Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-06
BOOSTER LETTER FOR
 CITY OF NORWICH
AdeIard Morin Makes Telling Sum- mary of city's Strong Points as Home or Business Center in Reply to Inquiry.

The way one man with the interests of his city at heart boosted Norwich when given an opportunity recently, is shown by the letter quoted here with and written by Adelard Morin of the Plaut- Gladden. store, who was asked about Norwich by one of his friends who had located in Brooklyn, Conn. The inquirer, who had come to know MT. Morin through a business transaction with him, asked MT. Mo rin how Norwich compared as shop ping or wholesale center as compared with Hartford, New York, Boston, Providence, and Worcester.
 How Mir. Morin spoke for his town is indicated by the following extract from his letter:
 Your questions are more than in- teresting to me, owing to the fact that a like situation has arisen with me in the past, and I believe that you will appreciate some of the good points about our city of Norwich.
 While it may seem to you that my advice and opinion in the matter ap- pears very enthusiastic, you may rest assured that the following in1orma- tion is my candid opinion, and based entirely upon actual experience.
 Now, in the first place, the city of Norwich, as 8 residential city, and it's vicinity, are acknowledged by all as being a decidedly healthy spot in which to live. In addition to that, the market here is an exceedingly good one, inasmuch as while our city proper has only about 2S.0O0 population, the immediate vicinity is very close to another ten or fifteen thousand, con- sequently you will appreciate that this makes practically one city of com bined population of nearly 50,000.
 We are within 14 miles of direct connection with New York and Bos- ton. Of these cities, Boston can be reached in three ways, either via Put nam, via Shore line, New London, or via trolley to Westerly and then Shore line to Boston, which shortens the distance materially as well as the cost. We have two steamship lines going to New York, one daily out of New London with train connec- tions from Norwich, and one three days a week out of Norwich, Conn.,, and while the New London lines are very much better, the other affords splendid facilities for shipping, etc.
 As for musicals. etc., would say that we have a very fine theater here which has some of the leading road attractions, and the Norwich Free Academy takes a great deal of inter est in musicals of various kinds, and every season we have the privilege of having at least four or five of the finest artists, and the Y. NJ. c. A. also has a series of musicals and other enter tainments, which brings very fine mu- sicians to our city. l would say, rela- tive to schools, you are no doubt ac- quainted with the fact that we have here one of the best high schools in New England in the Norwich Free Academy, and with this is connected an art school which is known as be- ing a very good one.
 As to wholesale houses, l would say that we have here at least three wholesale groceries, two wholesale meat and provisions, two wholesale commission fruit and produce mer- chants, and one specializing largely in butter, cheese anI eggs. The fac is that the greater part of easterI Connecticut is supplied at wholesale from our city.
 As to department stores, we have two exceedingly good ones for a city of this size; in fact, such as would compare favorably with anything be | tween New York and Boston. except | ing, of course, Providence.
 AS to wearing apparel stores foI | women, we have, besides the two yer! complete departments in the twt | large stores, referred to above, thret
 very fine such establishments, whicl carry very complete lines. The fac | is that the competition is such tha | it is almost as favorable to shop il | Norwich as it is in New York or BOs | ton.
 T would add. although not request | ed, that we have what is acknowl | edged as the very best banking cente
 in New England, with the exception o l Boston and Hartford. The fact is tha | the deposits of our city far exceed an, | city in New England of it's size, an | the financial solidity of these banks | beyond question.
 | T believe that this will cover fairl well the grounds referred to in you | letter. If there is anything else tha | comes to your mind, 1 will be yer
 much pleased indeed to give you an
 additional information. l trust if sue
 request is made that no circumstan
 ces will cause so long delay in giv ing you immediately a reply.
 l Now, if 1t were convenient for yO to come down to Norwich, Conn, an look our city over. 1 Wuld be yer
 glad make it point to meet yo personally, and make you acquainte
 with several other good points of ou
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 My experience has been that it
 a city that l always like to come bac to. While circumstances in my com mercial life have caused me to travt quite extensively, from Louisiana
 Canada, I have never lived in any cit that I enjoyed mCEe as town and 1 hnrnn in NnrrI-tnh Cnnn n