Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-19

and was not duplicated in any other
 l town in the county.
 1 Former Mayor Benjamin L. L. Arm
 strong saved the city big bunch of
 l money by calling public attention to
 1.-the regular and illegal way that the
 mayor and the finance committee had
 sold bonds to the amount of S317 900.
 MT. Armstrong's disclosure resulted
 Tn city meeting action that brought about the cancellation of the sale. l Then bids for the bonds were adver- tised for in the usual and regular way
 and seven bids were received for the 1 bonds. five of which were more ad- Vantageous than the price at first re- | alized and even the first purcha sers increased the original price by a sub stantial amount.
 The Savings Bank of New London was the highest bidder and took the entire issue of $517 900. The final re- suit is gratifying to all the people. while the method first adopted for the sale was universally condemned Even | the mayor a~d the chairman of the finance comr tee, ,apolosized@ ilG city meeting for the action taken and con- of bonds now than when they nego- tiated the first sale which was subSe- quently cancelled.
 l With automobile busses in competi- tion with the trolley line to Ocean beach and endeaVOring to supply the ] car service during the present strike
 is one of the indica tions of the prog
 ress of the times and the growth of New London. However the general public will welcome back the car ser i vice and will undoubtedly give to the company increased patronage regard less of the final result of the strike. This rush of busses to Ocean beach is in marked contrast to the conditions of many years ago. when the only public method of reaching the beach was by the barge line with horse drawn vehicles conducted by the late Joseph 4. Burr. .ss | When Osprey beach, the section of
 water front between the lighthouse and Mott'5 point was instituted by
 Ockford and Jerome, who constructed
 a large shore dinner house and other
 essential buildings and made the
 beach a popular day resort. Mir. Burr
 took chance and established a reg
 ular bus line to the beach. He had
 the monopoly for several years. none
 other having the courage to enter into
 competition.
 When the Osprey beach day resort property changed ownership, with the l large tract of land adjacent and was converted into desirable building sites l Tor summer mansions. there was no more need fer bus line to that 1 beach. Enterbrising Mir Burr ever | with an eye to his business. discover ed what is now known as Ocean beach. Then this property was owned | by William Stuart. former manager of Nible's Garden. New ' orl1. He had a cottage there surrounded by sand grass. This hou<e was the only one in the locality between the pr. E,llit place, the stone house now owned by Former Governor Waller, and the in let to Alewife cove. With MT. Stuart's consent Mir. Burr established bus line to this unimproved beach. 1 . It was first known as Burr's beach. but Mir. Burr to make it more popular Se%@ T1,Tf o1z tained that name for many years. even r after the city purchased the beach proper and named it Ocean beach. Yes. that beach has developed might fly since the days of Joseph A. Burr. It is not only a colony of privately owned cottages, but is the only real shore resort. the only real family party beach. in this section of the two or three two-horse barges and they were ample to accommodate the travel to the beach at that time.
 Mr. Burr years before his bus ven- lure, moved from New London to Brooklyn. Sensing the situation and having confidence in the success of the beach business he moved back and .ook a business chance and succeed ed. Years before he had a bus line 70 the Pequot house, when Pequot was reached. Then there was no drive way around by the present Ocean avenue route and before there was my Montauk avenue. Mir. Burr, how ever, was not the pioneer of the Pe- iuot route. was Bob Goodwin. The alter had a real bus line fronh the station to the Pequot.
 The vehicles were real omnibusses the enclosed high bodied kind en- ,1osed and entered by rear steps. the loor being manipulated by a strap at ached to the foot of the driver who vas mounted on a high seat atop the ,igh omnibus The fares ~weres pass Id to the driver through an aperture When the fares were paid, the driver,l oosened up on the strap and the door ,pened for the passengers exit. When here was rush of business a conduct or stood on the rear steps and col ected the fares. < Three of Bob Goodwin's sons, Char-1 ey, Jim and Bob. were engaged in the