Excerpt from Norwich, Connecticut: Its Importance as a Business and Manufacturing Centre and as a Place of Residence; A Brief Review of Its Past and Present BY referring to the constitution and by-laws of the norwich board OF trade it Will be seen that the Object of the organization is for the advancement of the individual and general business interests of the community; the encouragement of commercial and manufacturing industries the improvement of facilities for transportation the diffus ion Of information concerning trades, manufacturing, and other inter ests; the cultivation Of a more intimate knowledge of all events and questions affecting the public welfare, etc. It is with the desire of promoting and encouraging the interests above enumerated that the following pages of statistical and local information are given to the public. Much care has been taken in the preparation of the work to confine all statements and figures Within conservative bounds, the sole object being to present a true picture of Norwich as it is to-day, with its splendid educational facilities, its business interests, its importance as a manufacturing centre, its reputation as a healthy city, and various important subjects that make a place attractive, in order that strangers and intelligent inquirers may fully realize the great ad vantages of this locality as a place of residence, as well as a desirable field for locating manufactories of various kinds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.