Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-30
N.>F. A. ALUMNI ASSO'N IN 1885
Formed With N. Whitemore As President = Governor Andrew of Massachusetts Held in Norwich Fifty Years Ago By Railroad Accident-Talk of Railroad Groton to Help Navy Yard Project.

At a meeting of the Auhlmni of the \. F. A. held fifty years ago in this city an alumni association was formed and N. Whittemore was chosen presi- dent Governor Andrew of GI2ssa- chusetts made a short stay in Norwich layed the train he was travelling on, over night. It was suggested through the columns of the Bulletin that it would be advisable to extend the rail- road on the GToton side of the river to New London in an endedVor to have the proposed navy yard located on that, side of the river rather than on the New London side. Among the so : cial events of the week was the sec ond ball given by the Norwich Light files of the Bulletin in 1865 are as fol- lows:
 Widow Opens Candy Store.
 Monday. Jan. 2S, 1865.-Mrs. A. F. Ryder, widow of. Arthur F. Ryder, late partment, has opened a confectionery store on Main street opposite the post office. She is very grateful to the gen. tleraen who have interested themselves in her behalf. and as she has a large family to support we trust the friends of her lamented husband will literally patronize her.
 Knocking New London Northern.
 The annual meeting of the New London Northern railroad for choice of directors and officers, takes place on the first of February. We are not ad- yiSed whether any change in tfIe. man. agemeTt is contemplated at this meet ing, but the public convenience as well as the interests of the share hold CTS certainly point to such a change as an imperative necessity. Under the
 
 on1y has been most induStriouSly fol- lowed, and for the sake of, saving a few dollars in the 4laries of employees and in other ways, the road has SuS- tained damage in it's material interests and in reputation from which it will take long time to recover. The with drawal of the early train in order to save a few dollars for q few weeks in the year, whereby the travelling public of both cities is seriously inconVen- fenced was a piece of wretched stupid ity-it can be called nothing less than criminal mismanag cement. There zhould be a searching inquiry into the causes of so many accidents on aNroad which starves and OverwOrks it's em-
 loyees and makes semi annual divi- ier ds at four percent.
 The 70 -or tha- a,l the lamps were not lighted last night was because many of the gaspipes are frozen up.
 Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1S65.-C1eneral Sheridan and a portion of his staff ar rived in Washington on Saturday, or his way. 1t is said to take command of the army of the James, in place of General Butler.
 Tn regard to the New London North ern Railroad, the New London Star says, and we presume in its next issue will reiterate. that this +'is the hest managed road in the country" We copy it for the benefit of those be- nighted travellers who after waiting in cold and rain in the Northern rail- road DEPOT at New London-that gorgeous edifice whose dome is Gods canopy and whose floor the whole Parade-after coming half way to Norwich and returning for wood and water to finish the trip-after running off 8 switch misplaced because the Switchrnan was ticket agent, station. baggage master and al1-after seeing the way stations provided for the ac- of passengres and learn ing something of the amount of wages paid and service required of the en1- thought differently.
 e Rain in Torrents.
 For. a. while yesterday the rain came down from above in a style. that re- minded one of the Falls of Lodore. Little brooks sprang up in all the gut ters and poured into the rivers in tor rents. For g. while it looked as though we were going to have a big freshet in the river and we may yet, though the ire ia still unite thick and firm