Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-07

not an orator in the ordinary sanse Of
that term. But his power of simple
direct EXPRESSION, his ability to arrange
and array facts and propositions and
his lumiDoUsness Of statement were
such as to make him master in the
presence or either court or Jury. To
these gifts he ADDED the superlatiye
one of character. He carried the high
ideals of his private life into his pro-
feSsional lsLbOfs. His conscience ac-
cepted no Ietainers. 1t was simply i'm :
possible for him to dissemble.- deceive.
or be unfair and unfrank Casuistry
he knew not. Artful practices and
This everybody knew-could not help
knowing. Tine result was that he
came to exercise an Influence in this
region, and to occupy a position at the
haF of this state which few indeed
could claim to share with him.
No enumeration Of the men in whose
achievements Norwich has taken a just
pride would be complete which did not
include those of her sons by birth or
selves during the half century just
closed high place in the field of let
terS or as educators, Journalists or
publicists. Upon this roll of honor be-
long the names of Donald G.. Mitchell
and President Daniel c. Gilman, both
born here. Clarence E. Stedman. who
passed most of his younger years here,
and began his life work as the editor
Of the Norwich Tribune; President
William j. Tucker of Dartmouth, born
in Griswold. but soon coming with his
father to Norwich; Isaac H. Bromley,
already referred to, and David A..
Wells, who passed the later years OF
his life among you.
We have thus far only incidentally
touched upon the events Of the last
twenty-five or thirty years. AS / am
/ appear, ! do not feel at liberty to
pass them by wholly unnoticed. But
they belong so nearly to the things of
today and so many ,of the chief actors
in them are of the living present, that
l feel constrained to refrain from fur
Their comments upon men, and to con-
fine the little which feel obliged not
to omit to barren recital of those
happenings which possess that public
Importance and interest which entitle
them to place in record of the time,
however fragmentary.
Limits of City.
The limits of the city have been ex-
tended four times, and those of the
town once. In 1874 the Greeneville
section was added to the city, as were
Laurel Till anu bOSW6llNlut III 10 10.
In 1901 the western portion of the
town of Preston was taken into both
the town and city, and in 1907 that
portion of Michigan park which Jay
without the city limits was included
in them. In 1870 the completion of
the city's fine water supply system,
work upon which had been begun in
1857, was fittingly celebrated, and on
July President Grant honored the
iii lei nd
thusiastic welcome of its people. The
same year the first street railway line
was built. 1t extended from Greene
vile to Bean Hill. 1t was electrified
in 1892, and since that time radiating
lines have been constructed furnishing
direct and convenient communicat ton
with large portion of eastern Con-
necticut. In 1904 the city became the
owner of its lighting plant. The year
1878 saw the occupation OF the COM
bined court, town and city building.
which during the last year or two has
been undergoing the process of en-
largement to meet the increasing de-