Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-22

Work is progressing rapidly on the conversion of the armory building Tn Coggswel street, Pawcatuck, into freight depot and general office of the Norwich and Westerly Traction com pany, Groton and Stonington Street Railway company, Ashaway and West erly Railway company and Pawcatuck Valley Street Railway company. These electric roads all center in Westerly are under one general management and the several local offices are to be consolidated and the business trans acted In the main office that is to be located on the second floor of the ar mory building. This floor is being par titioned for office purposes. while the lower floor is to be devoted wholly to freight business. This floor has been raised to car level and a large plat form for the receipt, and delivery of freight has been erected on the south side of the building. The trolley track will be extended down Coggswell street to the north side of the building, where | freight will be received and delivered to the cars direct from the depot There will be six. tracks on the north side of the building, which will be utilized for car storage as we'll as ! freight business.
 i When this freight depot is completed there will be a relief from the present congestion at the stations in Railroad avenue and Mechanic street and other stations along the several lines, as there is ample space for handling the business in Coggswell street.
 The armory was for many years headquarters of Company E, Third regiment, Connecticut National guard This excellent company went out of existence not long after it's return from the Spanish American war, and the armory was abandoned for military purposes. Since then the building has been used mostly as a billiard and pool room, with bowling alleys, and during the license year two years ago the first floor was occupied as liquor saloon. The building is two-story brick structure and by size and location iS well adapted to the business for which 1t is to be utilized.
 The law requiring hunters to have license, and the fee of $15 from alien applicants, while the charge to citi- zens is $1, has been the cause of in creased naturalization of residents of Westerly, according to the statement of an Italian who takes an active in terest in local political work. He says that seven men who had qualifications to become naturalized voters several years ago have heretofore declined 70 take the final action, but the 15 to l license fee to hunt led them to tull- fledged citizenship. Referring to the several arrests recently made of Itai- ians for hunting without license, it is not through ignorance of the laws, he says, for every one of these illegal hunters know the facts, but seem willing to take chance.
 The game warden and his deputies are on daily hunts for the illegal hunters and are making every effort for a thorough enforcement of the game laws of the state
 Promoters claiming control of the output of seven independent coal mines in Pennsylvania have leased a portion of the Breen property near Avondale with water frontage on the Pawcatuck river, where vessels drawing eight feet of water can reach and unload cargoes of coal under present conditions. It IS planned to build wharf and coa1 pockets, to dredge for deeper water tc and at the wharf, and to establish a line Of auto trucks for the general de- livery of coal. The new concern vii
 be known as the Watch Hill Coa1 company, Breen Brotheps and Harvey & company proprietors, with Emilius B. Harvey as manager.