Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 21, 1919, Page 5

Mrs, Mb G. Fields of Nerwich i is — f Miss Catherine Grady ef Mrs. Hary Southgate of Niantic has | been in #'%h to be present -tht:. marriage of a relative. ~ John C. Gallup of Moosup spent the week end with his fam at W hassett Point, Bwnmmm-?.y A Mrs. Effie Dewey of Norwich was a recent guest of/ Mrs. Harvey C. Aldrieh at Gales Ferry cottage. Miss Carrie Kellogs, who has been past. few days. the guest of her brother at Saybrook, Wells were getting low. and drink-|has returned to her home in Hebron. 'h:tnn)u-i for eattle failing before the| Miss Derothy Le Vaughn has come of the past. week. fram Deep River to Norwich, where " Crabs have m: thcir appearance [She expects to spend the remainder of in the water off Saybrook, far the ;un the summer. time in six years or more. | Mrs. Alice Richardson of , Hallville The eld family horse is having his|2nd sem Marshall recently visited her innings. sinee the trolley cars ceased|Mmother and father, Mr. and Mrs. John making their suburban trips. i tt, of Rockville, and also her oo, saaifinual nrwy ks ar-|SiSter in New Britain. rived at the state highway “depart-| Rev. G. G. ifl;‘,‘,’m;:- tglor\n;erls;‘ of ” P s: | Nerwich. now uth Manches- o o i B o SR ter Methadist anu:::oh. preached Sun. ay for the last time before leaving . Sunday was St. Margaret’s day i1]ger hi. n racati t hi: @he church c3lendar. ~Temorrow e e oagaton o s cotinge (Tuesday) Sit. Mary Magdalene REV. W. A. KEEFE TO SPEAK commemorated. « Rev. Clarenee M. Gallup of Prowi- AT BELGIAN CELEBRATION dence, a mative of Norwich, is to oc- w. i cupy the Central Eaptist pulpit, bath SR T . K gel’;‘ag‘n:;‘:u’,“:: morning and evening next Sunday. committee ta deliver the principal ad- On and after July Tth, until Aufi dress at the great international cele- 1, the effice of James Dawsen, 12 Cliff | bration of Belgian independence which street, will be closed.—adv. is to be held at the' Stadium in New A picnic for the benefit of the Ital- | York city -this (Monday) evenihg. ian orphans of the war was held Sun- The selection of Father Keefe for day at Richards grove from 11 a. m.|this oecasion is a very happy one and to 11 p. m. in ehargp of Miss Lucy e lamps at §.47 ocloek hot ! An attempt to bring the Shere Line | trolley officials and ~ their s employes to agree to some of ar- bitration of their present Qiff- culties will be made this (Monday) morning at 10 o'clock at a meeting to be held here at the Wauregan house., Thosc io attend the meet are rep- resentatives-of both sides of the con- troversy and a mediation committee Cf three members appainted after the Saturday afternoon meeting held here in the town hall by business men rep- resenting numereus peints in the ter- ;‘hory served by the Shore Line trol- ey 8. The mediation committee consists of Theodere Bodenwein, publisher of the New Lenden Day, Dr. J. J. Do hue of this city, compensa | missioner for this district. and Arthur M. Brewn of Jewett City and Nerwich, a prominent attorney. The last named was put on the committee after it had thas are driving the trolley been found that Rellin U. Tyler of |companies to the wall. It is the same! | Middletown, whese name had been |Story everywhere. It is nat a question | suggested, could not be reached Sat-|Of Present wages alone, but whether iurday night in order to ge his assemt, the trelley lines shall be saved to run, to_appointment. Mr. Perkins reminded his hearers that Tlree hours and a half of diseussien |he had warned them last October not of the trolley situation Saturday af-|!0 Worry about the rate of fare but ternogn, with Alten T. Miner of New; Whether they should have transporta- London. president of the Commecticut tion at all in the future. Chambper of Cemmerce, presiding over . - Z the - gathering of about 50 business Financial Comparisens. the high honor that is given him will ' men, reached the result of empower- 1"5”‘“'2 of the down grade since Pace. be pleasing news to his many friends ing President Miner to name the me-| 10 Which has now reached a place On account of the uncertain trans- . iy e Jess then om in eastern Connecticut as well as diation committeq. This was on mo- s s s ieent the erating expenses Mr. Perkins said that throughout the state. Not only is he!tion of former Attorney Genmeral W. A. a2z band dances at Richards’ Grove |® brilliant and learned speaker. but he King of Willimantic. it was evident that Mr. Plant had been have been discontinued until the 1s & great admirer of the Helgian peo-| When this paint haa been r;j.chad 4 ple, whom he learned to know during and the