Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-25
THE TESTIMONIAL TO MAYOR MAHAN
The Sum Repays in Part What He Has Ex-
pended For Good of City
THE PLAIN CLOTHES MAN BUSY
A Consumptive Aid Society Formed-Annual Meeting
State Board Of Trade-New London Considers Itself
One of the Convention Cities of the State-Crue1ty
Horses in the Fire Department.

That old ramshackle of a building
that has disgDaced Main street for
many years, and brought into more
p. ominence than ever by the erection
doomed toy destruction The court OF
common council has ordered its re-
moval, the order to be obeyed on or
before the 18th day of next February.
The trouble in this case has been too
many owners, for there are six of them
and the property came to them by in
heritance. and the aim seemed to be
revenue without outlay, and the result
has been gradual and sure deprecia-
ton of the building until 1T finally
reached a stage that was beyond re-
pair. This particular building was
old and shaky when the oldest inhab-
liant of today was small boy. and
has been an eyesore almost since Lee
surrendered.
1t is expected that this order will be
complied with by the owners, and IT
not, the demolition VIII be done under
the direct supervision OF g. representa-
tive of the city and at the expense of
the owners. for that ancient wooden
structure that has long since become
a nuisance must surely go. There has
been one occasion within the memory
of the present generation when heroic
measures were taken to rid the city OF
an unsig htly building by declaring it
q nuisance. The building stood on
the corner of Bank and State streets.
and the owner declined to remove the
building, claiming that the structure
was worth the repairing, although 1T
had been practically destroyed by fire.
The owner was obstinate and the city
authorities determined. So one bright
and crisp Monday morning, when the
fields were afrost, Street Commission
commenced to raze what was left of
the old wooden house. Before the sun
began to shine the structure was lev
eled to the ground and the teams were
"a f1a -f11 70, ,I<1
city storage lot near the gas house.
where is was carefully piled for the
owner to come and take away, if he
felt so Inclined AS a result a hand
able site and the entire vicinity is i'm
proved by the change.
The testimonial to Mayor Mahan
from his fellow townsmen as a token
of appreciation of the great services
rendered, was presented to him. as it
was raised. without ostentation. The
testimonial consisted of q beautifully
adopted at a public meeting of citizens
several months ago, and a check for
$500. The presentation was made on
Tuesday of the present week by George
on the testimonial The presentation
was in the mayors office and in the
formal acceptance he said that the
gifts did not come to him in the ma
LII VI q 6u1 Prise, dS ne 1aQ READ OIL
its coming in the Norwich Bulletin.
He appreciated the engrossed memo
rial and would cherish 1t as long as he
lived, and was glad to have It as q
guiding star to his children in good
citizenship. He accepted the check in
the spirit In which 1t was given, al
though what he had tried to do for
his native city he did as q duty and
hoped to do more, but impressed on
the gentlemen representing the COM
mittee and tho citizens that what he
had done or proposed to do could not
be accomplished without the enfhus-
1astic support OF progressive citizens.
He believed the work Of progress had
been well begun and that 1t was the
duty Of All cfttsens to continue on In
the good work until all that had been
undertaken had boon carried to COM
pletion and that there would never be
any let up, for New London was sure
to- be 3 leading city Of New England |
Il tbs people worked in harmony and |
for city Advancement At every oppor-
tunity.
The committee was composed of |
citizens and there was
such desire on the part OF the people |
to contribute t. the testimonial to the |
mayor that the whole matter was car
r1ed on In su,h = quiet WAY that many /
were OF the opinion that the commit |
teemsn wero negligent in the duty for |
which th>y had been appointed The !,
announcement that the work had been /
completed and the testtmanial present. ]