Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-11
RUSHING WAREHOUSE FOR
 THE RREMENs CARGC
Big Force Of Men Started On contracs and Construction Goes Forward at q Rapid Rate.

bremen ana otner German submer- sibles to arrive at this port in the future.
 Work started promptly at o'clock with officials, carpenters, sheet iron workers and laborers to the number of approximately 100 on hand Motor trucks laden with heavy timbers were rushed to the terminal and their con- tents unloaded with astonishing rapidity. Hardly had they left the trucks when they were in position as sills for the big warehouse. By noon the floor outline of the structure had been completed.
 Beginning Friday morning work will commence at daylight and con- tinLe until dark, with of course inter- missions for meals. The force of workers will undoubtedly be aug mented as the structure progresses and there is little question that it will be completed within the stipulated period.
 Those who secuted the announce ment of the construction of the ware house, asserted sagely that the build ing now going up is merely detail of the SuperStructure of the pier. As a matter of fact it has as much to do with the harbor commissions plans as Bunker Hill monument and is being constructed on a portion of the pier which it was not contemplated to use at the present time.
 New Londoners Plan Reception.
 Notwithstanding that the Bremen has been variously reported as sunk, captured and merely overdue on her trars-Atlantfc journey, her early ar rival here is very generally antici- pated, so much so, in 1act, that a sharp lookout is being kept for her from numerous points of vantage along the nearby coast. Her appear ance at the mouth of the harbOr at hN1IT would cinT0 h11f1 tie surprise.
 Already tentative plans are under way for 9 fitting reception to officers and crew of the Bremen or whatever submarine may come. Many generous offers of contributions Tor the purpose have been made and there will evil dently be no difficulty i'll obtaining all the funds which will be required. Ludwig Mann, president of the New England Tobacco Co.,, said Thursday that he would be pleased to donate $50 to the fund.
 T do not, however" continued MT. Mann, want to see any pro-German or prO-Any celebration. It should be a prO-NeW London festivity, in reCog- milton of the prOmienence which has been conferred upon the city. The occasion should not be under the di- rectiOn of any lodge or organization but should be a genuine municipal demonstration.
 Report of Steamer Coming.
 A report which became current Thursday but which was impossible to VerifCatiOn. because of the secrecy which is being maintained, was to the effect that the T. A. Scott Go. has ar ranged to have a steamship of suffici- enJ capacity to accommodate 60 pas scngers beside her crew in readiness to leave New York Sept 1, presumably to meet GIInTnpFSi Dlp IT is said tO hp stipulated that the steamship shall have separate quarters for officers and men and the assumption regarding this ara ngcment, if it really exists, is that the officers would be transferred to the steamship.
 Just what the object of such an en- terprise would be is no: wholly clear nor is the reason apparent why a steamship would leave New York to meet Q submarine headed for New London. That any such contract had besa entered into was denied by an official of the Scott Go.
 Sightseers at the Pier.
 The start of the big warehouse at
 East New London drew big crowd of visitors during the day and such as had been inclined to be SkeDtiCal re- gardinG the authenticity of the es- tabishmGnt of German terminal were forced to be convinced however much against their will, that there was actually something doing. No ef- for was made to prevent sightseers from getting in close proximity to the scene but the fusiIIade of questions fired at officials and workers failed to bring forth much information. 'Is the Bremen here " When is she cOning?" What has she got on board ?" are samples of the queries 0ft-repeated. Some of the more cur iOus spent several hours at the pier patiently hoping to catch a sight of the Bremen on her way up the harbor. May Screen Submarine. Whether any special effort will be made to screen the Bremen from pub. lie view when she arrives is not known. The warehouse which is now being rushed to completion will hide her one side but she will be plain- ly visible from the harbor and from portions of the shore. It is of course possible that bargeS will be run along side the undersea craft, which would effeCtuaIIy shield her from all prying eyes,
 Little credence is now given to the i published report that the Bremen had sunk through an accident to her ma- Chinery, which announcement was ] credited to the Berliner Tageblatt l The despatch in question appeared 1 in the Berne, Switzerland, Tageblatt ! 1 the Bremen had sunk. In London 1 there is a general belief that the sub- mersible is well on the way to her l destination.
 | r. Valentine Chappeu, chairman of 1 the New London harbor commission which is in charge of the now nearly 1 completed state steamship terminal l is absent from New London on his va l cation and could not be reached Thurs i day. It is understood. however, that he and his associate members of the i commission are highly gratified over 1 the prospect of the pier being imme- | diately made use of at a profitable ] rental.
 Trade Follows Facilities. The claims of the sponsors of the project are now amply Justified. their contention being that trade follows 1 facilities. Had the pier not been con 1 structed there would be no available | dockage facilities for the under-s | merchantmen at New London. 1 The sight of a periscope off Ocean l Beach Thursday morning sent thrill
 through the summer colony. The per-