Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-12
RUNNING NEW LOND0N'S CITY AFFAIRS

i. be available. to reausciates.the near l lyz drowned or any other case of suf-
 location. The saving of only ore 1 life, no matter how humble would 1 more than repay the small outlay to such a generously dispensed corpor- | ation as. the city of New London. I There isss,uts one really relia ble lung 4 motorsin the city that is ever ready for public use. That s.is owned by 1 tI1es Niagara Engine Company and is made a ilart of the equipment of the
 city-owned fire apparatus. Calls for this lung-motor- have come from | Ocean beach and elsewhere, and the l NiagaraS have always made quick re- 1 sponse. and reached the beach in less than ten minutes after the call was received; but that is a big waste of There ought to be lung motor at the | beach and be in charge of men there who understand the workings of the wonde erful life-saver There are some ways that public money can be ex- pended to advantage and that is one of them.
 Mayor Morgan donned his think cap after Alderman Gragan announced thaat there had not been meeting of the fire department committee of the court of common council for the past nine months. the chairman acting as the whole committee. and doing prac- tieally nothing in that line; The mayor has publicly announced that
 
 that the committee. must meet at fre- quent intervals if the interests of the city are to be properly safeguarded. Meetings of the committee are likely to be held. Perhaps by reason of no meetings of the committee is the ex planation why Alderman Gragna has not advocated increase of pay for the drivers of fire apparatus. He did not have the opportunity. It is up to the fire committee to fix the pay of these faithful men, and it is a safe bet that the alderman will see to it that there is something doing in that line.
 While the police committee has been more than busy in mixing up matters in that department, Mayor Morgan says that the street commit tee as we'll as the fire committee are leaving ~undone matters that should be done. He insists that the several committees must CO operate with him in serving the city in order to achive satisfying results, declaring that much of the public adverse criticism is due to the slack work of some of the standing committees and he special ized an instance on the part of the street committee in the improvement of Harris street. It is believed that the mayor will don his fighting togs and get after the delinquent commit tees and see to it that they do the duty assigned them under charter a,i- thority. or request their resignation. Now that the police muddle is par tially settled, the mayor will have the time to devote himself to the other committees. he being by virtue of his office chairman -officio of all the committees.
 The action of the insurance ex- change in threatening to increase the rates in New London unless the de- mands of the exchange are compiled with. meets with general disfavor of nearly every citizen. It is believed the conditions here do not justify the de mands. Mayor Morgan is strongly op- posed and will not yield to the de nands and will prevent adoption to the limit of his influence and ability. He is a believer in a municipal plan of inSurance and is of the opinion that the present premiums paid into a To- cal fund properly and expertly ad- ministered would meet all require ments. This the ba sis; which is well founded. tha tas insurance com panies receive thousands of dollars moro in. premiums from New London than is paid in fire losses. The may has called a meeting of citizens for Friday evening to consider this in surance proposition; too late to be covered in this communication v