Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-08
ton Ordinances.

The monthly meeting of the New l London court of common council in 1 old county court house basement 1 strongly reminded of a political city convention, about the only difference l being that the seats were occupied by aldermen instead of delegates The room was fringed deeply with spec | taters interested in the prospective ! proceedings, and political convention style they were as Micawber, wait i ing for something to turn up. But | in this instance the expected did not | happen. A short time prior to the 1 session there was a meeting of the l fire committee when it was decided to favor placing the~new automobile fire apparatus for which appropriation has been made in the house of the Will liam E. Thomas Hose house in the up per part of the city. This arrange ment will result in having a motor driven apparatus at the almost extreme ends and in the centre of the city Already the Pequot auto hose, wagon is at the south end, the big triple action machine in the Niagara house in the centre and the additional ap-
 paratus to be in the north erd. The ma jority of the committee believed this plan to be the best for the city,
 regardless of the wishes of the Kon-
 omocs, the NameaugS and the Allen
 Trucks, the members of each being of
 the opinion that each should have the
 machine yet to be purchased. All of
 these companies had been laying wires
 to get the new apparatus and the
 Thomas boys won the committee and
 the council.
 Alderman Donohue recently took
 trip to Hartford and while in the sen-
 ate chamber at the state capitol he
 saw a parliamentary trick played that
 he thought would fit in finely in this
 instance. He moved for reconsidera-
 tion of the vote and his motion was
 seconded by Alderman OLearS. The
 motion to reconsider was lost and the
 alderman declared that the move
 cinched the apparatus for the Thomas
 company, as now the matter cannot
 be revived in the council. Alderman
 Donohue states that the move is final
 action and he ought to know.
 At the time the alderman was in Hartford he was with the, other mem bers of the company and their real object was visitation to the Pope Man ufacturing plant as guests of q sell ing agent of the Pope fire apparatus, and. so it is said, a majority of the committee was won over and that spe- iaI effort will be made to have a ma chine of that make for the Thomas Hose company.
 New London has recently added te it's fire equipment the best fire ap- paratus in the world, the best in every respect. speed. power and general eff i fciency, capable of doing the work of l a hose and chemical engine and also 1 a steam fire engine. But this is a l big and expensive machine, costing | $9,oo0 and perhaps one of that kind is enough for the city, but there is 1 need of the smaller type, For the ] new machine the sum of s5,50o has 1 been appropriated and it is under l stood that an American LaF'rance, 1 four-cylinder, adapted for hose and | chemical can be purchased for that 1 sum, a duplicate of the one bought l by the city of New Britain this week, l after long and careful consideration 1 of the merits of several fire fighting | apparatus. It would be well to get the 1 best and if necessary by test.
 That direct drive that has been agi- tated at intervals for the past twen | ty five years by James D. Lynch of | the Pequot colony is now to become 1 q reality and in the very near future. The project of extending Washington 1 street into Reed street, widening How ard street at it's junction with Bank | and making other changes along the line to the PeQuot have been approved 1 in city meeting and appropriati atioB made for the big improvement. The plan includes the removal of the building