Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29

very interesting and instructive iec- | lures at. their monthly meeting in the Buckingham Memorial Tuesday even l, ing. One was on the Panama -Pacifc 1 international exposition to be held in 1 California next year and was given by 1 B. L. Lick of the bureau of lectures. l and the other was on Modern Road l Building by Charles H. Dilworth Of Norwalk, Conn.
 In the absence of President J. C. Macpherson, Vice President Frank J. King called the meeting to order at o'clock, and the first business was the hearing of the report of the last meet ing, which was read by Secretary Henry w. Tibbits. As there was no other business to come before the meeting, MT King introduced MT. Lick, who captured the entire and close attention of his large audience.
 Many Fine Views.
 Mir. Lick illustrated his highly in- structive lecture with many very beau- tiful slides of the work done on the Panama canal, the gigantic machinery used in it's construction, typical views of the Panama scenery, the wonders of the Yellowstone Park, the Pacific coast and mountain scenery, the at tractiVe southland, and finally views of the coming exposition, which will hold the attention of all the world next year.
 America's Triumph.
 In opening his lecture MT. Lick ex- tended an invitation to all to attend the exposition, which will open in February of next year and come to close the following December He then gave a short historical review of the discovery of the isthmus and the ex- pIorations made by the early explorers, who even then conceived the idea of joining the two great oceans of the world by a canal. He also told Of the various attempts of foreign nations to I Nsv f1f remained for America to complete the l stupendous work. That America has l been successful is due largely to the | fact that she grappled with the great | problems confronting her in the con I struction of the canal, wrestled with l them and finally conquered. One of
 the giant problems in that country | was the swamps, the breeding place of i the dread yellow fever. The swamps have been eliminated, and at an enor- nous cost America has transformed that tropical country into useful Amer l ican territory. River Harnessed to Help.
 1 By damming up a river that caused | havoc to not only the canal channel | but also to the massive machinery | used in its construction, the largest | artificial lake in the world has been 1 formed, and the destructive waters of | that river have been harnessed and are to be used in aiding in the opera | ton of the canal locks. After years of 1 labor at last there remained but one | obstacle separating the waters Of the 1 Atlantic and those of the Pacific, and 1 this obstacle was the Ganfboa dike. l When President Wilson pressed an
 electric button in his office at Wash 1 ingten a heavy charge Of dynamite 1 was set off. the dike was no more, and | the waters of the two oceans rushed l together with & roar.
 Three Great Factors.
 There were three great factors in the | accomplishment of the building of the canal First came the great machin- cry second, the work of the American | boys who gave their services to aid | the world, and finally the massive brain of the builder. By the completion of the canal the geography of the 1 globe has been revolutionized and tho | trade routes rearranged- Every body | everywhere Is becoming aroused by the | great possibilities that confront Amer ica. As a fitting celebration of the opening of the canal monstrous in
 ternational exposition has been plan
 ned and the honor of holding this eX-
 position has fallen to America, the l home of the builder.
 Various Routes to the Exposition. Here Mir. Lick spoke of the various
 routes that may be used in reaching
 the exposition, the northern route
 across the prairies, through Yellow
 stone Park over the Rockies to Wash
 ington and down the Pacific coast to
 San Francisco, or the southern route,
 through the sunny southland, the land , of cotton, through New Mexico and
 thence on to the exposition grounds
 l MT Lick then showed slides of the
 exposition grounds and some or the eX- l position buildings which are now near
 ly completed He said the grounds ex- tend along the waterfront for a dis
 tance of three miles and contain 635
 acres.
 i He showed slides of the California
 exposition palace the New Jersey pal
 ace and spoke of the various feature i attractions that have been arranged , and the wonderful electric illumina-
 tion that will make the night season
 as attractive and probably more at
 tractive than the day season.
 At the conclusion of his talk MT Lick was given a rising vote of thanks Warrenite for Road Building.
 MT. King then announced that ow-
 ing to a conflict of dates H. B. Clowley . of Boston, who was to have given the 1 lecture on Modern Road Building ir 2 present and that the talk would be N given by Charles H. Dilworth, an other of the road building Company's representatives. He then introduced MT. Dilworth who illustrated his lee. ture with stereOpticon slides of roaC work and road machinery, and witt moving pictures showing the machi' nery in actual operation.
 One picture brought out a vivid con \ trast. showing the line between thu M village of Port Chester, on the Pos \ road where Warrenite had been laid \ and the town of Rye. where it haC K not The latter roadway is of mac X adam. The speaker explained the pic lures as they were shown.
 Cross sections were shown of shee K sphalt, asphaltic concrete. asphalt ma K cadam and bithulithic. The first. tn speaker said, is only mortar. while tn \ macadam is very porous. The bithu \ lithic pavement is of very firm, dens \ construction and waterproof Tn N l larger stones used, act as. a. skeleton and the smaller ones ranging dowl to powder, fill the spaces between. Al \ of this is bound with cement.
 Mir. Dilworth said that Warrenit Y was coming to be recognized as tn \ 1 kind which seems to be the neareS \ to a permanent pavement, which ca N be built at a reasonable figure in \ short time and on old macadam road as a foundation. This type of road ha been widely adopted throughout tn United States and in Canada.
 Much Laid in Connecticut. During the years of 1912 and 191 Connecticut laid 499,582 square yard \ of permanent pavement in the forr N of Warrenite which, considering tn size of our state, is more permanen