Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-20
PREPARING THE WAY
FOR CITY BEAUTIFUL.
Committees on Cleanup Next Week
Have Things Under Way.

The executive committee of the City
| Beautiful association held meeting al
4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the
| directors room at the office of the New
London County Mutual Fire Insurance
| company, where President Walter F.
| Lester presided, and much enthusiasm
was shown for the work which the
| citizens are asked to enlist in during
the week of May "a to May 20.
| Secretary H. w. Tibbits read the
minutes of the previous meeting, which
| were accepted.
Miss Amy Cogswell reported for the
| committee on parks and trees that she
| had seen the street commissioner and
/ had learned of the various parks in
town and of the system of taking care
of them and also Of the green at Nor
| wich Town, which is somewhat in care
of the Norwich Rural association.
! About all the care the town gives to
the parks is to cut the grass. She
are being sprayed and all trees that
| belong to the city will be sprayed.
| Next the trees will be trimmed.
At the parks and trees committee
meeting last Monday evening Miss
| Cogswell said the general impression
| was that the city is pretty dirty.
| School children offend in scattering
things about the streets, but the
Academy offended more seriously and
set bad example to the younger
SCHOOL CnllOT0H. Inc
Thought that when the rubbish cans
are placed, more urgent attention be
given to seeing that they were used
for the purposes for which they were
meant.
For the committee on schools, Mrs.
Henry D. Johnson reported that they
held a meeting on Wednesday morn
, ing and that it was their idea to have
Friday of cleanup week for the special
children's day, when the school chill
dren should be particularly impressed
with the idea that they can help in
the cleanup of the city
Shepard B. Palmer. chairman Of the
committee on streets, was called out
of town, but had sent word that the
new rubbish cans which had been au-
thorized had been ordered. John j.
Cookery, membership committee chair
man, was also absent, but had sent
word of his interest and desire to CO.
operate in anything that was done.
Henry w. Tfbbits for the publicity
committee reported that the three
theatres had very courteously agreed
to give publicity through the slides to
be shown and that the Auditorium and
the Colonial were already showing the
slides and the Davis would do so at
once. Window cards have been placed
| calling attention to the cleanup week
and letters had been sent to the may
or, both from the chairman of the City
Beautiful association and from the
Board of Trade, asking that the proper
action should be taken to put Rose
place and the municipal dock in a more
complete and finished and preSentable
appearance. The mayor had replied
that he was interested in this and
hoped to be able to bring something
to pass there.
Miss CogswelI brought up the matter
of a town appropriation that had been
made for laying a granolithic walk at
the Chelsea parade. She pointed out
how the method Of improvement used
in Sachem street in laying new walks
and paving the street had resulted in
the death of all the fine trees and said
she feared such would be the result at
Chelsea parade unless right methods
were used.
L. .. Smith, who had been out of
town much of the time since the last
meeting, reported that his committee
had its attention upon the work that
came before the committee on signs,
awnings and bilIboards.
There was suggestion that the
troops of Boy Scouts might be enlisted
in the cleanup work, possibly having
special sections, like parks, placed in
charge of particular troops.
1t was voted to recommend to the
committee on trees and parks that
they try the plan of asking some COM
pany of Boy Scouts to take charge of
certain places like the Little Plain and
other places, to keep them free from
papers and rubbish.
In the discussion during the meeting
it was brought out that the park at
the Little Plain seemed to be a place
that particularly and continuously Of
Tended the eye by the accumulation of
papers, school children's lunch refuse,
cigarette boxes and other things that
can be seen there at most any time
1t was also mentioned that the 26th
regiment monument is also used more
or less as a place for children to sit
on and it was suggested that bar
berry hedge might be placed around it
that would keep them off the monu-
ment.
The meeting adjourned after a ses-
sion of a little over an hour.