Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-30

At a meeting Of the committee rep resenting the town and city. and held
 Wednesday afternoon in the select mems office it was voted that this committee la accord with the vote of the special town meeting of De- cember 2s. 1909, approve of the use of the old high school building for a town and city building and accept the plans and estimate of the contrac- tors changes, the cost not to exceed SS0."
 This means that a matter that has been under consideration for some time has been decided and that various 1 town and city offices now scattered about the business section of the city will be congresated under one roof. At Wednesdays meeting Selectmen Clarence E. Pierce. Luther M. Keith and Dr. Omer Larue, Mayor Archibald Macdonald, Aldermen John A. Dady Ernest L. Davis, J. Richard Carpen- ter and Byron D. Bugbee, and Will jam s. Johnson were present all of the members of the special commit tee, of which B. D. Bugbee is chair man and L. M Keith secretary ex- ceptfng Augustus I. Morse
 The expense of changing the build ing to make it meet the requirements to which it wiH be put is only the in sixnffcant sum of S9J. The plans sub
 
 archway to unite two rooms on the upper floor and the adding of few doors Not a pdrtittan in the buiiG- ing is to be removed.
 Proposed Changes.
 The plans for the changes and placing of town and city offices i'll she building are as follows:
 Or the main or ground floor of :he building two rooms at the front, one 13 feet inches by IS feet, the other 13 feet 5 inches by fl feet, arc re served for occupancy at some future for the judge of probate, which iyo Officials are to retain their present o1- flee quarters indefinitely.
 The assembly hall, 45 by 50 feet. in the rear of these rooms. is tc be reserved for town or city meetings, caucuses or the like
 On the second and upper floor of the building, the city council chamber will be located at the front in a room IS feet 6 inches by 32 feet which is Der. The public library and reading l room is also to be located on this floor in two rooms, to be united by an archway. one room being P by 23 feet, the other 21 feet 6 inches by 2S feet. On this floor will also be the quarters of the selectmen, two rooms, one being 22 by 23 feet, the other 16 feet inches by 21 feet 6 inches.
 In the Basement.
 In the basement of the building will 1 be located the city court and police 1 station and headquarters. The city 1 court will do business in a room at the north side, this room being 13 | room, IA by 32 feet, will be fitted with 1 the steel cages now owned by the city. | In the basement also will be the office | of the captain of police.
 This, in a general way, represents | he arrangement decided upon by the l committee. There is. of course, oppor- l unity in the building to provide small | offices for officials that may require | .hena
 At Wednesdays session a sub-com- nittee composed of William l.. John son, Luther NJ Keith and Ernest L. Davis was appointed to see that the 1 .hanses authorized are carried through. lust how long this work will require vas not certainly known Wednesday,, put 1t will probably be only a few weeks and the building may be ready or occupancy by January 1,
 Will Save Over s2,ooo.
 The use of the building for the purposes indicated will, it is claimed. esult in a good saving to town and l fty in the matter of rents and ian tor service. an expense now aggre- ,ating more than s2,000 each year.
 The action taken Wednesday was aid by a member of the committee l 0 be final, this interpretation being l ased upon the voters authorizing and nstructing the committee in the work hat 1t was to do.
 Hunters Return.
 Landlord E. c. Rogers of the Put am inn and Otis Fox returned We'd esday from a hunting trip in the rild New Brunswick country. Mr. Rog- rs returned with 6 fine deer as a tro- hy, while Mir. Fox was so fortunate 1 s to get a moose, for which the party 7as especially anxious.
 New Track Scale.
 Excavations have been commenced l the upper railroad yards for the of a railroad track scale apahle of weighing the heaviest load q car that may come on to this di- ! ision. At present there is no such apparatus on the New Haven ystem at a point nearer than Wiili- lantic. Much weighing will be done ere. after the scale is installed
 Holiday Travel Heavy. There was heavy hut not extraordi- l ary travel on lines through Putnam Vedncsday, all cars carrying extra 1 oaches. The afternoon express, due ere at 3.26, did not reach here until Ca, Being delayed near Douglass by 'ouble with the locomotive on the rst section. Because of the delay, Tanager Merrill of the Bradley thea T did not get to Putnam with the cture reels in time for the usual atinee. which was postponed.
 Light Fine lnaeosed.