Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20

| SuOuI0 Ut uSld OlI lllO OoN SAAeAS eiAS road is formally opened after the state highway department has completed the work of putting it into condition, and 1 possibility of having the occasion gly-s l en more than the usual official recog= hilton by the presence of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Gov ernor Marcus H. Holcomb were dis | cussed.
 In connection also with the building of. Military Highway" it was decided l that the Chamber of Commerce should | put in a claim to be considered for l the $100 prize that was offered last i year by the Norwich society in New 1 York for the accomplishment that could be considered of the greatest 1 benefit to Norwich.
 This was the monthly meeting of l the directors held in the Chamber of
 Commerce building with President | Frederic W. Cary presiding.
 The matter of road discussion also | brought up the condition of Laurel Hill avenue from Walnut street to the city | line and of the Taftville road from
 Mulholland Hill to North Main street, 1 and it was voted that the city be asked to repair the and keep in good shape ] these two stretches of road in view ot the constantly increasing travel that | will use them with the opening of
 Military Highway"
 It was reported that the housing situation in Norwich continued to be
 a serious question and that there were practically no tenementS or dwellings ayailble to rent in this city, so that it was hoped that public spirited citizens
 would take it upon themselves to meet
 this situation by the erection. of more
 dwellings. From repoSt received
 from the southern end of the county, l .4ak 4I,a+
 living in tents in Groton and Noank this summer and it could not be fore
 casted what would be the situation by the time winter arrived.
 The directors voted to pay the $o prize to Frank L. Wheeler of Norwich Town as first prize for New London
 county apples shown at the Pomo1og- ,, ical meeting in Hartford last Febru- ary.
 , Treasurer Arthur L. Peale submitted : comprehensive and detailed report of the financial condition of the cham Der from December to the present time with recommendations for future consideration.
 Those present at the meeting were ; President Cary, Secretary Herbert R Branche and Directors Robert W Perkins, Rollin c. Jones, W. H. Cruick- 2 shank, A. L. Peale $. B. Palmer ! ! George H. Young and c. W. Perkins. | Secretary's Report.
 I Aside from giving attention to the
 regular duties of the office, your secre-
 tary wishes to report that the Cham
 Der of Commerce has been extremely , i busy during the time that has inter vened since the last meeting of the o board.
 March 18th a special committee o1
 the chamber entertained the board O
 trustees of the state farm for womer at the Wauregan hotel at which time ,, a monday luncheon was served tt some fourteen of the committee ant II their guests. The party later took ar . automobile ride through the princlpa e residential sections of Norwich an( $ i over the New London turnpike, where } several prospective sites for said in
 sthution were shown the board. At { y subsequent date the chairman of th' u board, Prof William B. Bailey, tool the matter up with this office by let Il ter, requesting second meeting witt : the committee, all of which was ar . ranged Prof. Bailey very clearly anC : candidly explained the position of hi Il board in relation to sites, commenting Il Il the manner in which the committee O . the Norwich chamber had handled thu |; subject, and at that time gave us t II understand that his judgment favored
 the site at East Lyme.
 Since the March meeting your sec
 retary has been appointed assistan c director of war savings in New Lon don county. This requires a grea |. amount of organization work and cor
 respondence, it being necessary to kee]
 in touch with at least fourteen of tn
 towns in New London county througl :, their chairmen, to help organize , state iampaign which is to be launche' i0 early in June.
 .- March 22d State Highway Commis - sioner c. J. Bennett accepted our in t. vitation to come before the opel ,t.' meeting of the Chamber of Commerce <, coming to Norwich upon that day an - accompanying a special committee 0 z7 the chamber. together with the presi o dent and secretary, over the Nornich
 Groton highway, after which the com
 missioner attended the open meetin
 and listened to the evidence whic 10 had been accumulated by the chambe
 and presented at this time. On Apr
 1st we received 8 letter from the com ce missioner stating that he had decide 1e that it was necessity that this roa ta be built and that the work would b ch started and pushed to rapid comple 20 tion. I am informed by the commis lg sioner that the contract has been le S and the contractor is now on the jo7
 Because of correspondence bctwee re this office and the Norwich New Tor se Propeller company we became ae E; quainted with the Kay Steamshi ad company of New York city, resultin
 in the latter company placing the Er
 gene c. Hart on the Norwich line
 great deal of time has been taken |
 with getting this company starte
 T Sw,-r ~E Il. an reaus have been held, at which Cal d. tain Kay, president of the Kay Steam of ship company, attended, and requestt nm assistance of the Chamber of Con a merce in securing a suitable termin ,re in Norwich. He stated that he he he secured a terminal in New York al ey. felt it was our duty to assist in tn am matter in Norwich. Matter was take led up through a special committee of u it. chamber and has been worked out D a, happy conclusion.
 inc Your secretary took up with the se To- retary of the New London Chamber he Commerce the need of hisS organizatiC
 cooperating with the Kay Steamsh ad company and securing independe s. docking privileges in that city, all
 which we have been assured will be a
 tended to.
 The chamber, through the rets TOT merchants bureau. has secured dire -a- telephone service between Norwit d. and the submarine base This w IS made necessary becaues of the gre ed delays in getting toll line connectit it. through the New London exchange,
 which the base is located. The servi las has been installed and the mone ps, $210, has been raised by the bureau .y- pay for the same for one year.
 At the suggestion of the preside1 .ks we have furnished five copies of t