meeting was about to adjourn, Bolley Stihe s, NerdiEg his residence in that country while aPresident Frank J. King of the Nor- At South Coventry Albert M. Wood!student at the great university of wich Chamber of Commerce turned to has sold the George Maynard prop-|Louwain, and on many oecasions dur- | President Robert W. Perkins of the| erty on Main street to Alexander|ing the great world war he expressed Shore Line road with the inquiry! Proulx of Willimantic. Mr. Proulxihis high regard and great sympathy | whether we couldn’t get the cars run- will take pessession Aug. 1. for the people of that afflicted country.ning again Saturday night, now that A correspondent writes: Rey. Frank = S. Robbins of Nerwieh gave the par- —— | mediation was undertaken. Y REALIZES GOOD SUM “We are prepared to run the cars L;hlo:hen\ e!h ‘él:e 1 a‘tcond Baptist FOR PARSONAGE FUND: 2nd pay the same rate of wages as church, Nort onington, a stirring ol Poartial aadicis) Subat, o ite of the inclement weather of anac predicts a today. ‘the Z1st. at the beaches hav during the hours of work, A 1 Wwhose w: had ).::d i n ¢ zllt year d de it by working 10 hours as a motorman and G hours at time and a as a train despatcher each day. E ... Mayor Morgan read the figures of |, the enormous increase of meats in cold storage in this country in the year and said he thought there ought to be some investigation and i uation: all over the m:m.r";‘ s ied Shore Line President. President Robert: W. Perkins of the ?‘hax-;‘ (Line road was called upon by r. Miner xpert on the troll Jr. einer 25 an exbert on the trolley Mr. Perkins disclaimed being an ex- pert but said he was the representa- tive of one of the victims of peculiar, condition: been werki overtime RiZD TiST J E (PAUL A:SCHWA T DEN oM MATN o-vu‘lmn T ”:h:? 't the m:-;’:; . In event the might charge a 7 1-20. fare from the Parade in_ New London to Ocean Beach, a 7e. city fare and a 7 1-2c. fare in each of two zones. eBut in- creases’in fare sometimes deféat their own ends. = Protest from Westbrook. . E. Kelsey of Westhrook protested against cutling off the troliey service there because he suld they had lost all . their railroad service since the i trolley eame in, fars rate I _the music of ages, you will find fume of the flowers, laughing of h y ohilde ren, the clarion call of duty th lhundnuu:x q\:ty mau% In the melody tu} shou) ife you be part of your will find yourself—the you you ought to be. In the music of the Vietrola you find perfect reproduction of the se- lections gvhose worth have made them famous. This masterful musical instru- ment never disappoints and should be your life- long companion. TheTalkcingMachine — Shop — 46frankelinSt. Curland Service~ NG Trolleymen’s Answer. P. I. Roomey of Worgester, repre- senti the trelleymen, of whom a dele; m of about a dozen were present, sald his answer to the ques- tion of hew to get wheels turning again was thiough arbitration of the | differen He charged that Mr. Perking’ usal te arbitrate, accord- ng to the terms of an agreement !in 1918 was the reasom for the strike and he wanted to dictate how the; trolleypagy should pay their arbi- {trator. If the 5c cent fare that was being pajd now was only equal to 2 {1-2c.” according to present standards of the value of mpney in comparison with several years ago, the $52.16 eaving a return on investment of | wages were really only equal to $26.08. $305,206, which is 2.44 per cent.- He said the men were wiliing to go to |’ . In 1818 the net return was $46,947, | Work at once provided arbitration be- giving trolley service for ten years at less than cest, and he went into fig ures to show the difference between ll’ll and 1918. He gave the fallowing: Gross revenue in 1914, $1,272.389 1918, $1.524,168, an increase of $251,- 579; operating expenses in 191#n 388! 017; in 1918, $1.478.251, an increase of $589.204; t return in 1914, $383,572; from which $78,366 was paid in taxes, THE FIRST INDICATION g, was cheerful last. She w#s born in Smithfield, T the daughter of Lyman and Deld and happy un te | before,”” Mr. Perkins responded. i L. | “How about the men: will they re- ATERY the food sale for the benefit - Wwith which to $68,266 i i &t A | ¢ ARl e headache are ing. ot th 2 turn to work?" asked Mr. King of P. pay, 368, n ~ taxes,|&ins, and he asked Mr. Perkins if he/Taft. When a young woman the ; : 9 e parsonage fund of Mt. Calvary, - |meaning a deficiency of $22.319, and to,K would arbitrate. MoV 2 ; Conn ually the first svmptoms J8 | The pastor of the Central Baptist|Baptist chureh which was donducted | 1, ROOTY O et e tne | this was to be added 4158 Tor capi-| M. Barking” responded " that be|whera ahe reeided for o time. Tn W5 of eye strain. Many a urch, Rev. Arthur 1 Perkiss ex|by Team No. 6 under the direction of | iroileymen, who had heen the spokes- | (Al epenses. which meant that the | hadn't come there to debate the sub-|she was united in marriage with C person has made use of a e e s T s b o Ructrs ::gné::' °3ne ! man for the employes In the meeting Shol::':a!t-;e;;’wnsr: htnrlrtoaoolmo their | ject. The speaker had said he want-|vin H. Irisbie who was ‘then super- dangerous eve drop or (] | he and his family plan to be at North-[sale was held in the Alling store at We have no anmswer 'to that, sir.”;DOC e extent of $64,044 for the)ed impartial arbitration, but he want-|intendent of the mills at Ballouville i pleasure of cwninz the road. jed to have as arbitrator, a Mr. Var- i Far 1819 the conditions are worse,|ley of Boston, who was the paid at-| {for there is an onerating loss of 332.- ! torney of the trolleymen. Mr .Perkins 000 up to the first of Jume, and the denied that the agreement of 1918 entire shortage for the five months is|with the trolleymen provided for ar- $30.000. In 1914 the wage account was | bitration over wages, and. said if he $475.931, in 1818 $810,950, an increaseput his signature ta the arbitration of $335,019. | agreement that the men wanted it | In the effort to reduce operating|would be like signing a note ,expenses, Mr. Perkins said, the car|he knew he couldn’'t pay and that mileage run has heen reduced from|might force the road into bankruptcy. 4.457.658 car miles to 3.948809 car| “Why do you fenx the arbitratian Imues through this diminished service|that the trolleymen propese?” asked results to a certain extent in dimin- | Senator Fox. ished patronage. The road is $600.-| «Because they want the third ar on the wrong side of the ledger|bitrator named by the Taft-Manle and if it were not for the Plant abso- [board and that board has repeatedly { Mr. Rooney replied, adding a moment jlater that until the form of arbitration is reached he ceuld not say the cars weuld run. President Miner Opens Mesting. In opening the meeting at 2 o'clock Tresident Miner said that he had felt it proper to offer the services of the Connecticyt Chamber of Commerce in a matter affecting the public so vitally as the present trolley strike. He haped that by consultation it might be possi- ble to arrive at some plan that would present a way.out of the difficulty and the state chamber very willingly of- fered itself as the medium for discus- About 25 years ago Mr. and M field. The rainfall of the past week has helped considerably in the supply of waier at Lake Komomoc, New Lon don's reservoir, although there is am- ple room in the reservoir for much more. The operator’s license for the oper- ation of a motor vehicle issued to Thomas Ochialini of 4 Chelsea street, New London, has been suspended by the state commissioner of motor ve- hicles. Sunda next will be the first of six wmmion services with Park Consrega- tionai church to bé held in the Unit- powders when he should have consulted our com- petent optometrist about i} his trouble. Our esam: inations are as eareful as the pricing of our ~ser- 102 Franklin street and was well pat- ronized from the opening until every- thing was sold. Mrs. Drury was well pleased with the results and very grateful to those who helped to make ft a success. Fach team is to raise $30 for the fund. VIETORIA SHOWS HERE FOR MOOSE CARNIVAL Ten carloads of paraphernalia for! the Victoria Shows which are exhi- biting this week under the auspices of the Neorwieh lodge of Moese, arrived in town Sunday evening fram Water- bury and unloaded at the foot of Fer- grerational church and took an active intdrest in its work. Besides her husband she leaves one daughter, Mrs. Archibald Mitchell, JIr. and two sons, Henry L. Frisbie, cash- fer of the Uncas National bank, and Willlim R. Frisbie, city clerk, all of this_city. a sister, Mrs, E. T. Nichols of Providence, and a brother, Bemja- min 1. Taft of Attawaugan. She was a woman of high ideals, devoted.,.to her home and friends. who will moyrn her passing. White Ivory ed Congregational church. Rev. Al- exander H. Abbott, pastor-elect, will | preach. The cement road through Poquonae has reached a poirt a little west at I‘lrlil'u corner so that a detour can be made throygh the Eastern Point | section and many machines ore mak- ing use of it. = sion of a subject that was affecting s0 large a section and so many people. For months before this present sits| uation had arisen, Mr. Miner reminded his hearers, the state chamber Had been awake to the trolley situation, and at its