Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-15

Manufacturers, business men and
farmers Joined with the representa-
tives of the railroads at g. joint hear
| ing at Trenton on the bill to repeal the
| New Jersey full crew law. The only
persons appearing on the other side
were the representatives Of organized
| labor. If, as seems to be the case, all
| Of the community is for repeal and
only a small and interested section
| against it, there will be no question Of
the result.-Waterbury American.
The United States courts may soon
| be called upon to decide whether the
| Williard-Johnson affair at Havana on
| Easter Monday was prize fight or
merely harmless boxing exhibition.
| If the latter view is taken by the
court, the flight pictures may soon be
on exhibition in the movie houses. All
| good citizens, of course, are agreed
| that contests Of the kind ought to be
frowned upon. A great many Of them,
| though, would like to have the chance
to see those pictures. Bridgeport
| Standard.
In Connecticut, our state trunk line
highways are broken up by frightful
roads at their entrance into three
quarters of the towns of the state, and
| their value as arteries of travel is
| consequently deprecated. A munich
pality which operated under a similar
rule concerning sidewalks would
quickly find itself in the same condi-
ton. But municipalities, fortunately,
have a better rule than this, and the
consequence is, that sidewalks are
generally good even where roads are
awfuL-Bridgeport Telegram.
An appeal has been made by the
Organized Charities to the New Ha-
ven public asking them to lay in at
this time a supply Of fireplace and
kindling wood for next winter. IT
seems that the charities has had an
unusually large number Of wayfarers
this winter. These men earn their
meals and lodging by saving and
Haven who are out of work are paid
in cash for work in the wood yard
Up to the present work has been given
Ito every unemployed resident of New
Haven who has asked for it.-NeW
Haven Register.
AS one goes along West Main street
for instance he will find q collection
of broken flags, twisted at all angles
some at one elevation and some a.
another. Sometimes there is a wide
space between the curb and the wall
and sometimes the flags are large ant
evenly spaced. At other spots where
!, some progressive citizen has erected
a new block or remodeled an old one
there will be a concrete or granolithft
| walk that is a relief after the ole
flags. Colony street is in just as bat
shape. Why cannot we have a side
| walk law that will fix certain type
and size of walk for these two streets
: Why cannot that law be made so ar,
bitrary that it will be necessary fol
all property owners to live up tt
them? There is certainly need fol
improvem Journal.
Connecticut is the home state Of tn.
telephone and the first cornmonwe aItl
in which it got q successful start. /
will on that account always be inter.
ested in the development Of telephony
with or without wires. It has nov
and then shown signs of restlessnes
because Of conditions imposed on it b.
the company which enjoys a monopo1.
within the borders. Just as the de
ve1opment OF automobiles has beel
constantly threatening the nonopo1.
of railways on rapid transit business
so the development OF wireless tele
phony and wireless biography viii
mark the beginning Of the end Of con
ditfons by virtue Of which te1ephon
and telegraph companies are able {,
fix their own terms for service. Whe1
! the wireless IS as far along as tn
! horseless ts today the competition will
force changes in telephone and te1e
graph business from which the publ
will reap ntages.-lWaterbury Re
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