Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-07
PUTNAM

Lne poilce dep8r1ment or tHes c1ey E0A Putnam are to have [ 20 per cent: ,ircreasa in their pay. This WAS vqted on Tuesday night at the August meet- ing of the conanaon council At the July session Of that body. the patrol
 men of the department presented a pe- titi0n iasking for the incfeAs&. and 1t
 was referred to the police ceEnmiftee Alderrnan Charles KichErds. cilAif-
 man He reported aE Tue44Gy's s meeting that his cornmitsee. in view Of the revaiiing high cost of living, and the advances made in other cities, he
 deemed it wise to give Rutpa<n police
 20 per cent jump. This rafses the
 patrelnlen's pay from $2s: 10 week tc
 s2s. The captains raise is from tzs.ss to $32.5D. st-
 Alderman John Dean,t also Of tlle po-
 lice committee explained to the coun-
 cil that Putram,s rate was lower than
 in most cities and especially so since
 Putnam patrolmen were on duty for
 eleven hours day, and not eight, as
 is. the case in many other places. He
 believed that either. the pay would
 shortened, and if the latter were done
 it would make it necessary to hire ex-
 traNpatrolmen, and would be tfe more
 costly procedure in the long run The
 council then. voted the Increase. as
 recommende6
 nam and thompson of the death last
 Monday in Hartford of George O.
 Brott 52 a former resident of Thomp-
 son. For many years MT: Brott nas
 been practicing law ain Hrtferd.
 Fearing that ssensr or later the
 Shore Line Electric Railway company
 would shut off the electric current now
 flowing through its trolley wires through Putnam. and thus make it i'm possible to use the fire signal alarm of this city, which depends upon it's cleo tricity from this source, the common
 council has ordered the fire commit
 tee to purchase motor generator to
 provide the electricity The day that the strike was declared Superintendentl of Alarms John B. Daig1e called the
 attention of the fire committee to the fact that if the power. were shut off Putnam would be without fire signals.
 The committee at once began investi- gations with view of remedying what was felt to be a daagerosas sit nation, and decided that the most feasible plan would be to purchase thea motor. This is te, cost the city *15e. and delivery in all probability will rent has not yet been shut off even though the cars are not running, but as the city has no assurance but that 1t will be at any time, the council to buy the generator Just what lwfii happen if the power is shut of be- fore the motor is installed no one can] say, but undoubtedly quick vemergen-
 cy action would have 10 be taken sol that alarms of fire might be given, and the apparatus called out.
 Marriage returns made to Tswn1 Clerk David Ffagg show that Monday morning. at St. Mary's church. Ade- lard Martelle, son of MT. and Mrs. Celesten Martelle; and Miss Lila Jo- do'n. daughter of MT. and Mrs. Henryl .Io6ioin were married by Rev. Charles r. Bedard. On the same morning Rev. Odrian Dykemans married Louis Va \ denas and Clara Jolicocur.
 Only eight arrests were m ade in thej city Of Putnam during July. This es- -abiiShes q low record. Of this num- | Der. two were for intoxication.
 Tho seIectmen of the town of Put nam hav we ordered recently, about for " street signs which are l., - plac- n a intersections on the outskirts of fhc city in order to, aid autompbilists.j i1 iadng their way through Putnam md on to Hartford. Norwich, Worces- ter. Prov deace and other cities. These signs will be placed at the Tyler store. Grove street. Woodstock avenue, Providence street and one set in the | heart of the city.
 The highway department of the eityl of Putnam will soon advertise for bids for repair work to be done to side l walks. Taxpayers have been notified to have repairs made, and those who | neglect this order will ind the city stepping in and doing the repair work. 1 for which the bill be rendered, and \ the taxpayer obliged to pay.
 Excavating for the cellar of the new mill for the Manhasset Company isl progressing. Numbers of people gath CT daily at the Manhasset village to I watch the big steam shovel at work.
 William Moran, who was injured on I Tuesday right at Dayville, when he was struck by an automobile driv en bv J39v-d Mutcahy of Worcester. was r,y-fr ae=day afternoon at the Day Kimbali l hospital. Mulcahy and John Carroll, Eno Was riding with him when they were stepped By the Putnam police. 1 were detained at the Putnam police stataion until Wednesday morning. when they were turned over to Sheriff 1 Aver. and taken to Danielson.
 Over s1s.Goo has been subscribed orl pledged Tor the building of the addi- tion to the Day KimbaIl hospital. The sum of s25. GOO is needed
 Bent-ss1in w. Ellis agent Of the Windh,~-- County Farmers association was in Storrs "wednesday attending the Farmers Day institute. A number of Windham County farmers made the trip with him.
 A representative of . motor bus company of Bridgeport was in Put nam " eduesday to look over the terri tory preparatory to sending two of the buses here. in order that half hour service may be established between Putnam and the surrounding towns. It | is thought that the busses will be here so that the schedule will be in running order by Saturday. a 1t the meeting of the common council on Tuesday night, Alderman John Dean asked that body if there. is no way of granting exclusive privileges for the running of jitney between-Putnam and 1 West Thompson. According to Mir | Dean, who was speaking for the Mer-l chants cornmittee of the Chamber of | Commerce, the Chamber secured al machine to come into Putnam and run to West Thompson on an hourly | schedule This machine ran all day,i and often it had no passengers on cer- tain trips. At rush hours other iit- news made the run, and secured the i cream of the trade. MT. Dean be- Iin.rn- fnaf fiA ma n who is xiiiilarr to |