Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
PUTNAM

What will be the effect Tn Putn4In ot the fuel adhiihistratof's drastic ord CTS for tine conservation of fuel? fhat isl the question that was agltatihg fnany' minds here Tuesday, wilea there wa. no person Who seemed to ,e in9a posi-
 o1- to give satisfactory aaswei, 10 inc qiestion.,
 For the present. however. it sasiiis
 likely that the citys inlauffes.lr!ug
 plants will not be seriods.y .t;feSt te,5i, What may come later n case no .s.a.
 comes through is, Of co..r sa, aiiotnef Gi.5s tiofi. .wr M6st of the Inanu p- ,ure.; ..jfa l.ayf some coal rsl h nj .N.i,n '. It tloagh to last .fani for weeks, $ ', Q for ci11y a short time. but tit :,.-;.l,, ; lion of mining, t i: lihn:d. ayi:' ie- sture, something ,ik norma. coa,ii.in. a l i,t time to prevent losses te rialiLtac- tiirers and operatives through the ar risA here of supplies of coal. | In one important particular Putnam has something on many towns in Windharil county, especially the towns l to the south. Putnam Light and Power company is burning oil under I it's boilers at the power plant in Me chaniesville. and as long as the oil supply continues to come through, and there is no indicatio that it is likely to be held up, this city will not have 1 to go without electric lights, as may be the lot of. other places in the vi- 1 einity.
 Tn the Grosvenerdales the Grosvsh ofdale company is one of the fortu l nate coflcerhs. having a liberal stirpi3 1 of coal on hand. and it is not i Saly that the mills there will be obliged to cGrtail production on account of lack
 of fuel.
 1 The serious situation as to soft coal stirred many h1useholders to greatei efforts on Tuesday to get supplies oi hard coal, of which there is greai shortage in Putnam. Only the com paratively mild weather so far this
 season has operated to prevent vert considerable suffering in some part of the city.
 Stores here viii comply with tn, regulations relative to restrietet lighting, as will many other places 0 business. Pool room and bowling al
 leys now must close at Il ?. m? if th,
 fuel administrators edict is obeyed. Electric advertising signs, too. ar under the ban and will not be used il Putnam until the shortage Of fuel il
 overcome.
 ! Members of Woodstock AgricsIturs , society will gather at Agricultural ha : tet the fair grounds at South Wood | stock today for one of the interestin 1; events Of the year for the members. , business session is scheduled for thi , morning. After the lunch hour tn | 1 ffietnbers will have aii opportuhity |
 hear an address By Secretary Wheele : of the Massachusetts State Board [ < Agritu,tufeN
 : The agricultural society. which
 nearly 60 years old, held vefy sue
 cessfuI fair in September and is i i, good financial condition. Putnam will lose some of it's train T this morning, and will not likely ge ' them back until the upset caused b < the cJsl strike .s at least partly over ' coine.
 As the service will be today and fe 2 some time to come, getting to Provi v dence and to Hartford will lie ba f enough, as to inconvenience, for Pui
 nam people, but worse for people { V the surrounding towns who have bee h in the habit of coming here to ge T trains to the points mentioned. . A suggestion was being offered Q T Tuesday that public service vehicle : operating on q regular schedule bt q tween this city and Willimantic dui - ing certain hours of the day whe a there is no train service would fin - the business profitable as would = line to Providence.
 Before Tuesday evenings tneetir r of Anselm Mayotte post, of the Amei
 ican Legion. it was announced thi ,si the membership had been increased ( 222, this being an exceedingly hig :" percentage of charter members out
 the possible total in this district sI Frederick Dumas, superintendent