Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-17


Bradford Dyers' associations Of Brad
ford, England, who II to supervise the
WORK of construction at Mantle, where
eventually a million-dollar plant, In
GLIDING the cost Of land. is to be In
stalled, arrived in this country Mon
day, came to Westerly on Wednesday,
and inspected the property recently
purchased in the Mantle section o.
the town. In company with James
II. Hurley of Providence and Con-
gresham George HI. Utter and Sena-
tor Louis w. Arnold, owner Of the
Westerly Wooden Mill company. he al
so made inspection of the Arnold prop
erty with a view to purchase, but no
definite decision was reached by Mr..
Thornton, although - declared the
plant was well located for In increas-
ing business.
Mr.. Hurley stated as his opinion
that cit was not the intention of the
Bradford company to purchase the
Arnold property, and that he did not
believe the syndicate intended to pur-
chase any mores property at present in
the town of Westerly. Mr.. Hurley
has been acting az agent for the conf
pany in the property negotiations and
is familiar with the company's plans.
He cited the fact that the Arnold
prorertv is ah~--. ~i~ -~,fIes distant
from Mantle village where lies
pfose.ss le~eH.-! -~4.4.vA by the
Bradford company. and he said that
it would not be practical to combine
the properties.
The English syndicate owns the
William Pike company's bleachery and
about 500 acres of land along the
banks of the Pawcatuck river. conven-
lent to the tracks of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.
in the village of Mantle, and in
cluded in the purchase is the use of
the celebrated Pike black dye. the
ownership of which is retained by
William Pike. who is a director in the
syndicate. Within a short time the
construction will be commenced of a
mammoth bleaching and dyeing estab-
lishment. which will be a branch of the
combined plants in England. MIR.
Thornton is authorized to expend 49,
100 at the present time for the estab-
lishment of the syndicate's plant at
Mantle. Surveys have been made and
ID is said plans almost perfected and
The contract for construction will be
awarded so that work can begin the
first Of May.
II was on ST. Patrick's day in the
morning, and very early in the morn
ing, at that. when several young men
of Irish descent, but thoroughly Amer
lean in patriotism. decided that the
iberty pole just located in front Of
he Pawcatuck courthouse should not
De a bare pole on .sthe day we cele-
5-ate.' They had no Irish flag of
sreen with golden harp, so they sewed
strips of green material together of
flag size and hoisted the inprovised
emblem of the Emerald isle to the
peak of the liberty pole in Liberty
street
These same young men as they dof-
fed their hats when the great flag
just after midnight reached the peak.
t,,f fI,o
stars and stripes to the foretop on
the Fourth day of July next, purchas-
ing the flag from their private purse,
provided there was lack of cash and
patriotism on the part of the select
men. or the Pawcatuckites, to procure
a suitable flag by that time.
In connection with the improvement.
Of Bay street at Watch Hill. which
includes a change in grade and widen
ing the street at least ten feet there
is to be considerable filling in, and
plans are being made to secure and
transport the required material which
win include lot of chip and crushe.
stone. This stone will probably CONT
from the Westerly Granite company
property on the line OF the Ashaway :
Westerly trolley road. Two cars are
/ being prepared to carry the materia
rom the qliarries to Watch Hill ane
difficulty in making the turns into
Broad and Main streets.
To overcome this, special survey has
been made of the trackage at these
points and from these plans the coup
ling devices on the cars will be 81
changed that the sharp curves will be
readily made. 1t is planned to have
the work in Beach street completed
before the opening of the summer sea
son.
Postmaster Charles J. Butler, ir
common with other postmasters in the
state, has been granted leave of al
sence for not more than five days te
enable him to attend the meeting OF
the New England Postmasters' associ-
alton in Boston, April II.
A Typographical survey has beer
completed Of the states of Rhode Is
land, Connecticut and Massachusetts
by the geographical survey depart.
ment. The data of this survey are
being bound in a giant atlas which
win contain about. eight Thousand
sheets of maps showing the complete.
ness of the survey. Of the United States
| The survey is being made at the rats