Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-24

as a cat-rigged. racer Tn Jcomparlsou with the ships that are expected to ar rive and depart from New London har- bor when the state pier is completed. Therefore the harbor must be dredged and there Is work ahead for the Con- necticut delegation in congress to get the government to do its share towaros the encouragement and the accommo- dation of the merchant marine. The policy of the government has been to help the locations that have helped themselves in the matter of deeper wa terways and harbor and river improve why New London should be the excep- ton. -.-
 Of. even greater magnitude as a building proposition is the now railroad bridge across the Thames river, which is in close proximity to the state pier, so close that some of the state inn provements will be made by the rail- road% contractors and for the mutual good of the state and the railroad com pany. The New London shore end work of the bridge has been commenced, and within a month will be in full swing; and that section of the city will be the busiest place in the state, as the state and railroad work carries with it an expenditure of over s3,000,000. These great undertakings have been com 'menced and will be carried toecomple- ton with the least possible delay, and then New London will look larger on the state map and Connecticut will take its place among '. the maritime states of the United States.
 Shaw street, one of the oldest thor. oughfares in. the city of New London, SO old that it was formerly designated as Lewis. lane. Lewisville, the Ford road, and so on, is in worse condition than any other street in the city, and has been so for several years. There are 8. few apologies for sidewalks at intervals through the long street, and the roadway is hardly passabIe and is used for vehicular traffic only when absolutely necessary, and an automo- bile of the touring car type in that street is a rarity, by reason of the un- safe condition. Mayor Mahan has de- termined that these conditions will ex- ist no longer and the street will be put In first-ciass' condition and with the least possible delay. Modern granolith- ic sidewalks will be built the entire length of the street and the roadway will be macadamized and compare fav- orably with any other street in the city
 Several crooks and turns in the old street will be strengthened and there will be general Improvement all along the line To begin with, at the corner of Bank and Shaw streets there will be widening of the entrance of about 20 feet, which will be made possible by the generous offer of Corporation Counsel ConIor, the owner of the
 building on that corner, the opposite corner being Columbus parklet. MT. Gonnor has offered to give a part of the land for the widening of the street that is now occupied by the building, provided the removal of the building that distance to a new site, but on the same property, Is done at the expense or the city. This has been agreed, and
 mat work will probably be the first to
 be commenced.
 It is expected that at some points along the route the give-and-take plan will prevail where the change, is for the mutual benefit of the property owner and the public. With this improvement completed twill relieve the concession traft1c conditions that exist in that sec ton of iPequot avenue between the railroad cut and Bank street. AL reaoy and under the existing condi- tons a number of brick business blocks and substantial tenement houses have been erected in Shaw street and its anIquated appearance has been mate lsrtally changed Ass
 Under the improved changed condi-
 tons there will be farther improve ments, and the general valuation of the property will be increased tenfold, but without added taxation, as the proper ty in the street is taxed for fully as much as, if the street had as good sidewalks and roadbed as any other in l the city. The residents of that street will be pleased to know that the Shaw street dumping ground nuisance will be
 pushed aside by the march of progress
 
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