New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1930, Page 6

ROABSIDE BEAUTY | HEITH'S AMBITION Comecticut Man Outlnes Pro- gram for Atfractive Highways Middlebury, Vt., Sept. 12—An in- clusive program for the beautifica- tion of New England roadsides was| described here today at the twen-| tieth quargerly meeting of the New | England council by Luther M. Keith | in charge of the landscape division, | Connecticut highway department, | who discussed the project recently | inaugurated by the council in co-| operation with the Federations of | Women's clubs of New England, and told of the highway work being done in Cor Connecticut and Massachusetts have been cited By national students of the highway beautification prob- lem 3s conducting the most advanc- | ed programs of roadside develop- | ment in the country, the council was told. Aside from the official activities in these two states, much work has| been done in some individual com- munities, but the program approved by the committee on recreational development of the council for the first time provides machinery for the coordination of all highway beautification activities. The details of the program, it was vital part of sources whi taxable wealth sale of man tural products of developing the beau 000 miles of roadsides will provide an a portant attraetion for the of visitors who see t. the highways,” M Under the counc New England authorize the state highway board of scape arghitect to plan vise the {work along the highways. | The part of the program to be car- | ried out by the women's clubs'w include practical highway beautifi- | cation demonstrations and contests. They will study state and local beau- | tification needs, and seek the remov- »al of advertising signs not conform- ing to present rcgulations or con- stituting hazards to tr pairment of scenid bea The State Federatio: en's clubs were selected by the committee on recreational develop- ment of the New England council a8 the organized group having the gredtest interest ‘and the most ef- fective influence for carrying on t work in this fleld of New Englan recrational indu conference of |aré cil’s recreational development com- mittee with officers of the New Eng- land confgrence of state federations and ‘tife presidents of tHe state fed- erations, the New England council’g | cooperating committee on highway | beautification- was formed to carry out the all-New England program. The members of the committee| Mrs..W. R. Pattangall, Augusta, M MYs. LaFell Dickinson, Keene, by Mrs. Allen A. Fletcher, Lud- D: M. Goodridge, Miss Estelle Page, Mrs. Ma: v, Vt ewton, {chairman, North Providence, R. L.|being oiled f and Miss Mary B. Weaver, New Mil- ford, Conn. James P. Taylor, sec- retary of the Vermont State Cham- ber of Commerce, is acting as sec- retary of the committee. Road Conditions in the State of Connecticut | Road conditions and detours in State of Connecticut made ne-| cessary by highway construction, | repairs and oiling announced by the | Connecticut Highway Department, of Septerber 10t Route No. 1 | Clinton, Boston Post road is be-| ing oiled for 2 miles. | Fairfie uthport cut-off, work | or. bridge. .No delay to traffic | 0ld Lyme, Boston Post road is be- | for 1% miles, also shoul- ng oiled for 4 miles. New Haven Pike, g oiled for 2 miles. | Danbury-Newtown road, concrete pavement completed. Shoulders and ed. sion, extensive\ cul- | concrete pavement. | nd Wallingford, North | Broad streets are under | Through traffic advis- | road. North Broad / closed north of | | Brooklyn-Willimantic road is be- oiled for 1.6 miles | Hampton-Willimantic road is be-1 ing oiled for 3.5 miles [ bridge over Nauga- st Main street is under o detour | 0. U. 8, 7 naan and Salisbury, Lime Rock bridge, grade crossing elimination is under construction. Use roadway. No detour. Route No. § Thomaston road is being 8iled for about 4 “miles sl Middletown, Hartford - Saybrook rcad is being oiled for % mile. | Route No. 12 | Griswol® Canterbury and Plain-| field. A section of the Norwich- Putnam road is under copstruction. Open to' traffic. : Plaintield and Killingly. a section | of the Norwich-Putnam road is un- der construction. Traffic can pass. Route No. 17 | East Hartford, bridge over Hock- anum river is under construction, it open to traffic i present | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 1930. _n Barkhamstead-New Hartford road being oiled for 2 miles. Route No. 101 Pomfret, Willimantic road is be- ing oiledfor 2 miles. Putnam, Pomfret road oiled for 2 miles. Route No. 103 Sterling, R. I, Providence road is being oiled ‘for 2.5 miles. Route No. 104 Portland, Portland - Glastonbury road is being oiled for 2 miles. Portland, Center Church road is 1 mile Rofite No. 109 Coventry-Bolton road is under construction, closed to traffic. Short detour at east end of job. Route No. 110 Suffield-Hartford and Springtield rcad is being oiled for 4 miles. Windsor Locks - Suffield and Springtield road is being oiled for 2 miles. g is being Route No. 111 