Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-12


 some similar scheme .(and I, could | mention manyl promising 10 or 20 | per cent profit and they could get | | men like you and myself and others out with our present enthusiasm to | sell the stock, what would be the re- sult2 leave it to you to imagine. have never had occasion to regret the small part took in the Thermos campaign and I have taken. some pride in it many stime.s No one of | us had any selfish motive in view at l that time and we had no selfish mo- tive in view now. want to say that every man in this town ought as far as he is able to take hold of this pro. ject and I predict that in the future it will be a source of pride to him. | Working for Norwich.
 There is nothing a man can do in a worldly sense better than by per- sonal effort and sacrifice to acconp- fish something worth while for the place he calls home.
 Norwich is beautiful city, it has a splendid class of people, there is as much happiness and contentment here as anywhere on earth and I know of no better place in which to live and do business.
 I want to quote the words, just as remember them. of one of ths new employees of the H. & A. company in this room last Saturday. You have a beautiful city here, you have splen- did homes-good business blocks some nice apartments and tenenents, but the nice apartments and tene- ments are not for us. They are. for your own people. From my knowl- edge of conditions here, feel that he , spoke the truth.
 Will Succeed.
 And now in conclusion, men, we are going to accomplish our purpose; we are going to build suitable houses in our city. and take every possible ad- vantage of our present opportunity. For years it has been said that . Norwich needed a large industry just . the kind that is now knocking at cur door, and let us be able to say in the future that we as far as we could. re- ] moved every obstacle from their path. :, Subscriptions received.
 i During the meeting the following g reports of subscriptions made were | given. ~ z- .gF L ii Henry w. Tibbits, one share; Adams Perkins. three shares; Rev. U. H. Frederick, one share. Patrick Shea, 7S Franklin street one share.
 : During the afternoon. but too late . to report at the meeting, the directors : of the New London County Mutual [ Fire Insurance Co. voted at their reg a ular meeting to subscribe for Zen [ shares of stock This brings the total l subscribed to date to $29,2
 Rented Before Cellar Completed.
 Robert w.. Perkins followed MT.
 Corkery and said that there was a . and he spoke of an apartment house in r particular which MT. Corkery said had been rented before the cellar was com pleted,. so that there was evidently a Y call for houses in Norwich. sa . MT. Perkins further said that the = organization of the company should
 inspire the business men of the city
 with confidence and the merchants
 should appreciate what it would mean
 when the, Hopkins & Allen company
 got to distributing from $25, 900 tc |, $30, 900 in wages each week
 Such an endeayor as was now being made for the welfare or Norwich
 msnasar zhonld have " tSs the support of eyer.
 which are engaged in it and everybodS e should push the work along It 1. le an investment right in our midst 1T y which we are bound to see results anC
 kins & Allen company to subscribe tn,
 full S10O,000 which we have set out t, s raise.
 le Mayor Murphy's Vigorous Words. St Mayor Murphy said there was som
 talk about letting the Hopkins 6 Al
 len Arms company erect the house
 desired for their men. The mayo
 
 another place in the country the sig
 of Norwich that would not erec nt houses for a growing population. N le company ever located in a city tn
 size of Norwich and was called upo
 to erect their. own houses. That wa 10 the manner of securing houses year to gone by but now there seems to b
 civic pride enough in the cities t
 erect houses for employees of pros e. porous concerns. He said that tn lg people of Norwich owed it to the cit
 to do something for the city. He sal
 that he owed his success to the cit, 10 where he made his money and h nd thought if this proposition fails 1t wi I'd be one Of the worst things that ca
 possibly happen to Norwich.
 Looking for Location. h. James L. Case spoke for full al tendance of the team members at th
 meetings and George w. Carroll tol
 the men present that the Hopkins er Allen increase was not the only or da portunity for growth that was offere
 to the city, but that a business ma had made two trips recently here
 look for a. location for mill site an ,.. that he had hopes that place woul = be found and that would mean ar i; ;a other good industry added to the cit ns Mir. 5eekley's Team Reports.
 Thomas H Beckley said that vii
 three of his team members he cou dr. report the selling of four shares ], ed the nex company and while his repo st- was meagre neither he nor his me ek suffered from any lack of enthusiasts ast Offjeers Not Chosen.
 Mir. Case spoke again and said . wished to correct an impression tn the officers and. directors of the re ms estate company had sbeen picked ol This will be matter for the stocl
 holders, he said.. and there had be.
 no slate made up yet and there wou be nothing adono about directors al
 officers until meeting of the stocl
 holders.
 V Heuses Needed Anyway. The point that houses were need anyway was brought out by. Willie
 E. Perry who said that there was j
 doubt of this even if the extra d