Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-03


 as Colt, Joseph Baker, John Parish, Frederick Stanley, Nathan Williams, Zimri Murdock. Seth Grosvenor, God frey Grosvenor, John McClellon David Holmes, Amos Payne. Jedediah Kim ball. Hezekiah Bugbee Stephen Tuck CT, and their associates, and they were constituted corporation by the name fof the Norwich and Woodstock Turn pike company. The road was dis continued in 1S46, having paId no divi- dends for six years.
 The Colchester and Norwich turnpike road, the company being incorporated in 1895 by Roger Bulkley and others, extended from the Bacon Academy in Colchester to Fitchs iron works in Bozran, but in 1907 another piece of road was added. bringing the turnpike 1 10 the Baekus iron works at what is now Yantic, Seven years later, upon petition of Thomas Lathrop and oth- CTS, the general assembly passed the following resolve, altering the road:
 Resolved by this Assembly, That the prayer of said petition be granted, and that the said alteration of said road be established as part of the same, viz, beginning at the lands of Jehiel Johnson, north of MT. Bakers; :; thence north 20 deg. 30, west 12 rods IT links; thence north 21 deg. 15, west 30 rods 13 links; thence 32 deg. 45, west 13 rods links; thence north 41 deg. 30. west "A rods: thence north 65 30, west 23 rods links. to the inter- I section, to the center of the turnpike road as originally laid out: and the said piece of road laid out and made as aforesaid, shall be and remain part of the said turnpike road, in the same manner as if the same had been orig inally so laid out, and that part of said turnpike road for which this alteration f- Nr rL-ff fA l. |. T A
 It was provided in the charter that persons travelling to attend worship. or funerals, or society, town or freemans i meetings, and persons obliged to do military duty, travelling to attend train ings. persons going to and from grist mills, and persons living within one mile of said gate, and not passing more than one mile beyond said gate to attend their ordinary business, should not be liable to the payment of toll: and that the company should | have liberty to purchase and hold lands | Tor the accommodation of their toll | house, not exceeding fifty acres; and all rights and shares in said turnpike. | and property vested in the stock of said company, should be considered personal estate, and the shares of said | company should be transferable only on the books of said company, and in such manner as said company should l by their by-laWs direct
 In 1927 Newcomb Kinney. Henry Perkins and Dwight Ripley were icon stituted body corporate" by the name of The Norwich and Salem Turn l pike company" This road led from the wharf bridge in Norwich Landing I to Salem. meeting there the road from New Haven, by Dragons bridge. | through Essex.
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 The Shetucket turnpike ran through the towns of Preston, Griswold, Volun- | town and Sterling to the eastern boun- dary line of the state. The company consisting of Amos H. Hubbard, Jo- nah Witter, with their associates and assigns" was incorporated in 1929, and 1 continued in operation for more than thirty years, paying yearly small div idend. In 1861 the towns of Preston, Griswold and Voluntown purchased the franchise for the sum of s1,375.
 The first post office at the Landing was established in 1S03 and known as Chelsea Landing. In 1927 the name was changed to Norwich City, what we know as Norwich Town being then called Norwich. Not until 1886 did the names of Norwich and Norwich Town come into their present use.
 Along with these public stage lines | WtlC tStdDlISntu OlHtI HlDIt DIlNdtt GIL l-terprises. In March, 1874, Ezra Backus advertises that he will 'commence running about the 1st of April a WAGON with four Horses. for the {. transportation of Goods to Providence and Boston or New York A very. careful driver will be employed, and all business committed to his charge will >be attended to with promptitude."
 And in July, 1884, A. J. Clark an- nounces that the Norwich Hourly will accommodate parties of pleasure to New London or any other place.-Ev- cry attention will be paid by David Whiting in his power to satisfy the public"
 But by this time the railroad was beginning to supersede the stage coach. The new order of things commenced for Norwich with the first stroke of the spade on the Norwich and Worces- ter Railroad, at Greeneville, Novem- Der IS. 1882. The road was finished. and trains were running the entire distance of sixty seven miles by March, 1S40. The station was built near the lower end of Shetucket street
 The location chosen by the original proprietors was one very difficult of approach for railroads, although com paratively easy of approach for turn pilzes. The routes followed by rail- IOdQS dI6 WliClC lHClC dAC high hills between rivers as is the case in Norwich. The building of the Nor wich & Worcester railroad was one of the contributing factors to the growth of. Chelsea at the expense of Old Nor wich.
 During a freshet in the spring of 1841 bar was formed in the channel of the Thames river by sand brought I1. nH, r,f this bar the steamboats were frequent ly delayed in their passage up and down the river This trouble, togeth- CT with the inconvenience given by the ice in the winter, induced the com- pany to build an extension of their road from Norwich along the bank of the river to Allyn's Point. The Nor wieh Courier speaks of its opening in 1S43 as follows:
 Rail Road ceebration.-The com pletiou of the Norwich and Worcester Rail Road to the terminous at Allyns Point, six miles below this city, is cele- brated today. Quite number of gen. tlemen from Boston, Worcester &c, connected with the Norwich and Wor- cester Rail Road and with the Boston and Worcester Road are present Af- ter passing over and viewing the road, the company partake of a cold collation. on board of the steamer New Haven, fyings along side of the Depot Wharf. We regret our friends from abroad should have, on such an occasion, so stormy reception"
 Since that time the road has been extended to Groton.
 A few years after the construction of the Norwich and Worcester railroad, the New London, Willimantic and Palmer railroad Qater the New Len- dar, nd h. ,.nil I1li1f