Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-09
JAMES BURKE COM
 PLETES FIFTY YEARS
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 of horses over slippery pavements and muddy roads and the drivers earned the small pay received by them. John Meech was one of the company's first drivers and remained in the service until his old age. Tom Barber was another, who gave faith living and resides on his farm in Cam terbury, and George Edmond, now an inspector in the Shore Line company's service, for many years was a driver of one of these cars. MT. Edmond has changed but little in the years that have passed since this period and looks as hale and hearty as ever, he having been promoted some time since from motorman to his present posi- l ton.
 Norwich has now become one of the l leading trolley centers of the state and owes much of it's prosperity to it's fa- ci1ities for easy intercommunication with adjoining cities and towns. River Traffic Changed.
 The installation and extension of the l troIley-system brought about a mark l ed change in our river traffic, and es- 1 pecially so in the excursion season ! Elijah A. Bills little steamer Fanny | The Massasoit ran to various river
 points and beyond, commanded by l Captain Wells, who built one of the l first houses on Lincoln avenue. The l Julia run by Paul B. Greene, who with Jas. Walker, ran for many years the
 Ella and later on the Gipsy and Os- prey, and other boats commanded by Captain Avery c. Smith, did quite g l lively and profitable excursion traffic l Colt and the Escore owned by Captain l Wm. w. Colt, who at the time, lived
 in the house back of Church stree
 and dommanding beautiful view oi
 the Thames, now owned and occupied
 by John Steiner. These steamer!
 ment for transports.
 l Captain Colt was in his time, one O
 the prominent citizens of Norwicl
 and died at ripe old age.
 John Breed.
 One of the quaint characters O
 Norwich, as he would now seem, wa John Breed, some time mayor, and tn head of the hardware business abov, mentioned. He built Breed Hall, giv
 ing it his name, which was one o the show buildings of Norwich, il his day, and the only place of enter tainment of any size in the city. may be of interest to some reader t l know that the residence of MT. Breei
 was the house afterward occupied b.
 Mayor Harwood, and that in the var
 at that time stood the great elm, whicl l l afterward in the enlargement of tn square, was at least half way acros it, measuring from Washington stree 5 to Breed hall. MT. Breed was strik !, ing figure and might be seen walkin : daily from the house to his place 2 business. A tall man of good propor 5 ton, his white hair, worn very lonG ] would make him noticeable on an l occasion. In no portion of the city,
 We except possibly East Main stree
 have greater or more marked change D been made than in Washington squar' : Formerly a narrow dingy junction ( 1 three streets, it is now one of tn " most spacious squares in Norwich. At Norwich Town.
 But few changes have been mad f in the northern portion of the tow
 and the green at NorwieEn Town, wit 5 the exception of the freshening of u
 structures surrounding it, has tf
 same appearance that it did many yea
 ago. Some of the buildings, many e them, have changed owners and os r cupants The Rock Nook Home, tht splendid charity. occupying form . residence of it's founder and benefaS q tor, the late Moses Pierce, was the
 unknown. The old Sterry mansion ! used by the Kings Daughters, merge