Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-29

# would be a raying proposition and the thing to do would be to provide comfortable places that would rent for cate cottage houses for Norwich. but said that if he owned Norwich he would not be afraid to put up a cou- pie of hundred houses. Unless some thing Is done you're going to cripple the Hopkins & Allen Co, he said
 The men in the concern had never but if the rife business should be a failure. which he didn't think would De so. there were other things in ma chinery tool lines that could be put into this Norwich plant But there are millions of rifles to be made for the whole worlds supply of rifles is In the war and somebody is going to make them The United States too. hasn't nearly enough rffes. This com pany has 75 per cent. of its money secured and the balance arranged for.
 He urged the necessity of doing something with speed to be of the greatest help to the housing problem and he was applauded as he took his seat.
 Questioned.
 In response to some questions from James l.. Case. Afr. McGregor said he thought double decker houses with six rooms to a tenement on lot 5Ox100 would be about right, but he said the house building question was not one on which he professed to have any accurate knowledge.
 Richard s. Parker spoke of a man rom out of town who once came here several years ago and was ready to build houses In Norwich, putting as much as S75.000 into buildings, on a plan of securing bank mortgaEes. He asked if it would not be a good idea to invite this man in, in the present
 Bring In 1000 Men.
 Treasurer George s. Watts of the Hopkins & Allen company said he Felt es if there ought to be money enough to take hold o fthis proposi- ton. He said that the plant would need 5000 men in order to produce l. 900 guns per day. It was expected that 1000 men could be found around here and this meant that 1000 would have to be brought in from outside.
 The industry was to be permanent, It was having offered It and turning down contracts every day because it wa sthought that they would know better about the labor and materials market by waiting. He said he would get together 31.000 himself to put into building association if one were formed
 W. F. EnI advocated the building company and said he thought there ought to be not only one but several. and shepard B. Palmer made the mo- ton to record the sentiment of the meeting as favoring the committee recommendation
 It was understood that further steps In the matter were to be left to the housing committee of the oBard of Trade.
 Atlantic Deeper Waterways.
 Secretary Tfbbits read an announce ment of the convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways eighth annual con- vention at Savannah on Nov. e-12. Thames River Channel.
 President King said he had heard an informal statement that there was a good prospect that a 20-foot channel In the Thames river would be recon mended by the government engineers New Weave Shed Possible. It was stated in the meeting by A Norwich business man that he had learned that the directors of the She- tucket company had voted to build a new weave shed. which would mean ar, expenditure of from S75.0oo to sIOO. .OOO and increasing the capacity of the mill to 1000 looms.
 The agent of the Shetucket company said after the meeting, when asked over the telephone about this, that he had nothing to say regarding the statement.