Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 6, 1917, Page 5

Last Week We Talked About Our Famous English Cure Bacon. Results Were Orders From Eleven New Fam- ilies for One and Two Pounds Each, to be Delivered Every Wednesday Un- til Further Orders. Get the Habit! It ls a Most Healthful Winter Breakfast. Delivered Outside the City Parcel Post. The Only Market in Norwich Selling this Famous Bacon. SOMERS NOTICE We, the undersigned, wish to an- nounce to our patrons that owing to the continued advance in® the cost of Al materials used in carryi Wet Wash Laundry Business we find & absolutely impossible to maintain »ur usual high quality of woTk at the »d price of 50c. Rather than reduce the quality of work, the minimum _prics, on and Sfter February 12th, 1917, will be 60c ‘or the ordinary family wash of 35 Above that to 45 pounds, %c, dry weight. NEW SYSTEM WET WASH NORWICH STEAM LAUNDRY TAFTVILLE WET WASH ROGERS DOMESTIC LAUNDRY EAST SIDE LAUNDRY Don’t Forget another class in Span- sh staTts at the Com- Chamber of Commerce 7.30 Tonight A few months study with this class will enable you to speak, read, write and appre- ciate the beautiful and usfgl Spanish language Tuition $4.00 a month. PHONE YOU ARE comING Deertoot Samsag 'ANCAKE FLOUR MAPLE SYRUP LA TOURAINE COFFEE All Seasonable Good Things at People’s Market 6 Franklin Street JUSTIN HOLDEN., Proprister DRESS PLAITING Drders taken for and COVERED _ BUTTONS. srders promptly filled. MRS. GRINDROD Telephone 1182-2 Norwich, Conn. HEMSTITCHING 8 Union Stre LADIES! We will cheerfully ex- plain all M our JITNEYPLAN It is a pleasing way to buy Jewelry, Watches, and Diamonds. THE PLAUT-CADDENCO. PLAUT-CADDEN BUILDING Ernest E. Bullard VIOLIN TEACHER Al String instruments repaired Viclins sold en easy terms For appointments address €. BULLARD, Bliss Place, Ners wich, Conn. TEAM HARNESS EXPRESS HARNESS |the 1atter part of this monta. This is A new line at oid prices. Some good values in FUR COATS, storm, AUTO ROBES, HORSE BLANKETS. fi:r“'::t Ia: loads of witch hazel Just received a carload of BUSI- INESS WAGONS at the right prices. TATTERS | Miss Saran L. Kelley has accepted| OUS MATTERS the position as telephone operator at P — the Wauregan house. High fides will prevail today. oot PRI RG Monday was St. Agatha's: day. cent guest of his mother, Mrs. C. H.| 3 s e e Fptter, 30 Boxwood, [Bif Lyms. moon a 3 d the Sth: e Mrs, Fannie C. Lamb of Ledyard been spending several days with ‘her Light vehicle lamps at G5.39 this|sister, Mrs. Everett L. Crane, of Po- evening. - quonnoc. A few sleighs were out yesterday | Ronald M. Kimball and John Noyes afternoon. returned to Brown university Monday after omes in Monday's snow spoiled the skating |inis city. . . o and held up ice cutting. Yesterday' was _ siippery | e Rew Engting Homs Tor Titte s snow ew fome e enough to require that horses be weil | Wanderers in Boston, i spending sharpened. several days with Der parents in The annual state convention of Tur. | SOUth Coventry. ner societies is to be held in Meriden| County Organizer James A. Mac- ‘March 18. Donald of the New London Tierney cadets, who attended the first anniver- Men living along the coves have|sary of the Father Mathew Tierney ‘been finding fishing through the ice|cadets in Norwich Sunday afternoon, the best in years. [as accompanied by John Dray. Ir. Daniel Corcoran, ice Roche, John At North Ashford a birthday Sur-|Robinson and James Elwood, members prise party was given Rev. Harvey. M. | o't Cadets in that city. wson last week. The planet Uranus becomes a morn- FUNEISA. ing star this month, but is too cloge to = thesun to be well seen. JoSha I ovh. Relatives and friends attended the St. James' lodge, No. 23, F. and A.|funeral of Joshua Briscoe, which was M, ‘works the second degree tonight |held Sunday afternoon from the fu- at"Masonic temple at 7.30.—adv. neral parlors of The’ Henry Allen Son Co. Rev. Frank Palmer officiatod At present there are 53 patients at|and the bearers were Frederick Jack- Backus hospital. Every pricate room |son, Albert Butler, Clarence Fells and and ‘every semi-private bed is oceu-|N.'C. Lansing. Burial was in Maple- pled. t ~ |wood cemetery. Rey. Mr. Palmer con- PR el T ducted & committal service at the for William McCloud was sung in St.