Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 25, 1910, Page 11

“NEW ELECTH IC ROAD|"™ Why It is Found Best to Go Up the West Side of the City, Norwich Town and Yantic. The Bulietin has received the follow- ing statement from men who are in- terested in the electric railway from Norwich to Hartford through Colches- ter of the reasons why the line should begin at West Main street and be built out on the west side of the city. Norwich Town and Yantic, rather than to begin at the end of the present track at Yantic. The eproposed line would give an up to date transportation service be- tween the several villages of Fitch- ville, Bozrahville, Marlboro, Marlboro Mills and Hast Glastonbury. the bor- ough of Colchester and the cities of Norwich and Hartford. All of these villages are without any reilway serv- ice. The distance by railroad from Colchester to Norwich or Hartford is about twice as far by present routes at its would be over the proposed line. These places, whose population and business are less than they were when there were no railroads anywhere, would be brought into the class of growing towns and be much benefited by any kind of railway, But, except a railway is located with good judg- ment and constructed ual to the standard of such lines elsewhere, it could not build up a dusiness that would make it a profitable enterprise and & suecess, flagman ing the grade. These difficulties reasons why the track has extended so as to give better accom- modations in Yantic. hicles using it now. when there is snow or ice on the track the cars are not run to the end of the line, becaues of the difficulty in climb- It cannot be expected that any improvement will be made, because there is a large stone mill with a tajl-race from its water wheels un- derground on ong side of the road, and a high ledge of rock on top of which stands Grace chapel on the other side. have been given as But the greatest construction of this state, and likely running of more cars the present line is the grade crossing of the Central Vermont raiiroad. Grade crossings of a steam heavy and fast trains are everywhere held to be most dangerous, and their at a narrow place in the road, where there is not enough room for the ve- Very often now objection to Yantic over road with their is forbidden and none on Sunday. of a steam tra or two automobiles horse are to m. by and 7 not to the a. been the laws is the law or the practice in nearly all states. The safe- guards in use at Yantic would be in- sufficient when the saving of time be- came of more importance. There is no betwen 6 p. m. The combination and an electric a car, res one tless cause a serious The highway from Norwich Town | accident here at any time now. There through Yantic is the route of all |is every indication that the situation street traffic between Norwich and | will become very much worse in a few the quarter of country to the north | years, excepting something is done and is much traveled with horses and | here. automobiles. It is quite marrow in The West Side has mnever had any places and straight only in short | street railway service morth of Main stretches. The present track to Yan- | street. A new house is seldom built tie, from Franklin square to Norwich | any where between z short distance Town, was buflt in a zig-zag across the more direct highway so as to ac- commodate as many people as possi- tle. The fact that this arrangement requires 15 or 20 minutes extra or twice as much time as a more direct line, for each car over the Yantic run, is a matter of small importance in_so short a distance. The track also, which was built nany years ago for the use of smalil ars, is too light for a safe service with the heavy cars now in use, ex- cept at slow speeds. The road is well built up with residences and approach- es a ecity street In the use made of it. so that any high speed of running the cars would bring danger of col- lisions with other users of the streets. Any extension of the present track in Yantic would be at a sharp curve et the bottoms of the steep grade and is in o narrow wooded. cessible from that it would the building of homes. is gardens and pasture, With the an used for market | from West Main street and Yantic. part of the land A but a large part electric through it, the land would be so ac- center of the become attractive for rail Iwa city It is proposed that the new railway the cities, ould ard crooked parts of the west side. The carrying of package freight, such as groceries from the shall