Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-06
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

PUTNAM
 Alexander Gilman, Asa Rosa, Fred erick Dumas, J. Otis Fox aand Edward Duffy, left here Wednesdayafo for New Hal ven to attend the democratic state con- vention, which will be in session today (Thursday),
 The temperature dropped to Ssdegrees in Putnam Wednesday morning and ice formed on small bodies of water. The freeze is believed to have damaged some fruit trees. The morning was one of the coidest for May in years.
 { A special town meeting has been called Tor May 10 to pass upon the matter of employing expect assistance in making a general revaluation of the property of the town of Putnam. The voters will also be asked at this meeting, if they approve of employing expect assistance, 10 make an appropriation of $2,l50 to meet the cost of the same and also to ap- propriate $350 to be used in bringing maps of the town up-to-date,
 District Deputy Edward w. Mullan stated Wednesday that the date for con- ferring the third degree upon class of candidates has been charged from May l6 as originally planned, to May 23. | J. j. McGarry, chairman, Walter J. Bartlett, A. L. Duvert, George Lewis, Jr., and John Lynch have been named as a committee of Putnam lodge of Elks to make arrangements for the annual la dies night entertainment, May IS,
 The common council named City En- gineer George W. Perry superintendent of sewers, that he may issue permits for and supervise the making of connections with the main sewers of the city. This arrangement is made to guard against careless and unsatisfactory msthods of making such connections.
 Putnam people will hear speakers in Odd Fellows hall this (Thursday} ev- ening who will advance arguments why pressure should be brought to bear up- on Governor Holcomb to the end of in ducing him to call special session of the legislature in order that action may be taken on the federal constitution pro- viding equal suffrage rights for women. The speakers that it is announced will be heard here are a Mrs. Hooper of Wisconsin, Mrs. Brown of Nevada, Miss Miller of Arkansas and Mrs. Flick of Washington. Women from AT states are campaigning in Connecticut this week. The common council has voted an in- crease in pay for members of the police ] department. The pay of the captain has been advanced from $3250 to S37.50 per week, the sergeant's pay from $2S to | $S5 week and the patrolmen's pay from $2S to $32 per week. Members of the 1 police department petitioned the common | council a month ago for an increase in pay. | The appointment of William Jarvais an overseas veteran who is but "A years of age, for traffic officer has been approved by the common council Pa trolman Jarvais will do traffic duty ir 1 the center of the city and is expected tc | 20 on (lIltV in the near future.
 1 Shore Line passenger train traffic be. l tween Boston and New York was rout
 ed through this city during the late hour: l of Tuesday night and the early hours 1 of Wednesday morning. The train: were re-routed on account of a wrack l in which a freight train figured, a Wickford Junction,
 Today will bring another conference l between committee representing th'
 strikers who left their work at the plan of the Manhasset Manufacturing com pany last month and A. D. Lown of thu company. There was belief about tn city Wednesday that the conference 0 this weqk will result in an agreement be ing reached which the strikers will re
 turn to work
 Another conference between member 1 of the fire committee of the common
 council-Aldermen Bryne, Fox, Dean ! and Ere Cn1eI '. U. anu Al dermen Dugas and Beausoliel, makin
 up a special committee to investigat the fire department situation and find
 basis of agreement over the difficultie
 that has arisen was not productive of tn
 desired favorable results.
 It was stated after the conference tha
 Aldermen Dugas and Beausoliel, repre-
 senting business and general interests i
 the northern section of the city, said tha
 the members of No. Hose Company
 who resigned in a body the first of Apri
 would return to the department upo
 condition that the men who had bee removed from No. 1 Host company c who had been transferred from tha
 company be reinstated.
 Members of the fire committee woul
 not agree to this proposition, so the ses sion deadloeked, insofar as attaining an definite and desired results were cor l cerned. After the conference it wa
 stated that the fire department situatio
 remains at it was There is no con
 pany at the Smith Street station whel
 No. 2 was located, and that company
 motor truck is at the Central Ere sts
 tion.
 The conference brought forth u , statement that the members of No.
 Hose company resigned in body b cause they had been informed that the l resignations would be requested they were lead to believe they were to dropped from the department, they al ticipated official action by resigning, was stated in their behalf.
 Members of the fire committee in u
 speeial committee said they never heal ' of any intent to drop the members Hose company No. 2 in a body from tl 3 department It was then stated in u 5 conference that the hint the men we 5 to be dropped came from Chief Arnol who explained that he had made no sut | statement as had been presented to u 2 conference.
 r The conference was not free from acl e monious talk at times but much of wh . was said was brought, forth in reviewil I ground previously gone over In discus D | ing the fire department troubles or t 0 past few months.
 e Alderman Dugas said that proper e owners in the northern section of t d city felt that a fire company should
 maintained at the Smith Street stati = l in order that the valuable property !, that section of the city be properly pr y tected. It seemed to be established z the conference, however, that with t = present feeling in the northern secti of the city over the fire department tro = bfes no company of men resident in tn
 section can be obtained, as the men "