Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-12

ton of tablets in explanation of the
incidents connected with the historical
massacre at Groton Heights. The
erection of additional tablets is made
the occasion of the celebrati ton next
month.
With state policemen hunting after
motor boats with open nnuffiers, or
opened Just little bit, and game pro-
tectors seeking for understood Holsters,
here and hereabouts, the life of the
waterman and the fisherman, and the
marketman, too, who happen to get a
few short ones in stock, is hardly
worth the living. In each of these
matters the officers are certainly go
ing the limit and perhaps, just a trifle
over off1cious. The offending boatmen
are hailed before the Groton court and
the judge is doing the best he can
under the circumstances, but frankly
acknowledges that the muffier law
needs repairing. The game protector,
the fellow who seeks for the short
Holsters for the good of the state and
the money there is in it for his private
purse certainly earns his coin when he
finds it necessary to go through several
thousand pounds of Holsters to find a
couple that are just trif1e understood
But in this perhaps the marketman
is partially to blame, even if the EN-
ployes are instructed to consign all
undersigned Holsters back to their
watery home and be given chance to
grow. In big black type in the market
mans ad he announces for sale lob
sters of all sizes and the game pro-
tector naturally takes the tip, for it is
said that for every illegally caught lob
ster he captures in the possession of
another he receives a substantial re-
ward and me nowadays do accept
positions of that nature for the glory
or honor they carry with them.
At the council meeting Monday even
ing the bill of expenses of the corpora
ton counsel to Hartford on matters of
local interest before the legislature,
amounting to about $500, and a like
sum to another attorney for service in
Hartford, were ordered paid and with
out any discussion. Perhaps for the
reason that but very few can intel1i-
gently discuss the fees and the ex-
penses of lawyers on matters to which
they are assigned. There's a case in
point, but for the accuracy of which
the responsibility is not assumed, al
though the information comes from
one who is in position to know where
of he speaks. It has reference to the
settlement of the affairs of the Nor
witch and Westerly Street Railway
company, now the Norwich and West
erly Traction company.
A year ago or more the company
went into the hands of a receiver, as
the matter is related. and during the
receivership it is said that the net
earnings of the company was in the
neighborhood of $4,000, and that it
practically required that amount to
settle the account of the receivership,
whose account. SO the story goes, con-
tanned one charge of $1,000 paid a
New London attorney for going to New
Haven to secure the signature of the
judge of the court to a document con-
nected with the receivership. The
relator added that he presumed that
if the earnings had been greater the
expense of settlement would have in
creased correspondingly. But then it
is well-known fact that lawyers fees
are not commensurate with what the
lawyers do but with the knowledge
they possess.