|fowers: @ o o0y beautitul Patrick’s church Monday by Rev. J. e Included in the large attendance dt Plumbers have had hurry calls for | the funeral of el O’Connell, which a day or two, to thaw out pipes or re- | Was held from his late home on Asy- Balr bursts following the cola snap of (lum street Monday morning at .15 Friday night and Saturday. o e Former Governor Simeon E. Bald-|division, A. O. H. Rev. Peter Cuny win, who has a number of personal |officiated at services held in St. Pat- friends in Norwich, was born at New |rick's church and at the close of the Haven 77 years ago Monday. mass Mrs ¥ L Farrell sang. The earers were James H. Maloney, James A number of nurses from this sec- |Duggan and John Geoghegan of the tion will attend the quarterly meeting | Knights of Columbus, Robert Mahoney, of the Graduate Nurses' association of | Patrick Finnegan and Patrick Foddy e state at Waterbury tomorrow. of the SEL. was in St Mary’s cemetery. Several from Connecticut will attend | Undertaker Hourigan was in charge the annual meeting of the graduate|of the funeral arrangements. council of Mt. Holycke college to be| After an illness of four weeks with held at the college Friday and Satur- | pneumonia, Mr. O'Connell died on Feb. day, Feb. 16 and 17. %, g was the son of Mortimer and Alice Spellman O'Connell and was born the Yale Schoot of Religion, formerly |nell spent the greater part of his life e e IDIng | in this city and was a barber by trade. ‘;“' g lnnDa: Seco’:h ongregational | At one time he conducted a shop at church by Sunday. zhe Falls, and of late he had been in vo | business in Norwich Town. Mr. O"Con- poThe Trost ls reported ta have |neNiSurived by two brothers Jonn Inches in ‘the ground in some places [4nd Morsan O'Connell, and a sister, about South Coventry, owing to the | MisS Annie O'Connell cold weather with so little snow. Thomas F. Edwards. The funeral of Thomas F. Edwards District Superintendent George G.|was held Saturday afternoon from the Scrivener. of Norwich was scheduled X rwich - chapel rooms of Henry Allen & Son. to make his official visit to the Wab- | Rev. Joseph 1% Cobb’ conducted the ping Methodist church Monday, : |services. Relatives acted as bearers deferred the urip because of the severs | and Duiial was in Yantic cemeters: 3 ev. Mr. Cobb read a committal ser- = vice at the grave. There were choice Daughters of Scotia, at a special : o 3 meeting at Fairview hall, Groton, Sun- Foc "mienin 7 resimory, hlisted in Co. b e B 2 3 , Eighth regiment, Connecticut = &x}lun}eehrs, %“v‘;aid recréxlted by Cap- _|tain Jobn' E. Wara. Edward Har- Tae lishting committee of the Rock- |jand was the colonel of the regiment ville common council met with rej resentatives of the Rockville-Willi- |and later was made general. Mr. Ed. antie L ienting emmany Stariny | wards was wounded at the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, and was N e S RaVsoontract as the old |4 hareea for disabiilty February 12, conrtact e ; 1. 2 T e e 1863. He was pensioned by the gov- It has been learned by agents here | ernment. that life insurance companies will probably insert a war clause in their AT THE DAVIS THEATRE. policies, if they do not already have — one, in view of actual breaking off of Vaudeville and Moving Fictures. diplomatic relations with Germany. S The Female of the Species is the The bureau of fisherics of the de-|title of the feature photoplay being partment of commerce has just issued |shown at the Davis theatre for the first a bulletin headed “The Grayfish, Try three days of the week. It is as usual It” in which it advocates as econom- |a Triangle film in five pa. d is an ical and toothsome what fishermen in |intensely gripping story. L v Dal- these parts have always called the|ton is seen in the leadina sfole and dogfish. ofhers in tho cast are Enid Markey, oward Hickman and Gertrude Claire. Local members of the trade learn| Op the vaudeville program the head- that the 33d annual convention Of the |line attraction 15 Dresented Ry . the International Association of Master | Pate Family. who are ceen i na hich House Painters and Decorators of the |class musical offering that woald o United States and Canada is_to belhard to equal. Harry Pease appears R‘: ‘n:z Saxflntel l'l‘an. New Haven,|in an offering entitled A Variety of . 