Le bnilt so far as possible upon its own right of way rather than in the roads over some olesale ho; uses milk, butter, eggs, fruit and vegetables from the farms, and all kinds of supplies to the farms will be a large part of the business of the road. It may be anticipated that objections be made to the operation of a trolley freight car in residence streets. GIVEN A SURPRISE. Happy Time at Home of D. B. May- nard at Gardner Lake. Surprised in every sense of the word Mrs was D. B. Maynard on Saturday night | has instituted when about thirty of his friends| from her hu g:'?vd in at his pleasant home at| who is ner Lake. The evening was pleas- | N. J. antly spent with whist and music, Mrs. Eric Mitchell at the piano and Mr. Mitchell on the violin. Mr. Day and Mr. Ernest Latimer also played. There were selections on the phono- graph. Cake, fruit and ice cream were served. The party broke up at 11.30, when they wished Mr. Maynard many hap- py returns of the day. His friends re- membered him with many useful pres- ents. There were friends present from Montville, Salem, Hartford, Colchester and LeMngwell Home Chapter Meeting. Home chapter of the King’s Daugh- ters held its regular monthly meeting at the Johnson home Monday after- noon, with a large number present. Among the number was one who has reached four score, and the smartest of the group will in a few months be 90. A letter was read from Mrs. Church acknowledging and thanking the chap- ter for a substantial gift presented her on the completion of eleven years of faithful service as recording secretary of the chapter. Mrs. Church has been an indefatigable worker during all those years. Couldn’t Find the Ship. Count Fries, who has been registered at the St. James hotel for several days, received @ telegram from London, by the hands of a litfle messenger chap, while he was being interviewed by a newspaper man the other day. The lit— tie fellow pushed open the door and shouted, “Is the count here?’ The ocount aenswered “Yes,” and the boy handed over the envelope. When the boy had disappeared he said: “That reminds me of a little in- cident that befell the Duchess of Fife, the princess royal, who with the Duke of Fife recenily left London for Bgypt. At Marseilles the Duchess of Fife asked the officers of the steamship company if a telegram had arrived froq ng Edward. The reply was that ‘no such message had been re- ceivdd’ The duchess, however, insist- ed ti\at the telegram should be forth- cominyk, and on inquiry being made at the central telegraph office it was learned in the dead letter department that a despatch had been received ad- dressed to ‘The Princess Royal.” Upon this telegram an officer, aftor diligent search hzd been made in all the docks of Marseilles, had indorsed the official formula ‘Ship unknown.’ “The telegram was then delivered to the Duchess of Fife, who expressed some amusement at the officlal mis- take.”—Philadelphia Times. lo is 1 in, N N ki The Cost of Packeages. In the widespread discussion of the increased cost of living some attention is being paid to the great change which has come about In the matter of sup- plying most of the necessities in com- mon use. Comparatively few people nowadays ever buv or even see a whole malt codfish in the old days. Such salt fish as is used In the family comes from the grocery store, or market, boneless and in s which have added materially to the cost. Dried beef and bacon in the same way. in- stead of being sliced at-the market in quantities to suit purchasers. Crack- ers, biscuits, raisins, oatmeal. and so on and on, through all the long list, are brought in packages rather than in bulk by a large proportion of con- sumers, and at an increase in the cost, because the form ie slightly more con- venient. In fact it is obvious that the cost of the package, showy labels and flfi acaessorles, is the result of a de- cided preference on the part of the con- sumer, but it makes a material in- crease in the course of a year in the living expenses of the average family. —Manchester Union. Bracing Up the Staff. It wae the new city editor's|first Summoning @ veteran of the { ju th door. exchange decay. ASKS FOR DIVORCE. of Her Children Also. Mrs. Wrigh cated in Pl compelled to pr returnable Charged Albert Eccl ter I Barrett, and entering of the ew Haven the accused. sband, t and b field. before the superior court. eston New Haven r night, December 27. before Justice of the Jeace John Lawless of Waterford Monday morn- who continued | week to allow the