Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-22
.JEWETT CITY


 E. H. Hiscox has received from his son Everett, a seaman on the U. $. s. Levfathan. copy of 1>.e Transport Ace. which is printed every day at sea on this greatest of all transports. The copy received was dated May 21, 1913. tand states on the title page under meath picture of the vessel. At noon today we are 273s miles from Brest. Thesz.-distance to Ambrose Channel hghtship, New York. is.e~4o6 miles.
 Lat. ss deg, AS min. No; Long,, 65 deg. II min. west. This ship will dock at Hoboken, N. J.. at 8 p. m. Thursday May 22nd. A special column is given to what the vessel is carrying. It is headed, Including the crew Of the Leviathan there are 14.099 persons on board di- vided as folicws: Officers 65, nurses my U S. A officers (siclx) 461. A. F. c. II, N. C. O's, 130, enlisted men, in- ciuding 1103 sick. of whom 45 are at tendants and F marines, 11,332- and three men. Y. M. c. A., f. Saliva tion Army ?, miscellaneous Gone wo- man) s. total 14-oss. The list of the sick returning troops | shows: Tuberculosis 15o. bedridden (medical and surgicaD 49. arnless and legless requiring dressing 97;T in sane officers 32, men $. walking pa tients requiring no dressing 704, total 109o.
 Besides the facts of the trip there is a short resun4e of all the current news, both from the United States and England received by wireless. This includes the baseball scores of the American and National leagues. A full report is given of the American naval and merchant vessels sunk by the enemy and summary of the American army in Europe. The sub scriptions to the Victory loan had just hnn fo IA r ax int hn grand total for this vessel was S193.- 900. In connection with these figures the vessel asked the world by wire less. What ship can beat it? A list cers mess and the crew is published each day. Ten reels are shown each day at s.3o and s.sO D. m.
 There is nearly page devoted to the record of the Seth.
 Among the original .Leviathan, jokes is this one: I have been debating with 6 Ir-mber of my shipma tes on the subject of prohibition. What are your ideas in the matter? An officer an swers, Prohibition will be good thing, provided it does not affect the sale of intoxicating drinks.
 Shea Bros. delivered the last of the ice harvested from the Dorrville pond last week. Their big houses are empty. It was first estimated that the last winters crop would last until
 
 thin ice is responsible for the ice be- ing gone before August 1. A car of heavy Vermont ice arrived Monday andmarkets, stores and families are cry, one or the important industries of the town. must have ice>- at any cost to manufacture and handle it's output Of a ton of butter week.
 Ice costs more in the stora ge houses in Vermont before it is touched than e3t cred in their boxes. when the har4 vest is complete and summer begins with the houses filled to capacity. Jewett City people are alarmed to a considerable degree over the report that reached the borough from Nor with seeming good authority, that Jewett City was to loose it's Norwich and Central Village trolley service and that even when the strike was settled there would De no further opp eration of trolley cars over the tracks of the N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R., be- tween Taftvil1e and Central Village. On several occasions before during the last eighteen months Jewett City people have been stirred up by this same scare. Will it materialize this time? It is not generally believed here that Jewett City. with it's avail able passenger traffic. only waiting for some vehicle to carry it, will be
 
 conservative estimate places the number who travel between Jewett City and Norwich each week at 2500; the fare is a6 cents-S650. for that item alone. If the trolleys were taken off there would be no transportatfon south between 1o.0s a. m. and GA p. m, and none from Norwich to Jewett City between SOP a. m. and 5.35 D. m.
 Give Jewett City the steam train schedule of last Saturday. and the Shore Line company is welcome to run their troileys to the North pole. Yea, even to the South pole.
 Leslie Carroll. the son Of Mir and Mrs. E. J. Carroll. of East Main street has been visiting at his grand fathers in Plainfield since the vaca- ton season commenced. Last week the boy was stricken with pneumonia in it's worst form and was critically ill for several days. Monday evening he was reported more comfortable.
 The recent heavy rains have wash ed the roads where there is no maca- dam. Saturday over an inch of rain fell. Any low places or garden in a hollow was transformed into lakes.
 Dr. and Mrs. Radnville and son Faure, left Monday for two weeks automobile trip through Vermont. northern Nc . York state and parts of Canada.
 Mrs George Le Comte is entertain ing her sister, Mrs. D. G. Racine and son, Gerard of Montreal Mrs. Le Comte and her guests will leave on Wednesday for a trip to Harrisville and Providence, RI, Fall River and New Bedford, Mass.