Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-11
THE FALLS AVENUE SIDING
Full Report of Project Made by SubC Meeting of Directors of the Norwich Chamber of Commerce Friday Eevning Review Goes Back to 1874 When City Pur- chased Cove Land-Al Opposition to Project Last Brushed Aside.

filling in the cove basin has been made hand your civic bodies have been in communication with industries look ing for factory sites, committees have
 been raised to take up the question with the city of Norwich and the rail- sion built by one or both of the same from points of convenience through Falls avenue to the extreme north end of the present filled basin.
 In 1912 the Board of Trade through their transportation committee, under took to have the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford road build siding from a point on their tracks near the western end of their bridge over the
 Yantic river through Falls avenue to a point north of the land owned by the Norwich Industrial Building Com
 pany. At that time the New Haven
 railroad agreed to build such a siding at an estimated cost of from $12,000
 to $16,000, authority for same to be
 given by the City of Norwich. John
 T. Young. chairman of the transpor-
 tation committee, took the matter up
 with the mayor and city officials at
 that time and worked on the matter
 for over a year but was unable to get this authority Committee of Three Appointed. The Norwich Chamber of Commerce at meeting of the directors held July 4OAOs dpPoII1lSu d OI three
 consisting of E. c. Jewett, D. T. Shea, w. W. Beckwith, the committee being appointed at the earnest solicitation of shippers located on Falls avenue or adjacent thereto.
 E. c. Jewett, chairman. shortly af- ter his appointment, accepted a posi- l tion with the Brockton Chamber of Commerce and took up his residence | in that city. At a directors meeting of the chamber held January 10, 1916, l H. R. Branche was appointed to fill the l vacancy.
 ! At meeting of the court of com | mon council held February :, 1916, your committee caused the following petition to be presented.
 :, The petition of the Richmond Radia- 1 tor company and others asking for l an alteration and enlargement of Falls avenue by adding to the easterly side | thereof a strip of land 10 feet wide | to permit the location on the easterly ! side thereof of a switch. so called, or commercial side track from the steam 1 railroad was presented.
 l At this point in the report appeared | the resolution adopted by the council | ordering the enlargement to the east l erly side of Falls avenue by the ad- | dition of a strip of land. described in | full in the resolution.
 l The report went on to say:
 At a regular meeting of the court 1 of common council of the city of Nor l "4CIl I10lu III l1tc COunCll on | March 9th a hearing upon the matter | of the proposed widening of Falls ave-
 nue was opened by the mayor. There 1 appeared and were heard with refer l ence to the matter John T. Young,
 Henry G. Peck, Albert J. Bailey, at l torney for the Norwich Chamber of Commerce, James c. Isbister, agent for the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad and E. H. Hammond, all l,faNoring the project. A letter from Ixl- pany, asking that no change be made | unless extremely necessary, was read The hearing was then declared closed
 On motion of Alderman Gebrath duly seconded, all resolutions with | reference to widening of Falls avenue
 were laid on the table and the entire matter was referred to the committee on public works for further considera- =
 ton.
 Reported Progress on Matter. At a regular meeting of the council
 on April 5 Alderman Hourigan for the committee on public works, reported progress in relation to the matter of
 the proposed widening of Falls ave nue which matter had been laid upon the table and referred to this commit tee for further consideration at a meeting of the council held March 6. The report wa saccepted.
 Upon the action of the board of di- rectors of the Chamber of Commerce 1 at it's last meeting, held Monday ev- I ening, Sept. 25th, a vote was passed | asking for a full report of the special committee on Falls avenue extension. This action was brought about by the
 enforced ending of our corporate. ex- | istence.
 While your committee regrets that there may yet be some delay before l the tracks are laid up the avenue ow- | ing to the financial condition of the | New Haven railroad, we are conscious of the fact that all opposition to the opening up of this territory and ob- stacles to it's industrial advancement
 have at last been brushed aside. At the request of the committee
 Sept. 26, c. J. Isbister, local agent for the New York, New Haven and Hart
 ford railroad gave for his company a