authorities of road to appear against Williz rer am v now a resident of Plainfic Mrs. Wright also seeks the cus- tody of their two_children husband married about ten years ago and from their unlon a boy and girl were born. About seven years ago Wright desert- ed his wife and children and has since Having ad the The h Breaking In. of Waterford arrested Monday morning by Consta- i ble Fred Dimock of Waterford an { warrant issued by Grand Juror Wal- charged with breaking the Waterford Mrs. Fannie Wright Wants the Care Fannie Wright of Wew London an action for vorce ight, 21d, were ‘been vide for the children, Mrs. Wright believes she will be bet- ter off without her husband. next case term of | was a station on Monday He was brought T the The arrest is the result of an inves- ew Haven nd. A handful into the back gratefully by certain anxious residents of a great city. against any form of sympathetic deavor to relieve dumb suffering long as there of human anguish inevitably arises on every occasion, but that will the kind heart from scattering food to the pathetic applicants The greater likely to be forgotten because the less- | er is remembered road in breaking and entering tion, ¢ the moral and aesthetic English sparrow, one is foreed mire its courage. age of stupidity despair, but, jects a shivering, vard remains An to the into The Feathered Mendicant. ‘Whatever opinion be held regarding which it is not prepared. will a suffering tigation by the special agents of continuad the object to the idea of starvation. unpleasant route to the shadow is one opened wide to the small bunch of feathers when snow covers the accustomed dining tables of its of crumbs thr the sta- value of the to ad- It may be the cour- or the courage of whatever it be, it sub- starving bird to rigors and tortures of weather for Not a great deal of sentimentalism is required to This valley of the own be received ironic t A Defense of War. It remained for Prof. Edward Meyer, ery human activity, Following which back on the reiteration of the familiar assertion that the war with Spain made the United States a world power. If peace means stagnation in his vo- | cabulary, how does he account for the tremendoug progress of this countr Tt war means progress in ever tion and in every y United States is a standing illustration is not essential. was a world power long before the war with Spain was dreampt of. That inci- dent merely called Europe's attention to the fact, but Europe's ignorance of America's latent energy did not alter America’s actual strength or position. —Pittsburg Dispatch. stiflable. at it Hardly Reasonable. professor Bishop Mallalieu Stagnation mean: ‘War, he adds, is responsible for progress in every direction and in ev- | protest the grim not d the is en- so fact ieter back not Chicago Tribune. of the University of Berlin, the kaiser’s at Harvard, come bluntly out at this day with the declaration of a belief that war is the greatest human instrument of progress. The destructive power of war, he says is a creative power. and is, therefore, human ac Th he dai ivity is falls ec the | nation wants a statute a against dancing in the schools. he consider clumsiness spiritual grace? mark Does of to | | turn | yard today. | there of course he resigned. | linger may have adjusted himself, per- | friends easily i _— e LOWED GOSSIP ABOUT MISS SWIFT'S ENGAGEMENT, Which Was Broken and It is Said Has Not Been Renewed—Charges Against Officers. + Navy and Back Bay social circles are stirred to their depths by charges of assault against Paymaster George Per- cival Auld, of the United States recelv- ing ship Wabash, and Surgeon Rob- inett by Dr. Edward Spencer Cowles and formulated by Dr. Howard E. Ames, director of the Naval hospital at Chelsea, says a Boston despatch. Mr. Auld has been ordered to report at the navy yard before Tuesday to an- swer to charges. The episode is said to have followed gossip concerning the broken engage- ment of Miss Madeline Gray Swift, daughter of Rear Admiral William Swift, to Harry Duer Storer, of Atlan- ta, Ga.. which has been a social mys- lery since Mr. Storer came here in the middle of December to be married and found that the wedding had been “in- definitely postponed” om account of the iliness of Miss Swift. There were ru- ors at the time that the postpone- ment was not wholly an account of ill- ness. Miss Swift is now with a brother in Brookline and the engagement has not_been renewed, it is said. It is asserted that Mr. Auld was a | suitor for the hand