Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-02-28
DANIEIS0N AND PUTNAM NEWS

in fare from the present straight as
sessment Of 10 cents for a ride Of any |
zone or portion thereof. /
On and after Wednesday the cost of
a ride from Danielson to Central Viii !
lage will be reduced from 20 to 16 2-3 |
cents, which may be paid by handing |
over two tokens to the conductor. A
ride to Moosup will cost 25 cents. as
against charge of 80 cents now in eff
feet. From Danielson to Putnam the
rate will be 25 cents, instead of 80.
While these are not the low rates Of the
old days, the trend is downward and
may be considered very reasonable, all
things taken into account.
Two rubs of the eyes were necessary
in most cases, Monday morning. to con-
vince the early rising citizen that the
snow man had been about during the
night and had dumped a quite heavy
blanket of snow over the territory here
abouts. The fall was one of the heay-
lest of the winter and it came down in
| a hurry. The storm began just before
a. m. and by a. m. had sifted in
| about six inches of snow. So rapidly
| did the snow come down during the
very early hours Of the morning that
those who were out said that trying to
see through 1t was much the same as
looking through a dense fog.
State highway plows were out early
| and by noon had cleared up the main
arteries of travel in this section. Ard
| as to this work, the state highway de-
| partment workers are entitled to gener
| Gus praise Frederick Warren, in charge
| of the work in Killingly,e had Main
| street as clean as whistle shortly af-
| ter a. m. By early afternoon the
snow did not interfere with motor traf-
! g.. Nv IL In HI
| than would a sharp summer afternoon
shower. In clearing the state high
ways of snow, the Connecticut highway
| department workers have set a stand
| ard that is claimed by motorists who
travel about to be the highest In the
| New England states, and what is being
| done is winning unstinted praise.
AL roads will lead to Danielson Sat-
| urday, when, under the auspices of the
| local chamber of commerce, its mem
bers will combine in a Dollar Day car
| nfval of selling that Is expected to
match a. similar event held on the first
| Saturday of last Augusta real Red
| Letter DAY in the annals Of local mer-
! chandising events. The August event
| drew buyers from about every section
| Of eastern Connecticut. and the mer-
chants here are confident that their
combined effort toward making another
huge selling day will be fully as pro-
ductive of mutually successful results
as was the late summer bargain day,
Monday, at meeting of the trustees
OF tho Brooklyn Savings banw, located
! in D2aielson, dividend at the rate Of
/ 1-2 per cent. per annurh was declared
| payable tomorrow, March l. The report
| Of the treasurer, Sidney W. Bard,
showed all increase in the deposits for
the past year of $144264, and that
$12.S25 was carried to profits.
Here is another evidence that Dan
ielson and surrounding territory in
cludes hundreds of thrifty persons
those who save something out of their
earnings and set it aside against the
| time of need. In recent months there
has been much pessimisin, but here is
evidence that muc hof this fear of the
times is without foundation and that
those who labor constantly as seems to
be the lot Of tine average mortal, and
saves something out of his earnings,
need not worry about the present or the
future.
The Brooklyn Savings bank is a ba-
rometer Oh which may be read the truth
about the fundamental prosperity Of
TINS community-not the tinsel and the
gilt of hilarious living and expenditures
s2ve-and the banks depositors are
numbered by thousands-and while
they may not have been spending lib
rally during the winter. are in position
to buy what they need and poy for it
when the occasion may arise-and
spring brings a change of view and the
hrowing off of the restraint that comes
m most people Of average means dur
Il a New England winter For, re-
member, tomorrow, wednesday, is the
first of March
DR.. L. j. Norm, proprietor of one OF
Danielson's drug stores, was reported
Monday as seriously i'll. His brother
Charles NORM, of Apponaug, also q
registered pharmacist, is to come here
to take charge of the business temper.
arily.
Mrs. Alphonse Quintal was reported
Monday as seriously i'll at st. Vincent
hospital in Worcester.
A meeting of employees and official.
of the S. n. E. T. company in divisions
hereabouts was held at the local offic,
Of the company on Monday.
Mrs. William Ross of Broad street