annual meeting the presi- dent had been authorized to appoint a. committee which went into the matter very carefully concerning trelleys all ry street. The shows are considered to be one of the largest carmival out- fits touring the country. The tents and the rest of the outfit were taken to the Battlegrounds where they will be set up preparatory for the open- ing today. Poker in Boswell Avenue Park. Sunday afternoon recreation at Bes- lute ownershin would have been of the advantages of a receivership would be that they could abanden the “dead ends” which are not pavins. Now that cannot be done without for- feiting the whole franchise. He gave these figures of cempara- tive expenditures in the different de- partments of operation: Way and in the hands of a receiver long ago. O'ne “Will raise in fares “If the public ul granted wage. increases without gard te ability ef companies to pay and have driven them t6 the wall. yeu arbitrate if the public utilities commission ecould authorize a to “meet raise?”’ inquired Mayor Morgan. tilities would raise this money, solve the difficulty, Mr, re- any wage commission that would Perkins re- NORWICH BOAT CROWD HELPED OCEAN BEATH ®cean beach had hardly any Sun- day visitors in the morning before the excursion crowd from tifs ecity aboard the steamer 1seco IT arrived tiwnére, those on the hoat reperted, when it reacher here on the return trip at 6,30 Sunday evening with abeut 400 .on board. The Norwich party mada_ up pretty nearly the whole crewd at the over the state. The gavernor has also spoken of the gravity of the situation | and a commission had been appointed, | structure—1914, $163,644, in 1918 $250,- 000; maintenance. in 1914, $72,325: in 1918, $125.31 in 1914, Willia: Stanten, 13, who, by his! sponded. own stafement has no regular home, Mr. Roeney well avenue park seems to be that famous sport known as poker. Sev- said he wanted to s d who defrauded Mrs. Alber Ficld- 1 i <. h POz 3201~ I state that the troll tood - Quaiity o > eral games were in progress on the|2Nd 2 comm o 3T n : ai rolleymen stoed will- | hiooy AL TP e ng of N Lenden of 37 was ordered o3 | but legislation that had been suggest- |786. in 1918, $434.301; conducting & 28 5 each on Sunday for the New at h ‘to’nrngitie? to “.i’,e St’al‘e Sohoul dor {er:::u::lr::;st'“:" c:“m’;;got f::dlr";wlil ed had not been paseed. This seemed | transportation, in 1914, $293.392; _in ating and they misht make some|don Jitneys took comparat.vely few meeting and they might make concessions from their former de- He was willing to sit up all t if mecessary to get this settled. | Mr. King’s motion for the mediation committee closed the meeting at 5.30. PATENTS ARE ISSUED TO CONNECTICUT INVENTORS The list of patents issued from the U. 8. patent. office, Tuesday, July 8, 1919 for the state of Connecticut fol- lows J. W. Anderson, New London, as- signer to Electric Boat Co. Hinged funnell. J. E. Carlsen, Hartford cream extractor. . E. Clark, Plainville, as- signor to R. 8. Allyn, trustee, corner head construction. Same, hotel fab- ric (2 patents.) R. C. Cole, assignor: to The Johnson Pratt Co. Hartford. | cartridge fuse. F. H. Fairweather, of Bridgeport, air gun. B. W. Flanders assignor to The New London Chemical Co., New London, danderizer. F. C. | Guerrlich, Stamford, driving mechan- ism.. G. P. Jameso: assignor to The Thomas F. Taylor Co. Bridgeport, | child’s and misses’ waists. C. H. Jac- some| there. The Netseco'IT 1s getting to ba-ia popular beat with Norwica people and its Sunday trivs are having goed patronage. A Sunday schosl that had its picnic this woek, travellinzg ‘i3 this boat to Ocean beach. has engaged it again, the boatmen said, for next Saturday. STATE GUARD MEN GO TO NIANTIC CAMP The officers of the two local com- panies of State Guards of theé Third Regiment together with_a number. of selected men frw_the 1=:s left Nor- wich Saturday alternoon for the 'of- ficers' training camp at Niantic. + At New London the men joined with the quota from that eity and under ithe command of Col. E. T. Kirkland went to_the camp, reporting at 4 o'cleck, During their tour of duty the offi- cers and embryo officers will receive instruction in tactics, Fiot duty, bayonet exercises, guard mount, etc., and there will be schools in-ad- ministration, sanitation. etc. The men will return hom to show that the general public is not conversant with the financial eondi- tion of the trolleys, and if the present meeting could do something to get this thousht into the minds of the people and see that something is dome in view of the present situation, this meeting will have accomplished some- thing. 