Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1914-01-01

$34, 143, and covered a distance of 9,644
feet. In East Lyme the improvement
the construction of 5,4e9
feet of the same type of road at cost
of s20,50O. A resurfacing contract,
$500 feet in length through the vii
lage OF Flanders. was completed at
cost of $12.500.
The cause for complaint regarding
the difficulty on the highway from New
London to Westerly will be largely
eliminated by the improvements now
in progress on the Shore Line turn
pike through Groton and Stenlngtou.
Heavy Cutting in Groton
In Groton. much heavy cutting was
involved in constructing sc 10 feet of
macadam on Fort hill, the cost of
which was about $4,000. This i'm
provement will be extended 5000 or
10000 feet and work will be continued
during the winter from the top of the
hill toward Mystic.
In conjunction with This work and
with the cooperation of the state
highway department, the town has con-
structed a graded road with a gravel
surface from the top of Fort hill to
join the state road at Noank, a dis
lance of 5000 feet. the cost of which
Will be about $4,000 All of the grad
ing on this contract has been COM
pleted.
Work Through the Winter in stoning-
ton.
The importance of this work in Gro
ton is apparent. In this connection
the improvement in Stonington is
equally as noteworthy. The state is
at work on the contract beginning at
the borough of Stonington and ex-
tending to the village of Wequetequock
a distance of 11.150 feet. This i'm
provement will be of macadam and
will cost about 5000. In conjunc-
ton with the trolley company, the
state has done some very heavy rock
cutting on this highway and has i'm
proved the line of the roadway. About
a mile of macadam was laid last fall.
The rock cutting will be continued
during the winter so that the road may
be completed as soon as possible when
work is resumed in the spring.
Taking Out Bad Turn.
Logger hill in the town of Water
ford, which has been a sort of Scylla
and Charybdis, will no longer have
terrors for the tourists. The contract
now in force On that section of high
way between Jordan village and Nj
antic cOmprehends an Improvement of
$3.50 feet in native macadam at a cost
of about $4,000. Some very heavy
rock cutting has been done and the
double S turn. in a short time, will be
d thing of the past.
In NOluntOwn a contract is running
for $500 feet of gravel CONSTRUCTION
on the PendletOn Hill road, the cost
of which will be approximately $4,000
The contract for the Hanover road
Improvement in the town of Sprague
is we'll advanced. This section is g. SOC
feet long and will cost about $4,000
The grading on this work was COM
paratively light.
New Bridge in MontViIIe.
At the cost of about $4,000 borne
jointly by the state. the town of Mont
wooden bridge at the witch hazel mil
has been replaced by a concrete bridge
and the retaining walls have been re-
built to give an additional width to the
road. This improvement is practically
complete.
Plans for 1914
The plans of the state highway de-
partment for work in the county dur
ing 1914 include the Improvement OF
sections of the Hartford-New Londor
turnpike, about which there has beer
considerable discussion of late. WorE
already has been advertised on this
highway as follows:
About 5000 feet in the town OF
Montville: about $500 feet in the towT
of Salem. This work will be of native
stone macadam construction.
Plans are nearly ready for adVertis-
| ing the sections of this same highway
located in the towns of Waterford anC
Colchester. Although outside of the
county, bids have been received fol