Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-05-02
PUTNAM

mat putnam Is going on daylight saw
ing seemed positively forecasted Mon
day. All of the cotton mills of the city
and the H. K. H. company silk plant went
onto daylight saving time Monday morn
ing. There also was a fixed belief dur
ing the day that manufacturing concerns
in the town of Thompson would do like
wise, thus getting into line with Web
ster and territory to the south.
This (Tuesday) evening at it's regular
monthly meeting the common council in
all probability will pass "a resolution"
endorsing daylight saving. Sentiment
among members of the chamber of COM
merce during Monday was that the bust
ness houses of the city should fall in line
with other communities in the area here
abouts. The matter was discussed by
chamber of commerce members Monday
afternoon and a definite announcement
as to po.icy or this matter may be looked
for today.
Manufacturing concerns precipitated
Putnan's drift toward the daylight saw
ing program. The Manhasset Manufac-
turing company, the Nightingale-Morse
mills and the Putnam Manufacturing
company-al of the cotton manufactur-
| ing concerns of the city-put their plants
onto the fast time Monday morning.
So also the H. K. H silk mills will con
to daylight saving.
| Speaking for the cotton manufacturer
Agent Robert W. Boys Of the Manhasset
company said Monday morning that the
change was made necessary in order
that the normal functionfng of the plant
should not be interfered with. The main
Office Of this mill is in Providence. which
is on daylight saving time. The train ser
vice and therefore the freight and ex-
press service has been moved forward an
hour. a matter of important interest to
this mill company. AS of standard time,
the freight office here requires delivery
of freight by 2 p. m. On the same basis.
the express service also ends an hour
| earlier than formerly each day. These
are important considerations with this
company, as with the others that have
re-arranged their working hours. Opera
| tfves in the cotton plants now. go to work
at a. M, and come out for dinner at II
a. m. standard time work from II noon
to p m. Saturdays from a. m. to
II a. M At the Manhasset the night op-
eratives go on duty at p. m. work until
| IL .. m, take half an hour for lunch and
work from 11.30 p. m. to 4.3o a. m.
/ A city official stated Monday that the
school board officials, representing the
/
advance time an hour in order to con-
form with the new time likely to be
adopted by Putnam. At the present time
many students from out Of town arriving
here on trains are obliged to wait more
than an hour for schools to open-then
are late in getting home.
If Mondays program for daylight saw
ing is carried through, and there seemed
little doubt at that time that it would De
all o. the towns along the railroad from
Webster southwark to PlainieId will bt
on daylight saving time within the pres
ent week. Conferences relative to thu
matter were under way about having uni
versal time in this territory between rep
resentatfves Of various communities oil
Monday and the drift was decidedly to
ward daylight saving. Adoption Of 1t wa
regarded as the only avenue out of vii
derness Of confusion resultant from hay
ing standard time in one community ant
daylight saving in an adjoining one an
SO on throughout the entire industrial
area hereabouts.
A carnival entirely arranged and con
Quoted by Putnam lodge Of Elks and
carnival surprising anything, in that sor
Of entertainment given the people of TIL
city is being planned by master com
mittee and subcommittee of that frateI
nifty The carnival is to last a week dur
ing the early part of the summer, as wi
be announced in advertisements later
be released through this and other pa
pers There are to be nightly band cor
corts parades Of visiting Elks from tn
business section to the grounds and fes
lures numerous enough to warrant pull
licity rivaling that OF the greatest sho'
on earth" Elks from all parts Of cas-
ern Connecticut and from southern Mas
achusetts towns are to be here, comm
in bodies on different nights.
After - hearing Monday mornin
Judge Geissler Of the city court four
George Bricault not guilty of selling il
toxicating liquor. The defendant was re-
resented by Attorney A. S. MACEDONIA
Gilbert Langton and James Bothan te
titled that they went to Bricault's plai
Of business on Providence street, son
weeks ago, and got some Jamaica ginge
Langton said that he asked for Jakey b
was told that they didn't have any. T
said he gave man some money and Il
man went out and came back with Il
Jamaica ginger. He thought it was Br
cault or his son but on cross examin
ton admitted that he could not identi
either OF them as the man who got it f
him. Botham also, when pressed
discrimination, said that he wasr
sure who gave it to him and could n