Columbia, Hebron-Marlboro road is being oiled for 2 miles. Hebron, Hebron-Marlboro road is being oiled for 2 miles. Route Nos. 111, 118 and 3 Southington, intersection of the Milldale road is under construction. One-way traffic for short distance. Route No. 112 Guilford-North Guilford road is being oiled for 7 miles. Route No. 118 7 Bloomfield, Simsbury - Hartford road is being oiled for 2 miles. Route No. 117 Newtown, Berkshire road is being oiled for 1 mlie. Route No‘ 119 Danbury, Mill Plain road is be- ing oiled for 5 miles. Route No. 121 Salisbury, Lakeville road is being oiled for 2 miles. Route No. 123 Canton road is being about one mile. Route No. 124 Bethel, Main street, is being oiled for one mil® Route No. 134 Cornwall Bridge project, bridge construction and approach grading on new location. No defours. Kent-Bulls bridge project, steam shovel grading and bridge construc- tion on new location. No detours. Route No. 135 st Haven and No. Branford- n road,concrete road is under construction. Traffic controlled by traffic men Route No. 139 Killingly, Valley road is being ojl- ed gor one mile. Route No. 145 Newtown-Stevenson road, culvert work and steam shovel grading and macadam construction. Shert de- teur arranged where necessary. Route No. 152 Warren - Cornwall road, steam shovel grading and macadam con- struction. No detour available. Route No. 153 <alem, Norwich - Hadlyme road, shoulders being oiled for 5 miles. Montville, Norwich-Hadlyme road i3 being olied for 1 mile. oiled for Route No. 190 Durh: - Killingworth - Madison road. improved section ~under censtruction. Through traffic advis- ed to avoid this rgad. Route No. 202 Harwinton-Terryville road is un- der construction. g Route No. 301 Salisbury-Lime Rock, Hotchkiss School road is under constructfdn. Detour around bridge in Lime Rock. Route No. 302 New Canaan-Smith Ridge road is under construction. No delay to traffic. / Route No. 315 Coventry, Willimantic, Hartford via Coventry road is being oiled for 1% miles. Route No. 323 Cheshire, Cheshire - Waterbury road is being oiled op shoulders for about 2 miles. Route No. 336 Thompson, Brandy Hill road is being oiled for 4 miles on Webster road. h ’ .Houwx 346 Middletown, Newfield road is be- ing oiled for 1 mile. ; No Route Numbers Burlington Center road oiled for 3 miles. Darien-Middlesex foad is under construction. No delay to traffic. Bozrah-Fitchville, Bozrah street is closed. Bridge is being construct- ed. Detour posted. Eastford, Kenyonville, Ashford rcad is under construction. Grading is being done. Traffic can pass. Easton-Monroe road is ynder con- struction. No delay to traffic. Goshen-Goshen-Cornwall road under construction. No detour. Hampton, a section of the Kim- ball Hill road is under construetion. Grading is being done. Traffic can pass. Killingly, Ballouville road is be- ing oiled for 1 mile. Madisoh, North Madison road is being oiled for 6.8 miles. Madisen, Horse Pond road is be- is being is - Made by the makers of ‘Veedol Motor Oil . . . used by the Graf Zeppelin and ‘ the Byrd Expedition, | | ing oiled tor 2 miles. Manasfield, Willimantic-8torrs read is under construction. Concrete sur- facing is being done. One-way traf- fic is regulated by telephone. New Milford-Merryall road, steam shovel grading. No detours.’ Nor- folk, North street is under construe- tion. No detours. 2 Redding-Meeker Hill road, bridge construction. Road closed. B Redding - Umpawaug Hill road, steam shovel grdding. No detours. So. Windsor - East Windsor Hill road is under construction but open | to traffic. Stamford-High Ridge road is be- ing oiled for 3 miles. Sterling, Ekonk Hill road is being oiled for 1.6 miles. ‘Warren-Kent road, steam shovel grading and macadam construction. No detours. \Winchester, Torringford strest is under construction. No detours. Woodstock, West road is being oiled for 3 miles. / KIN OF JESSE JAMES SCORNS BID T0 HOLDUP Asked to Draw Gun On Cop, Famous Bandit's Granddaughter Balks at Suggestion. Los Angeles, ,Sept. 12 (UP)— Holdups hold no charms for Jessie Estelle James, granddaughter of Jesse James of Missourl, the man who made hold-ups famous. Miss James made this clear while testifying in superier court where her $64,400 damage suit was being beard today against the Paramount- Famous-Lasky corporation, alleging ‘oreach of a film contract. “The press agents wanted me to get 'myself arrested for speeding as a publicity stunt,” she related. “Then I was to draw a gun on the police- man so they could broadcast a story that Jesse James' granddaughter had held up a cop. “I have never been arrested and don’t like holdups, so I refused to 3o it.” . She said she had been employed to portray the character of her grand- mother, Mrs. Zeralda Samuels, in a picture but that another actress was given the part. orts more than 6,000,- 000 bunches of bananas yearly./ /] flga() EL 28 A {{ TAKES §' KNOCKED QUT JIAHE BEILERAMT, IN 75 ROUNDS. RICHBURG, Miss. JuLy 8.1889 El footéd employes. 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