New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 24, 1928, Page 6

OLD CRAFTS AIDED |shoulders being oiled. ‘f Milford—Boston Post road shoul- Help Mantactue of R Rugs 252" o and Hickory Handles } Washington, Aug. 24—(P—The | federal government has come to the | Pprotection of two of America’s oldest industries, having their antecedents in the households of colonial d the manufacture of rag rugs and hickory handles, | The making of rag rugs emerged | from the home and became a fac- | Sunnyside tion with short distance. is Shoulders not complete. construction completed, Railing un- completed, |is under construction. ing for 2 miles. Greenwich—Boston shoulders being oiled. Stamford—Boston Post road Post road ders being oiled. Route No. 2 North Haven—Hartford pike be- Route No. 3 Waterbury-Middlebury road and avenue under construc- one-way traffic for a Waterbury-Milldale, Mountain is under construction. Ridgeficid-Danbury road concrete Route No. 4 Salisbury-Great Barrington road Short de- ‘Woodbridge-Seymour, road is under construction. controlled by traffic men, Balisbury, Newtown-Bridgeport crete Newtown flag pole southerly, rail- ing uncompleted. on Newtown street. ‘NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1928, line, shoulders being oiled. Route No, 114 No. Branford and North “faven road shoulders under construction. No delay to traffic North Branford—DMiddleton Ave., shoulders are being oiled for five miles. Route No. 120 and 147 concrete Traftic Route No, 121 Canaan-Salisbury road under construction. One-way Southington | traffic, Route No, 123 road construction complete con- from One-way traffic Route No. 123 tory industry about the time of the | Civil war. For years the industry | was without foreign competition, but in 1905 a Japanese grass rug man- ufacturer found that with slight alteration of his looms he could make rag rugs for export to Amer- ica. The history of the industry in tour around small bridge. haron-Lakeville road is onstruction, Route No, U. S. 5 Wallingtord—No. Colony open to traffic. under street, No. Colony street is un- Foot of Bunker Hill to Cornwall Bridge resurfacipg complete. Shoul- ders and guard rail not finished. Traffic open at all times. Canton-Collinsville, Nepaug road is under construction. Detour es- tablished. Traffic should proceed with caution over detours, Merlden construction. No delay. Route No, 126 Route No. 183 Cornwall Hollow road, Cornwall to 8o, Canana is under construction. No detour. Route No. 133 Hartland-Hollow Bridge is under construction, short detour around bridge. Route No. 135 No. Branford-Guilford road is un- der construction. Passable except when asphalt is being laid. Route No, 136 New Fairtield-Sherman road, shovel grading and macadam con- struction under way, short delays probable, Route No. 141 Bridge over Little river on the Scotland-Canterbury road is under construction, Traffic from the west is warned to be careful in ap- proaching this bridge which is - cated at the foot of a steep grade. Route No. 147 Seymour—Bladden river is under construction. No dela; Route No. 150 Lyme and East Haddam, Ham- burg, No. Plains road is under con- struction. No delay to traffic. Route No. 154 Route No. 180 Bethel-Redding road, asteam shovel grading and macadam ccn- struction under way. No detours necessary. Route No. 186 Hamden—State street is being oiled for one mile. Route No. 302 Darien-Mansfield avenue, ders being oiled. Route No. 310 Bantam-Morris road is under construction. No detours. Route No. 32! Prospect-Chashire road, ehort de- tour over country road around shoul- | shovel work in rock cut. Route No. 337 Milford—New Haven avenue shoulders under construction, No delay, Milford-Woodmont road, concrete road under construction. No delay. construction, local traffic detour. Entield-Scitico-Broad Brook road is under construction, but open to traffic. Mansfield Center - Warrenville road is under coustruction. Middletield-Durham read, Cherry Hill road under construction. No delay. Granby—8almon Brook street is under construction. Open to traffic. New Haven—Townsend aven te, grading being done, no delay to traffic. North Stonington—Col. Brown road is being oiled for 1% mile. Rocky Hill—EIm street grading under way. Slight delay. Sharon-Millerton road