Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-04
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
New London Beautiful.

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city council meetings, and also at one
| of the meetings of the New London
| Business Mems association-the MAX
ing New London a beautiful and pros
| porous city
| We know that it takes time and that
| the world was not made in day; but
now is the time to show forth what is
| i'll each one of us as citizens, and keep
| the good ship sailing, in the line Of
| improvements.
| Northing is more detachable to the
| arrival of any stranger or to any per-
| son who has not been to the city for
some time than the improvements be-
| ing made.
No one notices it like these people,
and from them the news extends to
| those who have never been to the city
| at all 1t certainly makes one rejoice
| when they see the people in power tax
| ing notice of the great need of new
| sidewalks, and carrying out the in
| spirstion that has come to them of
! such needs.
We are going through this world
| but once. and surely we want to leave
| things as beautiful and helpful for the
| oncoming generation as we possibly
can.
A noted speaker says that anything
| that is worth doing at all, is worth
doing well, and we can see that if any
thing that we are one by one called
| upon to do is going to be for the
growing UP in our midst, is worth do
ing well.
These improvements may be classed
in many different channels, not only
sidewalks, but other ways A new
Young Mems Christian association, for
instance, which is help to any city
where there are young men, and which
does it's work in trying to elevate
young men to a higher standard of
true Christian manhood.
r. ta1 o. sNf afal,
everyone will agree would be one of
the main agencies in putting New
London on a standing such as it has
not had in years. This no doubt would
bring innumerable people from all over
! the coast, and help to bring back
again sweet recollections of the past.
Longfellow says in his writings, Let
US then be up and doing, with a heart
for any fate and If in our attempts
to make New London what it ought to
be- if we don't succeed in all our at
tempts. try again, this will help to
make New London beautiful
It has been said by one of our local
preachers that it all lies with us, what
we want to make of life. if we want to
make it beautiful, then we must put
forth all our energies to make it SO;
If we want to make it something else.
why, we must put forth every fiber of
our being to make it So
l not only speak from the standpoint
OF the making OF the CITY OF New Lon
don beautiful. through the agencies of
the city fathers and the New London
Business Mems association, but I mean
the churches in general, as well. The
church of today has a great deal to do
in the making of the city, something
more at present than what it is, and
they should be up and doing.
AS the writer came up the Thames
river a few days ago and took a view
of the magnificent Hotel Griswold
which is an honor not only to Groton
but 70 this part of the country, it made
him think why can't New London have
just such type of a hotel, and bring
to our shores some of the finest peo-
pie in the country, and not only that,
burt by doing so make business little
more brisk for the business man, who,
in general, speaks of business being
dull.
! also wish to express my views in
as important a channel as one could
speak of. a WOman'S Christian aSSo-
citation, which would be a helpful agen-
cy in keeping many a young girl from
going aStray, and educate her in the
way that she would be helpful in the
making of some other life successful
and beautiful.
For. after all. whatever is done in
any one town or city in the line of
progress, it all depends upon the man
or the woman, or in other words, life,
and we should make that life God has
given us as beautiful and as precious
a s we can.
If by good fortune the city and those
who have it within their power to en-
courage the new shipbuilding company
to come to our shores, which will no
doubt give employment to many unem-
ployed, and also good cheer to them
as well. this will be doing q, good deal.
L was said to the writer by Mr..
Morrison, who is purchasing agent for
the Glasgow Steamship com pany, Glas-
gov, Scotland. when visiting the city,
and who was on business at the East
ern Shipbuilding company, buying their
stock. that if their company in GlaS-
gov had as good facilities at New Lon
don for floating their ships safely, they
would be proud, for, as it is, it costs
them many thousands of dol
lars for dredging their harbors
to do their work successfully. He also
said that he never was in q place be-
fore where there were such facilities
for a port of entry, and it seems that
such testimonies as that ought to cause
US to take notice.
There are many things we have in
our possession which are telling day
by day for the good of our young peo-
pie and which is certainly helping to
shape their lives. and to make for their
future what nothing else ever will be
able to do. This is our public schools,
known for many miles around, for if we
only knew facts there are many of our
young people who are occupying posi-
tons in different parts of the country
who received their education in the
schools of New London
So let each one of us think on these
things. And whatever is given US to
do, let Is do with our might.
The city beautiful will surely come
if we as citizens exhibit as much of an
advance spirit as was exempiihed at
the city meeting Oct. Gath. Although,
as Professor Buell. says, we can make
the attempt by doing our part; but
even then we may not get the woman's
college, which in many ways might
benefit New London more than we have
any conception of. What Smiths COL
Iege has done for Northampton Mass,
in the years that it has been there the
woman's college may do for New Lon
don.
Let us be more patriotic. both young
and Old and be up and doing Wei
cannot all be an Alfred II. Chappen or
Professor Buell. or a Mayor Mahan |
or a DIR. BiXler, or many others who
may be mentioned, but we can all be
successful workers in our own little |
way. Time and tide wait for no
mani"
FREDERICK B. ROCKWELL.
New London, Conn, Oct. 9th, 1910 !
Another Case Where Money Talks. |
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