Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-24

TIan5 nave aIfeauy pe6n IIlaOe Uy the Shore Line Electric Railway company and work is soon to be begun in all terlng over the old Boss cracker fac tory in New London into 8 commo- dious trolley freight terminal. in which President PeEl1ins offered on behalf of 1 the road to furnish quarters to be used in connection with the New London county farm bureau which is to be formed This offer was made at the meeting of the farm bureau delegates held here last Friday.
 Permission to Extend Tracks.
 The Boss property has been pur- chasd from the Savings Bank of New London which held it under a mort gage foreclosure by the Storing and Leasing Co. Upon the completion of the extensive alterations it will be leased to the Shore Line Electric Rail way Co. which will operate the ter minaL Permission to extend the com panys tracks from the Parade to the terminal in Water street has already been obtained from the court of com mon council. The company was also given the right to run steam cars on | it's Water street line only.
 Two A Foot Entrances. In making the change in the Boss building the idea is of course to se- cure as large and convenient a freight
 terminal as possible To this end there will be two A foot entrances to the terminal one on Water street and the other on a strip of land owned by the Storing and Leasing Co.,, running by the south side of the building from Potter to Water streets. Double tracks will run into the building from the Water street entrance and between them will be a platform for loading and unloading freight.
 The side entrance will be granite | paved and is intended for the use of l trucks and teams coming down the ] private way from Potter street. A l big platform running close 10 the | tracks is inside this entrance, making 1 it a simple matter for teaYrsters to unload and to get consignment from | the terminal
 A large portion of the second floor | will be removed to permit the entrance of the trolley freight cars and steam 1 railroad cars. The third floor will be l braced by iron girders extending down. ward and also by supports from the l ground floor. Two offices swill be To- 1 Cated a the rear of the second floor i All space in the building not required l for other purposes will be devoted to 1 storage.
 Roller doors of the type used in 1 all metropolitan terminals will close the entrances after business hours President Perkins Clear Explanation.
 The unexpected offer of the Shore l Line Electric Railway Co both as to | the money they would give towards | the farm bureau plan and the space l in the trolley freight terminal was 1 received with expressions of gratihca- | tion and as President H. R, Branche 1 of the Norwich Business Mems asso- | ciation said made what had seemed 1 like 8 very big proposition much easier to undertake and sure of accom- | plishment.
 In the course of his clear presenta- 1 ton of the subject before the meeting | and the plan he had to propose, Presi- 1 dent Perkins said that he had become 1 enthusiastic on this subject of coop l eration between the agricuIturalist | and the trolley road ever since he had 1 attended a meeting in Boston where 1 he had learned what had been done in
 Maine along the same line.
 Uses 90 Millions in Farm Produce. It was shown by statistics that in l 1850 eight out Of ten of the population i in New England was on the farms Now it is entirely different, and while 1 Connecticut consumed so millions in l farm products, 60 millions of this
 amount was brought in from outside the state We are looking abroad foI
 our very sustenance, it would appear l and this seems to be an arraignmen1
 of the Connecticut farmer But one
 of the difficulties of the farmer at the l present time is to get rid of what he
 
 resent a fair return to him, and it is tc
 better this condition that this move
 ment for cooperation is attempted
 for if the farmers were organized as IT
 other parts of the country they could
 ship to advantage and the possibility
 of disposing of their produce would i consequently increase the output. ThiG
 is no experiment, for it has been sue
 cessfully tested and tried out with the
 citrus growers of California, the apple
 AL TT. O,-a
 gon. and the many growers of early 1 vegetables in Texas.
 Do Away With Tremendous Waste.
 It has been shown. Mir Perkins said 1 that there is a, tremendous waste be-
 tween the cost of production and wha
 the ultimate consumer pays, and thl: is not all a profit for somebody. It i:
 estimated that of the nine billion: raised by the farmer three billions il consumed on the farm, leaving six bil lions to be sold, and this six billions ultimately realizes thirteen billions. I
 is partly to get rid of this tremendous waste that this movement that Is al | most universal has been started. New 1 London county does not want to be be hind the procession. but she will be i l she does not move quickly in this mat | ter. and get into line t0 get some O l the money that will be available, fo 1 it is probable that WiHdham and Mid d1eSeN counties are f6duN lo lSh6 hotu Offer of Shipping Facilities. The interest of the Shore Line Elec !, tric Railway company in this matte
 was not purely phiianthropic, he said for it was bound to profit if this terri ; tory can be built up. In addition t 1. the $1000 which they would offer t : contribute for the New London count ; farm bureau for the first year, witt , $500 for each year thereafter, the roat was willing to contribute a certain DOT l ton of the second floor in the Bos
 building n New London, which the
 were arranging for a trolley expres
 station. This space could be used fo
 an assembling and distributing poin
 for the farm produce that might D brought in. There were connection with the Central VerInotn tracks an ! through them to the New Haven sys tenn In Norwich the Shore Line roa , had unfortunately not been able t