Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-13
APPROVAL OF COMMITTEES WORK
Thermos Subscribers in First Stockholders Meeting Raty
All that has been Done-Commttees Appointed to Close
Deal with Williamson and Thermos Company-Can
for One Third of Subscriptions to be Paid in at Once

| to say, when ehce yeu are aroused, ygu
can beat the world. Won't you please
stay that way now? Won't you forget
the mistakes of the past and help us to
make glorious future? While we are
now wide awake, still the old rut is
there, waiting for us, but ! will bet my
life it won't get US again. If | could
have one wish gratified, it would be TO
keep the Array of One Hundred to-
gether. The only change l would sug
gest would be to make it one theu-
sand.
To cur hustlihg and generous news
papers we want to exetnd ousr heart
felt thanks, for without YOU we should
have lost, and without you now there
would be dismal future
A Good Word for Norwich.
In closing may / ask all the good
people Of eur city that have been
spending their time lately looking for
ward TO a great future, Don't it go far
ahead of a dismal look backward ?" |
believe | can hear you say Yes Ev-
eryone must now talk of what is com
ing, and as you all go out into the
world, ne matter where, just say
coed word for dear lod Norwich, the
best city, the best people, and the
Rose of New England
Chairman cary's Report.
Mr.. Hills speech was frequently in
terrupted by applause and was follow
| ed by the comprehensive report of
Chairman r. W. Cary Of the committee
! Of arrangements. He reported as fol-
lows;
AT the final meeting of the commit
| tee of ZOE on Tuesday evening last a
committee was nominated from the
! fioor to make arrangements for the
| FIRST meeting Of all the subscribers to
| the Thermos fund. This committee
was composed of William T. Hill. J. J.
| Cookery and myself In accepting this
appointment we stipulated that we
| should have the authority to add to the
committee such citizens as we believed
could render Us the necessary assist
ance in our task.
Three Points to Consider.
The original committee Of three met
early on the morning following their
| appointment and carefully considered
! the situation. We discovered that it
| devolved upon US not only to prepare
| a programme for this meeting here to-
night but also there were three i'm
| portant matters requiring immediate
| and decisive action
Ffrst-How should the call for the
| meeting be worded.
/ Second-Upon what plan should the
holding company for the real estate be
| formed.
Third-To whom could be delegated
| the authority to deal with the Ameri-
| can Therm0s Bottle company and II. C..
| Williamson of Chicago, the owner Of
| the Mason estate, both of whom hav
! ing stipulated that their options would
expire Feb. 18th.
! In reference to the first problem, we
would say that we learned that if ev-
cry subscriber of S25 and over was to
! be considered an incorporation it woi<7
require a seven days published notice
| in order TO call them all together for
| legal action, so that the earliest date
upon which he could give them the
legal notice was Feb. 18th. Under these
| circumstances. With no other author
| lied committee at work. we felt that
! the responsibility rested upon us to
| take the initial steps In order that the
| whole proposition might not go by de-
| fault. We therefore exercised the right
/ that had been given us to enlarge our
| committee and invited 10 meet with
! us the same afternoon all of the ten
| team captains who had acted as an
| executive committee during the cam
| paiKn. We also invited 20 other gen
tlemen who have shown the most in
| tereSt in the proposition either as large
contributors or willing workers.
Protecting the interests Of All.
To this enlarged committee were pre-
scented the problems which we faced
and in their judgment the situation
! required that much of the preliminary
| work should be done prior to the gen
eraI meeting of the subscribers. BY
1 y-4sr 1,a
sacrificed. Without such action the in
terests Of all would be jeopardized by
the delay. The committee was not es-
pecially concerned at this time by the
fact that action had been requested by
| Mr.. Walker and Mr.. Williamson by the
18th. for we believed that both would
| give US an extension of time if re-
| uuested to do So We felt however
| that it would be wise 10 do as we had
agreed and not leave any loopholes for
either to withdraw.
At this point l may ask your indul-
gence to digress a little from the
chronological order of nv report
Thermos People Would Take No Other
Site.
When the officers of the American
Thermos Bottle company visited Nor
witch most of us had the feeling that
they might locate on Central wharf
We showed them three sites. one a.
Thamesville one at Taftville and the
Mason property. They wrote us TIVE
| days after their visit that the MasoI
property was the only one that theJ
would consider. W. F. Hill, w. b
Young and myself Immediately went t,
James l.. Case, who had charge of tn,
Mason property, TO see upon VIVA
terms we could secure ar option. w,
learned the following facts: Upon tn
!, death of DIR. Mason, Col. c. W. Gal
and Ebenezer Learned were appointer
appraisers of his estate. In January
! 1902, they returned to the probat
: court a schedule Of his estate. In tina
. schedule Colonel Gale and Mr. Learne
swore to the value Of the Mason prop
. erty to be $4,000. This comprise
buildings and rs IA acres of land
Three years ago Mr. Williamson place
i the property in Mr. Cases hands I
manage and put the price Of sale a
$50, 900. 1t has been listed in Nj
Y Cases Office for three years at $50 ,00l
/ Mr.. Williamson has not offered II 10
q sale at lower figure. He has refuse
t three offers for it at a lower pric,
4 Last summer Mr.. Williamson gave a
I option on the property to paper pull
d manufacturer for $4,000. The de;
q fell through and the sale was nc
made.
e Contributing More Than His Commits
! sion.
II In taking up this matter with NJ
. Case we requested him to get the bel
:, proposition he could from Mr.. william,
son by wire before our plan was mad
- public. Mr.. Case acted as broker
:, this transaction and If the sale got
| 61 ha will