1918, $467.052; in 1918, $1,283: laneous, in 1814, 1319684 Mr. Plant Paid Branford Claims. The road had been faced with the necessity of a receivership, Mr. Per- ,{kins said, as a result of the Branford wreck on Aug. 13, 1817, when it looked {as if the claims might agsregate a {half a million. Jle had called the di- rectors together and presented the tuation te them. Mr. Plant then 1did what Mr. Perkins said he consid- lered one of the noblest acts of the | millionaire's life. He told Mr. Per- ikins to go ahead and settle the claims {and Mr. Plant paid for them out of +his ewn pocket, a matter of abeut| $250,000 Negotiations With Employes. In the recent negotiations with the emplayes, Mr. Perkipns sa%d, the men haven't believed what T told them about the condition of the road. I told them T éouldn't pay any more wages, but Mr. O'Brien said, Oh, you can get traffic, in 1914, $2,702, general and miscel- $155,189; in 1918, Boys at Meriden. Senator George P. McLean of Con- necticut has presented to the senate }a petition from the employes of the | American Thread company of Willi- mantie, Conn., protesting against the repeal of the daylight savings law. | By a typagraphical error Saturday !the fact was omitted that Edith Gay- ner Park, daughter of Mayor Gaynor, was at the chrigteni of steamer “Correctin> for the New Yark city charities 4..d corrections department at Noank. Every member of the G. A. R. in the state has been inited to be present at Plainville Camp Grounds Veteran's Day, Wednesday, July 23, at which time a programme will be given of special interest tp the erans of the Civil war. A _mud bank buoy, 9. is to be estab- lishéd in Thames river abeut July 30, a third class spar, in about two fath- oms of ‘water. It is located in direc- tions specified between the naval sta- | tion fiagstaff, Balley Paint Light, and Mamacock Hill. Notlce came from the United States group of the population of that dis- triet. With the appearance of a nolice- man all money took to cover and the party around the board became en- gaged in a sociable game of another character until the blue-coated danger was past. Wreck CADD:! COMMPANY Detour Makes Motorists Groan. Motorists groaned and set their [teeth and trusted to luck that their springs wouldn’'t snap in two when| they drove over the _detour around West Mzin street and through Dun- ham street. The holes in the road have now improved during the past week and the rain enlarged them slightly. One motorists after ' goinz over the road made the statement hat If he injured his car the town would pay for it. Band neert at Park, The concert by 'Tubbs’ band at Mo- hegan park Sunday afternoon drew a zood crowd there. The concert is ar- ranged for by the man who runs the refreshment stand and is given at 3. o'clock, with 2 program lasting about| €. C. Elwell Speaks. After a~few words from George S. Chandler, executive secretary of the State Chamber of Commeree, Presi- dent Miner called upo: C. Biwell of the public utilities com &% ho was present, though nei ia 1 official capacity, but merely to keen in teuch ! with the situation, he said. Te »aid he nad written to the mayors, offering s services as far as he -could. It seems to be well understood that not enough money is being taken in by the trolley companies to meet operat- & cxpenses and fixed charges. Mr. Elwel! said he had just returned from a trip in the west and he had found niuch the sanve conditions there. If this were confined only to the Shore Line, it might be possible to know what to do. but the condition is far- 185-143 Main St. Norwich, Conn, NOTICE TO OONTRACTORS, Bids are hereby invited for the conms struction in Franklin S&, Danieison. of abont 330 feet of sewer.. The pipe is ta be 10-inch in size Plans and_specifi- cations showing the work to be done Ma¥ Do seeh ar the affiee of th ~ sugh Clerk in Danielsen. 'Blds for the worg mmst be <ubmitted within- 30 days from July 18. L Fous " er Danielfon reserves the right to reject sny and all bids. Bor on Wede (signea) an hour and a half. the money, and they took exception to|bius, Ansonia, percussion shell fuse.