Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-23

| CT city chaps there would not be a l murmur.
 1 Then from the misguided critics of | MT. Brown, who are not familiar with 1 the facts, and who do not seem 10 i become familiarized. comes the vail 1 that being an officer of the fire de- | partmenr, an unpaid officer of a vol | unteer fire department, and elected 1 repeatedly by the company member l ship has no right to engage in oth- | CT business, not even in the sale of l lre apparatus and supplies although 1 that is his line of business. It so 1 happens that one of the five members ] Of the Ire committee Is a brother-in- l law of MT. Brown and this is used l against Mr Brown in connection with 1 his business, influence being made | that this fact indicates crooked deal ! ing. AS matter of fact the supplies l furnished by MT. Brown to the city ] are of higher grade than ever be- 1 in repairs is a great saving to the 1 city in the matter of expense when all this class of work was done by l outsiders
 In the matter of the new hook and
 ladder truck Mr. Brown oaers the very Best truck made, fully suaran- l teed, and gives more and better [ equipment than would be furnished 1 by anyone else and at no increase in
 
 i The insinuations made against MT
 Brown are without foundation and | by some who do not know the true ' character of the man, or who mal- -ciously misrepresents the true situ-
 ation. All transactions that MT
 Brown has had with the city are open i to inspection ana 1t will be found that 1 in every instance purchases made | through hln were for the best inter l ests of the city, and just q little bet l aN,oSI
 i The raiatiVe of Mr. Brown is AL
 derman Richard M. Crockett, as hon orable and upright a member as ever ! served in the court of common coun- 1 Gil He too, comes in for a share of | the villification because he does not ] refuse to deal with Brown. but ex- | bends more of the citys money in
 fact wastes the public money, by pay l ing more for supplies by purchasing elsewhere. This knocking people in your home town for doing legitimate 1 business and in the interest of JeaI- 1 ous outsiders, is an injustice to home 1 people and ought to be stopped in the 1 interests of fair play.
 When the old men of today were boys coasting, or sliding down hill, was great sport in the good old winter time at periods when the snow covered ground made the sport
 
 were Town HlN, commencing at the crest and ending with a good sled at Division street, but in the course of time Hampstead street became the most favored by reason of the in ! crease of traffic on Town hill and lower Bank street. It was a main highway and was finally abandoned for 1 coaStlng purposes, owing to the in 1 cloental dangers and the iTupossibli- ity of using 1t exclusively for coast NF hniV1 lac ,I,. highway to the adjoining town and New Haven. The time vas when Hempstead street was the chief place TOT the sport in the city and racing carrying four persons being the pre- Valllng racing rig. But as time went on the high sIeds gave way to the 1 double-Tipper for racing purposes and there were series of races so long a. ] the coasting was good. -Vehicular moved from Hepmstead street during the coastiLg season and the men and 1 boys saw to it that the street was kept in hp-top order for. coasting. The course was from Broad street, down around the sharp curve at the foot of Msnwarring hill then down by the old tannery across Truman street with the finish for the fastest sleds at Canal street. It was then a trudge ] back through Jay and Franklin streets to the starting point.
 The sport became so popular that a rivalry sprung up between Norwich and New London as to which had l'the fastest sIeds and matches were
 made, with the races alternating at Norwich and New London. Tnls re- calls an incident that put an end to, these inter-city coasting matches Come next Tuesday, 1t will be just thirty-eiGht years ago that a serious raishap occurred. in which several I were injured and there has been no
 more sled racing of consequence. A Norwich sIedcins party had wis. tied New London and return match was arranged to take place on Fort hill, in Preston, on the night of Jan uarY f9, 1877. The New London party