Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-12
PUTNAM

An alarm called out the department "Wednesday morning for a fire at the shop of the J. E. Tatem and Son handle manufacturers, near George 5treet. Before the blaze was exiting Iished the roof on the boiler house lad been burned of and the whole main part of the plant threatened. The loss will be several hundred dol lars.
 The firemen made valiant effort to get the big motor punper to the ire and were successful in running put through Grove street, from waic:l the snow has been fairly well clear ed over it's central part, and to with in about 200 feet Of a hydranI that was to be used not distant from tie burning structure. A sleigh that has been kept loaded with hose and other dref fighting supplies had no difficul y in getting up to the hy6fant and making connections and then a line of hose was run to the bumper.
 It was stated here "Wednesday that l settlement which probably will be sa3sfacotry to all concerned, had been practically arranged in regard 70 the car that has been in the pos session of Oscar Rich. and which was -eptivened by an insurance company
 
 man John Jacob Rogers of Lowell, from whom, it is alleged, that it was stolen in Boston by some unknown party in April of last year. The car came into this territory through its purchase by Andrew Sharpe who had no reason to suspect that there was anything wrong about the history of the machine. MT. Sharpe, it was stated Wednesday. had signiied his intention to adjust with the other parties concerned claim3 that have arisen as an evidence of his good will and fairness in the matter. It is pos sible, too, 1t was stated Wednesday that other persons here who sold used cars that have been established as having been stolen before they were owned in this city will adjust mattrs so. that the ultimate buyers Of the cars will not suffer mater1aa loss.
 The state road route to AttaWauean, DayviEk and Danielson was material ly inHr owed for traffic during Wed nesday as the result of the efforts. state highway depar rtment men. The real bad places along the route were receiving special attention from the big motor hauled snow scraper and men were using shovels to dig out stretches of highway that are badly drffted.
 By afternoon the result of the laIbors of the state highway department men was the possibility of the motor busses operating between Putnam and Danielscn making tane run in 45 10 50 minutes. Tlhe route is now in better condition than it has been at any time since "Wednesday of last week, but it is not by any means inviting for pleasure travel as yet, and it is a wise man that will avoid making a trip through it with a. motor vehicle unless his business is Of an urgent nature.
 The way broken through and scrap ed down is not sufficiently wide be- tween Putnam and Attawaugan to al- low of two vehicles passing without very coBsldeFab difficulty, and shoV- els frequently must be brought into play to dig switches for machines that must pass each other
 Out on the Chepatohet pike the state road to Providence is in terrible ssonaitieH absolutely closed to RnEi kind Of traffic excepting sleighs A resident near the Connecticut Rhode Island line who was in tais city We'd nesday said that the drifts that fill low places along the state high way near the Bcwdihch reservoir are nine