Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-02
PUTNAM

Attention was called in various quart CTS Wednesday to the need of this city { ,1ying a ladder truck to sz6 to the equip se1t of the fire de2artg,Snt. This propo- dtion received consideration rere some cars ago, but was tJluned down on the round that the city must econonlze and ,eel it's eNpendttures at the lowest possi. ] le figure
 Now the queStfon bobs up agan. That dders are bzdly needed by the depart ent, was In evidence, 1t was stated Nednesda; morning at a chimney fire at the BellLrose property on Marshall street early Tuesday evening. It So ha7pened that Ehe firenen. by 'exercising their inge- nUIryl quickly controlled the re, getting where they wanted to get without ladders put enc might conceive of situations aris- ! ing in certain sections of the city where ] the lack of proper ladder equipment would prove disastrous. There have been ! fires in Putnam within recent memory at | the Congregational parsonage, for i'm i stance where an adequate eQuicment of | 3dders would have been Invaluable to the | fremen, and, in the opinion of many oGo- ] servers of that fire whose judgment is ] worth while, would have enaiblei to con- | auer the fire much sooner than was pos | siDe unde conditions they faced and i TcIterially reduced the damage to the lpropeety.
 What is set down here relative to tue 1 city acqc1ring new ladder equipment for | .h7 dcesrtment is not set dowu by sug- { Eestlon Of any of the officials of the fire ! department. No official was Interviewed elative 10 this subject. What is written l aere i5 based on Wednesdays comment by i lumber of citizens who would like 10 see the fire department have auQle lad 1es' equipment
 There is an old ladder truck at the cen 1 trel fire station and on it are ladders that Solh be used in some cases in an emerg- eflcy, but horses to haul this particular | truck are not as readily available 9s horses should he for moving attoaratus ro ? fire and as things stand is regarded by many citizens as little less than useless. Members of the Putnam chamber or Eom1ferces gathered at Odd Fellows hall | Wednesday eyeniDg for Q. meeting of un- asusl interest--A meeting addressel by several of the past president of the Oines-- viii. l.. I. Business Mems association. Che meeting Wednesday evening was the 1rst full membership meeting held by the
 ocsd body in some time.
 1 There is special interest in Putnam and i other surrounding towns in the prospect of Major Clarence C. Scarborough being 1 irpolHsed treasurer Of the Conn ectdcut or
 
 -svd Frank Rutterworth, New Haven, q former Y ale football star Major Scaroor- ough. a resident of Hartford, has many frienGs in the town of Putnam and is also known in the town oi Brooklyn, iron
 @heDce dis ancestors came. On Nedneg
 cay Hartford papers featured the facl : thac he is likely to be MI. Bucter worth
 successor.
 Another tester Whe viii work la the re- stricted area established in towns in t1l.
 section Of WinGhan county will come in
 10 this territory Friday to assist in tht work Of tuber01lin testing of cattle, it wa! ! stated Wednesday by F. c. Rogers, chair . man Of the spectal committee of the Wind , hsm County Farmers association devotin: It's s;eciai attention to the eradication 0.
 tuberculosis from herds in this corner O. the state The testing work is now going
 forward splenohdly in the towns thn mako ID the restricted area-Putnam