Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-11
JEWETT CITY

Motorists Unable to Run Over Sofs
 Road-New Shinge Mili-cIImbing
 Boy Comes to Grief-1oo Degrees
 Sunday.
 For several weeks back the cen- tractors on the new state macadam road which passes through the bor- l ough have had considerable trouble l keeping the street closed over Sunday I where there were now soft sections. Jewett City isN in the direct route of automobile traffic from Norwich to l all points north and east, Every fair l Sunday from 15 to 200 machines (not locally owned) pass through the bor- ough. Heretofore on arriving at 8 l place in Main street, with the Street Closed sign displayed and the only blocking being a couple of long white blrches laid across barrels, large percentage of the drivers have stop ped, peered cautiously about. and see- ing no one, someone would get quick ly out, remove the pole and the ma chine would pass through AS re- suit 1t has taken hours of rolling Mon day morning to get the road smooth again.
 Sunday, however, the road was ef- fectually blocked above and below the soft place. in front of the Congrega- tional church On the lower end a thirteen ton roller and an S-ton water
 
 end two of the big stone distributing carts performed like office, so ab solutely no vehicles passed through.
 Novel Wheels for ShineIe Mill.
 new shingle mill Is being built by Calvin Wilcox on his property on the west bank of the Quinebaug 200 feet below the lower railroad bridge. The regulation shingle mill possesses nothing out of the ordinary. but this nf sir rOfi ion NTr Wilcox, is different. The water wheel Is fashioned from two heavy oxcart wheels placed at the end of an iron shaft fourteen feet apart. The ends of the shaft pierce the wheels where the one-time cart axle did. A set of auxiliary spolkes has been fixed into the wheels and to these by an in- genious mechanical contrivance the floats have been fastened The wheel is thirty feet in circumference. ten feet in diameter by fourteen feet long, One end runs in a bearing on the bank the other in a bearing built up from little pier out in the river. The land end of the water wheel shaft is geared to system of shafts and pul1eys which Mir. Wilcox says will easily drive the machinery of the shing1e mill he pro- poses to erect.
 To defect the water so that 1t will pass under this novel wheel. an old eel weir built 50 years ago, which extends across the river has been re- paired1. The water wheel is the first under-shot wheel of the stationary sort ever seen in this section.
 The water at this point, when the Aspinook wheels are running, moves from 145 to 155 feet in @ minute, this when the river is at it's normal state.
 During low water in September and at times when the Aspinook wheels are still. there is very little water there On the other hand. in high wa ter time, in the winter and spring, the whole business would be sub merged Many are the conjectures and private opinions expressed as to the probable likelihood of Mir. Will cOx's being successful in his scheme. But he has had more experience in the saWmin business than any man in town. He said the wheel was turning Sunday with an inch of water and he is confident of success.
 Boy Fell While Climbing.
 Theodore -Cassavant, the ten-year- old son of Mrs. Salina Cassavant, with several other boys he was playing with on the Salter iron bridge Friday, climbed upon one of the big side truss es and in attempting to cross over to the horizontal other side by means of the brace rods, fell to the roadway, distance of 15 feet, striking on his head The boy was carried to his
  nings feared a depression of the skull, or a fracture, but upon examination found neither. The boy slept long time Saturday. but Sunday evening was reported out of danger.
 About the Borough.
 Myron Maynard. wife and son Ken meth, of Lowell. Mass, were visitors Saturday with Mr- and Mrs. Paul Geist. The trip from Lowell was made in his new automobile. MT. Maynard is a native of Jewett City.
 Sunday was a record breaker for heat. Not only were Nsthe mercury readings up around 100. but the degree of humidity was at the sweltering point all day from early morning. There were but few on the streets and a large per cent. of those were making quick trips to the ice cream and soda water factories.
 The man who paid the election bet at the Reeves moving pictures Fri day evening furnished lots of fun for the large audience.
 The A. F. class of the Baptist Sum- day school enjoyed a delightful out ing at Rocky Point one day last week. The party included Mrs. George Bab- cock, Miss Elizabeth Whiting, Mrs. George M. Robertson, Miss Alice Mo Broome, Mrs. Frank Coles, Mrs. Eve lyn. Carpenter Mrs. Teresa Waterman. Miss Katherine Babcock.
 G. A. Barber and John Fountain were visitors in Providence Saturday and Sunday.
 James Lewis of Worcester was the week end guest of AIr. and Mrs. G. H. Prior of Ashland street.
 Miss Leila Dover of Westerly is vis- iting Miss Bessie McCluggage Public Organ Recital by Scotch Musi-
 elan.
 The public organ concert given by Alexander M. Mckay at the Baptist church this evening at 7.45, will at tract a large audience on account of the merits of the two former concerts. MT Mckay leaves Tuesday for New York, sailing from there Thursday for Scotland.
 Miss Florence Huntington of Willi- mantle spent Sunday with Mrs. G. W. Robinson.
 ALLAN w. PAIGE.
 The death of Allan W. Paige, of