Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-06
FOR A BRIDGE BETWEEN
 HADDAM AND EAST HAnDAM.
Strong Arguments Made at Capitol
 Yesterday by Norwch Men.
Especial to The Bulletin.)

NoptCldl u l A0 OdAlCtAll.J Hartford, April 5.-Strong, convinc- ing appeals for bridge across the Connecticut river between the towns of Haddam and East Haddam were made before the appropriations committee at the capitol Wednesday afternoon by Norwich and New London men, who logically contended that public neces- sity demands that the improvement be made. It was shown to the committee that the erection of the bridge would be of inestimahle benefit to the eastern part of the state in providing some and would also work to the advantage of the western part of the state. Norwich People Favor 1t. Henry Tibbits, Norwich, said that the people of eastern Connecticut and es pecially of Norwich are very much in favor of the building of the bridge. He told ths committee that the Norwich Board of Trade, which he represented, had gone on record as favoring the building of the bridge, and that the New London Board of Trade had taken similar action. The Business Mems association of Norwich, Mir. Tibbits said, had also recently voted in favor of the project to build the bridge. He told the committee that the eastern is cut off from the western end of the state and that the bridge is required in the interest of improved transportation facilities.
 A Great Public Necessity. c. D. Moves of Norwich said that
 the proposed bridge is a great public
 necessity and would be of immeasure-
 able convenience to the eastern part
 of the state, a part of Connecticut that
 has 1anguished because of lack of transportation facilities connecting it
 with the western part of the state. MT.
 Moves said, that the construction of the
 1--~s R..1 -G
 Connecticut to more general travel
 would enhance property values and in-
 crease the population in the eastern
 end of the state. Such towns as Old
 Lyme. Colchester, Lebanon and others
 in that part of the state, now devoid of adequate transportation facilities, would by the building of the bridge be made readily accessible. The state can do no better business, MT. Moves said, than to build a bridge that will link the eastern and western parts of the state.
 Judge John H. Barnes of Norwich said that it is absolutely necessary to have the bridge. He told of how east ern Connecticut people frequently find it necessary to make overland trips to New Haven and other points west of the Connecticut river and of how url- satisfactory the ferry service frequent ly proves to be. He said that the bridge would pay for itself in time, as the people would be glad to pay toll. There is much land to be cultivated in the eastern part of the state. If the bridge is built, giving easy access and egress to that section, more people will come there and live.
 Benefit to Norwich and New London. Particular stress was laid by vari- ous speakers on the benefits that would accrue to agricultural interests in the southeastern part of the state by the erection of the bridge. It was also pointed out that the bridge would
 divert 8 great deal of traffic that now
 moves between New York and Boston
 by other routes, through Middlesex,
 New London and Windham counties, and that Norwich and New London
 would be especially benefited in vari-
 ous ways, this without injury to any
 other section of tke state.
 What is now an isolated section of
 the state, exceedingly attractive, but
 dormant as to growth. would, it was
 claimed, develop wonderfully if the
 bridge is built.