of Miss Switt, and that his belief that Dr. Cowles had charged him with being responsible for the cancellation of the engagement was the motive for an allezed insult ?isault at the naval ball on December ‘The charges are “disrespect to a su- perior officer, assumption of authority. falsehood. insult, assault and conduct | unbecoming an officer and a gentle- | man. The dance at which Dr. Cowles says he was insulted was given by Dr. Ames at his Charlestown residence. & Chicage Girl Responsible. That pretty Miss May Hessler of Chicago, daughter of a former navy surgeon, and not Miss Madeline Swift. was the real cause of a navy yard fracas which is to be investigated by courtmartial on Paymaster George P. | Auld and Assistant Surgeon Ansey H. Robinett was the statement in Boston naval circles Monday. Dr. Edward Spencer Cowles, who charges Auld with insulting and_strik- ing him at a naval hop, is said to have entertained Miss Hessler during a re- cent visit, and “annoying” remarks on Miss Hessler attributed to Dr. Cowles and his failure to promptly re- a photograph of the Chicago belle are said to have been responsi- ble for the clash. Lieutenant Bassett of the Wabas. Auld’s ship, declares that Miss Swi had nothing to do with the frdcas. “Miss Swilt's postponed marriage to Harry Duer Storer of Atlanta, said, “in no way enters into this mat- ter. T do not know what caused their trouble, but it has nothing to do with this affair.” uld and Robinett will be techni- s placed under arrest at the navy The courtmartial on them will begin with public hearing on Jan- uary 31, The Unapproved Order. An interesting chapter might be written on the Unapproved Order of Embarrassing Relatives of our public men. The latest candidate for admis- sion to its ranks would doubtless be | The public know | “Jack™ Ballinger. little about him. He seems to have served his uncle as confidential clerk for about one year, returning to Seat- tle to practice lines for which his official service had opened the way. But according to Representative Hitchcock of Nebraska, who usually knows what he is talking about, “Jack” moved thriftily in get- ross the continent. He had the of temporary special investiga- tor created, and under it was assigned to make the journey to Seattle, with the usual railroad expenses and per diem for subsistence. When he got this is Hitchcock’'s narration of the se. It may be said, though not in xtenuation, that thls is not an un-| common government practice. A | youth was selling books at one of the | evening law schools in Washington. | When taxed by one of his customers for shortage of certain supplies, he explained that there had not been any- | thing of late in the bureau where he was employed on which he could be | sent over to Philadelphia, where he | picked up these old volumes, but that he was hopeful of finding something the next day. Therefore, “Jack” Bal- haps regretfully, to prevailing condi- tions.—Boston Tranecript. An Old Age Test. “Would you like a handy test to find out whether you are getting old or not?” asked John Sharp, a retired West Philadelphia business man. “Here is Next time vou are reading by cial light and the light is tempo- | rarily shut off, see where your eye| falls on the page when the light is re- sumed. I was riding in an Angora car | the other night when the trolley pole came off. one gaze in the darkness so that I could resume reading at the same place when the lights went on again. When the lights did go up, however, T found I was eight or ten lines off. Thinking that it might have been purely acci- dental. I have tried it twice since on the “L” trains, which momentarily break circuit as they round City Hall. BEach time my eye, in the darkness, wandered down the page ten lines or so. When I was a bov I could keep my eyes fixed on the line, no matter how dark it got. old.”—Philadelphia Record. John B. Smith. John Governor Crane, who died Sunday, Jannuary 9, was not only known in an exceptionally wide circle of public men but was liked by them. The duties of a poli 1 editor are delicate and to be successfully discharged careful discrimination must be shown. Mr. Smith was admirably fitted both by temperament and character for this service. He never used for temporary advantage information that was given him for his own guidance. and he kept them by his truth and his manliness. IHis work was of high value because it reflected | no personal or party prejsdices, but was the result of the exercise of a judgment that was unusually impartial as well as keen. Governor Crane was a good judge of men and his relations to Mr. Smith passed the bounds of mere satisfaction with his service, even to personal affection. Many have known and admired his work who did not know the writer, and his death is a distinct loss to journalism. He Felt Sneaking. “Don’t talk to me. I ain't fit to be spoken to,” said the elevator boy. “Last night I dreamed I was stealing chick- ens, and I haven't got over being asamed of myself yet.”