Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-29
60 ON WITH BUILDING ASSOCIATION
Is Board of Trade Direction Special Committee-EIop kins & Allen Treasurer Volunteers $loo0 Subscription President McGreeor Says Erection of Buildings Would be No Mistake Chairman corkery Reports In- adequate Housing Facilities Now.

The certainty that there were insuf- ficient accommodations here to take care of families that would come as a kins and Allen Arms company, while 1t was thought thaat all the single men could be taken care of fin board ing places that were known of, was brought out at the meeting of the Board of Trade held in its rooms in the Thayer building on Tuesday ev- entng with an attendance of about 90.
 One of the particular matters to come before the meeting was 10 hear the report of the housing committee and after that had been presented and discussed the meeting voted It's ap- proval of the recommendations con tained in the report advising that a building or land association ought to be formed for the express purpose of erecting homes to provide for the Hopkins and Allen employees.
 President E-ank J. King called the meeting to order and the minutes of Secretary Henry W. TIbbitts were ap- proved He also read the report of the joint meeting held by the Board of Trade committee with the Chamber of Commerce committee over. the housing problem.
 John T. Corkery chairman of the Board of Trade committee. when call- ed up for report said that as a re- Sult of the information that had been obtained it had been concluded that 1t was not possible to house satisfaetori- ly in Norwich a large number of fam flies with the tenements and appart- ments that are to rent. About 200 answers to 1000 postal cards that had been sent out had been received and from these the following statistics had been made up: houses for sale and not to rent 16. houses to rent IF, tene- ments and apartments to rent T2, rooms 200. There were 36 places to rent at s10 per month or less. 17 at $10 to SIS per month, 17 at $15 to &7o per month. and 14 from s2o to s35 that will come win want places from s16 to s20 but will want places that are worth that Prices for furnished rooms accommodations are from $1.50 to 8 per week and board is at the rate of from $6 to Ss per week.
 MT. Corkery said we ought to know how many families will be brought here and this is one of thS most im- portant matters to come before the city for long time.
 The report was accepted as one of progress.
 Hopkins G Allen President.
 President King introduced to the meeting J. A McGregor. president of the Hopkins & Allen company, who said as he started to speak that he had just come on from Philadelphia so that he had not know of this meet ing until he arrived in town earlier in the evening but he was glad to meet the business men of the city. He confirmed the recently reported offer of $2o. 900 which the Hopkins & Allen company would subscribe towards a building association If None were form cd and said this would serve as an as- surance that the company was in earnest.
 He spoke of the absolute necessity if workmen were to be kept that they ! should be satisfied with the places their families had to 1.-Two In and he told of the experience of the Union Twist Drill company in going to Athol where the matter of housing was solved by a private individual who \ was director of the company taking hold of the building of a lot of houses which the company subsequently took off his hands after several years and then sold to the employees.
 In Athol. he said. the company found that they were met with talk of a pub- lie meeting but they found out later that it was all bluff and people who talked about building never meant to build. but what they were after there was to raise rents.
 | He said it was necessary to go into this with some faith but he felt sure