Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07
Direct Route From Railroad Station to Pe-
 quot Section Sought
MYSTERY SURROUNDS MANS DEATH
Life Might Have Been Saved Had Police Given Him Proper Attention Sergeant Beebe Roundsman-Coddard
 House Secured for Boys Club-nterest in Fire Matters.

 of public matters. One petition asked the council to take action that would result in the change in the COnnecti- cut cbmpanys time table, sD that thS last car in all directions should ieaFS the State street terminal at 15 o'cioc< midnight. instead of 1i.30. As thS trolley company had already made th5 change voluntarily no action was re- qulred on the petition. but it was prs- sented by Alderman Morgan just ths same. His second petition asked for the widening and improvement Of tns cross walk at Broad and Huntington streets, and the general repair of cross- walks throughout the city. This pstf@ tion was referred to the conmitfss cd sidewalks.
 The fire connittos of ths New Lors don Business Mems association, Ike the man who held a minor chics undsr the Grant administration. seeks to bs Digger than the fire cornnittes sf the New London court of common council that is supposed to have all 70 do with fire department matters. There has been no clash between ths two committees. and there yro5abiT will not be. unless attempt is made to usurpf the authority of the council
 
 the outside of the council c0mmitfss has confined itself to securing an ex- pert on fire matters to come to the city and deliver a public lecture on fire and its prevention. and c0usslte- ton with the chief engineer and .hs building inspector in order Co ssc1r- tain the work performed by thsns officials in the fire prevention business. This committee proposes Co maks careful study of the situation los ally and then present plans for improving the general efficiency of the depa-t- mont and to submit measures for ths prevention of fires that are dBs sl- most wholly to earelessness. 1n order that these plans may Do made efsc- tive the cd tmmittee win prepare oroin- ances and insist upon their ad0plifsn by the court of common council Fsg- vided, of course. the plans are 15t anticipated by the council, and flss results attained withOIt the direct action of the committee of the New London Business Mems sss0ciations
 There are a lot of psopls Ifvirg is New London today who can recall -hs first public lamp posts illuminated win gas. located in tho business strsets of the city, with the addition Of Daph- Una nSntS lu EfAe IefATUI ElQn NlEE-AH and residential sections. and set O wide apart that they were almost De- yond vision from one poet to tns other. Now this has all changed sr-3 there is a sure spreading of tho liza. and the dark spots are few and ssr between within the city limits fn keeping with the progress Of the city 1t is being planned to have New Lon don lead not only in sidewalks bue in street lights as well There has bn>n great improvements along that line during the past year, and fbs sco1 work is going on. State strss4 at the present time is as well-fshtsd ss most principal tborouzhfzres in sysn large cities, but in the neax foturs half a dozen more flaming arc liRnts are to be added. and soon thsf gerssr will be designated as New Lyondon,s white way. While many of ths rssi- dents were not born long enough ago to remember the introduction cf trs old lamp posts, there are a great rs<rv who know that once upon a iilns even the electric lights were extfn- R1lished at midnight and were not n1p- piled with Illuminating j1ncs wfsu DabolPs almanac stated that the moon | was due to shine. But thess methods prevailed in old New London yher l to advocate progress was predicted as meaning ruinati0n and ban<Saptcy.