|nesday. Railroad administration to the local ——————— peachink and DFONASSRL. the provision of arbitration that an|K. Knudsen, assignor to The Trum- P ST e Aid BACITHE E. JETTE. committee . in charge, TFriday, that a CIDENTS IN SOCIETY President Miner asked for more re-|award, in case it advanced wages, was|bull Electric Mfs. Co. = Plainville |AUTOMOBILE LEFT ROAD, P CLINTON . ATWOOD, one A onethird. rats. had | paen| IV d C marks after stating that he felt rem- ..t to be operative until the road was|switch lock. O. TyLadd, Danbury, eye- | LANDED IN LOT T. lass mount. G, Martin, Ansonia, pres- sure oil cup. G. H. Merwin, Milford advertising. toy. A, A. Page, East Ha- ven, assignor to Sargent & Co.. New Haven, lock. C. D. Pratt. Bridgenort, electric switch. E. G. Reising. East Hartford, assignor to the ‘Hartford Machine Tool Co. extractor for fire- arms. L. H. Revnolds, Greenwich, as- signor to Westerly Electric Co., tele- phone exchange switch (2 patents). B. W _.Skelly, assignor to F. R. Mount, Mostford, auxiliary breather pipe at- tachment. W. A. Taylor, assignor to edial legislation was evidently needed and we wanted to do something to start the wheels zoing immediately, until some remedy for the future can be adopted. Senator Fox Speaks. Senator William C. Fox of New Lon- don, who was one of the legislative is the|commission on the trolley situation, guest of her sister. Mrs. George D.|reviewed what the legislature did, or| Cnge |rather didn't do, to give the trolleys Robert C. Johnson of Union street' any immediate help, except in the way returned .Sunday from Gloucester,|of holding _certain legal Charses Mas |against them in abevance. He said financially_able to pay them. I can't even promise that all the property !will be operating this fall. You "/ 2 the abandonment of a large part of _|the road. T'm sorry that some of the men seem to think I'm ehough of a ‘croak to attempt to put up a false statement to them in view of the re- ports to state and interstate commis- sions and the audits that the accounts have to stand. Mr. Perkins said he had come to the conclusion that all interurban trolley | traffic would ultimately have to be granted for the national convention of the Fraternal order of Eagles at New Haven. Aug. 18 to - A. C. Webb of Roswell, N. M., re- cently discharged from the Submarine Base, has left Uncasville for a coast to coast trin. Mr. and Mrs. Webb nrd infant will make the trip on a mo- torcycle with a covered side car and trailer, going to California. ! The Central Vermont, railway com- pany opened its discafded flag sta- tion at Qualer Hill Friday morni Miss Rosalie A. Bennett is in Peace- dale, R. I. Miss Edith Young has returned from a visit at Fort Salonda, L. L Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. White have heen on an automebile trip on Cape Cod, Miss Dana of New Haven Sewer Committee, Court of Burgesses, Danielson, Conn. Dated at Danielsen, July 17, 1919. REPAIR IT NOW 7. T o iR 2 A flock of seven Ford touring €ars, all bearing_the registration numbe: of D. W, Flint of Providence, passed through Norwich on their way nerth Jate Sunday afterngon. One of -the cars coming out of Dunham street, on to West Main street hit the gully at the turn at a good rate of spged ard all four wheels of the car left 'tie ground and before the driver cemld turn, car and all was on the west side of the street. companions stopped and _all _toolk hand, grasped the Ford by the re over in the lot Hiw a for the accommodation of the publ The step was taken because of A trolley strike, acting on a petition from residenis of that section. Like the dails in Norwich and Mrs. Rellin C. Jones has returned after ten days’ visit in Hartford and Collinsville. Mrs. Frank A. Mitchell has been a guest of Mrs. Henry M. Pellock of | that in the southern part of the state | there was a strong sentiment for he | jitneys and against the trolleys. He believed the Norwich and New London sections of the Shore Line were the ' abandoned, excent in the middle west, | for roads that cannot run on a sched- ule oftener than an hour, cannot pay. But the other trolley service can never be supplanted by the jitney competi- lamp standard. Aluminum_Co., Edward Miller Co, Mer Designs—L. M. Brile and L. Lapides, assignor to United States Smelting & New Haven, iden, electric cake of wheels and set it back on the ‘roa The car was not damaged and pro- ceeded on its way. 5:1‘( Produced in 1918 i Brooklyn, the Middlesex county jail {only parts that were paying Operating | tion. Babbit metal. s L e of it . ¥ [at Haddam is growing cmtpy, Shoriff | Pope” ¢ her cottage at Gardner,cypenses and he dlho:;ghat ;:iesetm;lrz'-‘ Jitney Competition. - T - in o0d and in food resorvation and x - ompson savs. At Bridgeport there 2 E = {men were entitle Lo On the point of jitney competition, . the lack of any substitute its output Use The A ttic arc oviy st nrisoners in the Fairfeld| Licut: Commander Walter T. Camp 42 1-2 cents an hour because Doys if |he said that the history of the jitney Timethy J. Shei would be reduced only by most un- icounty jail as agalnst 396 two years| B R plhoy SEIpSEARIvPEG: SRMUS: 34| chowed that it was a