The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-18
TRUNK LINE PLAN
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 brook. Lyme. East Lyme, New Lon don. Groton, Mystic, Stonington, to the state line at Westerly, R. l.
 Trunkline number 3, from New Ha- ven to North Haven by way of the Middletown avenue route, Walling- ford, Meriden, Berlin, Hartford, East Hartford, South Windsor, Warehouse Point, Enfield, to the state line in Thompsonville.
 Trunkline number 8, from the state line in Mill Plains to . Danbury, to Newtown by the northern or upper route passing near Hawleyville, Ben nett's Bridge, Southbury, Woodbury Middlebury, Waterbury, Marion, Mill dale to Meriden
 Trunkline number A. from Hartford to East Hartford. Manchester, Coven- try, South Coventry Willimantic South Windham, Windham, Brooklyn, Danielson, to the state line in Kill lingly.
 Trunkline number 5, from Stratford north through Derby to Ansonia, cross ing the river at that point and con tinuing through Seymour, Beacon Falls, Naugatuclz, Waterbury, Water vile, Thomaston, East Litchfield, Tor rington, Winsted, Norfolk, to the state line in Canaan.
 Trunkline number 6, from New Lon don on the west side of the Thames river north through Quaker Hill, Nor wich, Franklin, to South Windham.
 Sec. 8. The appropriation shall be expended in building upon the trunk line highways specified in section sev- en hereof durable pavement not less than IS fet wide nor more than 24 feet wide, the foundation of the said pave ment to be of concrete of a suitable thickness when the same is required by the traffic over said highway or by the soil conditions beneath said highway, and the surface treatment of said highway to be of some Suita- ble material, and such portion of said appropriation as may be necessary may be expended for grading.
 Sec. g. The governor is hereby au- thorized to appoint a commission con sisting of five persons to be known as the Trunkline Highway Commission who shall serve without compensation. The said commission shall have full power to determine all questions of grading. width. foundation and. of sur facing the trunkline highways herein provided for and shall have full power to contract for and in the name of the state, for the building of said trunk line highways.
 Sec. 10. The executive of the high way department, under the control and direction of said commission. shall within six months after the passage and approval of this act make through his department survey of the trunk
 
 the purpose of determining the exact route from town to town, the excava- tions and fills to be made, and the width, foundation and surfacing ma terial recommended by him. The said commission is hereby authorized to employ consulting engineer or en- gineers to assist in the determination of the questions coming before it. the compensation of said engineer or en- gipeers to be agreed upon by the said
 
 CTS drawn and approved by the comp troller.
 Sec. Il. The executive of the high way department, under the control and direction of the said commission, shall prepare plans and specifications for the building of sail trunkline high ways and the said commission shall Immediately upon the completion of said plans and specifications advertise for bids in a suitable manner for the work to, be done and shall set a day not less than thirty nor more than ninety days from the date of the first advertisement for the opening of all bids received. The said bids shall be opened in public and the contract or contracts shall be awarded to the low est responsible bidder or bidders. The bids may be for the whole or for par ticular sections of the work as may be deemed advisable by the said conn mission and it may reject any or all bids if in It's discretion it deems such course advisable, and may at once ad- vertise for further bids. If 1t is found by said commission to be impossible to complete all of said trunkline high 1 ways within one years time, prefer | ence shall be given to those sections | where the least work has been accom- l plished in the past or where public | safety demands immediate improve 1 rnent. Sec 12- Said commission is hereby 1 to purchase such land as 1t may consider necessary for the con struction of said highways; and, in case 1t is unable to agree with the owners thereof, it is authorized, through the attorney general, to con aemn the same in the name and on