Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-11

! sters in New London that need just a | little curbing of their boisterouSness ] before development into genuine row. | dyism, and the remedy can best be ap- | piled by the police, as it is quite prob l able that the young fellows are house l angels. It is evident that a part of i the. gang play football on Sunday and
 the balance do the roofing, which of l itself is no serious harm, perhaps 1 But after the game of last Sunday at | Fishers island these fellows formed 1 in line at the wharf in New London 1 and marched the entire length of l Bank street singing and' shouting in 1 imitation of a college boat race cele- l bration One of their songs, and the i principal one, started in this style: i One Two. Three and Four; Who the hell are we for C-e-d-a-r-sl" There were just thirty-siX in the gang and | they walked three abreast, keeping fairly good time and would have evok- ed laughter instead of provoked criti- cism had the peace been disturbed on some day other than Sunday.
 The disturbing act of these young chaps demonstrates that there was some reason for the little talk of the mayor to- the police force of the need of a change or two in the present Sys- tenn, for such a thing as last Sunday nights parade in Bank street proves beyond doubt that no officer was on duty in Bank street from State to the Truman street junction, which should not be possible at any time, day or II in one place more than another that place, next to State, is surely Bank street. The boisterous boys presuma- ply did not realize that they were ere ating a breach of the peace and a word or two from a sauntering cop would have a quiet effect on the ju
 bilant paraders.
 sentation of a statute of Hebe was dashed from the pedestal of the never finished fountain at the junction of Bank and Truman streets, and the fountain has been Statueless ever since and there is no indication of fountain readornment, which, a matter of course, is of nc actual importance, as the drinking feature of the. fountain is just as it was before and just after the fall of Hebe. That foun- tain was designed to be used for the quenching of the thirst of man, horse and dog, and, with Hebe. cost from the cost of installation. AS the fountain was never in proper work
 ing order, no man or dog has yet drunk at that particular fountain, all though it has served it's purpose fairly well for the horse. The drinking bowl for horses has overflowed from the day the water has been turned on to the present time. and the over
 apd muddy place in the summer and either slush or ice in the winter-a nuisance more than benefit.
 While the fountain was being in court of common council were jealous in the claim for the credit of getting that ornamental fountain for the Fourth ward, but when it was shown that the fountain was something of the traditional gold brick style, it was almost anybodys old fountain and no committee cared for the responsibility. As a result it has served as a monu- ment of public neglect and there does not seem to be any remedy within the horizon. People who live in the vicin- ity have long since become accus- toned to the sound of the dripping and wasting water, while those who pass that way are wondering if they will have to risk life and limb in the vicinity during the coming winter There is time to put the old thing in to presentable shape before the frost gets well into the ground and it is hoped that some members of the court of common council will take notice and see to it that the fountain nuisance is at least partially abated.
 The annual convention of the state board of trade, of which Postmaster Jchn Mckinley is president, will be held in the rooms of the New London board of trade on the twenty-third of November and every board of trade in the state well as the Westerly board of trade, that has membership m the Connecticut association. will be represented It is many years since -his organization held convention in New London and the local board has appointed a committee to arrange for the entertainment of the delegates Op- portunity will be given the delegates to view the points of interest in the city and will be given insight into the harbOr advantages that are to be de- veloped with state and perhaps federal aid, and also the site of the Connec- ticut College for Women, which were bought about by persistent and con centrated effort, and will serve as ob- ject lessons to the visiting delegates.
 Special arrangements will be made for a dinner to the delegates and op- portunity will be given citizens not members of the organization to meet the visitors at the dinner. The local body of boosters proposes to carry out the general plan of making New Lon don a convention city, which was in augura ted by Mayor Mahan when he secured for the city the next conven- ton of the Atlantic Deeper Water ways association.
 Upon representation by the police committee of the court of common council that there was need for a plain clothes officer not connected with the regular police force, and to be re- Sponsible only to the mayor and the police committee, authorization was given by the council for the employ ment of such an official at a salary not to exceed $75 a month. The commit tee did not explain just why a plain