transitory thing. : usual conditions. There is always a ‘Think of the extra rooms you could rent er use your- self, if your empty attic were put to werk. Transform that slacker space into cheerful, com- fortable rooms with Bea- ver Board —it's quickly done without disturbing ago, according to Sheriff Pease. ’ The company from Hartford which has the contract for the reconstruc- uon of the White Beach hotel into a sanatorium for bone tuberculosis. hustling the alterations ani expects to "deliver the building to the state ready for occupancy about Sept. 1 At New Lendon, Dr. Joseph M. G ney, has purchased the Tond resi- dence at the corner of Williams and | @ranite streets from Henry R. Bond. It had started in the west and grad- ually worked dast and had died out wherever it had been given trial. The |jitney men run for a while, but find iby experience how costly iS the up- keep and then look aroupd for an-; other sucker to sell out to, telling r05y| stories of the big money they have made. The life of a bus is only about 100,000 miles. After that it is nothing but a junk heap, but a trolley car will make 100,000 miles in a sea- Timothy J. Shea, a retired farmer and esteemed resident of the town of Plainfield for nearly 60 years, died Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock at his home on Prospect street, Moosup, in his 76th year. A paralytic shock which he suffered Tuesday morning com- bined with heart trouble are the c%u;u to which his death is attrib- uted, Mr. Shea was bern Aug. 15, 1843, in County Kerry, Ireland, a son of James general tendency toward an_increase in production in the United States on account of the steady increase of pop- ulation. The increasing use of salt by chemical and other industries helps to maintain a larger production from year to year. In view of the short- age of labor and other difficultiés which hampered many industries dur- ing the war, a reduction in the eut- put of salt might have been expected. but there was nevertheless a consid- vard are guests of Mrs. Frederic S.|cents an hour. Bic H Mayor Desmond’s Views. John Kirby Lewis of New Haven,| who has recently returned from over. seas. is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Fran Mayor J. J. Desmond said he was | convinced that fhe "condition " which the trolley officials say exists is actua A g ,k’and that mo deception has been prac- Mr, and Mrs. Willis Austin and ticed or attempted. Anyone will con- sons, Willis Phillps Austin and Mal- | cede also that the employes do not get com H. Austin, are at West Harwich, iadequate compensation. The trolleys, e which are necessities of modern life, Wr. and Mrs. B. M. Crosthwaite and ! will be supplied only so long as there family of Pelnam Manor, who have is & profit in it, the mayor said, for | | ham, 7 c £, Shea and Eilen Sullivan. In 1855 he e Figures complled the rest of the house, Dr. Ganey. who is mow. at his mum- | Beeht Prous Neck Me. are guests, you cannot expect capiial fo be | a0 AN et A A itaent claimed |came io the United States. first locat- | Ui%icr the direction of K. W. Stone. Ask us for the details. o o O Teaichle, Inlends ol Peortecus. X | expressed his fear that the operation |that the state had done the trolley ins at Norwich, and seven years later or the United States Geographical THE PECK-McWILLIAMS CO. Teacher of Violin | occupy the Bond property in the fall. Commissioner of Motor A successful man keeps his eyes and Robbins B. Stoecksl has ears wide open and his mouth closed. Vehicles announced | of trolley lines had become so expen- sive that it had come to be a case of the survival of the fittest between the i companies a big wrong by practically going into business with one class of transportation, the jitney owners, and { in~ Plainfield. Practically his entire life was devoted to agricultural pur- suits. Upon his retirement from active Survey, Department of Interior, frem reports furnished by all producers.of salt in the United States show a total that 35,200 in fines were collected inl trolley and the jitney. He thoughtputting the burden on another class,|WOTk several vears ago and until his|oyiput of 7,238,744 short tons, an in- Ceniral Wharf the courts of the state during the first the state ought to proceed with com- | the trlley roads. The state prepares|death he made his home with hislcrease of 260.567 short tons, or 47 per fifteen days of July as the result of eerable caution in adopting a child | good roads for the automobiles and |gdaushter, Mrs, Danlel W. Sullivan, InJene over the output in 1917. The violations of the automobile laws. that may have lived its full span of | then invites them