Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-10
NORWICH BULLETIN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1912
ANNEX TWO NEW DISTRICTS TO CITY
Board of Trade Favors Attempt Add Sunnyse and Nor wich Town to City Limits-Against Increasing Town Lmits-Co Committee Directed to Proceed With Petition to be Presented to Legislature

10 Lne r1Ver ana bridge. A more par ticular designation of boundaries would | be needed for the advertisement about | annexation. MT. Tanning acknowledged | the help of Shepard B. Palmer in | making plans. He said it had been impossible to get details of population, | area or assessable value property | which would be added to the city by i the proposed additions.
 Answered Questions.
 To a question from E. A. Tracy, l MT. Tanning said the two territories to | be annexed would probably both be in | cluded in the same petition. To A. A l Browning he said he did not know the i sentiment of the Norwich Town people i and he did not know what the senti- | ment in Preston was about taking the | hospital property. MT. Browning's | question indicated that he judged the | Preston people were against the town of Norwich taking in the hospital site.
 Advises Avoiding Friction.
 E. A. Tracy spoke in favor of a city policy which should take action with as little friction as possible. He ad- vocated making two petitions for an- nexation, one to include Sunnyside and the other to include Norwich Town. He felt that there would be opposition from Norwich Town, but if the Sunnyside petition were separate it could go through with little delay or opposition. MT. Tracy spoke a good word for the way Norwich was lighted, saying that it's streets generally were much lighter than those in New York and Boston, and MT. Tracy concluded by moving that the Board of Trade ap- prove the annexation of Sunnyside.
 Tharn.n. LA.nGtI1s
 Frederick W. Cary spoke of the coming of the American Thermos Bot tie company to its Laurel Hill location and he read the following letter from the Thermos company president, which was greeted with applause:
 Norwich, Conn, Dec. ', 1912.
 Board of Trade, Norwich, Conn:
 Gentlemen: We note in the Norwich papers that the question of extending the city limits is under discussion.
 If it is the intention to extend the city line so as to include within the city proper the new Thermos plant on Laurel Hill. the taxes of which we are under contract to pay. then we beg to advise you that we are strongly in favor of the measure. We believe that the benefits to be derived will more than compensate for any increase in the tax rate.
 We understand it is hoped to build up the city along the river towards New London, and as this is the first step in that direction, there is every l reason why we should be In favor of it and no reason why we should op- pose 1t.
 ,,rDyG Xery truly ,riHog yours; 5sos nou,,,, Y, COMPANY,
 Per WILLIAM B. WALKER, | President. The New Territory. l At this point Civil Engineer Shepard | B. Palmer was called upon to explain | from map a tentative layout of what
 might be included in the Sunnyside and Norwich Town annexation. At l Sunnyside the new projected city line 1 would be far enough south to take in
 the Spicer residence and run east to
 the Preston line.
 ! The additional territory to be taken 1 in at Norwich Town would be includ- 1 ed in line which would begin at the 1 city line on Asylum street and run up
 the Yantic river to the bridge at West Town street. From the bridge 1 the line would run to the Avery Bros.
 place at Bean Hill. taking in the barn
 and icehouses, but leaving out the ice houses. The line from here would
 run about 800 feet back from West l Town street down as far as the Con- gregational church at Norwich Town
 green, then to the Gulliver house on
 Scotland road, taking that into the | city limits, and from there to the
 northwest corner of Mohegan park,
 which is the present city line.
 Urges Town and City in One.
 Charles H. Haskell said he believed
 the opposition in Norwich Town was
 gradually diminishing. He had for | merly lived there and he gave it as his opinion that this annexation was to raise our city taxes considerably, and l he spoke for a complete consolidation
 of city and town on the grounds oi
 economical management.
 | Step in the Right Direction. | c. D. Moves endorsed the report oi the committee, saying 1t was 8 step 1T
 the right direction, and he spok. strongly in favor of consolidation o1 city and town. He showed how thu
 consolidation of city and town in New
 London had worked to its advantagt and against Norwich in making
 showing of population by the United
 States census figures, which are wha
 strangers and bushes house judge u. ) by.
 The city of Norwich was now givinI Norwich Town water and lighting, ant ) was probably paying two- thirds of tn, lighting bills there. Norwich Towl was also asking and receiving fir, , protection from the city. But tn, place to fight this out and adjust thes,
 claims, concluded MT. Moves, was il the legislature, where it could be heart , before committee which would hea } both sides and the side which had tn : best argument would win.
 In further comment upon the matte } of water at Norwich Town, MT. Palme stated that the city water now wen : as far as Adams tavern and there hai } recently been a petition to have it ex 3 tended to the bridge at West Tow l street over the Yantic river. D. A. Tracys netien to approve tn annexation of Sunnyside was amend ed by c. D. Moves to include Narwie 3 Town and Bean Hill.
 MT: Tracy spoke again against put ting the tive sections in the same De s titien. saying that he believed result t would be better gained by having sep r arate petitions, but Mir. Moves raise s the point that the section agains 8 1 which opposition was shewn could b 8 dropped, if necessary, when it get be
 fore the legislature
 Superintendent Csrkery Speaks. , Water Superintendent J. J. CeElFeP g made some explanations on the wate I question, saying that it was a pecuiia 2 situation where the Sunnyside peepl < | got city water without any extr . charge and faEered annexatien, Whil t the people of Norwich Town paid a : extra two mill tax in addition to reg
 ular rates for water and yet were ep | posed to annexation.
 e Vote in Favor.
 : Fhe vote was in favor of the amend T ed motion.
 On motion af Frederick ". Gary tn ! committee was continued to take tn ! necessary further steps in the annexa ] tion matter, the name of Shepard l Palmer being added to the committe s and was gladly received by them. :; President Hariland brought up th 2 point that the board of trade was