Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-17
DANIELCON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Putnam is to have new business block oy early fall The plans that have been ield up by q writ Of attachment are to be
 sarried into effect at once as satisfac-
 ory arrangements to have the attachment
 crnoved have been consummated, The 1 luilders are Louis Woffe and S. Karlin-
 ky, two Putnam business men The site \
 # the new building Is at the corner pf Main and Buck streets and already the excavation is nearly completed The plans drawn by E. M- Corbin Of Putnam cali for a two-story brick structure with thrse stores on the ground floor and six
 aoors on the second fcor. It is under stood that Mir. Ka<ninsky will occupy one of the stores and that Mir Wolfe will occu- py one of the offices. The contract to erect the building has been let to a Wor- eester concern and calls for completing the building in four months after the foun- dation Is ready. Work upon the founda- tion Is to begin at once So that the block should De ready for occupancy about the first of october at the latest There is a deArth Of empty stores and offices in Put nam and the new block will open the way for other business enterprises to locate here Eustnesa is slowly moving north ward on Main street, wflach was formerly Elm street and was some years sgo an ex- elusive residential section. This will bs
 the farthest north business block on Main street and t ts diagonaily across the street
 from the Victory, theatre.
 The chemical truck was called ont st half past eight o'clock. Saturday morning, for a chimney fire in the wooden building on Main street owned by the Hopkins es- tate and occupied by Duvert's Fabric shop, Miss Rivardis millinery shop and
 NcGl1ire.s vulcanizing shop on the ground floor and tenements in the upper story
 The fire was extinguished with chemicals, | without damage.
 Malcolm M wiley left Saturday morn , ing to spend the weekend with his moth
 CT. Mrs. Helen Wiley. at the Uxbridee,
 Mass. Inn.
 j.. Harry Mann has bought the property Grove street across from Wilkinson street owned by Ernest B. Kent. Tine l Mann family will occupy the downstairs
 tenement and Miss Mary Johnson wifi con-
 tinue to occupy the upper rent
 There were special 6bservancss of East CT Sunday in all the churches in this city.
 At the Congregational church there was q
 Sunrise prayer service. Judge E. M Warner made tho address taking for his. i text. The, Glory of Present Immortality, l 6John 17:22-26.) There was special music at the regular morning service at 1o.S0 | At St. Mary's church there were the usual
 masses and q special musical program at
 the s.15 and 10.30 high masses. There was
 no vesper service but at 730 there was a.
 service with sermon marking the opening
 of weeks mission for the women of the parish to be conducted by the Redenporist
 Fathers. This will be followed by weeks
 mission for men, beginning Sunday next
 At St. Philips Episcopal church there was
 a conmunion at 8 o'clock, a service for children at S.45 and communion and
 sermon at 10.45. At the Baptist church 1 there was an evening Easter concert at six i o'clock and a similar concert at the Meth odist church at seven o'clock. All of
 these services were largely attended. l At a special city meeting the polls will I be cren from g am. to 6 D. m. today I 6Monday) and the voters will have their third chance. to cast their ballots in favor l Of or againsh an appropriation of sTT,500 l for the purchase Of motor driven hook and ladder truck as additional equipment for the fire department. Twice the propo- | Sition has been voted down but it is be- ieved that there has been an awakening
 to the dangerous situation which prevails. ] As the department is now handicapped a 1 fire that starts upon a roof or in a second
 or third story has things all its cwn way lOE q peIlOu OI ll1If0 thdIs IS important to fire fighters. This is because no matter how pronpt a response to an alarm is made the firarnen have no way to reach the high spots without available ladders. All thinking citizens realize the dan
 ger of such situation. The friction in the department when the vote was cast twice irreviously has been overcome and 1t is nov believed that the proposition will 20
 through with Ettie or no opposition If the new truck is purchased, the city's fire department will be the most, effectively equipped at any time with powerful . pump and the new hook and ladder truck
 while a. the Smith stree station another motor truck equfFoed with hose. etc, is always in readiness
 If pIaAn under consideration by the Put : nam chamber of commerce are made ef- fective. the city will have a clean-llp week some time in May. The delapidated and disreputable appearance Of some sections Of the city has been brought to the atten- tion of the organization and steps for a general honsecleaning have beea taken war will be waged against unsiIgthiy ash Fdles, tin cans and garbage. It i. planned to ask the common council tc