Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-20
MILITARY HIGHWAY" NAME FOR ROAD
Selected By Chamber of Commerce Directors For Improved Road From Norwich to Submarine Base-Propose to Have Formal Opening When Road Is Completed -Hous- ing Need In City Needs to Be Secretary Branches Monthly Report.

expressed their appreciation for the same, and have promised to consider Norwich merchants when contracts for supplies are being given out.
 At the request of Commander John Rodgers of the submarine base, we canvassed the available tenements for housing officers, resulting in but six available tenements being reported, with the possibility that these are taken by this time.
 F. April list, organized. the home garden
 bureau staff, appointing Charles A. Hagbergg- as supervisor and Miss i Gladys Crombie as. stenographer and bookkeeper. While this comes direct | ly under the war bureau, feel that it i is subsidiary of the chamber and 1 that we should have due credit for the same. Teams have been engaged to i do the seasons blowing and upwards 1 of S5 applications have already been
 received for plots. Pledges of land
 are coming in every day. two ten
 acre plot shaving already been gratui- i tously pledged.
 i In reply to a letter sent to Louis D.
 Stoddard. vice president of the Mar l lin- Rockwell company. assurances 1 have been received that the Norwich 1 plant will be run to full capacity at | least during the period of the war. The moving of machinery from Nor
 Wich to New Haven was done to in-
 crease efficiency in Norwich. l. Secretary has given such assistance
 as he was able toward the centraliZa-
 tion of deliveries. Seceral meetings have been held by a committee ap- 1 pointed by the retail merchants bu- reau as which the secretary assisted to form working plan whereby all merchants could pool their deliveries. Advertisements in the daily papers were inserted asking for bids from
 individuals or firms to care for the same, resulting in several showing in-
 terest in the matter and the commit
 tee is now engaged in working out de-
 tails.
 Received telegram from. United
 States Chamber of Commerce request
 ing us to recommend. man as foreman
 Of brass foundry and another as nan
 ager of machine shop. Such men were secured and their names furnished tt
 the United States chamber. Letter O. appreciation has been. received at this office from the national chamber. We have been in correspondence with c. A. Call of the industrial bu reau of the New York, New Haven ant
 Hartford railroad. Boston, Mass, wh l is desirous of locating a wooden ship building plant in this vicinity. Prope site has been secured and the sam t recommended to Mr.gCall. g At the reqtiest of Cross & Brow
 company of New York Cbrokers), W g have secured their acceptance of ou :. invitation to come to Norwich an . ] look over factory sites for industrie : who are their clients.
 :, Took up with the New Londo
 Chamber of Commerce proposition (
 establishing a bone tuberculosis hos
 pital on the shore, with the result tha e the hospital has been established . : White Beach.
 : Engaged at the present time as y member of the Liberty loan commit : tee to see that every member of th e Chamber of Commerce purchases
 bond of the third Liberty loan. f Have agreed to assist in the organ f ization work of the Red Cross cam n paign which is to take place in May e have. pledged to canvass every me1 o chant in Norwich in behalf of tn q campaign.
 n Taken up with the general super Il intendent of the Adams Express con q pany in Boston the need of install e ing express service on 8 a. m. trai leaving Norwich for New London, a order that submarine base may sreceiy e by early train all goods ordered tl k day before from Norwich merchants.