Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-24
The Increased Taxation Causes Much Dis
satisfaction and Complaint
BUsINEssMENLo0KING FOR QUARTERS
Paid Secretary for the Business Mems Association
Mr. Gardner Playing in Hard Luck-Recommenda-
tions of Secretary of State Board of Heath-The
Improvement of Gas House Cove Means More In
dustries

/ ed at the city meeting next Monday,
| and it is expected that definite de-
! cision will be reached. There being
no property qualifications in Connect
cut, tax payers and others, who are
qualified voters can participate in that
meeting that will act upon the APP
! preparations for the eensuing year.
! The vote of the others will count as
much as the taxpayers, and there is
no telling what the result may be,
! as the doings of a city meeting, like
| the action of some iuries,' is beyond
| ordinary comprehension
| The New London Business Mems as
ISOLATION held a meeting the other
| night and, among other things APP
| pointed a committee to consider the
| feasibility of securing permanent
! quarters in connection with the board
of trade, if possible. and to positively
arrange for the securing of a paid
| secretary who viii devote all his time
! to the advancement of the business
| and general interests of the city. This
! is a commendable move. and if it had
| been done years ago the city would
nov be probably reapng benefits.
Years ago, before the organization
| OF the business men ass Ociat1On. the
! board of trade had permanent quarters,
well furnished, and a competent secre-
| tary who devoted much of his time
| in the interests of the city. The sec
I rotary was Frederic s. Newcomb, then
| a young man, and he certainly spent
much of the time in the secretary's
! Office in performance of the duties.
! But the receipts of the board of trade
| did not warrant continuance of an Of
! flee and it was abandoned, and the
Office property disposed of. In those
days the board of trade was more
active that at present, and perhaps
| for the reason that the business
mems association scope was not of
| the present ma gnitude.
Should the business mems assoeia
| ton have paid secretary, he ought
to be a young, hustline, competent
! man, thoroughly familiar With the
property and other conditions of New
London, and be paid a salary com
| mensurate with the Importance of
| his duties, which would carry with it
| quite big bill of other necessary ex
/ pense. Such a mani worth and ought
Ito receive at least $1,000. a. year, which
| is more than the receipts from dues OF
! both organizations combined AS such,
an officer would be working for the
benefit of the whole city and all its
people the members Of the business
association alone should not be ex
| pected to pay all the freight, but there
| should be a fund raised among the citi-
fee and guarantee it's continuance. 1t
! is not fair for the people to expect
/ a small portion to pay all the expenses.
i incurred in advancing the best in
terests of the city. This paid secre-'
| tary plan has been agitated for several
years and it is p pleasing sign of.
progress for the New London Bust
| ness Mems assoc tian to take such
| favorable action on the matter and it
| is hoped the project will be success
| full.
So far as public or semi public
office goes. honas w. Gardner is
playing in hard luck. For many years
he was sealer 6f weights and measures,
! but resigned when the OLeary or
! dinance became local law, and spoci-
| fled the duties that must be performed
! and the fees to be charged. Al
though the office had been the
| source Of but little revenue to Mr..
| Gardner it was made a, paying Office
| by the new ordinance, Mr.. Gardner
was the janitor OF the county court
| house in New London, and messenger
of the superior court, and he desired
. to hold these positions. He realized
that he could not do SO and perform
F.. the duties of sealer of weights and
| rnea sures, so he resigned .:he latter
stating a reason that it would i'm
| terfere with his court house duties.
! Well the old court house was en-
Iarsed and made new, SO to speak, and
| Harris Pendleton, and not MIR. Gard
ner, was appointed janitor and court
messenger. too. So Mr. Gardner, a
| civil war veteran, was left outside
| the trenches and out of office or en-,
ployment of any kind. Perhaps had
the veteran been given an mixing THAT
he was to lose the court house job,
he would still be the sealer of weights
/ n9S
| to the duties of that office he would
have an income sufficient to give him
| a comfortable living, without other
income during his declining years.
Dr.. James Townsend, secretary of
the state board of health, suggests the
| fiilinq in of what was known when We
| We're boys as the Gas house coke, So
| called by reason of the g1as-house be-
| ing located on its shores. 1t may be
all we'll for the secretary to make the
recommends ton, perhaps, in behalf Of
public health, as the waters of the
cove have become polluted. by the
promiscuous dumping therein. While,
| there are some few property owners
| on some sections of the shores of the
cove who would favor the filling in
process, there are many others who
are opposed, and who favor a. cleansing
| and dredging and deepening of the
waters of the cove and utilizing the
same Tor business purposes. zine l1lnG
! was when vessels of considera BILE size
/ were built on the shores and launched
| where now mud has taken the place
| of deep water. s-k
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| There are now two important in.
| dustries on property bordering on the
cove and moro would be added II the
| cove were dredged to a sufficient depth
| to permit coal and other material be-
ing landed at the yards of these con-
| Germs. With deeper water in the cove
| many industrial sites would become
| available, and in a compare lively short
| time that section would become
| industrial center. There was talk
| years ago Of nlling in the outer cove,
which has since been dredged harbor
Nnes established and now used in part
| as an extensive winter quarters for
| yachts, which means a substantial in
| crease to the general business OF the
! city.
I Like improvements could be made
| to the inner cove, and the cost would
not be much greater that the hlling
| in process. All the people here are not
| in accord with Doctor Townsend Who
| was sent here from some othsr town.
| and will not fall readily . BIZ SUE
J gestionA