New Britain herald., 1914-04-22
DECIDE ON AMESITE FOR EAST MAIN ST.
Commissioner Bennett Calls for
 Bids for Permanent Pavement. WILL MAKE IMPROVEMENT SOON
State Will Not Wait for Voters to Act On Sewer Question-Grangers Will
 Hear Lecture on Birds Inspector
 Armstrong Here-Sentenced to Jail.

Contrary to expectations, Highway Commissioner Bennett is evidently
 making arrangements to carry out his plan of having permanent pavement
 laid on East Main street this sum- ! mer. At least he has issued a call for bids for the improvement and has notified contractors that the proposi- tions will be opened at his office in Hartford on May 4. The commits sioner has decided to use amiesite on the street and in the call for bids it is specified that the pavement shall be laid from the railroad crossing on Main street to the crossing on East Main, east of Pine street corner. Selectman Johnson has been noti- l fled that it is the intention to make 1 the improvement this summer despite the reports that there would be a l delay in the laying of the pavement l until something definite is known con- cerning the plans of the voters re- garding the building of a sewer. As 1 it would be necessary to tear up the pavement if the town votes to lay sewer pipe after the improvement is l made, 1t was generally expected that 1 the commissioner would hold the mat l ter in abeyance, pending action by the 1 voters. ..
 Seemingly such will not be the case and assurance has been given that the l pavement will be laid this summer. Contractors who submit bids for the l job must be ready to file a bond as
 guarantee that the pavement will l not be affected by traffic for a period 1 of five years. The life of amiesite is considered to be much longer than 1 that, but five years is considered d l sufficient time in which to test the ! quality of the work.
 The pavement will be laid without 1 any cost to the town, the entire ex- pense to be borne by the state and the Connecticut company. The troll ley officials and Commissioner Bennett have come to an agreement concern ing the matter of expense. The com pany nearly year ago agreed to lay pavement on Central Square and to extend the macadam on East Main street from curb to curb as con- ] cession for the right to lay double track on the street. Since Select
 man Johnson came into office he has been working to have permanent pave
 ment laid on the street instead of the
 macadam and the agreement between tIe lIOlIcy peOpIe ana the n1SHWdy commissioner resulted The selectman now proposes to take up with the Connecticut com pany the matter of extending the double track to Whiting street, the terminal to be at a point in front of the Allderidge property. The origi- nal layout called for terminating the
 extra track at this point but owing to
 the delay in the arrival of. special
 work to be used on the curve the
 work was not pushed beyond the cen
 ter. The rails have been here for
 some time, however, and the select
 man is anxious to have the extension
 made before the permanent pavement
 is laid.
 Selectman Johnson would also like
 to have curbs laid in the permanent
 pavement area but while he will sug-
 gest 1t to property owners he is not
 particularly optimistic over the pros
 poets as he believes most of them
 will decline on the grounds of econ-
 omy.
 Inspector Armstrong Here.
 William F. Armstrong, a post of
 flee inspector, with headquarters at
 Boston, was here for short time yesterday afternoon. The inspector
 stopped off while on his way to
 Southington where he had an ap- pointment concerning the establish simon's automobile. Many roads will be attended to during the com