Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-29
CAMP DEvENS AT THE Y.M. [. A.
Moving Pictures of Aver Cantonmen Thrown on Screen at Open Meeting of Norwich Chamber of Commerce Local Home Guard Companies Attend in Uniform Secretary's Report Read and Accepted

An open meeting of the Norwich | Chamber of Commerce was held on Monday evening in the auditorium of l the '. M. c. A. with a large number present Included in the large gath ePing were the two local companies of Home Guards, members of the Nor Wich Chamber and parents and friends of the drafted men whe are at Camp pevens. F. ". Cary, president of the local chamber of commerce, presided at the meeting and in his welcoming address said: Welcome by President Cary. Members of the Norwich Chamber of Commerce. officers and fellow mem bers of the Norwich Home Guard, and friends of enlisted men: We welcome you here tonight. The purpose of the meeting is two field. First, to bring together the workers and defenders of l the community to promote harmony and cooperation and encourage the | community spirit. Secondly, to bring to you more foreihiy. if such thing ] is possible, the enormous tasks that confronted our government because of i our unpreparedness for war and what 1 has been accomplished in an incredibly short space of time.
 l The cantonRent at Aver known as Camp Devens, was built by the Fred T. Ley company of Springfield. This camp enjoys the reputation of stand ing first in equipment. health and nor als of all the camps in the country iOur speaker is the engineer uf the ieontraeting firm, V. T. Cogin.
 l This is the regular monthly meeting iof the chamber of cornnlreee. One of lblle beneficial results of a meeting like this is to demonstrate the wisdom of united action, Working together /ilar- lmopieusly, this body can build up a better bigger and business city OH the suhstantial foundation created and de- l reaoped by our predecessors in civic lines. Through our membership in the state chamber of commerce we are supporting Governor Holcomb and the state council of defense. By our mem bership in the national chamber of commerce we are one of the great agencies of the United States govern
 ment and share the burdens of the war with such organizations as the Red Cross, the Y. M. c. A.. the Knights of
 Columbus and the Hebrew societies II I can readily understand why $50
 substantial citizens are disposed and : willing to join and support our or sanitation. I wish there were more and we cordially invite those who are not n'enbers to unite with US in solv- irg the problems that the war is
 bringing to US day by day.
 Il Brief Business Nesting.
 Following Mir. Cary's address the
 chamber of commerce held a shoft fbusiness meeting was. held and the reports of the secretary and treasure were read and approved. The secre. tary's report was as follows:
 Since the last meeting there hal been established in the rooms of ths Chamber of Commerce return loa bureau in order to bring the trucl owners and shippers together. Tn : purpose IS to acsuaipt the truckmel ! and the shippers with the opportuni l ties for mutual service: for. instance every time a local or out of town mote ] truck drIver is ill Norwich and i25 ! delivered his load he can step to :h l phone and repeat to centrakfae word l. return ioad,' or telephone iizT. ! ? will be connected with the cfEea Q l the Norwich Chamter Of CornI4=rce. l n will then be possible to learn if ae shipper in Norwich has local pr for, distance load which he wishes U h2z' e delivered by motor truck. ,Fse Pias I as far as the Chamber of Coz; sae.,3 . is concerned, will be to post :st |
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 a driver or truck operator for ;..iiz-1 i-1
 ford concern. New Haven, -:iaw tQ:3
 don or any other city in the atata iia
 delivered his load in Norwich ard ra al called 1T47 or return load'' 3n + r phone. the Chamber of Commerce "! ' refer him to some local factory fer h1 return load or way-town shipis1arl k. The bureau does not engage to gcci.t
 business for the truckers or to se<sii;
 trucks for the shippers, Sxcept :ngcia
 as the truck owner or shipper flies; <
 information or request with the Q.
 reau. We solicit your active CO., -opara
 ton in this plan. As a shipper 1no.
 use of this bureau when conf 5r te
 1 with transportation problem.
 The Boat Train. -
 Within the last week an effort hs been made to put the early mornil
 train, known as the boat train bae
 one hour, this for the purpose of ser' ing contractors and operatives en ployed at the naval submarine base Groton The plan was favored by tf New London Chamber of Comneri and by Superintendent Began of u New Haven railroad. When the SC. retary's attention was called to Il matter, through q newspaper articl ne immediately called up the superi, tendent's office in New London a1 had a lengthy talk with him concari ing just how this would affect No Wich. As this train brings the Ne York mail to Norwich, and as u morning mail is the largest mail F
 eeived here. it is found, should SUI
 a plan be executed. we would be III
 able to secure the New York mail pri " tp 10 a. m., and in the outlying SC lions m hn Chor v- Der of Commerce was instrumental ,!s bringing MT. Began to Norwich Fl ils day of last week and having him me ny some fifty of our business men al ie obtaining from him 8 promise th s4 the present service would. not be i
 terrupted.
 m Switching Charges.
 .;s Some few days ago it occurred 70 a your secretary that inasmucf as t - railroads are now under federal supe hs vision that it would be we'll to attem
 to have some relief in regard ns switching charges as now applied 4u;e all interchange of cars between i '. Central Vermont and New Haven "a reads, or have the yard limits exten .hno ed to the old original limit. Your st ne retary learned upon investigation u sas the railroad had adopted 8 new lir fh and all cars outside of that limit wi ,a ee switched by either road charged g gtso extra rate. In applying this rate ths has the effect of increasing the swift, 1I ing charges from the minimum of
 a car to in many instances as high t,'a SEP. In taking the matter up with ~ tt I general freight departments of 1 .l, s two lines serving Norwich replies hi " been received that full inyestigati. ses will be made and reports rendered I;ss 7; local chamber in the near future. ,wo centraljzat:es, of Deliveries. Llso Through OUT affiliation with dS, Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Co an rnnrco , -4rA., .., I. Ne