Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 2, 1911, Page 23

NORWICH BULLETIN, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1911 EASTERN CONNECTICUT RICH IN NATURAL RESOURCES Unappropriated Opportunities Invite New London and Windham Counties to the Threshold of Future Growth and Enlargement--Waterpower Sites---Harbors and Navigable Waterways---Fertile Fields for Agriculturalists. - 1 | | From Its coast line on the south, deeply indented to form some of the | his own uses. The two counties of Hastern Comnecticut—New London | HARBORS AND NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS. vard, so advantageously located as to call forth frons experts in the serwies Best harbors on the Connecticut seaboard, to the smiling hills, meadows, and Windham—comprise 1,196 square miles, practically one-fourth of the | Rarely favored too is this region in its seaboard privileges. Border- the oft-repeated proy that it could not fail to be a place of great SR WA S5 ihe e "‘ “”"",‘m‘j“;’":“::" ‘;mc]: state's total area of 4,845 square miles. Threading through the 631 square | ing on Long Island Sound for about 30 miles, the southern part of New | future importance comprises the two counties of New London and dham, beckons T AT B S5 ST e oy . v v t miles which make up the area of New London county and no less ex- | London county offers some of the best harbors which the te affords, For shipbuilding and oth: @ i fes London harbor countless ways with the er of opportunity to those whe will but enter | ; v sac il and possess the land. Fair it looked to our ancestors of the long ago; tending through the 515 square miles comprised in Windham county is | and the navigable waters of the county are extensive and unsurpassed by is admirably adapted not wit ibility t fair and preductive it has proven to thousands who have won fortunes an extensive system of rivers and their tributaries whose water-power | those of any portion of the country of equal extent upon the coast. The the development of the coming years be es, r.;Mn; here in agricuitural, me tile and manufacturing fields; still more fair turns millions of dollars into the lap of industry. Here is a nature- harbors of New London, Mystic, Stonington and Nia; into the r““ 5 i " i o \ ‘h"e :M:M and inviting and ¢ An to t n or woman who enters given asset ready at our hands which less favored communities would magnificent reaches of Long Island Sound, and the inland harbor at Nor- AT, B here and exercises th: er energy and brain power without which i ¢ | al of the cou prosy dhave s uo high 16 8 | spena milltons to acquire. In New London county the Thames, Shetucket, | wich at the head of the Thames Tiver puts that city into tide-wate | ; W hethe .‘. wist farm, establish a manufacturing | Yantic, Quinebaug, Pawcatuck, Mystic, Poquonock and Niantic rivers with munication for both freight and passenger transportation. From New | FOR THE AGRICULTURALIST. lant. locate a business s home, this section of Connecticut | (heir tributary streams furnish power for mills and manufacturing plants London to Allyn's Point is a ten-mile channel 200 feet wide and 20 feet | inties of Fastern Connecticut are ise oppor! ~ml:1- ofters o nitie - it well be coveted by many less fayored whose product totals annually into many millions of dollars, while in for the remaining five miles from Allyn’s Point to Norwich ) ; a::nxh.. regions. our own New ! over the broad United States. : v . o - =% ng of grain, zt s o gl ned Stai®~ | Windbam county the same gold-bearing streams are furnished by the | (he channel depth is 1f feet. The last reported tonnage for Aflyn's Point Bl iy R Coiads ol Eas Cor ¢ water powe serlands, fertile farm land, i 3 i e . | 2 ;i 2 it ns, progressive residents and | Waters of the Quinebaug, Shetucket, Hop, Moosup, Willimantic and Norwich and intermediate points, covering the year 1909, was 4 modern at wil for the labor of the e surce: Its nent has 10 means reached its Natchaug rivers and their feed The rugged and broken character of short toms, valued River commerce to these points consists yeal Disastro 3 ra work fruits of ens a nting that there is te be expected an ex- the country contributes to the value of these water powers, offering o principally of coal, lumber and steamboat freight. Dredging and other la and dependa ) imer heat ve growth and enld en t will make notable the coming decade portunities for profitable development