New Britain herald., 1927-11-09
Beg People to Stay

Beg People to Stay
 The notice. which was tacked on
 telegraph poles for all to see. was
 headed An appeal to the people to stand by Waterbury and not leave" and made the positive assertion that If business men leave the town it. self will be lost"
 Another official bulletin, signed by Roy w. Demeritt, village president. indicated that considerable trepida- tion was felt concerning the towns outlook unless all the citizens com bined to work for the general pub lie.
 All Must Help
 "The conditions in Waterbury" , this notice read require the services i of every able bodied man to remedy, i The weather conditions, tWinooski valley is blanketed in snow) make this more pressing. Unless things are cleaned up in a short time we will be confronted with disease and suffering"
 Bank Will Re Open l Still a third public notice an- nounced that the savings bank will open tomorrow for the first time since its vaults were closed against the flood that washed completely over them. Depositors were re- quested. however, not to make de- mands larger than absolutely ne- cessary pending the arrival of cur rency which was said to be on the
 way from Burlington and Boston.
 Rehabilitation went forward apace during the day and just at dusk yes
 terday, electric lights flashed on in streets and homes for the first time since last Thursday. The water sys- | tenn was expected to be ill opera ton by tomorrow, largely removing the danger of an outbreak o. 1 typhoid. Relief Work Pushed Boston. Nov. 9.--iP-The work Of
 relief and reconstruction pushed 1 steadily to the fore today in New
 England's flood devasted area.
 It was largely a fight against | time for the first touches of winter
 were making themselves felt in no uncertain way in the water-soaked villages Of Northern Vermont and | Western Massac achusette.
 The vigor with which the situa-
 ton was being attacked was evi- denced by the announcement Of Major General Preston Brown, con- mandant of the first corps area, that he was moving his base for airplane operations from Concord. N. H.. to Burlington. Nt.. whence he planned today to make second inspection by air of the stricken territory. Trains Go To Canada | At the same time the Boston and Maine railroad succeeded in re- suming service to Canada, cut off since the storm broke. The route. temporary one. will take trains from here to Portland. Me, and thence to Sherbrooke, Que. from where they will run over the Canadian Pacific lines to Montreal.
 That left the main line to the NeCI opCll to SuppucS llOlll 4Ne" York state. whence this city prob ably will have to depend for it's milk quota for some time to come. The road reported that an unpre- cedented amount of traffic had been cleared through the Hoosac tunnel route. mostly in needed foodstuffs The Boston and Albany also used the same route while workmen feverishly pushed repairs to the three and half miles of main line which was swept away in the v- cinity of Beckett. Mass.
 Governor Issues Call.
 At Montpelier, Nt., Gov John E. Weeks took the initiative in calling together heads of departments and naming committees which were charged with spurring the plans for reconstruction.
 Talk persisted that special ses- (Continued on Page 1e)