two months pay of a deputy ] highway commissioner and what is true of Ocean avenue is true of other places in different sections of the city.
 It is not always economy to reduce the working forces Of the city. especially ' in the street department
 if Alderman Kirkland has his say there will be no more experimenting with police signal system in New
 London, as the city has already paid l high price for it's whistle in that re-
 gard The present discarded system
 was purely experimental and the peo- | pie paid the freight and the money i expended has been declared to be. a
 waste.
 Tn spite of this experience there are
 some of the city fathers who are in favor of giving a local man a chance | to try his police system on the city,
 and he, like his predecessor actually | believes he has the system of systems | and is willing for the expense and experimental test should be paid with | the peoples money. Then the Postal | Telegraph company comes to the front
 and asks that a system the company
 has in the works be adopted by the city. And so it goes, the man with | fire alarm system being almost as | numerous as was the man with a pat
 ent coupler when these safety de- vices were ordered on all passenger
 cars, and subsequently, on freight | cars.
 Alderman Kirkland declares that the ! committee has only one system under | consideration. and that is the Game : well that has stood the test of years and whose proper working is fully guaranteed. for this system passed the | experimental stage many years ago | and is now in use in almost every city
 of consequence in the United States It is expected that the committee will
 make a report of some kind to the | court of common council next Monday evening. Action was to have been talk
 en a month ago on the police alarm
 system, but an influence prevailed that 1 held up action at that time.
 The summer morning congestion in
 Bank street, between Golden and Pearl
 streets, and caused by the assemble ge
 of the teams of fruit peddlers securing
 their wares from wholesale fruit | house. ls to be relieved and this will | be cheering news to trolley patrons i who desire to catch the morning trains
 as well as the teamsters who are also delayed in the obstructed thoroughfare. ! It was necessary to have police station ! ed at that point in order to prevent total suspension of traffic. The relief will come in a peaceable way. for tho
 wholesale dealer is to remove from i Bank street to the building until re- gently occupied by the Williams bak- cry.
 This Bank street congestion had be- come public nuisance and 1t is quite probable that steps would have been | taken for it's abatement before the good
 old summer time was very far ad-
 vanced.
 1t is plainly evident that there must | be industrial increase in New London ] if the city is to maintain its latter day i reputation as a growing city and if the prospective industries materialize that | end will be attained. Douglass N. liar
 ris has completed his annual enumera-
 tion of children of school age and sur ! prfgaH fha annnt1 htr annnrNninor fhaf
 the total number enumerated Is 4,166,
 or 5S less than year ago. which ac-
 cording to the accepted form of compu- | tation means a loss in population of ! 5S. While the report of Mir. Douglass
 is conceded to be accurate 1t is cer-
 tainly discouraging and should arouse
 the public spirited citizens to renewed ! city. for Mir. Harris declares the loss