Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-01

For its meeting on Monday evening mt the Buckingham Memorial, the last of the season till fall. the Board or Trade had as a special speaker the president of the municipal service pu- reau of New York, who gave an ln- structive address in which he spoke largely of the place the Board or Iraoe can fill in the community, deVeloplns the suggestion that campaign or eo- ucation was preliminary to campaign n for membership and arguing that the adoption of a platform for several specific lines of work was the one way of appealing to the interest or me business men and citizens Tn general.
 Tn one of the reports given there was matter of considerable interest 10 the citizens. as it was stated that Work on the Boswell avenue trolley extension might be expected to be we'll along by August.
 The meeting was called to order at shortly after s o'clock by President James c. Macpherson, with an attend ance of about B men present. Secre- tary Henry w. Tibbits read his min ues Of the preceding meeting, which were accepted
 By Transportation Committee.
 For the transportation committee Chairman John T. Young made the fol- lowing report:
 Your transportation committee has taken up the following matters and the action thereon n each case is noted:
 Through cars from Norwich to Pleas ant View: Through cars from Norwich to Pleasant View and Weekapaug will be operated on and after Monday, June e3. through the summer schedule.
 Through cars to Ocean Beach and 15 minute service to Thamesville: This is under consideration by the manage ment, but will necessItate additional rurnouts, etc. which could hardly be put into effect this season.
 Later car Saturday night to New London: Last car at the present time leaving Norwich for New London is 10.45 ?. m. Management feels that lat CT car than this would not be profit able proposition, but will consider the matter further
 Extra cars fol Falls and Yantic at SIS instead of 5.45: The matter was carefully explained to the management regarding the small number of passen- gers on the 5.45 run and the exceed ingly large ndmber of messengers wait ing for the 6 o'clock car, which was badly overcrowded. The Connecticut company has taken the matter under consideration and will report within the next day or two.
 The report was accepted as one of progress President Macpherson com menting in an approving way upon the report.
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 Frank J. King reported that in con- junction with the mayor he had called upon Robert W. Perkins, who had told them that he believed the work on the Boswell avenue extension would be well along by the first of August. but Mir Perkins was in doubt how soon the Maplewood extension and the Fitch vile extension would be started. Mir. King said that Mir Perkins was not in favor of the extension to Mohegan park. but MT. King thought such an extension would result in thousands going to the park where hundreds go now. and there would be resultant ad- vantage to the trolley company. MT. King also spoke of the great need of the MapleWood extension, which he said he believed that almost any city ought to expect to have put through without solicitation from the people. He believed it was hardly possible that there could be another city where, if the trolley line ran within a mile of a cemetery which was constantly en- larging. the road would not extend the line without solicitation from the citi- zens-
 Frank H. Smith also spoke for the Mapiewood extension. which, he said, would mean a great deal to the trolley company as well, and the same would also be true of the extension to Mohe- gan park. Mir Smith asserted that he believed these were something the peO- pie of Norwich ought to keep pushing on and urging in every way possible. Municipal Service Bureau President.
 President Macpherson then introduc- ed Lewis D. Sampson, president of the Municipal Service Bureau of New York, who was to speak upon the work of the bureau.
 Dollar and Gents Proposition.
 What he said he had to offer was a dollar and cents proposition, the en- couraging of the growth and prosper fty of communities. It concerned ev- erybody in the community the profes- sional man and the man who works. If there is any trouble in boards of trade in general 1t is lack of interest, and that is really an easy thing to remedy When you show him you have 6 dollar and cents proposition, you get a mans interest, and it is only on such q representation that the Board of Trade should invite a mans member ship To solicit membership merely because you want a mans name and his five dollars. and because there ought 10 be a board of trade is not reason. IL is new idea to the average board of trade In the east to solicit a man to join 1t because it will be worth To him more than it costs, but that is the one good reason for joining board
 
 more factories and payrolls in the board of trades busness. It Is some times to supplement the local govern ment Individuals cannot solve com munity problems, or four or five men together cannot, but the lesson of American communities is that 200 men agreed upon one thing and, working for 1t, can get about what they want. Finding something to do is no problem, but how to do 1t is the problem. This is all that a great many communities need to be told.
 Have a Platform.
 How to solve any community prob lem was next taken up by the speaker. The board of trade, we would say, stands for the advancement of the community. But that is g. wide and mighty indefinite commission. The board of trade that wants to amount to anything should formulate a platform or creed of five or six measures, upon which the big majority of citizens will unite as desirable of accomplishment. The platform should preferably not have more than five or six measures, and three would be better. the speaker said. Such a platform of a limited number of things that ought to be ac- complished and are capable of being