Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-07

| the property 19 Ann street to the West | Main street sewer was granted on resolution of Alderman Hourigan of | the public works committee. Similar
 permission was given to Mary c. Whaley and Harris H. Wha1ey to lay
 a private drain from 10 Carter avenue
 to the Main street sewer.
 Bridge for Hopkins & AiIen's. | 4 letter was read from the Hopkins | & Allen Arms company asking per- l mission to construct from their plant | on Willow street across to the Gordon
 building opposite, which they have | leased a metallic covered bridge for
 their convenience in trucking, etc, be- | tween the two parts of the plant. The
 matter was referred to the finance i committee with the proviso that public health be safeguarded. The bridge is | to be 34 feet above the street | Alexander Sharcum Of North Main
 street and August Bergman of Dun
 ham street were given licenses to con- meet with the public sewers on their | respective streets.
 Resolutions on Thames Channel. Clerk Crowell read the public notice | from the war department regarding the
 attitude of the United States board of | engineers for rivers and harborS in re- | gard to deepening the channel of the l Thames river. Thereupon this reso-
 lution was presented by the mayor: Whereas, An act of congress approv- | ed March 4, 1915, provided for a pre- | liminary examination of the Thames | river with a view of providing a twen- | ty foot channel between New London | harbor and this city, and the official | in charge of such examination has re- | ported a recommendation for a survey | and further investigation which may | lead to an increase in channel dimen- | sions between Allyn's Point and this | city; and
 Whereas, It is within the knowledge | of this court of common council that commercial improvement in our com- | munity has been retarded and tn bus mess of many of our citizens has been hampered through the inferior ship | ping facilities which are due to the | limited and inadequate development of l the Thames river, and it appears that | the demand for improvement by deepening the channel to Norwich is greater and more insistent at the pres ent time than ever before on the part of our local trade organizations and | many business men, who have given serious, practical consideration to this requirement.; therefore, be it Resolved by the court of common council of the City of Norwich, That all legitimate means should be used
 by this body to persuade the represen- tatives of the United States govern ment that the channel of the Thames river from New London harbor to 1 Norwich should be deepened in order that this important water way may l provide those complete facilities for improved commerce which are at hand | if natural conditions are given the de- velopment which it is reasonable to | contend should not be further postpon- | ed.
 Resolved, That an opportunity be | sought for presenting in detail the ev- l idence available in support of this
 project which is of great general, as | we'll as local interest, and the U. S. l Board of Engineers for Rivers and ] Harbors is requested and urged re- | spectfully to assign a hearing on the | matter at an early date and to ar | range that such hearing be held in | this city.
 | Resolved, That the clerk be, and he
 is hereby directed to send to the Board | of Engineers, above mentioned. ad- | dressed Southern Building, Washing | ton. D. C." a certified copy hereof,
 with a statement of the action taken | with reference to the same. | The resolutions were adopted on a
 motion by Alderman Gebrath. | The license of Aurelia Brunelle of
 East Norwich for a private drain was l revoked.
 A petition of the Southern New | England Telephone company to ex-
 cavate on Park street for 65 feet to | lay a Finch iron pipe from one pole | to another was referred to the pub
 lie works committee with power.
 Want Division Street Sidewalks Com l pleted.
 From Charles F. Reynolds and a
 score of others, property owners on | Division street. a communication was read stating that four sidewalks on | that street had not been put in as | in accordance with the law and now
 having waited in vain for over 8. year | they desired the street commissioner | to complete the work. This was re-
 ferred to the public works commit | tee.
 New Sewer on Washington Street.
 A petition to lay a sewer from the | watering trough at the junction of Broadway and Washington street | northward to the city line was read | from J. B. Shannon and half a dozen | others. Alderman Gebrath said that
 the money for it was available. It
 was referred to the finance commit | tee.
 | Weights and Measures.
 The court of common council was
 cnanimous in electing the following
 officials public weighers: John A. Morgan, Arthur H. Brewer, John H.