Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-24

The laying of the rails for the new horse railroad was progressing quite rap idly in this city fifty years ago this week. and the road had al that time reached from Franklin Square so he nsa- chine shop of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company ons North Main street. A half century ago this week G. A. Jones and H. H. Roath were elected wardens of Christ church at the annual meeting of the parish.
 With the exception of the continued work on the horse railroad sthe annual meeting of Christ church and the presen- tation of dramatic production, The Drummer Boy of Shiloh, by the members of Sedgwick Post, c. A. R. little of note happened in Norwich during that week of fifty years back. &
 | Extracts from the. filed of The Bulletin of April 1870. are as follows: s..s.s Monday, April IS, 187o--At the an nual meeting last Wednesday in Hart ford, The. Hon. William A. Buckingham of this city was elected president of the board of trustees of the Hartford Insane l Retreat.
 1 4 cry Of fire was heard in eadwsy ] hall Friday evening while the public l meeting was in session and a large mum ber of those present rushed out to learn i that it was, one of the alarms raised in 1 the Drummer Boy of Shiloh in process of rehearsal in the room above.
 Work was prosecuted on- the horse railroad Friday and Saturday. with such
 zeal and vigor that the first section of
 the road extends from Franklin square
 to the machine shop. of the Norwich & I Worcester Railroad O., was completed
 Saturday night.
 The Preston bridge contractor does no , aT11rOVf of such aDid work g.
 Tuesday, April 19. 1S70-The princi
 pal hall of the new mill of the R. "A
 Taft Manufacturing Company at, Taft
 vile is 750 feet long. E feet wide anC
 IS feet high, without supporting pos
 to be seen. If provided with seats i
 would accommodate 14.0o9 people or one
 half of the population of-=the cities 0
 Norwich and New London. It is proba
 bly, the largest unbrollen apartrnent il
 the United States. sEEFs4
 Owing to the severe storn14 work wa
 suspended on the horse railroad dsYester
 day Had the weather been 7caea rait prob
 ably would not have been otherwise, a | there is some uncertainty as fostlfet tneri
 of the upper and lower GreensYi ilie3 road
 as they route. The. matter sXill be set
 tied today or tomorrow and work con ? tinued. l There was a small audience at Bf-Ge nall lGSt evening 10 witness lne -rGpEeSSn
 tation of The Drummer Boy of Shilo l by the members of Sedgwick Post, G. 4 R., there being al present a scarcity Q T gondolas for use on the city canal. Thos 2 who were present, however were enthu I 1 siastic- in their praises both of the pfa T and the ability of the amateur player . i who appeared in it. Master Freely Mi : Ter as the drummer boy. c w Gale a r Frank Rutledge. W. H. Anderson as Maj Q Rutledge, and others who we have nc : space to Earitcularize. performed tn 1 parts assigned them. with spirit, an S evinced much dramatic talent
 3'i Wednesday, April 20, 1S70-A ne
 plan was adopted on the horse railroat | yesterday. and the rails were laid a - rapidly as the bed Of the road was t1u, : Formerly it has been the practice to hay r. the gang of men engaged in the excavs : ton far ahead of those occupied in lay
 ing the iron, thus interfering with trav n on much longer portion of the stree e than was absolutely necessary Il The slips in the Universalist churc l. were sold last evening for about s1 70 If A number of seats remain unsoldl and r is believed that the total receipts will e e ceed those of last year.
 F The recent flood had the usual effet e on the Shetucket, which was much swo t len yesterday. The Yantic also was di
 charging unusually large volume
 water into the Thames
 At the annual meeting of the paris ,l officers for the ensuing year were electe