—In the Air. night. staff he sald: “I'm going to brace up this force. T want a couple of crackerjack descript- fve writers, such as Red Beach or Jack London, and I want a bangup humorist. Xnow any that we could get?’ | “I'm not sure about the descriptive writers,” was the hesitating response, x't I know of a bully good humor- “Fine for you. Who is he?” “Well, now, mind you: this isn’t his real name—but they call him Mark Twain " —Success. Sunday Conversations. ‘This iz a commercial age, as the best have long suspected. Most of the men you pass on the street Sunday aftewnoons are telling eone how shrewd they are in another Susinsss In the Aix 7 giddiness, malaria, heartburn, etc. sugar-coated—sold everywhere—23c. Seven ljecadés of Cures These are the pills that kept your grandparents well and helped largely to make your parents the wholesome, healthy folks they are. They will @Y kecp you free from biliousness, liver complaint, indigestion, dyspepsia, conmstipation, sick headache, flatulence, jaundice, Whdlly vegetable—absolutely harmless—plain or Send a postal to- day for our free book and prescribe for yourself. DR. J. H. SCHENCK & SON, Philadelphia, Pa. law, perhaps on rhosn' At least | 1 was reading a paper at| the time and I tried to concentrate my | I guess I'm getting | B. Smith, former secretary to | He made | J | l l early, coal and went to the barn to attend to the mor | damper in the pipe. ed the house was filled with coal an culty abeent a few and son would have suffocated. a woman she known, Orchard, Mass. Officers good. Edixon Phounographs Standard Records Amberol Records Grand Opera Records » Edis 35 Rose of the World 10297 Victor Horbert and His Orchestra 346 My Preity Little Plece of Dresden China 10898 Bessio Wynn 10399 47 Amoureuse Wallz . . . . . Frosini 315 Hello. Mr. Moonman, Hello! . Harvey Hindermeyer 10800 649 The Homelund . . . Anthony and Harrisou 10301 350 Benediction of the Poignar Souss’s Band 851 17 I Had the World to Give Yo Keed Miller j0mg 352 Juanita . g Metropolitan Quarteite 333 When the Bloom is on the Cotton, Dixie Lee 10808 anuel Romain 34 Ireiand Isn't Treland Any More . Edward M. Favor 10804 355 1 Will Sing the Wondrous Story 10806 . Edison Mixed Quarteite 10800 356 Forosetta-Tarantella American Symphony Orchestra 10307 357 Prologue from Pagiiacci Thomas Chalmers jood 388 Siip on Your Gingham Gowes ‘s Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan 10809 350 In Cairo—Oriental Patrol . New York Military Band 880 That’s the Doctor, Bill! Billy Morray 10810 361 The Darkies' Jubilee 10811 American Symphony Orchestra 10812 209 I'm Glad I'm a Boy and I'm Glad I'm a Girl 10813 Ada Jones and Billy Murray 363 Medley of Emmeti's Yodle Songs . George P. Watson 10314 364 The Rifle Regiment March 10815 United States Marine Band 10318 . $12.50 to $200.00 5 35 (piay twice as long) . 50 .75 and 1.00 — The PLAUT-CADDEN BUILDING, EASY TERMS Recor /for FEBRUARY On Sale January 25th OME people could listen to Grand Opera all night, while others never tire of ragtime-—and some are just comfortable; wholesome lovers of all music that’s Most members of all families and @// members of most families love some kind of music. The point is that every kind of music for every music lover is included in every month’s list of Records for the Edison Ph()nograp}l——;which is the big reason why you should have an Edison in your home. month’s list is an éxample: Amberol This Standard Venetian Love Song Vietor Herbert 1'm Looking for Something to Eet The Star, The Rose and The Dream Stanley and Gillette The Dancing Girl 3 Sousa's Band Nobody Knows Where John Brown Went Arthur Collins d His Orchestrs Stella Mayhow Sweet Bunch of Daisies Elizabeth W' 1t's Moonlight all the oeler and Harry Anthony ime on Brosdway Billy Murray Vienua Instrumental Quarteste Ada Joues The Tin Soldier My Dad's Dinner, p When 1 Dream in the Gloaming of You Mannel Romain Dixie Land, I Love You Edward Meeker A Bushel o' Kisses Edison Concert Band Ju the Sunsbine and the Shadow 1'll bs Trus Byron