Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-01-02
NEW CITY GOVERNMENT.
Meets for Organization Monday Even
ins-Mayor MacdonaId's Message.

ing-Mayor Macdonald's Message.
The newly elected city government
met for organization New Years night
in the common council chamber, Mayor
Macdonald and the council members
recently elected taking the oath Of Of
fee and the mayor reading his mes
sage, given i'll part herewith.
At the executive session appointments
to various offices in different depart
ments were made, as indicated below,
and there are few changes this year.
This Tuesday, evening the council will
meet for it's regular session to transact
routine business.
Mayor MaedonaId's Message.
The mayor said in substance:
Gentlemen of the Common Council:
In accordance with the custom Of
the able men who have preceded me in
office | submit IL writing this message
in part as to what has been done and
in part as to what in my opinion should
be done by the city and by it's mayor
and common council as its servants.
| appreciate more than ever the re-
sponsibility Of the office and also ap-
preciate more than ever the fact that
without the help Of the common coun-
Gil my usefulness as mayor would be
very limited.
Highway Department.
think very few of our citizens re-
alize the very great improvement that
! the city has made in the past two
years in the drainage of it's streets, par
| ticularly on Barber street. at the foot
| Of Walnut street; So y H"i> street
School street, and mai )lac es
and few Of the people reshAl Us amount
4 Of time and careful attention and
I study that has been given to the i'm
provement Of our streets by the chair
man of the highway committee and his
associates. I wish to call attention
particularly to the wonderful improve
ment made, at so little expenditure, or
| School street from Mechanic street Il
the new High school building. which
makes the entrance into our city, sc
much used by the people of Thompson
| and by people from Providence, at
tractive and safe and adds 80 much t
| their good opinion of our city to which
these outside people bring a larg,
amount of business, which adds to oul
general prosperity. 1t must be born,
in mind that in the improvement o
this entrance to our city our roller anC
crusher have been Of wonderful value
Sewerage.
The city has during my adrninistra
ton voted to place a system of sewer
within the city. The larger part of
completed system has already been in
stalled
The sewers which I recommend ar
as follows: On Smith street from Mar
shall to Maynard; on Marshall street
from Smith to Harrison; on Harrisol
street, from Marshall easterly to tax
In all of the houses westerly of Dante
street; on Daniel street, from Smit
northerly to take in all of the house
on Daniel street not severed by tn
; proposed sewer on Harrison street
on Cleveland street, llortherly fror
Smith to Harrison on Harrison stree
; westerly for a sufficient distance t
take in all other houses on Harriso
street not severed by other sewer
proposed herein; on Green street in
northerly direction to take in all tn
houses not already severed by tn
, sewer in Green street.. on Maynar
street from Woodstock avenue north
. erly as far az necessary to take 1
all houses not already severed by tn
sewer in Smith street: on Providenc
: street, from Maynard easterly to TAX
. in all houses not already severed 0
Providence street easteriy of Maynard
On Woodstock avenue. from Marsha
; ! to Providence; ON Lamont street, north
! erly to Providence; or Elm street frol
May nogtherly to Providence, on Prov