Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-11

Aubrey (manager Mohican Co.). R. F Smith, E. B. Worthington. Brooklyn Outfitters, c. V. Pendleton, Harry W. Hill, Ciccerrelli, F. J. Harper, C. F. Morgan (manager Great A. & P. T. Co), F. W. Guild.
 The business meeting of the assoc1a- tion was called to order at o'clock by President Frank H. Smith, with Sec retary c. W. Pearson in charge of the records, and six delegates were elected to the state association meeting. They were c. W. Pearson, Herbert R. Branche, John E. Tanning Otto E.. Wulf, w. E. Manning and D. T. Shea.
 H. R. Branche was also elected tho director to represent the association for the next year at the state assocta- tion. President Frank H. Smith has been the state director.
 Cigars were passed while business matters were discussed in an informal way, and H. R. Branche was called upon 10 make a report for the eastern Connecticut development committee, He spoke of the committees consIdera- ten of the Versailles cutoff and also of its favorable attitude toward q plan for a farm somewhere between here and New London which might be se- cured by the county and used as a place on which prisoners in the 5afls
  be sent to work, thus making it pos sibIe that revenue might be derived from the jail system instead of nothing but expense for the county as under the present system. This proposition was so far advanced, said MT. Branche, that an early conference with the county commissioners seemed proba- ble
 He also mentioned the cooperation which the Norwich Business Mems as- sociation was to furnish in the plan for a farm bureau of instruction that was to be carried out under the guidance of Storrs college, and in which Nor wich is to be the center from which the plan is to be first operated in this part of the state. The plan will be more fully explained at a meeting of the Putnam association on the 24th.
 President Smith commended the sys- temaiC anda effective work that had been done by this committee in bring ing the five associations together for work for the benefit of eastern Con- necticut generally.
 An appropriation of a sum not to exceed $75 as the Norwich assoCia- tiOn'S share towards the expenses of printing the magazine Picturesque and Industrial Eastern Connecticut was voted after MT. Branche had explained what had been done in it's preparation. The issue of the magazine is to be of 5000 copies. of which each of the five associations is to have 200 copies and the balance are to be distributed through the New Haven lines indus trial bureau without expense to the business mems associations.
 What for Norwich.
 President Smith then introduced the topic for informal discussion, What Can the Business Mems Association Do for Norwich? and said that the suggestion had been made to him and he thought it was a good one that there ought to be an effort made to get the New Haven road to give us at least one through day coach from Worcester to New York so that there need be no change at New London on this one ar.
 Should Be More Building.
 Mayor T. c. Murphy was called upon md spoke vigorously upon the need of more building in Norwich, saying hat the small number of permits iS- sued by the fire marshal was surpris- ng and that Norwich men ought to invest their money in Norwich rather han in outside speculation. He said here was need of tenements rent Ing from $15 to S20 and he was ap- Dlauded when he decried the practice of saving that business was dull in or of talking the town down.
 8ilIboards at Depot.
 ". T. Lane, one of the new mem Oers, was called upon and responded by mentioning what he had seen in other towns in the way of a billboard at the depot where the travelling pub-f lie could see it and whereon were named in brief the advantages and of the town. He also ad- vised the cultivation of a spirit of faith in and loyalty to Norwich.
 On ErAiohk Pakas
 w. A. Somers brought up the mat ter of freight rataes and mentioned that there was a rate of ' 1-2 cents per hundred on the Central Vermont on his class of goods for which he would be charged from 13 to 21 cents on the New Haven road and a railroad man had told him the New Haven charge this rate because it wanted to kill off the steamer Chelsea. Several spoke in comparison of service rem dered by these two roads and Mir Lane brought out laugh when he said that anyway the Central Vermont was here for he could take a sleep CT on that road at Burlington and that was the only way he could reach Norwich in sleeper
 Maps in Depots.
 Percival ". Chapman spoke when called upon of the way cities in the west marked the names of their streets by sinking the name in the sidewalk and also by having a regular place for it where it could be found on corner buildings, and he suggested that it would be especially helpful for stran- gers coming here if a map of the city could be displayed in the railroad de- pots and if a directory were handy there.
 Later in the meeting it was voted to place the matter of the map in the hands of the associations directors with power.
 E. C. Jewett spoke in defense of the New Haven roads freight rates but said the Thermos company used the Chelsea in a recent shipment of 14 tons because the steamer line could make quicker delivery in New York, because of the smaller amount of bus mess it had to handle than the rail- road He said he didn't like to see people knocking the New Haven road because it is the people who suffer in the end.
 The meeting adjourned about 10 O clock
 Unclaimed Letters.
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