Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-09
DANIELsON

F. E. Cunneen is in New York on business trip.
 W. Irving Bullard, of Boston, was visitor here over Sunday.
 Water sweeping in from the brook that skirts the easterly side of the central fire station put out the heat CT fire in he building.
 For much of the distance between this city and Putnam the rails of the trolley line are in sight for the first time in nearly five weeks. Ice clings about them, but two or three days of thawing weather would clear the line through much of the open country.
 State Policeman Stiles has been at Goodyear Investigating as to the rob- bery of the mill restaurant safe in that place during the early hours of Fri day morning
 The Confession, an unusual photo drama attracted interested audienc- es to the Orpheum theatre for Mon- days shows.
 Undertaken A. F. Wood stated on Monday that he had been obliged to postpone funeral scheduled for Sat urday and Sunday because highways in the surrounding country are again . iInpassablie, following the week end | storm.
 ' A. V. Thompson was in Willimantic l Monday on business trip.
 Two drains alone are protecting much of the business section of Dan | iels0n from being flooded by a great l quantity of water that remains to 1 come down off the hills near the head | of Reynolds street. Usual courses i that this surface water would follow are frozen. so that it must follow Key holds street and down through Main | The drains that are caring for the ! flood are located at each side of Mair l street near the bank buildings. Wher | another thaw sets in the flood vii l he resumed as it was checked only 1 by Saturday nights freezeup, ad not l by a clearing up of the trouble. 1 The third degree that was to have l been conferred upon a class of candi- 1 dates Of Rose of Lima council Sunday was postponed until next Sunday, be- cause District Deputy Edward " Mullan and his suite from CargiIl | council of Putnam were unable t reach Danielson on account of tn, 1 condition Of the highways.
 The real need Of a mid -afternoor northbourd train out of Danielson i being felt moro than ever. and man. suggestions are heard that bushes mems associations and chambers c Commerce along the line between Nev London and Putnam should make ! united effort to obtain such 2 trail
 s was run for many years up to tn
 time that war restrictions went int
 effect.
 l Danielson was cut of from a1 transportation service, except by trai
 during Sunday and Monday wit
 points 10 the north and south. Be
 tween Danielson ad Putnam the stat
 highway was in terrible condition O Monday. though every effort was be
 ing made by the state highway de partment to open it up so that i
 could he used hy the passenger car 1 rying husses. By afternoon the buss es were getting through to Attawau
 gan, but from that point to Putnam i thore was no chance for anything bu
 q sleigh to get through.
 Big drifts and great quantities c ice presented conditions agains
 which no motor driven vehicle coul 1 successfully operate. The worst con
 ditions were near the Tewgood plsc
 and near Grove street cemetery 0
 the Putnam end of the route.
 To the south the Wauregan route
 were blocked completely. This ha
 been the rule, about every week. sine
 February 4. and the men charge l WitD DFeak1nE open these highWay
 arc heartily wearied of their tasks.
 The quick freeze-up during Satu1
 day left the highways with deeper an 1worse ruts than have marred the, during the entire winter.
 A funeral service for Mrs. Deni
 Corey. who died at the home of he
 son. Carl Corey. in New York, WE
 conducted at the undertaking room
 of A. F. Wood by Rev A. E. GalIu
 pastor of the Pentecostal church. TT
 body was rieced in the receivir
 vault at Westfeld cemetery.
 Scores of telephones in this ar surrounding towns were put out commission hy the latest lAe stor | and the linemen are now having Il busiest of time trying to restore il ' service. The gale and snow ard Il T ice served to break down lines . otherwise iniure them. Toll ii
 service with all points wos restore ] 1 during Monday.
 While the voters of the East 6rool T lyn Fire district. in q regularly cal
 cd meeting unanimously voted to tai I ! the matter of the advance in wat T rates by the Crystal Water compal 3 before the Public Utilities Commi ' sion and every user of water from | \ Crystal companv's mains has sirr