Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-26

ment were given on Friday evening at
 the meeting of the Norwich Business
 Mems association to the plan which
 they are endeayoring to forward in | having the New Haven road see the
 desirab1lity of building the so-called Versailles cutoff to connect the lines
 of the Norwich and Worcester division
 and the Providence to Wi1limantic di- | vision.
 Delegations were present from the Business Mems associations of New l London and WilIimantic when Presi- | dent Frank H. Smith called the meet | ing to order at the Buckingham Me- 1 Inorial, where there was an attendance | of 75 men.
 In opening the subject of the meet 1 ing after brief remarks by President Frank H. Smith, Herbert w. Branche resolution:
 We live in an age of progress-old methods are giving away to new ones -old ideas are being discarded. The | old way of doing business is made l quate. In no way is this more notice. | able than in water and land transpor- ! tatton. Curves are being straightened | on all up-to-date railroads. Cut offs are being built wherever feasible in | order that time and distance which spells economy may be saved. Great hafbor improvements. Ocean terminals vieing one with another in a struggle for Big Business.
 The building of the Panama canal is the greatest example of space an- initiation or saving of distance, that has been accomplished in modern times. What applies in Big Business is just as applicable in a lesser sense in small business. Here in Norwich we are put to great inconvenience, annoyance and loss of time for want of better railroad service between here and the capitol city of the state, Hart ford. Realizing that little can be done individually. collectively. united and moved by common purpose much may be accomplished. We have a plan to unfold here this evening that we feel Is economical, practical and feasible, and in line with the march of pro- gress of the rest of New England, and fully warranted by the large amount of new business to be gained.
 Resolution:
 Resolved: That the Norwich Bus mess Mems Association, Inc. favor and encourage the building of a three mile cutoff between TaftS Tunnel and Versailles. or points adjacent thereto in the town of Lisbon, the building of which will place Norwich on the main line between New London, W1lliman- tic, Manchester. Rockville. Hartford Springfield and points north and west and be it
 Resolved: That the building of this cutoff is but another link along lines tending towards the industrial and commercial upbuilding of New Eng land carrying to completion a part of that great work the state of Con- necticut; through an act of it's legis lature, has so magnanimously made possible by its appropriation of one million dollars for ocean terminal i'm provement at New London which when completed will permit foreign steamship lines to discharge their vast cargoes of freight at our doors, and be it further
 Resolved. That this association ex- tend to the president and board of di rectors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, every encouragement and assistance possible in the end that this much needed con nection may be speedily built
 Mayor Murphy Speaks. Smith invited the expression of opin ion and first called on Mayor T. c. Murphy.
 The mayor endorsed the resolution as bringing up something that Nor wich and other towns around here had been looking for for many years. It was time now for eastern Connect icut to pull all together and we must posed cutoff of to miles would save 20 miles of trackage. Mayor Murphy praised the Norwich trolley system and decried the policy of knocking" the New Haven road. It would be better to praise it. We cer- tainly have very obliging railroad of fcials here. said the mayor. With the assistance of Willimantic and New London, the mayor thought there was a possibility of inducing the building of the road.
 Is a Feasible Project.
 President Smith enlarged upon the l practicability ofs this railroad propo- l sition, and introduced President Ern 1 est E. Rogers of the New London l Business Mems association. MT Rog- CTS expressed confidence in the judg- 1 ment of the Norwich association in 1 deciding that this was feasible plan i and the New London association. he 1 said, was ready to endorse the Nor l reasons for the growth of western | Connecticut cities and he spoke i strongly for a united front by the | eastern Connecticut cities and he ex- pressed cordial appreciation of the aid given by. Norwich and Wilimantic l in the matter of the attempted repeal i of New London & million dollar appro- priation. He said he believed there | dent Mellen and the New Haven road. He closed with a renewed offer on the part of New London to take off their coats and give any help that they could to further the object of this meeting.
 Cooperation by WiIimantic.
 Cooperation on the part of Willi- mantle was also pledged by Judge W. A. Arnold, president or the Whitman 1 tie Business Mems association, who said he believed that a committee night later wait upon President Mel en with good prospects of favorable reception. although at this time it night not be a good time to wait upon he president in his present harassed position. President Rogers argued for playing fair with the New Haven road and to stand by it rather than Knock t for the success of the cities of Con- lecticut was really bound up in the success of the New Haven road.
 Answer Is Easy.
 Judge John H. Barnes when called ,n said that the answer to the ques- ion as to whether this was an ad- yisable matter to be forwarded was about as self evident the answer o the question, Is food good for a starving man?
 He went on to speak of what con ,erted action could do and also of tome of the blindness of Norwich men n times past when they opposed the of a charter for the Montville rolley line. Now nothing would come 0 US here unless we work for it, said fudge Barnes. and when that dock in New London Is built trade will do the