Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-08
New London's Horticultural Society to Pro-
 mote Rearward Beauty
IA FLAT SCHEDULE FOR CARPENTERS
Central Wharf Rebuilt-The Need of New Town Clock Canvas Covers for Garbage Carts--Lcensed Scaven- gers Must Not Litter Streets-A Move on fer Health and Beauty at the Mouth of Thames.

Heretofore the city fathers have all ways found ways and means to meet all emergencies and there is no valid reason why delay should continue in placing a new town clock in the stee- pie of the First Church of Christ. The present worn-out timepiece is beyond repair after a service beyond the years allotted to the life of man, and it Is a black eye to progressive New London i to have it's official town clock at a standstill. or giving out incorrect time when it is coaxed to run for short i periods. Better no clock at all than l the old one in the church tower, for 1 then there would be an end to the talk that is detrimental to the up-to- dateness of the city.
 Some time ago, Alderman James F. OLeary of the public property com l mittee made report that the old clock had outlived itself and to install a new timepiece, with electric lights to 1 illumipe the face at night, would cost $500. The committee had no money to do the work and the alderman made appeal to the court of common coun- ell and it was decided by the coun- cil that there was no money available at present time for a new clock, but it
 was voted that an appropriation for a new clock would be recommended at the first special city meeting that was held. That was all that Alderman OLeary could do. He put it up to the council and the council will put the matter up to the city at the first op-
 portunity, provided the vote adopted is honored
 But there is need of that clock and it is needed now, and it would seem as if the wise aldermen in their wisdom would find a way to get that clock in
 position. pending the action of the special city meeting yet to be called. Such things have been done before and can be done again, for the people want the town clock; not only by reason of the convenience but for the good name of the town. The lack of the time honored timepiece is not in keeping with the present progressive efforts to
 make New London grow.
 Ever since the coinage of the an- cient phrase, the parson told the sex
 ton and the sexton toIled the bell, the clock in the steeple of the First church has ticked off the time until the present collapse and the ancient custom of ringing the bell at noon and at nine o'clock at night, the curfew, still prevails, and thereby emphasizes the mockery of the silent town clock. It is a matter of too much moment to be delayed Micawber like, and the sooner a reliable town clock is placed in the old position the sooner public confidence will be restored in the city fathers who manage municipal mat ters.
 Special city meetings have been call cd for matters of less importance and if special is absolutely necessary in order to restore signs of activity rath- CT than decay in public progress, that call should be issued forthwith. This timely topic is entitled to the early consideration of the aldermen of the city of New London
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 It was announced at the recent meet ing of the court of common council that the newly formed horticultural society was about 10 undertake the Identification of the city and that the result of their work in that direction would be appreciable before the real opening of the summer season. In or | der that this work should go forward | to success it was explained that it was essential that the society mem 1 bers should have the hearty co-opera- 1 tion of the whole people, including the l city officials, and that it was up to the 1 city proper rather than the individual 1 to set the pacing example. So a start | was made which may. help some, es- 1 pecially in the early morning. The | garbage collectors must have canvas | covers for their carts so that no part of the stuff collected will drop to the i streets, and the licensed fellows who l go through the garbage receptacles l before the regular collector comes | along will not be permitted to scat 1 ter any of the contents on the side l walk after delving for paper or any 1 thing else that can be sold for junk l The policemen will also assist in the l work by seeing to it that all garbage 1 receptacles after being emptied are returned immediately to the yard oI 1 building from the sidewalk.
 l Health Officer Black will make a l tour of the back yards as soon as he
 returns from his military tour of duty | on the Mexican frontier. and will sec | to 1t that all disease breeding piles are
 removed, and the mayor will probably issue public request that all back
 yards be cleaned -by given time te i aid the horticultural society in making
 New London a cleaner and ever healthier city than in the past.
 It is understood that representatives of the New York, New Haven and
 Hartford Railroad company will unite
 cleaning and put in tidy order thei, property beside the tracks from the
 Shaw cove bridge to the trestle work in Winthrop cove. Almost the whole l distance is now in an unkept condi-
 ton and is alike 8 discredit to the rail-
 road company and to the city. Such 9 1 condition can hardly be known to the department of the railroad company 1 having such matters in charge, as il
 is 8 general principle of this great 1 railroad to keep it's property in the cities and towns where located in
 presentable condition. Now that New l London is on the map, it is proposed to make one of it's attractions it's gen
 eral cleanliness, which someone once
 said is next to godliness.
 # will be happy, day, perhaps. ir
 the nnilIeniur, when labor and capital
 or, more properly, employer and ena
 pioye, can adjust wage and work hours l amicably and without resort to strike l which is detrimental to all concerned l win or lose. This strike business is liable to create a. breach between the I employers and employees that can never be narrowed. and where the best-oi ! feeling had previously existed the one l will look upon the other not with eyes ! of friendship. Instead of pulling to- | gether for the good of both sides, these | strikes are liable to cause pulling l apart spirit that usually proves to bt l a general loss. Men have the right tC 1 organize and set the price upon the 1 value of their labor to them, they have I the right to demand for that labor l their set price and all that sort o1 thing. But in all these matters the | man that must figure to get work fol | the other fellows and get together the ! wherewithal to pay the men wages l should be given some consideration | just little.
 | There is just now on in New Lop- l don a strike of the union carpenters | who demand an increase in pay oi l from B to $3.50 for an eight-hOul l work day. and no difference is made in 1 the aIaiif cations of the workmen; the