13, 14, 15 and 16. Varleties, and Keely Bros. & Co. in a sketch entitled Fun in _a Sportin B hflog%“,‘l?l:h"m‘l;’ml: seouts that |Store. To complete the bill there is H scout commissioner of the Boy Scouts | Lathe comedy film, Luke's Prepared- of America, issued an order to the or- - ganization’s 290,000 members Sunday asking them to e in readiness should Kate Arms Eidest Daughter. the country call them. Jewstt City Inquirer: George L. Yeo- mans of No. 21 Lafayette strect wishe: Five hundred dollars for the relief |to inform Jewett City Inquirer ihat of war sufferers was raised at a mass | Kate Arms was the eldest daughter of meeting of the Hebrew people of New |Rev. Mr. Arms, and he can give more London at the Empire theatre Sunday |information on the question if Jewett afternoon, following stirring aderesses | City Inquirer will write him. by Rev. i: Mashlowsky, Rabbi Aaron Taltelbaum and Dr. L. Kohn. The Brazil-nut tree does not bezin to bear fruil The Woman's Home Missionary so- s e e e B o Mlaslacary o e church, which was organized 25 years ago, celebrated its anniversary Mon- day evening at a silver reception held a tthe home of Mrs. Stephen A. Pren- tis, president since its organization. A record of passenger train service from August to December, 1916, shows that the New Haven railroad main- tained a fairly consistent average during the five months and that the New Haven's percentage of trains on time compares favorably with the re- ports for other roads. At the summer cottage in Ashford owned by Mrs. P. J. Cassidy of Nor- wich there was excitement the other night when John Fitts, the caretaker, while reading a paper, tipped the ta- ble so the lamp fell off and exploded. Fitts threw a rug over the flames and succeeded in extinguishing them. The infantry divisional areas as planned by the war departmen - combin i Bt Beon T, hartment i e ek Third, Fourtn, Fifth, Thirteenth, Fif- good judgment teenthi and Sixteenth - congressional cts of Massachusetts. all of Rhod B : Island and Connecticut. Total, 16 dis. counts in business tricts. Headquarters, .Provld!ncc. m Following an inspiring sermon at the ? high mass In St. Patrick’s church Sune day, when Rev. Myles P. Galvin ex- pre¢ -essed the hope that, in the present national crisis, all party lines would ra e= be forgotten, the congregation march- ed out to the significant recessional “America,” played as a march by Or- ganist F. L. Farrell. 7 Foop The pastor of Trinity Meth 0 cureh, R V. W, Dolonsin e o supplies balanced ning & parish sathering to take plac noursEenir oh to include 11 membe of the chi h ana ‘coneregation mdr:'.::rohmummb; sturdy muscles in_any ‘connected ith the paris] o . ‘Before Saeinark bad Geen and active brains. L 9, “There’s a Reason” W. C. T, U. Mesting Postponed. By ks : to distilleries in the shore towns. reguiar W Cr T U, i t5 bave Boen heid Mondsy Sfiec: 'fl—. noon was postponed until next week, Gas Rents . .306.30 Outside account .. 229.31 Sprinkling and oil's 2,869.71 New sewers ........ .27.16 Ordinary receipts .. 2,472.43 Temporary loans.. 90,000.00 From General Sink- To be raised by Improvements streets 16,800.00 From reserve fund, Miscellaneous Outside” work .. ‘Washington Street . Mechanic Street .. Sunnyside Avenue and Ci~ Improvements to plant . Interest on Bonds .. General sinking fund. Gas and electric reserve fund Salaries Milk s Election Temporary loans Contingent ..... Finance Dept.: Special— - Promissory Note (5 per cent), dated Maunicipal band concerts . North Main street pavement Lincoln avenue pavement . Franklin street pavement Franklin Street concrete . Laurel Hill Bridge to Court Hor Improvement of Forest St Widening Thames Street Widening West Main Street Laurel Hill Avenue Sewer — Increased operating expenses have exhausted the entire regular appro- priation for the #as and. elcctris de- partment and there are no for the last three months of the ment’s year, which ends carry on the light plant an appropriation of $50,000 Such was the substance common _council. was read to the council at its regular monthly meeting in the council cham- ber Monday evening. After hearing the communication read a resolution was passed requesting the gas and electrical commissioners to present a detailed statement of the financial condition of the department at a spe- cial meeting of the council to be held on Saturday evening of this week. A special city meeting some time this month will be necessary to appropri- ate the $50,000 asked for. The council meeting was called to order at 8.35 o'clock by Mayor Brown and the reading of the minutes of the previous ‘meeting was omitted. Regardine the South street layout, a motion was made and carried that the petitioners be given leave to withdraw their petition against the