Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31
NORWICH FAVORED FOR SANITORIUM
Citizens Were Instrumental in Getting It and Deserve to Have It Located in Vicinity Says Commissioner Gunshanan-Board of Trade Hears of Local Pros jects.

The smoke nuisance in the req rof Shetucket street, the widening of Lit
 tie Water street, the extension of troll
 ley tracks in Shetucket street, and the
 question ia tuberculosis sanatorlufn for New London county were some of
 the topics discussed on Monday even ing at the October meeting of the board
 of trade at the Buckingham Memorial
 occupying about two hours with the
 consideration of these subjects of To-
 cal importance.
 The metfng was called to order at 8
 o'clock by President Joseph D. Havi- land. with close to one hundred mem
 bers present. After the reading of the
 minutes by Secretary Henry w. lib
 bits these eight names were presented and voted into membership: Edward Junius Hunt, William Park, George E. Avis, Otto Bruenaeuer, L. 0. Smith, Arthur A. Beeman, NJ. Clinton Mason, Ferdinand V. krause.
 Smoke Nuisance.
 After some preliminary remarks, President Haviland called for report from Chairman John D. Hall of the committee on public improvements re-
 garding the smoke nuisance from the N. y.. N. H. & H. locomotives in the rear of the buildings on Shetucket
 street. Mir. Hall read a letter from one
 of the officials of the road, in which
 tie railroad man wrote that he be-
 lieved that conditions had been chang
 ed so that there was very little moke
 nuisance in that locality now and he
 thought the instructions to the train
 men would correct the nuisance.
 MT. Hall said that his own inquiries
 among business men who were affect
 ed showed that some thought the nui- Sance had been corrected, while others
 considered it was as bad as ever. Some
 of the company engineers who have
 hara Goid Mir Hall have decided that it was not practicable to adopt his suggestion of putting in an extra track down to the freight house, since they would have to go out some into the river to do it, but MT. Hall could see no great obstacle to putting in this extra track. and if the extra track kere provided the switching in the busy hours of the day could be dispensed with. The railroad company had sug- gested the possibility of extending their dock out into the river but Mir. Hall said he didn't believe this could from other dock owners, and he thought it would be well to keep on pushing to get the extra track to the freight shed on the dock.
 Little Water Street.
 On the matter of the widening of Lit tie Water street, MT. Hall reported that this had been turned over to the com mon council, and he couldn't tell Whal | they had done, but he thought that the widening would be of great advantage to the city, even if it should cose az much as s25,000.
 President Haviland expressed his earnest desire that the widening of the 1 street might be accomplished, saying l that although, $40, 900 had been report | ed as the cost of the improvement l which he thought was pretty good price on three pieces of porperty that cost S50,000, he thought we were pub I lie spirited enough to be willing to dc something to improve the city, even ii it was not improving our own pocket l books
 Frank H. Smith also favored widen ing the street. saying that this would mean an advancement in value of the property, and even if it cost $30,0O0 which he believed was too high an es- innate, 1t would be worth while, and he thought special city meeting might be called to bring it up before the citi- zens.
 President Haviland continued both these matters in the hands of the pub lie improvements committee, and he stated for the committee on new in dustries that it was working all the i time, although the result of it's ef- forts were not always seen.
 Transportation Committee Reports. For the transportation committed John T. Young told of complaints be i ing investigated and new walk hat been put in by the Genital Vermont 1 suggested a vote of thanks to the com