Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-28
DANIELSON


 Devens are at their homes here for the holiday.
 While attempting to start his auto mobile by cranking Wednesday, morn ing, w. E. Labelle, of Dayville. had both bones in his right wrist broken when the motor kicked. He was at tended by Dr, George Barnes.
 Social dances claimed the attention of many of Danielson's young people Wednesday evening and there will be more dancing for them today.
 There will be a Thanksgiving ser- vice at the Methodist church this ev- ening.
 Remember! Dancing this afternoon and evening at the state armory. Mu- sic by the Goodyear Singing orches- tra Admission: Ladies, 90 cents; gentlemen, 60 cents.-adV.-
 The post office will be open from 6.30 a. m. to il a. m. today; lobby open all day. The money order and postal savings departments will be closed for the day. City carriers will make one complete delivery; rural ser vice suspended for the day. Patrons on rural route may secure their mail by calling at the post office from to 10 a. m. The last outgoing mail closes at ' D. m. instead of 7.30 D. m. as usual.
 
 l trol late passenger trains were the | rule Wednesday, the day before hol- iday. Schedules seemed shot up early l in the morning and one northbound | train was more than ar hour late out 1 of Danielson.
 l A sharp decline in the r-ice of cord wood is one of the first reductions that 1 Killing1y people seem likely to bene- l fit by, following the close of the war. I Thousands of cords have been chopped l and prepared for the market since last winter and there is now big surplus l within a few miles of Danieison, more | than ever before. it is stated. Sales of | the wood are slowing up-and that means that prices are going to drop in the not distant future.
 A quiet canvass to break up Dan- 1 ielson's police department as it is now organized was openly commenced or Wednesday, following close ri)on the announcement that Chief Michael J Grimshaw had resigned as bailiff, nom inally chief of police.
 The proposition now advanced is that the day patrol be done away witf and that only a night officer be main tained under the present system o1 conducting the department The argu- ments used include those of economy md that "one officer. going on duty al in the afternoon and remaining un- I til morning can do all the policing that Danielson needs"
 To calm and unbiased observer this looks like a real tribute to Dan. ielsons moral stability ad limited neeC of regulation
 Varying opinions were expressed il the business section on the wisdom 0 | following the new proposal, W4aicl some, not over anxious to criticize, ar scanning closely with an idea of learn
 ing just what is behind it and wheth CT or not it does not forecast "a driv at the annual borough meeting mex 7 spring to land some practical politician in berth that will pay a >sulfortabl weekly stipend, if the suggestion tha l the night officer, doing all the worl, should have his pay increased so a D bring in for him about s30 pc week.
 In any case. events are TOW shapin, themselves 50 that, in all proba bility : the warden and court of ourgesses vii be called upon to consider the matte
 in the not distant future.
 5 The limitation in the Iolice depart ment now being labored for is one tha t is of special interest to the majorit 3 | of the men, and women, engaged i l business in Danielson. The majority c 5 them are assessed a weekly sum, i . effect night watchmen's fees, for .th
 service the department renders, es l pecially at night. and what they con
 tribute goes a long way toward tn ] l upkeep of the department
 l Under the somewhat complicate , | system Of dividing town court cost | and expenses and accrediting revenu
 from the court between the town an the borough. there is a net cost to tn
 taxpayers who do not hesitate to ca ] upon the police. day or nigh: for sue
 legitimate service
 Following along the trail of thos n who would cut out the dry patrol e was learned Wednesday that lare ' percentage of business men do not ia e vor the elimination of this servic
 These business men figure they are ge . ing to be assessed anyway and ths e keeping day patrolman on dut n would mean only a few cents extr
 each week to them. A minority e1 d pressed favor of reducing expense r even a little bit. U In the meantime, it was learned
 official quarters that night patrolma j. IS being sought to go on duty regular $ ly, as Officer Christopher Andrews hs
 said that he does not care for a Del -s manent assignment on night duty.
 One opinion that seemed wort T, while was this: Why break into u "a police organization in the middle U year. The business men are no
 more concerned as a group than al aI the taxpayers. and the business ma y are raising general objection only 70 they are Prompted to do so. The ma III ter seems one that should eventual .- come before the taxpayers of the bo Ill ough, at the annual borough meetin M If the taxpayers,sas such, and regar'
 less of whether %r not tFey also hal
 pen to be business men, feel that tn, lg will have their opportunity to e1
 press that opinion by ballot: if tn, = desire the present system maintaine
 they will also then be in a pesiti.
 also to make the fact known What
 being done now looks like an effort keep up after -the-War excitemei %~ that Danielson may not SC stale. IT annual borough meeting is only fo
 months away. Why not wait until tn, and let all of the voters have tht ys say rather than the result of naaxis ID q snap shot decision at this time ?'' Ii- Warden r. l.. Cunneen express U himself Wednesday as in favor sb maintaining the present police syste O. which has given general satisfaett ay and has resulted in keeping Danie sons streets cfean-day and night.