Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18

by the reception committee. The mu- sicians made the trip from Hartford to this city in touring cars furnished by the Hartford Automobile club. They then formed in line and march ed to Lincoln Square when they gave a short concert. The procession was headed by the following members of the reception committee: D. P. Ches- bro, Hormisdas Dion. Aldermen Lar amee and Bowen, J. D. Conant, M. E.. Sullivan, Cyril Lamoreux, George Mi- chaud, H. J. Martindale and Andrew Roux.
 Lincoln Square was crowded. sev- cral thousand persons having assem- hled. The members of the band sat in chairs provided for them. The three selections played were The Star Spangled Banner, The Marseilles, the Sanbre ct Meusle. Before the band returned to the city hall where lunch con was served, Miss Lillian Cheney presented Captain Gabriel Fares, the leader, a handsome bouquet from the citizens of Willimantic, making a short presentation speech in French. The members were then given 9 fine din- ner at the Woman's Relief Corps rooms and left about 2.30 for Norwich where they gave concert in the eve- ming.
 The local mills gave an extra hour at noon for their employees to hear the
 band, and the high school also gave an extra recess.
 Joseph chupik pleaded guilty to in
 tcxication before Judge Foss, Tuesday morning. He claimed Shelton as his
 home as said that he came here to at
 tend a wedding and got drunk. He
 was given "A hours to start on his
 journey homeward.
 pr. c. E. Simonds and Frank P.
 Fenton of the local exemption board attended a meeting in Hartford Tues
 day at which the new draft and it's
 regulations were explained by gov eminent official. The board received
 several thousand questionnaires Tues
 day to be mailed to the men in the
 new draft.
 The funeral of Mrs. Joseph Koch
 leau Dion was held Tuesday morning
 at 9.30 from her home. At 10 o'clock at St. Mary's church, a solemn high mass was celebrated by the pastor,
 Rev. J. J. Papillon. Rev. Father Ar
 chambeault of St. Andre, Canada, was deaeon and Rev. Ludovic Paradis sub deacon The body was escorted into the church by delegations from the
 Ladies of St. Anne and Counseil Ce- cile. The bearers were: Arthur Be- ncit, Louis Rochleau, Alphonse Koch leau and Alphonse Martineau. Bur ial was in St. Mary's cemetery where the committat service was read by Rev. Father Papillon.
 About fifty citizens at a special city meeting Tuesday evening voted to re- ] pair the dam at the'pumping station at a cost of not more than $20 000 i This was the only amount offered in a i resolution, and the adoption was unanimous
 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Gates shortly after s o'clock 1 Henderson Moulton, superintendent oi ! the water works, said that the dan ! was in a bad condition. The two tor 1 layers of stone had bulged out, letting ! enough water leak out to run the water pun a'. If the dam Is not re- paired before winter. it is doubtful il ] it will stay in place. A MT. Parker an engineer of the Aberthaw Con- struction company, said, as Mir Moul. ! ton had, adding that the flood gates i needed fixing. They are now con l trolled by a lever on the level witt | the dam and can be controlled only al | low water. He offered three proposi. tlOnS. tlrSt, repairs which would last ! forever costing s10O,0OO consisting ot an apron of cement on the dam witt | buttresses; second, costing about $35,. | coo, consisting of replacing the tor rows of stones and placing an apror on the upper side of the dam witt 1 the use of a diver and changing tht | food gates; and, lastly, temporary repairs which would probably last til ! the close of the war when labor anC material will be cheaper, removing thu i capstones and putting in a smal | apron. This would cost about $25,.
 900. He explained that his company | could start on the work immediately 1 The figures could not be relied on. a. 1 it is impossible to see just what tht damage consists of with the water a
 a high level
 City Engineer Mitchell said that thu | Aberthaw plans were all right. bu 1 that he favored temporary repairs 1 The bulge should be repaired anyway
 As the other parts of the dam hay, ] stood for B years without showini i any wear. they could undoubtedly las ! this winter. He favored adjusting tn,
 two top tiers of stones for about F
 feet and putting on a small apron
 which would cost about S2O 1000, in | eludinS the s7,000 for coal to run fo three months while the water wa