Putnam patriot., 1930-05-15

ing the past twelve months
 The new industries are NJ SaIsberg X Sons, a silk weaving plant employ ing at the present time about eighty hands and running night and day They are already talking of expand ing. A concern, the name of which IS withheld now being established here for throwing silk, is already con- templating more floor space than originally leased. He assured the members that two substantial. re- liable, growing concerns had been se- cured and that a valuable piece of ! ~Qrk had been accomplished by the hardwofkina committee.
 The secretary alluded to the idle floor space yet to be filled and said that, given moral and financial sup port. the Chamber. the only organ ization working along this construe- tive line. will be able to report further success Il year hence. He sug- gested that the competition with other cities required the expenditure of money in securing new industries and said that the directors are planning ways and means of raising money to follow up their new industries cam paign and urged the members to get behind whatever plan may be adopted.
 A Final Effort
 The secretary alluded to the final effort of the committee to secure the Government Veterans Hospital for i. Putnam by sending two delegates to the closing meeting at Washington. This was cited to show how intensely and consistently the Chamber is fol- lowing up prospects.
 The attempt of the Chamber to se- cure a more adequate lighting system for the business section and to have the street signs renewed was touched upon. Due to the fact that the com mon council is pursuing q policy of economy and the city is facing large expenditures in the near future the council did not receive the sug- gestions with enthusiasm and 1t Is thought these projects will have to await more Opportune time.
 During the year the chamber has become affiliated with the State Chamber of Commerce. The dues are twenty-five cents for each member of the subordinate chambers and have hEAA HAtA AfUHl LHe LEEA&uENs
 The chamber also sent three dele gates to the meeting of the New Eng land Council at Boston last year.
 lt was called te the attention of the members that through the efforts of the highway committee Of the com mon council parking space on South Main street had been leased from the \. |. N. H. X H. Railroad Company and was being utilized and thus relieving congestion in the business section.
 Morning Mail
 The secretary told Of the unsatis- factory morning mail delivery and outlined the effort that is now going forward to compel the railroad com pany to restore passenger service on the Norwich X Worcester branch.
 The capture of fraudulent hosiery salesman in Putnam, through the ef- forts of the chamber, was spoken of, and the improved telegraph service was alluded to as an outstanding ac- complishment of the year. Service until ten o'clock. several hours on Sunday. and free delivery of mes sages, brings the service to stand ard more in keeping with the import ance O. this city.
 Other matters taken up by the chamber during the year were the re- moval of trolley rails, a signal light at the junction of Main. Front and Pom fret streets. and Clean-Up week. re- gently held.
 The secretary stated that the mer- chants committee functions as a separate body on matters pertaining to merchants. but subject to the chamber. The merchants cooperated in a recent style show with credit to themselves and to the chamber
 To Petition Commission
 Archibald Macdonald Jr., chairman of the committee endeavoring to have the passenger service on the Nor wieh < Worcester branch restored, was called upon by President King. Mir. Macdonald outlined the commit tees efforts and stated that he was preparing a petition to the public util- ities commission. Mir Macdonald predicted that this petition would be granted. He said: There are no pre- , cedents in the United States that ] would allow a railroad such as the Norwich & Worcester to operate ] without passenger trains" He felt that the situation is due in some measure to the attitude of the public } and that this should change to the point of view that this public service corporation is granted franchise to give service. including passenger service. and should be compelled to give such service
 Assumes Obligations Arthur E Smith. chairman of the New Industries committee, outlined the work of that committee in locat ing the two new industries here. 1t was brought out that the chamber has assumed a financial obligation amount ing to some ST ,600 in securing these new concerns. It was also brought out that a fund of between seven or eight hundred dollars. now to the credit of the Putnam Industries In corporated. may be available to the chamber in it's work of securing new factories for Putnam. 1t was esti- mated that the annual payrolls of the new concerns will approximate s20O,- 900 a year.
 A darker side of the picture was shown by Mir Smith when he said that the city is to lose the Adams Manufacturing Company. He said the