proposed lay- out. The mayor then read the following message bearing on the gas and elec- trical department: I have received from the board of gas and electric commissioners a com- munication addressed to the court of common council, with relation to the present condition of that department of the city’s business. This communi- cation, which has aiready been con- sidered, to some extent, by the finance committee, will be submitted to this meeting, and I have asked Alderman Dolbeare, who has taken some pains to consider the past financial condition of this department, to present a supple- mentary statemént to the council, that it may act more intelligently upon this communication at this meeting. Situation a Very Serious One. The problem presented by the situa- tion in the gas and electric department is a very serious one for the city in more ways than one, and deserves the intelligent consideration not only of the members of this court of common council but also of every taxpayer in the city. The service rendered has been far from satiefactory at times in the past, and the financial condition at the present time is somewhat surpris- ing in view of the annual statement made by the commissioners at the end of their last fiscal year. This department has now used up its entire appropriation made .at the last city meeting to cover the whole year, and it will be necessary to call a special city meeting to provide for the funds essential to the operation of City Treasurer Charles S, Avery's summary of receipts from May 16, 1916, to January 15, 1917, is as follows Cash on hand May 15, 1916 ... $7,750.70 Water Works .....35702.71 Dept. of Public Works— Dept. of Cem. Police Dept.— City court ..... Licenses ..... Other licenses . G. and E. dept. ..153,567.51 Finance Dept— ing Fund to pay notes of Dec. 24, 1912, and April 30, 1914 ._20,000.00 151,757.97 G. & E. for im- provements to plant .... . 19,000.00 = 450 496,699.26 $504,449.96 _ —No Funds for Last Three mon Council Requests Detniled Statement of Depart- t for the of its year. to furnish On Saturday, advised me that he had succceded in making a _date for a conference with the New Haven road officials on this Chandler & Palmer state that a platform 8 to 10 feet wide and from 30 to 40 feet long could be built south of and parallel to the tracks. Want Gilmour Street Accepted. Councilman Crooks presented a pe- tition signed by Emil Jahn and oth- ers asking that the city accept and lay out as a public highway in Greeneville. was referred to the install them a day for each Trolley Freight Accommodations. Under special committee reports Al- derman Dolbeare of the special com- mittee appointed to look into the trol- ley freight situation regarding accom- modations for receiving frenght by the Shore Line at the foot of Shetucket street, presented a renort as follows: - wclal committes had a_con- ference early in Januar, with R. W. Perkins, president of the Shore Line Electric railway, at which he outlined plans the company had for freight ter- minals, the execution of which up to that time had been prevented by their inability to come to an agreement with the New Haven railroad about certain matters which Mr. the committee and the failure to ob- tain certain private property. Loading Platform Suggested. I think the committee is convinced that the Shore Line company is trying better shipping facilities. The matter of a loading platform at the end of the track was suggested. Mr. Perkins said the company would be glad to build such a platform, if the city would permit it, Chandler & Palmer ground over to see if there is room A petition from C. B. Bromley and a gasolene pump in _|front of their place of business was referred to the public works commit- A petition from the Max Gordon and Son Corporation asking that the land on Falls ave- nue was referred to the public works A petition signea by Edgar M. Al- len and others asking for a light on Elmwood avenue was referred. to the police commisioners. Firemen Want Rais A petition signed by Patrick J. Ca- ples and practically all the firemen of the Norwich fire department ask- ing for a raise in wages of 25 cents reman because of the increased cost of living and ad- dressed to the beard of fire commis. sioners who presented it to the coun- cil for action was referred joint committee comprising the fire commissioners and the finance com- Notice of a claim for damages sus- tained by Ida Fannie Weinstein for a fall on West Main street Jan. 28, due to ice and snow on the sidewalk was !.I;A!