Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-08

| tne weather conditions and in news
 paper offices that little sdyanc | weather item is one of the most un reliable. So it may be with the pres | ent prospect that there will be little any ice harvested in this section. bu | 1 there may be a change in weather an an unprecedented ice crop harvested ] Such things have occurred before an | may again. A dozen years ago al artificial ice plant was installed Il
 1 connection with the brewery in Eas 1 New London but the brewery was no | a paying investment and the ice plan
 has not been working for the past si, years or more. Now that indication
 point to a scarcity of natural ice
 l plans are being made to put the arti
 l fcial ice plant in operation. which i
 | surely cheering information to Nev
 London, especially as it is given ou
 that ice is to be manufactured for th'
 local trade.
 The plant has a capacity of forty
 five tons of ice a day, but which is tt
 be increased and a storage for five
 hundred tons. Once the plant is oper- ated effort will be made to have al
 least five hundred tons of ice in re
 serve to meet all emergencies. In con sequence there is no danger of an ice famine in New London
 With x-Mayor George F. Tinker
 styled the watch dog of the city treas l ury, and who has repeatedly said in city meetings that it was time to cry halt in unusual city appropriations 1 speaking in favor of an appropriation
 of s30,0o0 for the direct drive to the PeQuot section the matter was carried ! with unanimity at the city meeting on | Monday and this big improvement will begin with the least possible delay. | This has been the project of James D. 1 Lynch for a great many years and is | in keeping with his general ideas of | public improvement as indicated in his 1 development of the Pequot colony, as perhaps he has done more for the de- velopment of property in that vicinity | than any other individual and without any great profit to himself.
 Former Governor Thomas NJ. Waller, who has strongly opposed the several plans of city improvement suggested by Mayor Mahan. such as the new spoke in favor of the appropriation for the direct drive o-called, as did also Ex- Representative Whiton, who is also classed as a conservative when the n1ayor's plans for improvements have
 been under considerations Mayor Ma
 han, too is in favor of the improve
 ment as plarned but he took no lead
 in the city meeting and, perhaps, that's
 a reason why there was no open OppO-
 sition to the plan While the new
 drive, or rather the improved drive
 way will be 8 great public improve
 ment, still the real benefit will be
 relief to the vehicular congested con
 dition of Bank street. The plan pro-
 vides connection of Washington direct
 with Reed street. the widening tof
 Howard street near Bank and also
 near the Junction of Peauot avenue.
 The burnino to death of man suf fering with deiirium tremens recently
 in the padded cell at the almshouse,
 whither he was taken by order of the
 police department has brought the members of the court of common council to the realiza tion that there should be some place where this class of patients could receive proper and humane treatment, and not be bundled off to the only padded cell in any 1n- stitution in the city and was never intended as a receptacle for cases Of the class mentioned. The committees on police and charities were instructed to consult with the management of the Memorial and Lawrence hospitals to ascertain if some arrangement could not be made to have an alcoholic ward added to one of the hospitals, both of which are nearly occupied to capacity l by patients of an entirely different l class and where quiet is an essential | part of the treatment. The cases of | delirium tremens are in New Lon | don, certainly not enough to warrant | either hospital to build special ward | for their accommodation, even were | such a ward possible with, the present | hospitals.
 It does seem that with proper accom- rnodations the few patients that show | up at intervals could receive medical care from the city physician with the | station house keepers, or supernum- erary policeman, if necessary, as at tendants. The city cannot expect the hospital associations to erect an alco- hoIic ward for the city patients and at no public expense. There is no need for it. The very best location for an hospital of this character is in the rear 1f the police station. There is ample room in the rear of the present build ng for the erection of such a struct Ire and it could be fitted with a pad led cell or two and completely fur, lished at moderate cost. There a patient would not be left alone at any inne and there would be no danger of repetition of the almshouse fatality.
 Perha ps the council acted wisely in aking the initiative for the proper are of these rare eases. but there is 10 sense in asking the hospital man ,hould be borne by the city. It is natter that should be cared for by he police department and the city physician and the most advantageous oeation for an asylum of this special ,ind is in connection with the police tation. rather with hospitals of the lature that are in. New London.
 After about rve years or expectancy k here is indication that the Consoii- lated railroad. officially known as the Jew York, New Haven and Hart ord is soon to aid in the advancement nd progress of the city of New Lon lon. There is strong indication that he new bridge across the Thames is 7: O be built and that the work will .ctually commence in the near future. l This work is of great magnitude and leans at least a temporary increase n population of several hundred work nen and their families. reason for he belief that work on the new bridge $ contemplated is found in the fact hat the railroad company has offered O the state of Connecticut as gift he present structure to be a part of he highway system sof the state and o be maintained as such by the state ]
 The only reservation is that the com any, or it's assigns, may operate a treet trolley road on the bridge when becomes a public highway. Locally he proposition meets with popular avor and this favor Is shared by all 7ho have use for the ferry with their 1 or other vehicles, and es- ecially those who tour between New ork and Boston in the horse1ess car ia ges. This aside from the direct l enefit the bridge would be to the town l