at minimum expense. e R T R O T e cold insure ) ) arn the soil FIELD FOR THE HYDRAULIC ENGINEER. | reduceé th f transportation by enabling freight t brougt | TR ol atoek Trh : . are dallid NEW ENGLAND OUTSTRIPPING THE MIDDLE WEST. To the utilization of these water-powers, whose possibilities caught | Vessels n 8 draught in: i of §-foot eh t n ensive ) a o success Por yoars we have Dees med to th that the west—the great | the eye of ti neers of our manufacturing industries, can | NEW T O DON S MACNIEICERS AR TR | : : nigh ms . as o w Englan leaps and bounds. It ed much of the importance of this section and also of other parts of = : 05 j = | il = an he small must be gra ne we m « su learn that such a | New England. But are the opportunities in this field hausted? = v 3 n Connecticut the gem of all is New | veilef is o Great as has been the development of our water-power, there is no reason harbor safe and sheltered that is one of the finest one | Markets are ac bl r verging 1 B middle west is to conclude that there are no chances yet open for the incc manu- the Atlantic seacoast. Nea juidi Jetween New York and Bost. ¢ e yplied the Mg a i and Connecti- | facturer who would loc re; but rather to the contr The me here is found a sheltered refuge for vessels of any size, mever freezing | ° la \ Fing N v conntt il ! E e r gain in population than | chanical engineer of today s power possibilities unrevealed to the It one comuindlons ciongt 46 Mout = fast and i r 1 it and the crop M J 1 Ohle. Between 19 and | gineer of a deca le ago. and th gh the progress of hy | 5 RS o EE t fh 1 a 1 » i Con 910, Massnchim Rhode Island's 26 and Con- | in aces hitherto unthou yme into bilities for water-power e 1t farmer 1 h > | ter mile to a mile : ne b M Mishagen, wa 10 208 b Sraavel - ain channel from T 1sia SCIENC sourt 6, 1 Towa Instead of a sain New cap pterested and new sites developed mean greater pros- i ; showed a slight decre | perity for Ea Connect more wealth for her o ver above London doc ! % 4 trom S 1 x Engiand. A larger New Eng- ‘ work and bett a for her mechanics and operatives. ernment appropriation 1 ears a ship channel t furm to the city e is n ng methods eans er To be a sharer in ‘ ability seems an inborn gift in the people of this section wide has been dredged and maintained so that a dr o better dir ' ' esults, " » } development Eastern Con- | on of the world can the manufacturer find employe carried to opposite all the principal docks. The effect of this improvemen Governn su ! to really ne s and advantages that iny | ana capable. To the other inducements for locating mew indu: | has been to materially reduce freight rates. For the vear 1909 the re- know his P v e The gredter ¢ ! is added this most important one of the availability of a large ported commerce of on, principally steamboat freight, coal, | agricultural col s o i xb . Tollah | intelligent operatives for any class of manufacturing, a | cotton, oil and b erfal was 707 hort tons, valued at ; nses knowl il enera- RESOURCES R AT OUR HAND. ‘ that they have nothing to fear from the handicap of scarcit $80,247,609. To this is to be added the com e of Shaw's cove, a branch | tion e v & ming “with Cons . T es are that nature has placed satisfied to live in a locality so richly endowed with all the antages of the harbor which handled 104 short tons, valued at $105,483. ] brains” will be the order of the d hereafter. 1 nditions he - > app: e and fashion to ; and comforts that go to make life worth liv | At the upper end of this fine waterway is the United States navy | what are not the possibil £ th arn s of hecticut? | ATRAANE RA A | |6875416 T " P a = [ BUILDING A NEW LINE. NE diY ‘ assenger PONEMAH COMPANY ERECTS MONSTER NEW WEAVE SHED | 16,876,416 Trolley Passengers in 1910 | ... S8 05000 e PetathianiE W i | f to result in important developmer territory iched by | 3 2 | tnis modern me ogress is the buil ; of the 1d—Third be Built in This C ith Reinf 4 C % | Great Volume of Business in New London and | xorwich, colchesier rtford Traction s es long be- ; st in t World—Third to be Built in is Country wit einforce oncrete | B 5 5 s ST R % theongh. yaiis SRR One of the Largest in the S | Windham Counties — Population Centers and | tveen the % ; r 2 Glastenbury. Roof —Over Three Acres Floor Space—About 3400 Looms. 