Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04
NEW lONDON'S COLLEGE BUILDINGS
Contract Goes Out of Town BidderDsaereeable Feat ures of Dumping Ground Nusance-Much Trouble Con- nected With Junk Buying.

Their is still another very disagree able and expensive feature of tho dumping ground nuisance that de- mands abatement. Incipient fire lefi from the burning over process gets start down low among the mass of stun and is famed into quite a blaze, in time. Then adjoining property i'd endangered by fire, and some one of the fire companies is called to ex< tnguish the fire. The volunteer fires slash and get at the fire. which mean1 a class of work that they could noI be hired to perform, and which is not in the regular line of fire duty. | has been proven time and again thai this particular dumping ground is not only an unmitigated nuisance, bu also a serious fire danger element, aI is evidenced by the frequent call ot the firemen to the dumping ground
 This being so it is perhaps up to th( chief engineer, acting as state firt marshal, to see to it, that the place bt abandoned as dumping ground bl reason of it's contiguity to building that are constantly endangered. Tn marshal has fire control over the back yards and cellars, yes and even resi- dences and why not a dumping ground. If Health Of1cer Black per- sists that the dumping ground is mol a confounded nuisance, from tho
 
 up to State Fire Marshal Stannerst chief engineer of the New London fire department to order its discontin- uance as fire menace. Should such thing come to pass, it many be that Dr. Black will sense the real situation and cooperate with Chief Stanners in abating the nuisance that has been forcibly endured by the residents of the vicinity for the past two years
 True, the made land brings coin to 1f NIa hn hry the way, are not residents of the section, which has, of course, nothing to do with the inactivity of the health committee in regard to the nuisance and health and fire menace.
 There are fences in New London that should be demolished, but f y are not of the kind that divides, it
 rather receives property-property that has been stolen This particular kind of fence usually consists or bearded men who collect junk from house to house and do a business on the side with boys who dispose of stolen brass and other metals far be- low the prevailing market prices. The proprietors of junk shops use some discretion and judgment when making purchases of boys. but do not draw the line with the junk collectors, which explains the reason why the wise young thieves do business with the man with the horse and cart. These collectors break and cut the metals and wire ropes that come their way under suspicious conditions and for that reason much of the stolen property cannot be traced.
 Durinq the present week thieves, evidently of the juvenile order, Nis- tied an unocupied manufacturing plant and stole a large cable that had been taken down and ready for ship ment. and stripped the big engine of ali it's brass work, unscrewing the oil cups and valves and everything else that could be carried away and con- verted into cash from the junkmen's money bags. The local police have in times gone by traced stolen property to junk shops direct and in many in- stances caused the legal punishment of the offenders and with lasting re- suits. as now nearly all the proprie- tors of junk shops have no direct fn- terest with thieves from a business standpoint. Now attention is being given to the junk collectors and after some of these of the interruptions type, are placed behind the bars or heavily fined, there will be a break in the fence that encourages the thtev- ishly inclined boys to steal with nttle pecuniary gain for themselves put with big profit for the fellows that re- ccive the stolen goods. Some day, some boy will be arrested for theft, and squeal on the fellow who en- the crime. Then there will be effective steps taken to break up that class of thievery. The day can come none too oon, and the police are on the trial of the boy that will ten the full story of the crime and in- the junk collector