Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-18
|lew London 0iliizens sWiIlIf llo Invezl ii il
 Second Buldipg
$lOo,ooo FOR W0NIAN'S COLLEGE
IL is Expected That This Sum will Be Raised y Aarch
 A Plan for Announcing Collection Results Day by
 Day Adahan and Waller at Odds.

It has just begun to leak out there E ig considerable dfn1culty In getting to- gether $16,000 Of New London money ings such an ono aa n now occupied by the bfaes tubing concern that Is doing q prosperous bs14tneeg and pay ing the owners Of the. bull dtng five pcrs cent on the investment and with proe- poets indicating that AAnaeer Ieoomis will soon buy the building outright. as ts his privilege, to save on his tn- terest account Mir. Loomis located his busjness here without any local assistanca rave the construction of and pdys rental 1t 'is . growing r in- dustry and would not have come to Now London but for fhe erection of that industrial building, which is so 5constructed that 1t could have been almost any other misunderstanding busi- ness had not MT. Ioomis made good. That particular building has there- fore added to the misunderstanding inn- portance of tho city, and in MT. Loomis has another public spirited citizen earnestly interested in. it's advance- ment
 if would ssem that local capitalists, or oven mon of modorato moane with little spare money to invest, would be glad of the opportunity to invest in an industrial building with the presr ent one a positive proof of such an investment, aside from the pride some times called civic. One interested in another building declares that the peO- pie seem chary of putting money Into safe investment at a fair interest, thing that is not known, in the hope of getting rich quick, but which usu- ally becomes a losing venture.
 The company that owns the pres-s ent building are local men, but ti1ere are not among them 9 sufficient mum ing, ands the many on the outside show no inclination to help the good work along. Such a condition does not speak well for the prOgressfvenes9 of the citizenry, and in q way, that there is 9 something artificial in the business booming of the city that Is 30 much read about in the local news papers There are some who could be named ~who ara practically hanging their banners on the outer walls and blowing their trumpets tn public places, giving public lbcitef that they are backing their blowing with the coin of the realm in promoting all that 1s good for the growth of tho city, but who as a matter of fact simply are we'll wisflers for all undertakings that dustrial center. Yes, talk is cheap. but it takes money to do things
 Ex-Mayor Arrns*rono, of pleasant memory, is perhaps areatIy responsible for the present industrial building and the industry 1t contains, for he per- sistently advocated and aided in it's completion. He was the prime mover for an industrial building as an activa member of the New London board of trade, and when he became mayor took the proposition Into the court of
 
 mittee to canvass for stockholders among the citizens. When this work vas completed a company was organ ized, and the industrial building is the result. Just where the ex-mayor stands for another building the depo- nent knoweth not and cannot readily ascertain as he is now in the sunny south. away from the strong wintry blasts, but it's peanuts to pecans that he is as well posted as to what is gor ing on in New London as those at home
 He may not be in favor of all the plans that arc now before the people under the banner of progress, but there is reason to believe that he ia ready to make a cafe investment n an industrial building when tho con- ditions are the sarne as surround the present. In view of the large sums that are now sought for several pur- l poses the $16,000s required for an in- dustrial building seems 1neienincant, yet it is not available and parttea tn- terested say that 1t canpot be raised al 1 the present time. Tho project was started several monAhs ego and has been abandoned by reason of lack o1 1 encouragement. As tho New London Business Mems aSsoctatdon has as- sumed tho herculean ta8k of uphuild- the enteTprising body take mp this im- | portant matter and bring 1t to suc-
 cessful issue
 l Soon after sunriss on Monday aF l organized sffork suoh ea Now Lendor with the resolve that by March I there will be collected pledges to tlat aomunt Of 31O0.0 .000, which is to bt added to the $50 ,eo6 voted by the citA as New London's contrfbutf0n towards l tho establishment of the woman's col
 be made with the strict agreemen' l that they will not be-redeened unless I at least the color of an extra millior l dollars is in siEht towards tho endow. ment of the institution. This cam l paien for cash has .been on for sevefa weeks but the actual collection vii not begin until Monday and will end or l March l. The plans ofscollection ana 1 the general work have been systematic: ed to pfcety by experts in that lin: of work, and it is expected tfat tht ] arrangements as perfected will go or to the end of the period without Z hitch and the dollars will be rollinl into the treasury at an average, o s10.0OO a day, the coin coming in al denominations and from all sources, l the rich, the poor. the weak, the bold and the hot andstlle cold all cheerfully contributing to the worthy cause tha' means so much to the progress of ths city.
 The subject has. been made of sucF l impcrtance that tho Wori<ers will mol | have time to 90 homo to meals, and these will be served At neadquarters the eataIbles being served free by en- i terprising merchants and the cooking will be done by the expert cooks from the training school. The headQuarters are given free, <coal will cost nothing and artificial light is fEiven in full