Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-19

\ meeting of the board Of strade, which
was held Monday evening at the Buck
| ingham Memorial. After a lengthy
discussion of the subject. the vote of
/ the fifty men present was lin favor OF
| referring the question of the widen
| ing of the street to the court of COM
mon council for investigation, consider
alton and action, provided the council
found this improvement feasible and
| possible of accomplishment at mod
| crate expense
President J. d. Haviland called the
| meeting to order shortly after eight
| o'clock, speaking with satisfaction OF
| the good number attending the meet
| ing. and mentioning some things that
1 had attracted his attention in Glens
Falls, N. Y, where he had been this
| summer and where a business man
| had told him that they tried to make
| it good home for people to come to
| live in, and have done everything to
| induce manufacturers to locate, but
| they do not offer thems money, but
| make the place so desirable that man
ufaeturers want to locate. From this
| there might be lesson to Norwich,
| said Mr.. Haviland, and he thought it
| hardly a good plan to attempt to buy
| companies to come here, and our ex-
periences in the past had not been
| encouraging along that line. He said
| that the meeting was to take up some
| civic questions and he called for Sec
rotary Tibbits to read the minutes OF
two previous meetings. These were
read and approved.
President Haviiand mentioned that
| the new industries committee had
been doing a good deal of work, but
as Chairman L. r. Church was not
present there was no report.
Little Water Street.
The president brought up the mat
ter of widening Little Water street,
which had been put into the hands of
| the public Improvements committee for
| consideration. Mr.. Haviland describ-
ed the street as the main artery of
| it was only wide enough Just to al
low two w agons to stand from
curb to curb. Since the Lucas build
| ing fire, it seemed like an opportunity
to widen this street, and he called for
| a report from the public improve
ments committee.
Chairman J. D. Hall made an ex-
tended report, stating that two mat
tiers had been placed in their hands,
the srailroad smoke nuisance and the
Little Water street widening. He first
mentioned that the crossing at the
Main and Market streets corner, which
had been an old matter before the
board of trade, was to be changed, do
ing away with as much of the grade as
possible.
Smoke Nuisance.
AS to the railroad smoke nuisance
at the rear of Slletucket street, he
stated that others had petitioned the
ance before the committee got to work
but there had been no appreciable re-
| suit in diminution of the nuisance.
Mr.. Hall read a letter the committee
had written to General Manager Hig-
gins, suggesting oil power or the TAX
ing OF electric power from the Con-
necticut company on Franklin square
Later Mr.. Higgins wrote him twice.
offering to take up the matter at once.
Merchants complain of live cfnders
corning into windows, end Mr.. Hall
suggested that agitation might be
kept up on this matter and possibly
taken before the new general utilities
commission to get relief, if the chang
ing of coal and special directions about
firing locomotives did not attain any
remedy.
Cost of Widening the Difficulty.
Mr.. Hall spoke of his personal OBJ
servation of traffic through Little Wa
ter street. where he had often seen a
complete stoppage of heavy teams.
and he enlarged upon the heavy team
ing for freight and merchandise farm
wagons and other teams. The cost
would be the difficulty of widening
Little Water street, but the improve
| ment would be a great one, and a
very valuable one, in making this
He thought the owners of the build
ings on the street would share in
the benefits, and the owners ought
TO bear their share, but the property
owners say that they don't want to
be assessed for the Taftville mills
and the Central wharf merchants. He
said Mr.. Shannon was willing to do
what he was wanted to do, but he
wanted to be paid for it. A suggest
ed line feet in from the point in
the Shannon sidewalk would take off
about half the Cassidy property on
the Market Water street corner and
large part of the Potter property.
Mr. Hall said he thought the board
of trade ought to ask the proper city
authorities to take steps to accom-
plish this Improvement, and he pre-
sented a resolution directed to the
court of common council, uring that
they take the matter into considera-
ton and take steps to bring this i'm
provement before a city meeting, If
the Improvement was found feasible
and possible at a moderate cost.
Referred to Common Council.
W. S. Alling asked if part of the
Jacket property on the opposite corner
could not be taken off and the Shan
non sidewalk elbow taken off to better
effect in widening the street.
Mr.. Hall replied by telling of pre-
/ vious attempt made to widen the street
| by taking some of the Jacket property
which was blocked by the high figure
about $4,000, he thought, at which the
owner of the Jacket property held it.
Frank J. King moved the adoption
of the resolutions offered.
One Way Street.
A. S. Spalding remarked that it was
an easy thing for the Board of Trade
to vote this and then for the same men
to vote against the extra tax it would
mean, and he suggested making the
street a o11e-way street, with travel
only from the east, and he thought
we might get an electric switching en-
CINE here and he had also known of
cities, he said, where ordinances were
| passed prohibiting the burning of soft
coal.
! Ought Not to Cost Over $4,000.
r. w. Cary spoke for the widening
of Little Water street, SAYING tina
we were also trying to relieve conges-
| ton in Main street, so that to make
Little Water street a one-way street
would only increase the congestion on
Main street. He thought the whole
improvement would cost proba bly, 500
900, but there was no street in the city
where the money could be spent to bet
ter advantage. We had the precedent
once before of spending $50. 900 id one
year for widening streets. He thought
| the congestion would increase in Little
Water street when Mr. Shannon erect
ed building, and he thought the wild
ening could be put in next years esti-
mates without making fhe tay over IL