-EW Operating Expenses Months of Its Year—Com- reterred _read a ick Post the 50th ar be the council’s ‘acceptance. ‘The and by Charles E. Whit el T. Shea, David . Jobn 'T. Sullivan, the gas and elec- commissioners, three Glimour and 1 am satisfied and I have wld:n emgl.l’;slonm that the ve a it to know and inpist upon knowing to the fullest. possible the particulars with lation to the business of this de- it before being asked to make this. reacon that 1t seoms to seems me the ‘additional information Dolbeare will suggest should be ought to be furnished by the commis- sioners just as soon as possible. Four Members on Board. Archibald S. Spalding, whose term as a commissioner would have expired next, tendered to me on Jan. mh‘.l nl'lxna' - l:i.:.\ to take effect at To! suggesting that he ‘withhold the proffered resignation until the present financial situation had been laid before a city meeting, but he felt that the pressure of his private busei- ness justified him in pressing his res- ignation as offered. ly accepted the same as of Jan. 18, 1917, and the commission now consists of but the four remaining members of the council. ving become necessary to have an_appropriation sufficiently large to the gas and e end of its fiscal year, we be; to submit the fellowing statement covering the time from January to Januvary lst, 1917, oxp the "aversge cost of ‘mamisture of |Alderman Dolbesre Makes Statement.|GUPSROE Sire 3004rur wtop Zailing may be compared with previous rec- ords, and for your use in ‘the conditions which force us to for this appropriation. You will notice that the plant a now operated, and under pre; ditions is not a profitable investment. The causes are many, an to the observant which Alderman conducted during the past few vears, “stockholder” cause they are at variance with state- 1 have according- by privately Consequently, Perkins stated to electric current The price for any and all material used advancing from as follows: copper wire 250 per cent., 80 per cent., globes and arc lights 200 percent, office supplies 100 per cent, and so on add to 300 per Coal 100 per cent., We believe the beginning of trou- ble for the present board was when the finange committee cut the esti- mated expense changed the method of handling in- terest on bonds. This interest of $20,- had been carea for by the finance committee, treated perhaps properly, pense of the departmenf, making it necessary for the department to have a larger appropriation. During the past year we have had some very heavy extra expenses, account of the ments by the street department, forc- ing us to install where old ones would have several years longer, thus causing re- in many instances at Feb. 3, 125 and 192 of this year's council jour- The petition newal of wire, the advance cost. Then been required a Jarge amount of cop- per wire with tfansformers, to care for new manufacturing inter- ests, and extension by old firms. account of advance in wages due to the high cost of living, the pay roll has increased from about $600 to $950 We use an average of 17 tons steam coal, 16 1-2 tons gas coal, tons coke per day. price of coal previous to time covered by this report ‘was practically $4.50 per ton f. o. b. bins. ing an average of $8 Today it is cost- After carefully considering all these ments of the plant, your commission- ers realize that it is absolutely nec- essary to have an additional appro- priation of fifty thousand dollars to carry us through the fiscal You will hote by the accom- panying exhibits that the cost of cur- rent to manufacture, the past three years, $1.52 per k. w. it is evident from records that this average price has been the base for making up estimates. expense account, City Treasurer Charles S. Avery’s summary of disbursements from May 16, 1916, to Janu ary 15, 1917, is as follow: Dept. of Public Works— Ordinary repairs and expenses . Garbage and ashes.. Sewers and catch basins. Macadam repairs ...... Oiling and sprinkling streets Parks and trees..... Relaying Warren and Broad Street Sewer ... New Sewers— Oakridge Street from Go. WA Street .. Dept. of Cemeteries .. Department Police Department— Salaries and general expenses -.... Clty, COurt ......... Street lighting ... New Lights . Health Department— Gas and Electrical Dept— Operating and general expenses and €Xtensions ...... .