Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-01

There was a twoI Ihour session of the board of water commissioners on Erf- day afternoon, at which time the regu- lar business was enacted and much ac- on Stony brook which 1t is hoped to have started by the first of May. Bids are to be asked for at once and there swiu be three contracts for the job.
 There was presented to the board, a report by the engineers, Chandler & Palmer, and Supt.J. J. Corkery, who have been working for several weeks on land, pipe and water rights. and have succeeded i'll securing. much of the desired land and the privilege of going ahead on the other. the rights to be settled later. Their work was ap- proved by the board and the recon mendations adopted
 Must Condemn Sepae Land. 2 It will be necessary to take condem- nation proceedings against some of the property owners for land and pipe line rights, but this will not delay the work of putting down the pipe and building the reservoir.
 Pipe Coming Soon
 Bids will be asked for at once on the work of constructing the dam, clean ing the basin and laying the pipe, the bids to be in by April 18th, and work to be started by the first of May. It is intended to unload tile pipe from the Huntington wharf in Thamesvillez and this will begin to arrive aaarly in April. There will be three contracts given out. One will be for the building of the dam and the cleaning of the basin, and there will be two contracts on the pipe line, one contract extending from the dam to the Salem turnpike and the other from that point in the turnpil1e to the Morse place at East Great Plain.
 Pipe Line Route.
 The pipe line will follow practically the line originally laid out, leaving the turnpike just west of Maplewood ceme- tery and then taking diagonal line across the fields over Noble Hill to the reservoir on the other side, a distance There will be two trades of 24-inch pipe, the lighter weight being from the dam distance of 1000 faet east and from that point 1e,3OO feet it will be heavier, or Class c, pipe. There will be in addition about 4.0u0 feet of 20- inch pipe to be laid from the Morse place tO Washington square.
 The problem of crossing the bridges with the large pipe will probably be solved by using two or three ten-inch pipes at those points instead of trying to put the 20-inch pipes across.
 800 Foot Dam.
 The dam is to be 800 feet long and 32 feet high at it's highest point. This maximum height will be for a distance of about 75 feet, and from then on the height will gradually decrease. There will be a core wall about 75Os feet in length, which will be three feet at the bottom in width and two feet at the top. This will be covered at front and back by stone and earth, the dam be- ing 20 feet wide at the top, while on the inside the water slope will be rip- rapped. The core wall will be about two feet higher than the waterline end within three feet of the top of the bank. The reservoir will flood TO acres and contain 350,o00, eco gallons when full. The gatehouse will be located in the center of the dam at the deepest point. while at one side will be located a spillway for any water above full pond
 Cleaning 6asin-
 The cleaning of the basin will mean the taking off of the turf, roots, grass and top soil on the entire 70 acres to the depth of three feet possibly, or until satisfactory bottom is secured, and will be the hardest part Of the work. A number of test pits have been dug there and there has been cleared for the purpose of giving the contrac- tors chance to view the location a strip through the woods where the