Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-08

two or three months now to a force of 5000 men. When the plant gets; to work 1t will be equipped to turn out 1000 rifles every 24 hours, but he did not think they would run three shifts, | but probably two shifts. Then if an- other contract is secured more help will be wanted and MT. McGregor said he believed it would be secured. An bother contract will mean more build ings and more men, but the directors
 have said to him, he said. not to go to Norwich if the other contract is secured for they believed it could not be handled here. But Mir. McGregor said he didn't want to turn away from it The Hopkins & Allen company is
 here to stay. (Appiause.)
 He dwelt' upon the high character and ability of the men directing the
 men who have made successes of the
 industries with which they have been connected. ~ sas ss~ Taking up the question of the fu-
 ture of the company, he said he hadn't any doubt but that 1t would be sev-
 len company would get through mak- ing rifles and after that it's officers will not let the plant stand idle. for they are all machine tool men and the houses that will be built will be taken care of for years to come. But now is the time for everybody | to get together, speak a good word for Norwich and get those houses, he concluded amid applause.
 President Lester said he, was glad
 to see that Mir McGregor had already become a booster for Norwich and he called upon H. H. Gallup to address the meeting.
 H. H. Gallup Speaks.
 MT. Gallup was also applauded as
 he rose to speak and commended the opportunity now before Norwich to | add to it's industries a high grade ma | chine shop, which he said had been the desire for years past. He com | mended the investment in home prop erty and said that the establishment of the Hopkins G Allen company here on the scale that is promised would
 make it ever so much easier in the future to locate other industries here He said he had no sympathy with the kickers and knockers. but now was the
 time for the pull-together spirit and to show that Norwich was wide awake and alive to grasp this opportunity. Time to Do Something. Attorney Edwin w. Higgins was called upon and stater emphatically l that it was his belief that it was time
 now to stop talking and do something.
 He suggested that there were four ways in which people could help, either by subscribing to the stock of
 the Housing company. by building on vacant lots that they might own, by
 forming their own housing companies
 or by being willing to lend their mon ey to those who wanted to build. The Hopkins and Allen people have gone ahead on the proposition that Norwich is going to make good and the speak CT said he believed that Norwich is going to make good. He told of the endorsement that a Boston banker had made Of Norwich as an ideal place a rH | the western part of the state was real l izing, and he spoke of the requirement. | by the company of about 1S,000 square
 feet of land north of its present build | ing, of the Fox property across Will ! low street and of the options held on l the Gordon building and the Ring property, making possible the erection | of a plant five or six times the size | of the present one.
 He advocated giving aid to the Housing company and said that this | was no gift we were making to the 1 Hopkins & Allen company, but is a matter of seif-help and help for Nor wich.
 E. A. Tracy Gives Endorsement. i E. A. Tracy of the Norwich Nickel and Brass company spoke briefly when
 called upon, saying that Norwich had
 always shown its ability to meet emer- gencies and he believed it was going | to do the same in this case. He had every confidence in the success of the | Hopkins & Allen company and had
 personal knowledge of Augustus P. Lortng. Mir. McGregor and other men | at the head Of the company.
 l On the Financial Side. Shepard B. Palmer, who is treasurer 1 of the Housing company. was called | upon and said he wished to answer the ] remark that had been made to him that 1t was all philanthropy in sub 1 scribfng to the Housing company. When the present contracts are com pleted the company will have an in- vestment of $s7,000, he said, and from
 it's 21 houses will have a yearly rental l of 10,3S0, against which he estimated that there could be charged $9,470,
 making a surplus of s91o per year. This was allowing for expenses, depre-
 'ciation. a per cent dividend and 5
 per cent for operating expenses. | Labor Men Satisfied.
 | Robert McNeely, business agent for the Central Labor union. was called upon and said the body he represented was pleased that the work on the
 houses had been placed in town. He felt from the figures that had been shown that the building. plan was a ! safe proposition sarid he believed that | the policy of keeping the work within the city would make it's effect felt
 upon this second call for subscriptions | lO AAAC AAOoSAAA6 OOAANd4Ay.
 | Further Subscriptions Secured. | John J. .Corkery. secretary, of the Housing company. told of what had been found as to the scarcity of de- sirable 1tenements and said the com pany now had about SO subscribers and had had 344 shares subscribed on | the first call. This meant SEA- 4OO Since then Mrs. Charming M Hunting ton had subscribed for 8 shares, Ed win w. Higgins one share and Stod- dard,F Gilbert O. shares.
 | President Lester called attention to the subscription blanks and advised that all who wanted to should fill out a blank
 Attorney Higgins called on John l Porteous for remarks and Mr. Por- l teous responded by saying that all he had to say was that he had subscribed
 for 5 shares and he would subscribe for more.
 | Archibald Mitchell subscribed for 5 shares, Samuel Kronig for shares and James L.. Crawford for 2 shares. | i At the close of the meeting others
 llIed out the subscription blanks as l follows. making total of $2,200 sub scribed at the meeting: M. E. Karp 1.
 J. O'ConneI1 l. F. D. Donohue 1, e. F. | Whitney l. James E1. Maloney 1, Ernest | I. Rodier l, Louis J. Lynch 1, Charles A. Smith 1. Will L. Stearns l. | | After the meeting adfourned many