Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-22


 all his time for many years on tn
 navy yard matter, but it was John R
 Bolles and not John Gordon.
 who puts MT. Gordon in forensi. 1 fight with the late Hon. Augustus 1 Brandesee, former congressman, ant tells d story of MT. Brandegee n1rlni 8 hall to discuss the navy yard mat ter with John Gordon. You gray
 haired men who were boys in Ne- London fifty years ago. and whs
 knew well the qualifications of bosi I men, what do you think of that l. & reminiscence? Whoever heard Joh1 read one of his alleged articles oI the navy yard in a newspaper? Bai the story is nice one and goes on t6 say that the hall was hired, that MT Brandegee came home from Washing
 lon to meet Gordon in public debate
 At the appointed time and place Mf
 Brandegee was there and so was MT
 Gordon, but acording to the story, ht
 was too full for utterance. lie was
 so full that all he could do was te
 grunt just enough to disturb MT
 Brandegee and MT. Gordon was put out of the hall. Then the story tellst goes on and says something of. the general appearance of MT. Gordon and attempts to contradict the fact that he bore a striking likeness to Napole 1n Bona aparte, though it was generally understood in New London that his mother subsequently, married man named Gordon in New London.
 Mir. Gordon left New London soon after his store on the corner of State and Main street had been robbed Of watches of great value which had been left with the jeweler for repair and the next heard of him was Tn California, where he died and is buried. MT. Gordon's last place Of residence in New London was at the corner of Green and Pearl street in the house now occupied by E. B. Dar- row.
 From stories now in circulation la newspapers, MT. Gordc- had large family, three or four daughters and as many sons. This may be true, but nc one in New London knew of any son except William, and according to the story in circulation he has been lo- cated as a laborer in a lumber yard iE Los Angeles. MT. Gordon left town before his personal belongings and household effects were disposed of, and, after they were sold. Bill Cor don packed his trunk and started for the Pacific coast, and since then, un- til recently when the Gordon-Napo- leon story was revived, Bill was al- most forgotten by his old schoolnates and it was supposed the Gordon-Na- pcleon story was a closed book.
 Just as soon as spring is well open ed work will be resumed on the new sidewalk -ian that was a part of the progressive system inaugurated by Mayor Mahan for the betterment Of New London ajThere is about $13,000 yet unexpended of the total amount of $15e, 900 and the city IS pretty we'll sidewalked, as well ss any city in New England.
 When the work already contracted ,ry&1ea lad har rxvil ha thirty miles of new and moderniy built. sidewalks in New London, and it is planned to continue this work u1i- til every street in the city becomes a part of this great improvement. Be- fore Mayor Mahan conceived and put into force the present plan of building the walks in this city had become a public disgrace and unsafe for even pedestrians who knew not If the wine when it is red, Ordina nces and ordinances had been adopted to enforce the building of sidewalks by property owners when ordered by the court of common council, but the orders were only issued to be ignored there was strong opposition to the Mahan plan he persisted and now the whole people are satisfied with the results. New London would never have had decent sidewalks un- less there were radical departure from the old methods.
 Mrs. Ann Fl. Burr, widow of chas. J. Burr, who has been a patient at the M snorial hospital for several years died this week in her eighty eighth re minded that her husband was one of the old-tine printers of New Lon- don. one of the real old-fashioned kind who had considerable lost mo- ton when standing at the case and setting type. He was quite short in stature and in order to reach his ease mounted a couple of bound copies ,f the Congressional Record that used 10 be so plentiful around printing off, ces in Mir. Burr's time. When it came @ enptying the stick on the galley it was necessary for MT. Burr to get here by the Congressional Record route. He was good compositor and Jumped the stick as often as any of , paper of soft cut tobacco a day as we'll as the best of them.
 MT. Burr was first employed en the New London Chronicle, printed in the Holt building which was located or he site of the present Union Railroa ;tation. He was afterwards employ d as ad setter and makeup of the i New London Evening Star for in those 1 lays in New London the proprietor of 1 he paper was the real foreman.
 When the EveAing Star dimmed and 1 vas succeeded by the Evening Tele- l IraHa, there came change in methods | dE. Burr remained at the case and i Robert $. Hayes. became foreman of 1 he newspaper mechanical department ahea the office was removed from the | orner of State and Bank street te he building in Green street which was reeted for the special aceommoda- ioa of the EsIeaiHS Telegram where fter a few years NH. Hayes was1 ucceeded by Walter Eitz1aaurice- as brennan, and MT. Burr still remain q at the case, taking his turn at the d week, for then the ads wese set by he piece and taken as fat bE each I Cmpositor in turn. It was optio,- Uitb tho con, to