1 Surburban Districts Reached by 156 Miles of | Hart The September $, | | € m 1T ¥ it is ned | Track — Inter-state and Intercounty System Bl g < \ Centers at Norwich — New Road Under Con- | siche struction Towards Norwich. Wha particular interest t mection WA ‘;”‘ ing fingers of wire and rail in New London and Windham i | Fig g two LINES IN THIS TERRITORY. Fr X London as southern limit t0 West T n the > Winc extends the main arte of so-called, of the PONEMAH COMPANY'S NEW WEAVE SHED AT TAFTVILLE em reach Willimantic and South i et ¢ 1he new weave shed, 700 feet long and , inch and 16-inch steel beams and rafters held on 154 six-inch cast-iron | ‘“\\ il Sy g 200 foot wide, th er in the world, the Ponemah | columns. The concrete is four inches thick and is covered with an eight- | To ¥ trave ay continue his pa tion to the manufactur- ply tar and gravel roof, finished with slag. | journey b: er and to the east from Danielsor . S ¢ year. Gr was first | | one may : 2 deie EXTENSIVE VENTILATION SYSTEM. » o ons th : Sy 20, ' ey, o] The ventilation system is extensive and complcte, ihere being 66 > 1 ¢ Sl 8 ; ity ki .,J”nh‘ e ventilators, three for each sawtooth, each 30 inches in diameter. They | : 2 i o PR e g o 4 | turther ventilation is provided by sashes in the middie of each sawtooth, | i considere 5 R e e % | controlled by an opening device from the floor. Transom windows at the shore line of the state to the western trolley - B | cost something over 3230.000, \ .14 of each tooth add still further to the ventilating facilities. The s stated NORWICH THE BIG TROLLEY CENTER. " . Biens windows of the roof extend the length of each section, the glass being As the trolley center of the er eminently, making Franklin region, Norwich stands out pre- by 80, double glazed, with a heavy ribbed pane on the outside and a plain 1 oc: From founda sne each ¢ f the new mill is of im- and trar it for many er pol Rds e 2 i e P L the inside. There is also an air-moistening system comprising b ot T et G T e e, i e A o IS it R 150 sectional humidifiers with two Knowles triplex pumps with a total the i ate systems by w communication is established capacity of 2,000 gallons. | with all of ew England. Here th the city es of the Connecticut pottom, and form AN € 1l number of columns which company converge the line from New London and Montville, the line carry the roof a 00 154 are of six-inch cast- HEATED BY HOT WATER. from Willimantic, and the line from Putnam, Central Village and Jewett iren and support t 3 T ma rried on 836 intermediate The whole mill is heated by hot water, forced by a gasoline engine City. Comi to e same point fc its terminal is the Norwich and elumns, 208 of cast-iron 1 T In ment also are through a seven-inch pipe into heating coils that run around the walls Westerly railway a trolley line of 22 miles which reaches .a farming ocated ur concret e g A 1¢ four motors that will furnish and ceiling. There is a complete sprinkler system with 28 heads, and Zeelonmol o ke e RO IS BT DL licl e i on g o 1 Aside from their utilitarian aspect, the trolleys of Eastern Connecti power to the The elect » ome a pole line from the | the total lensth of all the pipes in the weave shed is estimated at 9 miles. L R R S P e s old mill where a r Allis-Chalmers h-speed steam turbine has been There are eight outside hydrants connected with fire pumps. The boiler ness and in the summer t offe: easy and delightful way by which iastalled to gencrate r All th shaf s is te be located in house, 63x42x20 feet high, with two Dillon boilers installed and room for the dweliers in the in stri ach the cooling breeczes and waters e basement. a new point which is fol 1 in modern miN construction. two more is located at the northwest corner of the building. It has a o e The big weav ed floor, with an a2 of 140,000 square feet, or not 100 foot chimney and a coal pocket 70 feet long, over which the Ponemah 2 TROLEEYSERAREIC Ul (030, quite 31-5 acre f L thickn « planking, laid diagonally to company's side runs a hard pine trestle next to the street. | VLR S of $1o fopr SutniELnEs v os i it withstand vibratien. Th se 1s h Florida yellow pine, above The commodious shipping room at the north end of the mill is reached | Y©2T IS shown in the g toule this seven-eighths it Carolina pine, and the top course seven- a spur track from the company’s sidins, over which it operates an CONNECTICUT COMPANY, NEW LONDON LINES. eighthis inch hard map electric locomotive for freight transfer. | Mileage operated ........ TWENTY-TWO SAWTOOTH SECTIONS IN ROOF. TOWERS AND BRIDGES. | ”‘ epggrs serr The roof is of the sawtooth design generally followed in weave sheds In the two towers, 15x30, which are located on each side of the | il 2 3 Skfow oty $he Us rih to enter. fhere are 23 sections, o | are the eight toilet rooms, the brick work finished in white enamel, with QHETON SNDISTONINGEON. N, In the Yoot v . g g cencrete floors. Mile B OPerated . o...iiiesesscnnios . 20 LARGEST WEAVE SHED WITH CONCRETE ROOF. Set back over 100 feet from the street, the mill is reached by two D T ” S In eme peint in the construction of its roof the new weave shea | bridges with a slight down pitch to the entrances. The south bridge is SR 420100 achieves distinction, since of concrete, reinforced with ex- 134 feet long, the north one 100 feet. The bridges have a width 'of 10 NORWICH AND WESTERLY. panded metal, and is the third and largest weave shed to be built with a | feet, iron entrance sates, iron railings, and electric lghting from arch- | « Mileage operated ........ b P e R 22 conerete roof in this country. The other twe are in New Bedford. Roofs ways over the center of the walk Passengers carr . PP .. 1,382,105 of concrete have presented problems In condensation in the past due to B M S L O e « Fult el : 318,503 uneven expansion in winter when a high temperature was maintained 3 Foo ol Banded & i nelde the weave shed, but the two mills in New Bedford are standing | COMPany is erecting a new stone wall along the entire front of theprop- NEW LONDON AND EAST LYME. the test cessfu erty, invelving some highway changes and improvements for which per- Mileage operated ............. A 1 Besides the expauded metal and other material, 2,000 toms of conerete mission was secured from the town, the company with its usual enter- sengers carried . R T o RP T T o ) were poured into the roof, this immense weight being supperted by 20- prising spirit assuming the entire expense. Car mi . EERRE 181,643 t was in- to_come Ya s er of way on the treet e I fre i e will be Over $300.000 In Construction | Macadam Reads New London and Windham Counties Bettering Their Highways — Much Done and More Work Planned for 1911. h the demands of modern times ever improving roads and highways, much new road buildings has been done in recent years in New London and Windham counties, connecting the rural districts by many miles of improved and well constructed modern rToads for wagem and automobile travel. In New London county d the past year through state aid, prob- ably something over $200,000 was expended in road work, putting in ex- tensive stretches of gravel or macadam road in various parts of the county. The use of thousand: gallons of oil contributed to the genera satisfaction given by this road building which wa of the county s done in all sections Among the principal pieces of new road work were the new macadam for the Norwich to New London turnpike, a stretch of road from S tem to Colchester, quite a section of road in East Lyme, a small piecs of read in Ledyard, and a section of the Norwich to Jewett City road. A eom- tract just awarded ha feet of new state road on the Scet- land road, which is to be built by the town of been for 2,25 Norwich. WINDHAM COUNTY ROADS LAST WELL. Windham county boasts macadam roads built 14 years agn that are vet as smooth as a floor, and as a rule the cou ty Toads have been com- sland and Massa- me. Eleven of the Windham county towns appliéd for state aid this year, contracts for and work aggregating 3.5 Wit pared to their great credit with roads built in Rhode chusetts the same l¢ any outlay by the towns and with results to the Windham one $6,000 gallons of oil were applied county roads during the year At the present tir Iy and two more e there are two road contracts underway in Killing- are being made, one on the Danielson-Killingly nville and, Elliottville to the Rhode Island state lLine. There are from three to four miles under construction in Plainfield towards Jewett Ci Plans are being prepared for eleven short sections in Ashferd to fm- prove various bad sections of road, and there are plans for about four mil terbury center. réad, the other through Bl s of new road work from Brooklyn te Canterbury tewn line and Cen- By plans that are being made Chaplin and Hampton are in Chaplin and 3,645 fest in 20 feet from Sterling station to have 1 feet of new road, 9,700 Hampton. There is also a sury through Oneco to Rhode Island s i 2 2