to go in and do up|MQosup. total value was $26,840,361, an 'inm- and Mandoiin During ‘the first. two weeks of July 1918 the fines amounted to $2,464. Among the 3000 nominations for poctmasterships seat to the senate by | President Wilson are 27 for Connec- | ticut. The men recommended for another “four-vear term include: Al- i | life. Overexpansion the Trouble Says Mor- gan. Mayor E. Frank Morgan of New London said he thought no one had touched the seat of the trouble yet, which he considered expansion of the the trolley companies, who had beea granted franchises under the belief that they were getting monopolies. The state highway department has ex- pended $24,493.475.30 on highways and bas collectea in the same time from drivers’ and auto licenses $5,162,073. While at united in ma) church with Miss Norwich Mr. Shea wai at Bridget daughter of Patrick and lulia Toley Sullivan. He was a member of the Holy Name sbéeiety, also All Hallows’ Roman Catholic church, and in point of service was one of the oldest mem- St. Mary's Sullivan, crease of 30 per cent. over the total value in 1917, which was $19,940.442, The prodnction of salt in 1918, by states, is shown in short tons tol- lows: California, 204,857, Kansds, §19,504, Michigan, 2,403,125, New York 2,180,530, Nevada, 970, Ohio, 1,080:881 exander Gilman, am; . A remedy for the burdens under Texas 79,657, Utah, 94,204, West Vir- ERNEST E. BULLARD |25 siogion ™ Femic *EiPhvre: j trotieys bevond the Himit of ogeration | which the trolley roads are strusgling | T} INGlS TATCE 1 g by a siater,|Einia, 26077 Hawail Idano Leutal: ‘ z | Central Willage, ana George H. Foley, on « paying basis. The New, London | would be for the state to bear the exc |\ 1™ \J00%, 8 @UINNIR of Norwicn; |ana, 'New Mexico, Oklahoma, Papto 55 et | e e o he | RSnse of maintaining their right of |, lo,, “romes-TShea of Auburn, R.|Rico and Virginia, 380833 TELEFHONE 127-4 Bliss Place TEAMING and TRUCKING DONE VERY REASONABLF ARTE Ty WU FROMPTLY AND AT PRICES R H. LATHROP Prcne 176 The New Haven Journal-Courier | notes that the first day of the Novena |to S+ Anne at St. Louis urch brought large crowds from ail parts| of th= ciir, and from several places! f1 the especially during the | ning services whea Rev. Charles. Panueite. formerly of Taftville, preached. Cynics are men who find fault with the word beeause they wWers not con- sulted when it was designed. were good paying _propositions, said, but promoters had got hold of a man with a lot of money and the Westerly and New Haven ends of the Shore Line system have never paid, but have been a burden for the eity sections to carry. These unprofitable sections could be served by the rail- road. He declared that the limited area of the city of New London made anything but a sc fars out of the question, though he did think the peo- ple might stand for a 15c round trip fare to Ocean Beach. way for the benefit of the riders, who are the people, and he considered this would be a fair thing to ask the state to do. Dead Ends of the System. “How leng is the Plant estate going to stand for this condition?" asked Representative William A. Holt of New London. - “I think I have indicated that I can- not tell whether you will have trolley service next fall,” Mr. Perkins ans swered. “What are the parts of the road thai I.:. two daughters, W. Sullivan of M Bertha tucket. Mrs. | Gilroy of Pawtueket and Mrs. Daniel 008U children. Edward, Derothy, James and Claire Sullivan of Meosun and Misses P. and Dorothy Gilroy of Paw- Burial will ‘be in Norwich. Mrs. Calvin H. Frisbie, George P. six grand- The production of rock saltamomnpt- ed to 1,683,941 short tons, an incresse of about 5 per cent, but the value was $5684,661, an increase of 46 pér cent, The output of evaporated “smit omaunted to 2,724,203 short tons, wal- ued at $20,010,435, an inerease of near- After a lingering fliness of nearly three years the life of Marion Taft, wife of Calvin H. Prisbie, came to a eaceful ciose at her home at 53 Mc- 1y 10 per cent, in quantity and 34 per cent. in value, The _production” of salt brine was 2,830,600 short tsfs, valued at $1,245,265, a decrease 6f ‘2 per cent. in guantity, but an increas of 15 per cent. in value. Michigan, New York and Ohio aon- ; a . - e n nuiap:f:::g a “weekly | you would want (o give up" inley avenue en. ay.afternoon at|tinued to hold first, seeond and {) ' | wage to a trolleyman of $341% but| “The sections from Guilford to|4¢ e'clock, \IIWU,I va although she|places respectively in quantity pro< w15 had been made by 9 days and L. | Stony Creek, Madison to Flanders cor- | realized that co not live forlduced . N G LS TS