is under construction. Short detour, Sterling Bridge under construc- tion at Sterling Village. Detour posted. to be employed largely in the coro- nation ceremonies at Kyoto next November. Bataro Minanii, head of the Fu- shim! Earthen Ware Makers' asso- clation, has been ordered by the imperial household to provide the proper dishes. They will include 1,400 bowls and balls of different shapes, together with 70 flat-shaped pots for serving the sacred black * and white sake to the imperial fam- Ny. Also there will be 200' small sake jars to be used in offering sake to the spirits of the imperial ancestors and the numerous deities. Air lines each day carry edible frogs and snalls from France to London, No Hot Weather Cooking Redding-Georgetown road. Con- struction work started. No detours necessary, Woodbridge-Racebrook road is under constryction. No delay. Westport — Riverside avenue, shoulders being oiled. ‘Wethersfieldi—Jordan Lane is un- West Haven—Beach atreet, under construction. Short detour in force around city block, when asphalt is being laid. No Route Numbers Ansonia—North State street Is under construction. Traffic con- ml-.iu’ 12 trolled by traffic men. der construction and rather rough. iscuits Japan has been the reverse of that in America, for beginning in the factory it was transferred to the Japanese home, where the rugs are made cheaply. As a result President regulated by flagman, Coolidge rcrrnvvlylsu.‘:;n;l.u ];;:»m.;:\:-m, on-So. Killingly road is| :;on £:;r:§1;urx:: he duty on certa under construction, open to traffic. ypes of rag rugs. ; te No. U. 8, The hickory handle industry is| o Route \j\’mmz AR :‘n;:n;;gm:mrrflcfilwld3‘7‘?‘1"1’:"; u.wk construction completed _from commission has stepped forward to | ORI ‘:cw“:;':l)r‘:)rr)d-to]l;‘:ooomk: pratect it trom {mproper practices 8t | 1yq10 " Runinglnnosmpleted, home, The commission recently call- | Route No. 8 ed a confe pepoe _m“fl!: :?d:‘l Y Beacan Falls-Naugatuck road :: kl.ou»..‘a\)\_“;;‘er: rl(!”_ 1‘:}1; L shoulders being oiled for five miles. other striking tools should, in the | ToITington - Thomaston, —Castle c 5 ] telibly | Bridge is under construction. Traf- ipterests of safety, b«_"_'"‘j s 1y fic should proceed with caution on marked, leaving no q:lt~l- 1on 85 19 account of grade crossing. Short | grade, weight or strength one-way traftic. Route No. 10 Road Conditions in Haddam road is under construc- State of Connecticut | tion from Higganum to East Had- i | dam bridge. One-half mile detour Road conditions and detours in |, "y, ti8h QR one-way traffic | the state of Connecticut Where pavement is being laid. | necessary hyv!vugh“'n.v co; Bloomfield-Granby road is under EepAloa and oiling announced by ho |gonatriotion, but open o) traftic. state highway department, as of Route No, 12 August 22nd, are as follows:— Grosvenordale-No. Grosvenordale Route No, 1 .. | road is under construction. Detour Old Lyme, East Lyme and Wa-| ,c.q- terford, five miles under construc- Sast Lyme, tion, One-way traffic to I where concrete pavement is being laid, Orange-Milford pik: Beacon Falls—Pines bridge under construction. Traffic not affected. Chester-Killingworth road under construction. No delay. Bethlehem-Watertown road con- struction started. Grading com- menced. No detours necessary. Clinton-Westbrook, Clinton Deep river road is under construction for 2 miles. Easton- Monroe Windsor Locks-Suffield, East Main street 1is under construction, traffic may take good road through Suffield Center. Earthenware Ordered At Kyoto Ceremonies Tokyo, (P —Old-fashioned earth- enware, such as has been used in in Japan for hundreds of years, is Route No. U. S. 6 Ridgeficld-Branchville road is be- Brookiyn-Da son road in the|ing oiled on shoulders for four towns of Killingly and Brooklyn un- | miles, construction. Detour posted, ‘Washington-Woodbury road, ma- cadam and bridge construction - .- derway at several places. Short de- lay probable. Route No. 166 Crystal Lake road, towns of Rockville and Ellington are under construction. No detours, Route No. 175 Saybrook — Grading Winthrop road, slight delay to traffic. Route No. 179 Preston, the road from Pogueta- nuck to Brewster’s Neck is under construction. Open to *traffic. 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