Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-30
RIVER CHANNEL AND HIGHWAYS
Made Two Topics Before Board of TradeApproaches to City Likened to Chinese WaL-One Industry Lost to Norwich Because River Channel is Only Fourteen Feet Citizens Should Work for Twenty Foot Channel Other Matters of Civic Betternent Discussed

Norwich are striving to advance the output of the cigar industry of LOT wich; and
 Whereas. The union label of the | C1garmakers' union is a guarantee against child labor and the trust, and | a guarantee of clean and sanitary conditions in a cigar factory; therefore be 1t
 Resolved, That we call on members Lof the Board of Trade, merchants and all public spirited citizens to demand home made and union made cigars. MT. Rice asked that it be endorsed l in whole or in part. MT. King said the cigars made in Norwich were just as good as any made anywhere and was surprised that grocerymen sent out of town for their supply.
 MT. Rice said that there are S5 cigar makers in the city, but if home in dustry and output were favored there would be opportunity for 100 cigar makers. The men work eight hours a day, getting from S15 to $20 a week on the five cent goods and from SIS to $50 week on the ten cent goods. On every 1000 ten cent cigars $2O is made and the Cigarmaker certainly spends
 this money in this city, he said. For every 1000 five cant cigars, s11 is | spent here. He citAd one local place alone where the output last year was 100000 cigars. He said that he had l lived in this city @ year and a half and that at his boarding house Nor wIch-made bread was served, both wheat and rye. No more people bake bread in Norwich than make cigars, but he thought if people stopped buy ing Providence and Springfield bread and other importationS that a hundred bakers would be kept busy here. Town Clerk Charles s. Holbrook said
 that he found Norwich cigars better than some from out of town. The res olution was passed unanimously and before leaving MT Rice distributed to the members souvenir match boxes
 bearing the union label of New Eng land made cigars and on one side the words Boom Norwich.
 Maplewood Trolley Extension.
 John H. Powelson asked if the
 matter of extending the trolley to Maplewood was dead. MT. King didn't know of anything new or anything that could be done. He couldn't see why the railroad company made an exten-
 sion up Boswell avenue and stopped 2,3O0 feet from the park when they would have carried triple the number if so extended. MT. Powelson said that there are over 500 interments in AIaplewood and ordinary people could not hire transportation out there whenever they wanted to visit the place. Mir. King suggested that the railroad company could furnish a fu-
 neral car with profit if there were an extension. President Perkins claims
 the railroad had no money for such purposes, but it really was matter of increasing the railroads business.
 New Highway Into the City. Civil Engineer S. B. Palmer was
 called upon to present the matter of improving the road from Trading Cove to BaChus corner, East Great Plain, part of the New London turnpike, in view of the Thames street conditions.
 MT Palmer said the Chamber of Com merce had advocated such improve ments, and that a survey had been made and the plans were completed and ready for exhibition. A gravel road was contemplated as between OC- cum and Baltic and between Lisbon bridge and Jewett City. This kind of road is ideal for automobiles. Mr. Palmer estimated that the improve ments would add a quarter mill tax on the grand list of the town. There is no immediate way of improving the Thames street approach and the other could be done at small expense Mont vile had agreed to help if Norwich does it's part. MT. Isbister understood that Norwich could do it's part under the general appropriation. Hall Broth CTS have agreed to give the gravel needed. MT. Palmer suggested that a special town meeting would be needed if the work were to be undertaken without delay.
 MT. Isbister said that Norwich can't have too many good roads and he would encourage building there and perhaps the trolley would be extended in loop line past the fair grounds Some thought that the road would de- fleet travel from the city and that peo- pie would keep on through Norwich Town
 MT. Holbrook made the motion that the Board of Trade go on record as fayoring the improvement of the road and then the meeting adjourned at 9 o'clock
 Engineer Palmer exhibited his plans and explained some of the details. The stretch of road that would be lm- proved is 6,100 feet in length.