- = Park Department— Findnce Department— December 24, 1912 .. Promissory Note (5 per cent), dated April 30, 1914 ... Thames street pa dressing with asphalt . Grounds -......... . $673,794.22 $24,205.1 6 .98 487.97 37.25 10.75 6,129.40 24,495.92 20,487.58 2,568.00 11,583.45 1,772.75 151,355.11 20,277.99 20,000.00 3,635.21 10,000.00 10,000.00 470.00 99.68 $478,789.50 manufacturing costs, makes electric current cost $3.44 per k. w. quently, at rates now in effect, it is impossible to earn the amount re- quired, as provided by law. The gas end makes a better show- ing, still that is subject to some ad- vance in prices for material and gen- eral expense. - There have been numerous com- plaints about quality of the have succeeded Unexpendea Appropriations Disbursements Balances. in securing the mnec- essary material to overcome difficul- ties which we have labored and we hope and believe these com- plaints will cease. ‘We, like all industries in New Eng- land, have been and still are badly handicapped by poor transportation It takes weeks to get a car of material from points barely 200 Coal Situation Serious. ‘The coal situation ous one, and we doubt if our largest dealers can give any cheering information regarding it. Like all other_industries, we find it almost im- possible to get a supply, and when we have to take such quality as they & has been ihe desire of the board is a very seri- T0 DNESS It Puts Hair on Your Head and Helps to Keep It There. labor; and ‘What's the use of being bald? What ‘Whereas, such meager data and there in deliberately allows statements made it impossible - , gt i plant (which cannot be of recent Ori- Rk £ e comiissionersyy and " he. - sup- m?cflndwnfl-‘lfl‘& P general for this council to intelligently -con- conditions_come mostly fye sider this important matter; therefore, e etk e Price and Adjutant |be it to the and scalp of a little of the Gec SR, ey Sobested unani. Resolved, That action on this com- |real Parisian Sage will provent baid- e hsetciza to" i iaa post o S S O 10, T, T ok 480 Erhoneit 5 nely e turday evening, Feb. 10th, at § p, m., le take care of thet Chiimunication 160m | and Thal a5 Sbon as possie (he Lom: | temer T ey naet ety electric ent, | missioners furnish the mayor with & |They are equally Important. Look statement giving the average prices|after your hair. Parisian Sage s o Eether with o ‘schedus of the diifersnt gether a u ‘Wwas then read to |rates for each; the amount of the un- |It prevents grayness and baldness by paid bills outstanding against the de- gumn‘ life and nourishment into the sclentific preparation that supplies hair needs—it's just what you want air roots. Man or woman, no matter hew eld purchased, ‘etc.; an itemized estimate |you are, Parisian Sage will help you S |of the department’s expenses to April |to look younger and more attraetive 9130, 1917, and an estimate of the cash| Why not go to Lee & Osgood (o receipts’ to the same date. and get a large bottle today? It's in- nsive, and your monay back if In moving the adoption of this reso- |hair or itching of the sealp, It will lution, said Alderman Dolbeare, I Wish | make your hair grow luxuriant, beight to make a brief statement. Much|and beautiful. The genuine Farisinn could be said of the gas and electrical | Bage, as sold by good Arugeists svers department, particularly as it has been | where, is & most refreshing, delicately rflllm.d. and invigorating hair dress- ing—free from stickiness—and abso lutely harmless to the hair and scalp. which for the present must give place to more pressing matters. A number of statements contained in ©Or | the communication which is the cause Constipation Causes Bad Skin. Causes: The inefficiency of the ma- chinery, the heavy overhead expense, the antiquated methods necessitated by insufficient equipment, great advance in price for differ materials used in the manufacture of both gas and electricity. Every plece of machinery in use about the plant is of a pattern long since disearded owned plants; when purchased, no doubt, but obso- lete now, and no management, it mat- ters not how good, can compete with those using more ‘modern appliances. You well know that the city paid an _exhorbitant price for the prop- erty, which had been let run down, uniil it was in many instances bare- ly serviceable. have been heavy charges for interest and repairs, with an occasional newal when conditions forced it. tiquated methods in operation, as unloading coal with hand shovels from modern high-sided