Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
East,rnC0nneCtjCLt Chamber OfC0nnnerce
General Discussion on Capitalization of Deliveries at Jan uary Meeting in This City-Matter Left With Commit tee of Five-Ffty Prominent Business Men at Noon Dav Luncheon in Chamber of Commerce Building

 Building, Friday afternoon, with Pres ! ident John E. Vaughn presiding. Eff ty business men sat down to the ex- ccllent menu consisting of tomato bisque, chicken pie. salads. rolls, cof- fee and plum pudding. There were present from New London: Alton T. Miner. president of the New London Chamber of Commerce, vice president | of the Connecticut Chamber of Com merce and chairman of the Commer- cial Economy Board of the State Coun | eli of Defense; Edwin c. Ford; Ed | ward S. Doton. Joseph T. Cruttenden, | past president of the Eastern Connec- | ticut Chamber. and F. E. Began. sup erintendent of the Worcester division | Of the N Y, N. H. & H. R. R. MT. | H. T. Clark represented the Wili- i mantle Chamber of Commerce. Nor | wich, as usual, came out strong. After the dinner discussion the | fneeting was called to order by Pres ident Vaughn who, after explaining the object of the meeting, introduced as the first speaker. Mayor Allyn l.. Brown of Norwich. Mayor Brown re- sponded in his usual happy way and was followed by Frederic W. Cary, president of the local chamber of com merce, who said in part:
 T am very glad to attend this meet ing today in my official capacity as president of the Norwich Chamber of Commerce. I am glad to see you all here and hope you will make yourself at home. The mayor welcomed you but notice that he did not offer you the freedom of the city as is custom ary to do. possibly he did not do so in view of the fact that our cities are extremely nervous and would be very much alarmed if they saw a stranger On the street. fearing he might want to look into their coal bins. When I was chosen president of the chamber of commerce, it was pointed out to me that it was my duty as I had had ex- perience q having been president of the old board of trade.) But want to say that experience is something that don't seem to count The activi- ties of the chamber of commerce of today are far different than what they were ten years ago. At that time we were endeavoring to locate manufac- tories. now we are trying to manu- facture locations. Then we were try ing to establish a white way by hay ing our city decorated with electric signs, now we are talking of daylight saving We, here, believe that day light saving means the setting of the clock ahead an hour but understand some gentlemen in New London be- lieve fin setting it backward an hour and they decided to have the trains run on that schedule. [ believe that we who are interested in chamber of commerce and community work will be very glad when the war is over that we were able to do our share and trust the opportunity will come to all of you to do great deal" ".@-'- '
 James G. Hammond Speaks.
 MT. Cary was applauded and Presi- 4AE4k Vhv- James G. Hammond, the newly elected secretary of the New London Cham Der of Commerce Mir Hammond re- sponded in a humorous manner, saying that he very much appreciated the spirit in which the Eastern Connecti- cut Chamber received new secretaries and felt sure that the Rose" and the Whale" would soon be exhausted in their efforts to out-do each other
 President Vaughn stated that the topic of the day-Transportat heen reached and after making few remarks on the subject introduced E. E. Began, superintendent of the Wor- cester Division of the N. Y, N H. & H. F. R. Mir Began said in part:
 II am not an orator but railroad man. However, I am glad of the op- portunity of saving few words par ucularlv in view of what has already
 
 m1sapprehension on the part of some fclks, at least. in regard to what the New London Chamber of Commerce have asked and what the New Haven road has in contemplation, with re- spect to train service between New London and Worcester I presume that this feeling was caused by a newspaper article in which reference was made to q conference had with committee of the New London Cham Der of Commerce and representatives or the navy department and some con- tractors who are engaged in con structing barracks at the Navy Yard. That meeting was arranged in order that ways and means might be dis tussed of meeting the traffic conditions to and from the Navy Yard. During that meeting number of suggestions were made, but tEe.- were nothing but suggestions as to what might be dono tI overcome thC difficulties One Of inc suggestions was that the 5.15 train rom. New London be set back to 615 made that suggestion myself, it wasn't made ny the chamber of com merce or any other interests present. Ii w"s the least important change and would secure results, desired bv the chamber of commerce of New. London and the Navy Yard: but if isn't the policy of the New London Chamber of commerce, so For ns mable to as- certain. to do anything to benefit one town to the detriment of another What these interests wanted above all eise is means of transportation to ret the men employed by the contrac- tors to work by o'clock in tho morn ihE and to get the enlisted men whose furloughs are ended. back to the naval base as early as possible That car be accomplished, and we S,~e going to accomplish it without disturbing the conditions as they exist, all the way from New London to Worcester. understand from vour secretary tha the major portion cf the New York mail that is considered important here in Norwich comes on this train. You, secretary made it apparent, without my Investigating that it wasn't goine to be a good thing for Norwich tc change this train, and I want you tc ailay your fears for we are not go. ing to do any such thing
 The Labor Question.
 ''As far as the transportation ques. t1on is concerned and the problems tiat exist, there has been so nucI said and written about it that I don know as I can say anything new oI the subject. This particular sectior