G. Hacl EdisonMixed Quartetie A Creolo Lullaby Arthur C. Cloy Ciribiribin Waltz . American Symphony Orchestra I Think I Hear & Woedpecker Knocking st My Family Tree . . . Edward M. Favor Telling Lies Ads Jones and Billy Murray Long, Long Ago . Manhattan Mixed Trio Two Thomas Cats . New York Military Band ail Jerusalem the Golden We desire good live dealers to sell Edison Phonographs in every town where we are not now well represent Dealers having established stores should write us at once. Get complete catalogs of Edison Phonographs of your dealer or write us National Phonograph Company, 75 Lakeside Ave., Orange, N. J. Main Street, Norwich, Conn. Headquarters for Edison Phonographs and Records. Special rooms for demonstration NEARLY ASPHYXIATED. Suffield Woman’s Husband Filled Stove With Coal and Then Went to the Barn. Mrs. Samuel Adams of Suffield was asphyixated by coal gas e sday morning. Her husband arose filled up the stove with fresh ing work, forgetting to fix the gas, Mrs. Adams and her son were in unconscious condition. They were into the air'and with diffi- Had Mr. Adams minutes louger, mother and taken ou revived, May Have Another Wife. A story that James Marok, who held in Fairfield with Bartoni Laski for an attempt on the life of the former's wife by throwing her down a well aft- er robbing her, has another wife liv- ing somewhere this country abroad,is being investigated by the au- thorities. They claim to have learned that about a vear ago Marok married in Massachusetts. and later, under pretense of going to Europe, got her aboard a steamer, where he left her, having previously secured consid- | erable money which she had. Wheth- tr the woman went abroad or whether is still in this country is not but the police thing she may be either at Chicopee Falls or Indian have gone there to investigate. It has also been learned, according to the police, that Marok secured a marriage license in Worcester, Mass., previous to his marriage at Hartford to the woman whose life he is ‘accused of attempting. Our Increased Savings. The speak in ty eloquent language of the of our commonwealth. The e increase of 1 in deposits is the largest on record in the state’s tory, while the colossal total of $3743,101.481 would pay more !than a quarter of the entire national deb Th interest under conditfons of well nigh absolute safety. It proclaims the value and the practice of industry and thrift. or | vings bank statistics for 1909 | is the people’s money, drawing | When he return- | been | is | It does another service in confounding | gloomy critics who are sometimes wont to expatiate on the alleged retrograd- | ing of the old Bay State. ‘With that magmjficent bank balance, the citizens of Massauchelts are not likely to listen very patinently to the croakings of pessimism.—Boston Post. “l-Don’t-Buy-Any-Meat” Buttons. |lot received was all given out before Buttons 3 .y | 100N, The demand for them, it was uttons bearing inscription, “I| jeclared, was not confined to laboring don’t huy meat. oD you?” appeared on | men more than half the requests com- the streets in Baltimore, Md., in large | o 'rrom pusiness men and clerks.— numbers the other day.’ following the | gpinz9ala {rnfon action of the Federation of ILabor, z which adopted a Tesolution calling up- e on all labor unionists and their sym- pathizers to abstain from eating meat Frront oL P Intierpny. for a period of one month as a protest | Any one with a comfortable income against the high nrices of that article | may have strawberries every other of food. Thousands of these buttons | Tuesday, but bacon and eggs for have been ordered by the leaders in | breakfast is final proof of plutocracy. the movement, who say that the first | —St, Louis Post-Dispatch. 50¢ One Week Only LANTERNS $1.25 FOOD CHOPPERS .. $1.50 FOOD CHOPPERS 3 foot FOLDING RULES, 4 foot FOLDING RULES, 5 foot FOLDING RULES, 6 foot FOLDING RULES, T, BRACHES, RATCHE $6.00.sets of BITS 25¢ HITCH nopéé 20c HITCH ROPES BLUE AND WHITE ENAMELWARE, each ........ OIL HEATERS AT SPECIAL PRICES. THE HOUSEHOLD, 74 Franklin Street Bulletin Building SPEGIAL SALE January 22 to 29 inelusiv Four packages 10c TOILET PAPER, 1000 sheets 25¢ CLOTHES LINES o T 25¢ METAL LUNCH BOXES 25¢ FOLDING LUNCH BOXES. FOLDING LUNCH BOXES $1.26 ALARM CLOCKS $1.00 ALARM CLOCKS $1.50 FAMILY SCALES, 1 A GOCD WASH BOARD SATURDAY, lironclad) IRANGES STAND FOR THE BEST IN SERVICE AND ECONOMY J. P. BARSTOW. & CO., 23-25 Water Street, Norwich. C. H. BACON, Danielson. ‘QUEEN OF THE COOKERS