Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-09
WEBSTER BID LOWEST.
Of Seven Subnitted to New Trade
 School Committee.

A meeting of the special committee or the town on the Trade School was held Wednesday afternoon in the | rooms of the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of receiving bids for l the contracts for the construction of the building, these bids received in | response to tke change in specified l tions made after the original set of bids were received here a few days ago. Late in the afternoon Chester | E. Child of the committee said that 1 the contract would not be let We'd nesday. He said that seven bids TOT the general contract had come in and | of the bidders that the Webster Lumber and Supply company of Webster, Mass. was the lowest Of the nine persons or firms that filed l bids for the hea ting and plumbtne | contracts w. F. Rafferty's of this city was the lowest. Later it was decid-
 ed to make certain changes in the l specifications for the general contract
 and ask for bids to be opened in the
 Chamber of Commerce rooms Friday
 afternoon of this week at 3.3O.
 No Joy Riding By Bremen. And now with the biennial city | election out of the way comes an ap- i peal from members of the fire de- | partment that what they describe as
 a campaign canard be nailed as ma i licious and intended to reflect on l them. The yard that has aroused | the ire of some of them is that they 1 have been in the habit of taking the | auto chemical truck that Is the prop 1 erty of the city out as a conveyance | to transport them to the camp that | they had on the north shore of AL | exander's lake during the summer
 and early fall season. Mayor Mac l donald endorses the statement of the
 fire department members that are l protecting against a story that they l figure was intended as reflection 1 upon them that have never upon any 1 occasion taken the truck to the lake | They are emphatic in declaring that | the truck has never been taken out | for pleasure trip: that it has been
 used only under the direction of the l city officials and in a proper manner | There has been no joy riding and no | idea of indulging in such an absurity
 with the city's fire fighting apparatus City Engineer Critised.
 | Intense interest was aroused | throughout the city Wednesday by | the criticism of City Engineer George | Perry made by Mayor Archibald Mac l donald at the regular meeting of the l common council Tuesday evening" The
 mayors caustic arraignment of the l city engineer caused a mild sensation l to say the least and comes as an in 1 teresting aftermath to this weeks city | election.
 'S'Hc0 SoitJ S0HTd9S Mrs. W. J. Bartlett. who has been
 in Washington this week as a mem | Der of the Connecticut delegation that | Joined with the delegations of nu- merous other states and was among | those received by President Wilson on
 Monday afternoon, describes the ex- | perfences of tho day as combining to l make the event of her life Mrs. l Bartlett and Miss Katherine Flannf. gan Of Hartford were the Connecticut delegates who helped carry the giant l scroll for presentation to the presi- dent, this schon bearing the sigma l lures of hundreds of thousands of | men and women resident in many states. In a half page picture appear ing in a Washington evening paper | of Monday Mrs. Bartlett may be seen among group of women ascending | the steps of the national capitol to be l received by the president.
 Choir ResearsaI
 St. Philips church choir will re- hearse on Friday evening at eight o'clock at the home of P. H. Myers,
 16 Florence street.
 Woman Found Collecting Funds. Warning has been received that a
 woman is soliciting funds in various Connecticut cities fraudulently. She
 is apt to represent herself as working
 for some local charity at first; but
 when this pretense Is exposed, she will claim to be helping a day nursery in Brooklyn, New York. The authori-
 ties there say that there is such an
 institution in existence. but that they do not approve its methods. They all low a large number of persons to so- ltcit money for them and to keep al-
 most all of it themselves, turning over to the Brooklyn institution just l enough to make it hard to prove a case against them in court
 The woman who is working Con- necticut just now is more apt to try the outlying sections than the cen ter of city; and she goes especially | to the smaller stores. The news of this irnposture was received from the state organization of Chamber of Commerce secretaries.
 Christmas Tree Committee. The committee on community 1 Christmas tree has received many suggestions and Is active in pushing | the project.
 Canvass For Windham Hall Fund. It is probable that soon after the Christmas season a personal can- !