cars, requir- ing two handlings to get it over the old hand pumps where good steam operative ones should be used; small and badly strung wires and alot of small, worn out gas mains and service pipes of this resolution invite comment be- [ , anr v Ji SO R SR sluggish bowel movement. Correct ments or figures given in the annual| iy’ condition and clear your com- reports of the gas and electrical de- 3 ‘the - | plexion with Dr. King's New Life Pills parument and of those who have au-|/injs mild laxative taken at bedtime dited its accounts for the city. T will not dwell on them at this time, Wil assure you a full, free, non-griping I cannot forbear, however, calling [OVement in the moming. =©rive on Jour attention Yo He fact that whils | the dull listiess fecling resuiting from T o omt. ‘hor Riiount: “hous |overloaded intestines and sluggish 1v for the last three calendar years ac- [°F. At all druggists 26c. cording to sheets submitted with this communication has been 30.0344 (not $3.44 as the communication ' states through what is probably a clerical . . error), it has fallen from an average In (] of $0.0378 for the year 1914 to $0.0319 I Incidents Soci ty for the year 1916; while the cost of gas per 1,000 cubic feet has fallen from $1.0415 in'1914 to $0.9595 in 1916, which, % o however, is & little higher (han in | ,ovame) “wmcs er® bridas’ it 1915. Mass, g Figures Do Not Agree, The figures given on these sheets| Mrs. James Justin Moore Is for kilowatt hours sent out donot for | ing relatives in West Upton and Wes: a eingle month agree with those given | Somerville, Mas: in the printed reports. The varlations are mot large, however, except in 1914, | Miss Bessio Green who has been The fact that these figures are herc|the guest of Miss Muriel Preston, has given for the calendar year, while all |returned to New Haven. printed roports are for flscal years ending July 31 or April 30, makes com- | The Tuesday Afternoon Reading parisons difficult. club will meet this week at the home I am inclined to agree with the|of Mrs. Gardiner Greene, on em statement of the commissioners that | terrace. “the beginning of trouble for the pres- ent board began when the finance com- | Nelson Lee Mabrey returned Mon mittee (not that of the present coun- | day to Sharon, Penn., having spent cil, of course, which as yet has pre- |the week-end with his parents, Mr pared no estimates) cut the estimated [and Mrs. Louis Mabrey. expense for operation.” 1If this was done over the protest of the commis- | The second toboggan party of the sioners made to this former finance |season was given at the Norwich Geif committee, it is to be regretted that|club Monday evening, by Mrs. Wil they did not at the annual city meet- |liam A. Norton. Eariler in the win- ing or through the press made their |ter Hume Flagler was host at & simi position clear to the taxpayers. lar party. Special Appropriation Might Be In-| i and Mrs, W, 8. Alling of Wash adequate. ington_sircet ieft’ Monday to be ab The cause of the immediate condi- |5ent two months on their annual trip tions, it seems to me, is found in the | through the southern states, stopping at various places along the route ie statements of Auditor Jensen on pages | 4% various piaces slong the roure turn about the first of April nal, showing $36,145 in unpaid biils at the’ close of the last year outstanding against the gas and electrical depart- ment. This accounts for all but $14, - 500 ot the $30,000 for which the com missioners ask. The increased cost of materials and labor may account for the balance; but as this $14,000 is but s fl 8.6 per cent. of the operating and gen- eral expenses for the year, $163,000 (this year’s journal, page 33), and the commissioners state that the increase in the cost of materials and supplies range from 25 per cent to 300 per cent., it seems possible that the sum asked for might prove inadequate and the department again close its yesr with a large amount of unpaid bills, Not in Spirit of Criticiem, Neither in their printed reports nor in the data accompanying their com- munication do the commissioners give the average rates received per kilowatt hour for. electric current, nor per 1,000 cubic feet for gas. I aiso belleve that flve quick re- the other dzuhcnued ToE i the e e tope Stihe lution should have accompanied the 3 request for the appropriation, and the | oF protruding piles, hemorshoids Ro8 same 15 not asked for in a spirit of | 50, F°Gan “home. ~ 