Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-05
JEWETT CITY
insurance Inspectors Find Water sup- ply and Pressure of High Grade Picking Aueust Strawberries.


 The borough has been visited by a party of insurance inspectors. The water pressure was tested all over the borough. and up the pipe line at ir- teryals all the way to the reservoir at Stone Hill. The results were most satisfactory and showed a pressure at no faucet of less than 90 pounds. The hydrants are from 118 to I26 pounds. At the Aspinook it is 140 and at Sla- ter's there was found to be l45 pounds pressure t0 the square inch, and all this with an inexhaustible supply in the reservoir Jewett City, in it's splendid fire protection. by hydrant supply needs no fire engine. Records show but one or two towns in this state with hydrant pressure to equal that of Jewett City at present.
 Not only is the water supply ad- mirable on account of it's quantity, and static pressure, but its quality IS among the rank A tests of the state. The samples sent to the state laoor- atery at New Haven show a greater degree of purity each year, with but slight traces of vegetable matter.
 A Danger Point.
 Two Sundays ago parties who hap pened to be near the railroad crossing. the only one in the borough, were wit nesses to a hair breadth escape. Three motorcycles came down the hill in the early evening. Two went across all right. The third, with stranger driving and carrying a young woman passenger on the rear seat, escaped being run over by one of the evening trolleys by only a hair. People in front of Wolfe's shouted a warning and sev- eral men on the street cried out to him. He stopped and that was all. There is no gateman at the crossing Sunday afternoons. The trolley was moving within the speedslimit and the motorman was blowing his whistle as the law requires. The cyclists horn was going and he didn't hear. couidn [ see. as buildings obstruct the view, and, being a stranger, didn't know.
 Any other day the gates would have been down. There is no warning bell. Both the railroad traffic and the high
 way passing Is very great at this point. Many narrow escapes have would be up to somebody. with condi- tions as they are at present.
 August Strawberries.
 Frank I. Ray of South Main street 1 is picking fine strawberries each day now from his prize bed of the ever bearing variety There are plenty of blossoms and new fruit forming now Spring Vale Farm.
 Passengers on the trolley notice that R w. Dearnley has named his big 1 200 acre stock farm at Bishops Spring IRaIe Earm, the name DelHS SuOWn III large letters printed across the front of his barn.
 Turks Cap Lilies in Bloom. The Turks Cap lily is now blossom 1 ing at it's best. A patch of meadow 1 land near Havey's trout brook. be- side the railroad track, has hundreds 1 of speciment of this deep red lily ir l full bloom. It is the lilium superbun of the botanies. Miss Dana says: We might doubt whether our motive lilies all resembled those alluded to in the | Scriptural passage regarding Solomon 1 in all his glory if we did not know that nearly allied species grew abun- | dantly in Palestine.
 Invited to Hanover.
 Notices have, been received by the Baptist and Congregational Christian Endeavor societies of the local union meeting to be held at Hanover Sat- I urday afternoon. The afternoon Is to
 be spent in playing baseball and other sports. In the evening Rev. D. N l Griffin of Hartford Is to speak The members of the two societies have been asked to notify either Miss Alice 1 Brown or Miss Carol Bliss if they ex- l pect to attend, as there will be con- veyances at Baltic. Those who go will 1 leave Norwich on the 2.45 p. m. car Personals.
 Mrs. Preston Warrington of Provi- l dence is visiting Mir. and Mrs A. M l Clarke at their home on Main street | Their guest is Mir Ciarke's sister. Fred c. Clark is a visitor with rel | atives in Jamestown, R. I.