Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-05

Hoftsy told of the inconvenience of hay.
 ing 10 go to Abingdon for freight and
 baggage, also of the extra cost involved
 because Of trucking charges. IL E. Ben
 nett, poultry raiser. stated that fl the station was closed he might just as well
 pick up and get out" for his bushes,
 would be hard hit. Mrs. Martha Sin.
 clair, Joseph Elliott and Robert Elliott
 substantiated what had already beer
 said.
 F. s. Hobbes, superintendent of tht
 district, appeared for the railroad and
 submitted figures 10 show that while ii
 was costing the company S37 a week for
 payroll at Elliott station. the income
 from freight and passenger service was only 3sl for the entire month Of May.
 From January to May, 1921. the payroll
 amounted to 3l,0f7.73. while the recefpts | were only Ss17.14. And business Ia now
 running A per cent lower" added Mr.
 Hobees. He stated that the matter of | guarding the crossing. which had been
 introduced. was aside from the issue.
 Summing up. Mir. Torrey argued that
 the Elliott station was one point of a i great system maintained for the public
 and that while this particular point
 might net be paying. still the company
 was under a moral obligation 10 main | tain it, and not penslize the community i through lack of service. He emphasized that al present there is a depression. but
 that prosperity is coming. and the rail-
 road should not cut of this locality sim
 ply because of the depression.
 IL tSsk 10 hnInrs sunday afterIoos at Putnam for the Colonial baseball team
 of Norwich to overcome and capture the
 Gtghtingales of Putnam and win by a
 score of to game that was full of
 ragged playing and heavy hitting The
 Colonisle are the first team this year to
 beat the Putnam nine, and they did n
 through a combination of brainless base
 bail. clever fielding and mobbsstic stick work. It took more than the proverbial pinch of salt to catch the NightinEzies,
 for they fought hard, and against bitter odds. The team from the city to the south came well equipped for the task. l They brought all of their heavy artillery and the score tells the rest While Put nam was gathering a messly scattering ; of seven hits. the visitors banged out II, , including three bzgger and two dou- , bles. The Norwich team deserved to win; the Putnam players deserved to . lose. In the last part of the 10th inning ? with the bases full and only one man . out. BoUlay drove long fly 10 center When it struck Clabby's glove Cournoyer who was on third. started for the plate [ onIy 10 stop nan way. oo a blt or star ! gazing, and then decided to go back tc ( the base. After the due course Of tiuas C the ball was played back into the infeld c although Cournoyer had time to score . and then some. When the Putnam team e got into a hole they failed io use theii ] heads and it was this fact That cost then . the game.
 The game itself was full of excitement Starting out with a good lead Putnam . slumned and let the Norwich team fore n ahead. After see-sawinS ha-. and fort 2 2 with first Putnam and then the Colonial a having the advantage. the 10th inniri ' came with the tallies five all. uarringt6l
 led off for the visitors with a double ani d scored on clabhy's sacrifice. A douiii e play then retired the side. with Norwiel a (centinusd on Page Eight, Col. Thrss