Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-03
NORWICH CITY IN 1883.

Jackets and Surotouts.
 NORWICH CITY IN 1883.
 The Industries Revivins - A New Newspaper Creates Jeslousies and
 Disputes-Population Incerases Slow 7 ly-General Jackson Lays Corner stone of Uncas Monument, Which
 Was Nine Years in Being Set Up.
 Justly does our beautiful town com- nnand the admiration of the stranger and the love of the citizen. Perhaps mo place in New England can vie with this as regards pleasanthess and pros perity. Those who were formerly resi- dents here and have. been absent few years. on the return are seen with their eyes as big as silver dollars, gazing with astonishment. Millions of mon- ey have been expended during the last dew years in beautifying the place by the erection of buildings, Sc. The place contains Churches, Banks, <and we expect to have the benefit of "a rail road from here to Worcester. when it is built, Printing Offices Gin each of which a weekly newspaper is publiShed) and three first rate Hotels. Two whale ships and one sealing schooner are owned in and fitted out
 
 CT vessels, to a considerable amoutn of tunnage, which are constantly em- ployed as traders One steam boat runs tive trips per week between Nor wich and New York, and one daily be- tween Norwich and New Londen."- Norwich Republican, Aug. 2S, 1883.
 The Town House. which has here tofere been situated high in the air. has been brought lew by an alteration of the steps and by improving the con- dftion of the ground around. The building, which is brick, has been neat 4y painted with a cream color. and the steps ornamented with an elegant iron railing. which causes the building to present a beautiful appearance. Church street, which has heretofore appeared more like "a COW path than a public highway, is undergoing a thorough re- paar.-Sidewalks are being made, and those. trees which have formerly stood in the middle of the street, are torn up by the roots, thereby making the street passable without danger. Much credit as due the Mayer for his exertions to effect these things. s."-Norwich Repub dican, Sept. Il. 1883.
 By the year 1883 the industries of Norwich were reviving after the de- pression caused by the war of 1872. The people We're beginning to take pride in their city, new buildings were being erected, and the streets were be- Ing cleared of Instructions Franklin square had been opened in 1S30 and fin connection with this the roard had been widened, graded, and leveled, hollows had been filed up, and fences and buildings removed.
 Steamboats were running on the rlv- CT. The Norwich and Worcester Rail- road was not yet built, but the com pany had been formed in 1892. A sec ond newspaper, the Norwich Republi- can. had been established in 1928 by Heartiman & Faulkner. Great was the rivalry between the two papers, and the Republican frequently printed such editorials as the following at the ex- pense of MT. John Durham, the editor of the Courier:
 "The Norwich Courier to talk about Sixth and seventh rate Journals is really too much for common digestive powers. We would advise cousin John to look over his old files, and then exhibit himself before a looking glass. He would never dare open his head again on the subject of sixth and -sev- enth rate Journals"
 'eThe Courier in speaking of an arti- cle in our last paper referring to grog shops, says:
 Now this is what we call a good &hine-a capital article-which has our hearty assent, every paragraph and line of it; and we commend it to the good sense of the community
 Well done. cousin John-if this don't beat all nater'-an article writ ten by US which commands your ap- provall-our cup of honor is full we are izedl-henceforth we need not write for fame!"
 By She polite attention of Mir. c. c. | Colt, clerk of the Steam Boat Gen. | Jacwson, we received a copy of the | on Thursday morning. We should | have immediately presented it to our | readers in this town on an extra sheet | had not our regular day of publication | been so close at hand. We also felt | willing that our dear little cousin, of ] the Courier, should enjoy the gratifi- | cation of publishing a Message from | President Jackson, once in his life, | previous to us. Having beaten him a | number of years in succession, it was but right that we should forbear a lit- | tile and give him an opportunity to call | the attention of the public to some thing good, in advance of us. We | hope his readers will profit by the im- maculate contents of his extra"
 The population of the town had slow ly increased from 3,476 in 1891 to 5,170 | fin 1883. During the last years of the | eighteenth century and the early years | of the ninteenth, the town had been i weakened by a mania for emigration | Among the towns which were in part | settled by Norwich families may be | named Canaan and Lebanon in New | Hampshire; Norwich, Chelsea, and | Hyde Park in Vermont: and Norwich i an Massachusetts. The Wyoming Val l ley of Pennsylvania and the Western | Reserve, called also New Connecticut, | took some of their early inhabitants ! from Norwich. 4..
 In was in 1883 that President Jack son visited NorWicH and laid the cor nerstone of the Uncas monument. The | Norwich Republican thus describes his | reception:
 On Monday. the 17th inst, com mittee appointed by the cityNauthori- ties, consisting of the following gentle men, viz.
 John De Witt, 1st alderman,
 Gerard c. Lester,
 William Faulkner,
 Calvin Goddard,
 Asa Child. and
 Charles r. Huntington, proceeded to Hartford, for the purpose of accompanying the president Of the | United States and suite to this city. | according to previous arrangements made with them in New York by 8 committee appointed by the mayor. from whom letters of invitation were forwarded.