Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-13
His Loyalty to New London's Interests Pro-
notes His Fame
HIS INFLUENCE Is STATE WIDE
Black Crooks Clean Out Pawn Shop-They Operated
Boldly But They Were Captured and Are Nov in
Jail-want Doctor to Attend Fires to be Ready in
Case of Accidents.

Mayor Senator Bryan +. Mailan has
certainly gradually grown to be one OF
the foremost men in. the state and in
| devofing his time and influence to the
interests OF his native city has de-
veIoped into a boomer for the whole
state and sections of New England in
other states. He has had more meas
ures OF interest to New London before
the present session Of the legislature
than has been introduced in other ses-
sioEs- for several sessions, and he has
thrown + - Dsst endeavors into every
measure he presented. Nothing II too
big for him to tackle and he goes at it
with determination to win, first be-
| ing satisfied that he is on the right
tack. Opposition by men who WEI
leaders in statal matters when Mayor
Mahan " as a news1Cy does not in the
least. lessen his enthusiasm and ear
| nestness, but he battles against all op-
position no matter how formidable, in
the hope of doing what he believes to
be best for New London and the state
of Connecticut. He has submitted
| many projects of magnitude and sue
coed ed in most of them. but there are
still a~few under legislative action that
are not yet determined. One of these
| is to make the big town of Waterford
| a part of the little city of New Lon
don. so that the latter city will have
opportunity to expand, to grow to be
the principal or one of the principal
cities of the state.
| His attention has been in part oc-
| cupied the present week with the
measure to secure an appropriation of
81. eos, 900 from the state to develop
the advantages of New London harbor
| SO that it will be available for maritime
traffic with Europe direct and become
one of the leading ports of the United
| States, and in this matter the whole
people of the state are interested, for
i it would mean a business boom for all
OF Connecticut. The natural harbos
| is with us, but the development of IA
cilities is lacking, and that is what
Mayor Mahan IS striving for, and in
| this he has the backing of representa-
tives from all sections in the state
| legislature who believe that their IA
Vol able action is satisfying to their
constituency. At the hearing Thurs
| day there was not only q large dele
CATION of representative citizens pres
| emit from New London. but also from
| all sections of the state. Should the
| state be authorized to issue bonds for
| the development of New London har-
Der, IT would be doing only what is
| being done for Providence and Bos-
ton. and at neithsr of these places the
natural advantages of New London
harbor has them beaten to a fragile.
| A couple of black crooks cleaned cut
L foCaf PaWHouoP 0fS Ut9HI curing the
| present week, and just as the police
learned Of the robbery, the next morn
ling word came from the Bridgeport
police that the crooks were in custody
and the stolen property secured. 1t
came about in this way. The burglars
gained entrance through a rear door
and then boarded a freight train Just
lin the rear of the store and went to
the city once noted as the home of the
great Barnum of circus fame. Soon
after their arrival they attempted to
sell the booty to a pawnbroker He
| the police, and the crooks were taken
in and the New London police notified.
1 The thieves were brought back to New
London and are now in Jail pending
| trial
Just because the pawnshop that was
Ientered happened to be in the busiest
part of Bank street. with an electric
Hight on the opposite side of the street
| the police force is being criticised for
permitting such thieving operations TO
be carried on without detection. and 1t
! is. broadly limited that if the policemen
were up to snuff the burglary and es-
cape of the burglars would have been
| impossible. Such criticism is unfair
to the police officers, as they are not
SO numerous, not even in Bank street,
but what tabs could be kept upon their
| movements by crooks of ordinary ex-
| perience. Robberies of greater magni-
i tude are pulled off frequently in small
places like New York Boston, Phila-
delphia, Chicago, and why not in New
| London 1t is not over a thousand
years ago when a wholesale store was
robbed in busy New York and many
cases Of goods carted away without
detection, and there is another in
stance in another city where police
men are numerous that a safe was
taken out of store to be opened at
hc 1oi oF he
cases of similar nature reported from
other cities almost daily and which.
in comparison. the JOB pulled off IN
New London is infinitesimal-
! As has been suggested Just once be-
fore. some action should be taken to
have at least one physician an adjunct
to the volunteer fire department OF
New London. If young doctors will
not volunteer to respond to alarms OF
fire with fremen alacrity and be ready
for service in case of emergency, then
the city should make appropriation to
provide for the attendance of 6reme n
making these professional gentlemen
the Only paid individuals in the fire
department. aside from the chief anc
assistants. There have been a num-
Der of cases in recent years where the
services of physicians were needed al
fires to care for the brave firenen VINO
We're nearly suftocated with smoke II
battling with blaze to save the pro D
erty of others, and without nay. For
ltunateiy. in every instance physicians
We're summoned in time to prevent Sc
rious results
| There is no telling of the danger o.
loss of life by fire, or. whether the I'M
fortunates are to be firemen or occu-
fparts of burning buildings and i
would be a humane act to provide fol
, such emergencies There was fir,
alarm sent in last Sunday afternoon
and when the firemen responded the,
J found that the only fire was a burn
, ing mattress and bed clothing, ignitcs
FROM the burning clothing of an age.
woman whose clothing had caugh
from fire in the kitchen stove Whe.
the iremen arrived they found the oil,
woman. wing on the floor sufferin,
: excruciating pain, and all they couI;
} do for her relief was to lift her fro I
the floor and place her more comfort
I a bly, in bed and send for doctor. Il
: due time the physician arrived an,
, gave the woman every possible atten
ton but she died soon afterward. TIL
earlier arrival of the physician Nigh
: not have saved this womans life. blu
: there have been cases where promp
7 medical service has tended to prolon
: life.
Talk is cheap Gf it is not SANDER
ous), but it takes money to buy run
I or words to that effect. is an ancien
saying put its truth is verified rfea II
7 Ievery minute almost everywhere, an
that includes the progressive city O
New london There are several boom