50c & Box at sii criticism. but only that we may have | drug; A single box often cure information which will enable us to do | Free sam; for triml with bookl our duty to the city and its citizens | malled free in plain wrapper, if yom and taxpayers under the oath which | send us coupon below. < we each took when we became mem- bers of this common council, FREE SAMPLE COUPON After hearing the remarks made by 2 = Alderman Dolbeare Councilman W. F. Pyramid Plle Treatment, n pluisy Lester took the floor. In his opinion || WrapPer- the trouble rests on the hopelessly Name ...... i s o 0w inadequate plant and not on the com- 4 missioners. He said he thoroughly || Street ......... believes the commissioners are run- ning the plant to the best of their ability. Several of the members of the councll took advantage of-the oppor- tunity to express their views on the resolution. It was then adopted. City..oovenns State. ... ... Sunday His Biggest Day. Alderman Casper K. Bailey then » presented to the council a letter ad- - Bressed. to John Stefanos, signea by Funeral Directors Mayor Brown and bearing on the sell- ing of fruit on Sunday. The letter had been presented to Mr. Bailey In 2 B e N and Embalmers lette‘r was :g ‘:he egec: tl::t no exi ception could be made in the case o Mr. Stefanos who requested that he 337 MAIN STREET be allowed to continue selling fruit : Opposite Post Offies on Sunday as he has done in the past. council by Clerk Crowell Alderman "Phone 238-2 Lady A to have the property handled in a and satisfactory manner. Of course the honor derived | Thames street and has never asked from the position may be considered | aid from the town. Mr. Bailey said valuable, but it requires a lot of time |that Mr. Stefanos had told him that to attend to the department duties |his biggest day was Sunday and his properly, llldd'not ?m 'eln! fi!;heom- pensation, and we 0 see erein | to $2. He sells mostly fruit and pea- the charge of graft wRich has been |nuts, the sale of which is now bar- made can be sustained, as no ome|red on Sunday. Mr. Bafley sald he member of the board handles a penny | could not see why stores should be of the city’s money, all that passing |allowed to sell cigars and cigarettes through the hands of a competent | on Sunday and not be allowed to sell G oF the- original and_teref: ne e In: ane erefore | that it was any worse-to sell fruit most valuable members of the board |and peanuts than to operate street |f That's the being | cars and carry on any line of business |} Counter appeals to our custemers. the slurs |on Sunday. He could not see why a ‘man who is willing to earn his own has sent in his resi willlng no_longer to and charges we are forced to read and listen to, and I am free to say others may follow, as no one member desires to obstruct or embarrass city’s officials but rather to aid in se- curing that which has been asked for, S ehtage. it 1t Wl only Drove pene. | YOr Brown spoke of the Sunday law as a dificult one to enforce and one Detailed Statement Requested. After the clerk had read the state- ment from the commissioners, Alder- following resol 4 2 , the gas and electrical com- but said he could see no reason why an_exception should be made. cigars, tobacco was allowed these articles were not purchased to be carried home but were used right where they are purchased. ‘While for | ried home, and in this respect is classed with groceries which can be and | purchased Saturday. If ”‘% no ler selling cigars, I.hom‘-n‘ (Continued on Page Seven, Fifth Col) porting himself and family with his earnings from a small store on After the letter had been read to the Balley offered a few words of expla- nation. He said that Mr. Stefanos bas but one arm and has a family of five children. He has been sup- Wouldn't you like to find a nice pool to paddie in? earnings on that day averaged $1.50 fruit and peanuts. He did not feel way our Magazine Get some of our Literary Special ties and “feather your nest” of knowledge. Ifa the same at our Cigar Cass— the best in the city—a Gentleman’s Smoke in every box. living should be pauperized by the Case an Unfortunate One. In answer to Alderman Bailey Ma- that often brings criticism on those who enforce it. He spoke of this par- ticular case as an unfortunate one And remember our political exe perts will settle your difficul in that line. SHEA The Magazine lan Corner of Broadway and Bath Sts. He said the selling of soda water, ‘because