Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01

That the removal of the State of Maine express from the New Lon- don and Norwich route to the Connec- ticut river line is detriment to the the Beard Of Trade meeting held in the Thayer buifding on Tuesday eve- ming and it was unanimously moved that the Board of Trade enter a formal protest to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company against the removal of the trains.
 The meeting was called to order a few minutes after o'clock by Pres ident Frank J. King and Secretary Henry Tibbits read the minutes of the last meeting. President King then an- nounced that the meeting had been pose of discussing the removal of the State of Maine express trains and al- though the change has been made and it would hardly be possible to bring the express back. yet the meeting could protest
 In answer to a question as to why the express was removed President King said he had been told that it was because freight trains bothered the running time of the express.
 :, Effect on the. Mail Service.
 Postmaster Murphy, who was pres ent, was questioned as to what effect the removal of the express had on the kOC61 EOSIu1dSIcE 01uTpny Sd1Q that now the mails get here on the train due at 5I55 a. m. In former years the mails used to get in from Boston and New York on. the Central Yer mont train due here at 5.15 a. m., which gave plenty of time to have the for the carriers at o'clock. Then the time of arrival for the Central Yer mont morning train was made 6.30 o'clock, which made it impossible to get the mails ready for o'clock. Post master Murphy made application to the officials, with the result that mails were brought here by the State of Maine express. At first the mails averaged two or three pouches, but they soon jumped to 20 pouches. The mail was all in the postoffice by a. m., which gave the clerks opportu- nity to have it ready for delivery by ' o'clock. The mails are daily increas- ing, especially the parcel post, and the time of arrival now does not give time enough to get the mail ready by o'clock It is expected that the mail will be about an hour late since the removal of the express. Postmaster Murphy said that if the express had been permanent he expected to have a collection made late at night, pos sibly as late as midnight, so that let be delivered in New York and Bos- ton early the next morning.
 President King said: There is an in- clinatton on the part of the road to cut us out: I don't know why. It seems as though we ought to have al least one express train a day.
 It was then moved that the Board of Trade enter a formal protest to the N. Y.. N. H. & H. railroad against the removal of the express.
 = Questions Sidewalk Ownership. J. D. Haviland made inquiry about the ownership of sidewalks. His ques- tion was prompted through newspa- per advertisements that appear at this time of the year ordering residents and property owners to clear their walks. MT. Haviland said he is per- fectly willing to look after the walk in frontsof his property, but he would like the Board of Trade to take some action to find out where the reapon- sibility lies. I would like to know whether own the sidewalk or whether the city owns the sidewalk, said As. Haviland. This request was referred to the public Improvements commit tee.
 Lights Not as Bright as Before. President King said there is some question as to whether we are get ting as much light on Broadway and Washington street as formerly. <Ste- phen J. Kehoe, superintendent of the municipal gas and electric plant, said that it was possible there is some diff ference in the light. The lamps used are II years old and are becoming ob- solete. The new style lamps, such as are on lower Broadway. are being in- stalled as rapidly as possible and as soon as the finances permit the new lights will be carried right through. The new lamps furnish more light and at a cheaper rate. he said.
 Reference was made by President King to the recent criticism of the lack of fire alarm boxes in the city by Engineer Rowland of the National Fire Underwriters association. Chief Howard l.. Stanton said that as MT. Rowland has rendered nc official re- port on conditions in Norwich he thought the proper thing to do would be to wait until his report is rendered, which will be in the near future, when