Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

foreman Of the signal department: Robert l.. Miller, assistant foreman of the signal department, and William W. Bailey, all testified to watching the wreck until they were released by the federal agents.
 The state board of public roads has announced its plan of reconstruction work for 1916, which is confined to trunk lines, and it is estimated that the cost per mile will be at least S13,0OO. The work as outlined will be as fol- lows:
 The section of waterbound macadam upon the Post road from Providence to Westerly which lies between Apponaug and East Greenwich. Length PAT miles.
 The section of waterbound macadam upon the Post road from Providence to Westerly which lies between the southern end of the 1915 bituminous macadam reconstruction at the Hunts r3ver railroad bridge and the bitumin- ous macadam construction near the Devils Foot bridge in North Kings town. Length 2.16 miles.
 The section of waterbound macadam upon the Post road from Providence to gansett Pier and Sugar Loaf hill in Wakefield. Length 2.99 miles.
 The section of waterbound macadam in Westerly beginning at the westerly end of the Post road and extending easterly upon the Post road toward Narragansett Pier a distance of one mile.
 The section of waterbcund macadam beginning at Turner avenue in East Providence and extending southeriy upon the road to Warren, Bristol and Newport to the tar macadam near the Harrington line. Length 0.93 mile. The section of vaterbound macadam l beginning at the west end of the Stone l bridge in TivertOn and extending west | erly upon the road to Newport a dis tance of about $500 feet.
 The section of waterbound macadam beginning near Two Mile corner. fin A1iddletown, and extending northerly I upon the East Main road toward Fall River and Providence a distance of about 9,1T5 feet.
 A section of waterbound macadam upon the New London turnpike begin ming at Sockanosset avenue and ex- tending souther1y a distance of two | miles.
 A section of waterbound nacadam | beginning at tho northerly end of the | bitTminous macadam at Ashton and | extending noriherly upon the MendOn | road a distance of two miles. | A section of waterbound macadam upon the Putnam pike beginning at | the westerly end of the bituminous | macadam at Centerdale and extending I NGSAtlAE e hASAdAANt tA IAOuA aHWN AEEs A section Of waterbOund maCadam | upon the Hartford pike beginning al | the Providence city line and extending | westerly a distance of two miles. All honor was paid to Benjamin Franklin Corey, Civil war veteran. by his comrades of the Grand Army Oi l the Republic when his funeral was | held in his little home on Union street where he and his invalid helpmate re- ! sided for years. The service was con. | ducted by Rev John c. Dutton of tho ! Broad street Christian church. Twen. ty-one men who. like MT. Corey, risk l ed their lives for country attended tht | service, a much larger number thar | usually attends the funeral of Q GranC | Army man in Westerly, and siNteeI | of these veterans accompanied thu body of their comrade to River Bend
 At the grave there was prayer b! Rev. NIr. Dutton and the committa was in accordance with the ritual 0 the Grand Army of the Republic. Ther was wreath of roses from Budloni post and hyacinthS from the Relic corps. The flag at the Memorial ant Library building was at half mast.
 The large plant of the Bradford Dye
 ing association suspended operation Friday in respect to Thomas Board l man, who was one of the four person | road wreck Monday night. He hai been in Providence on business for tn Bradford Dyeing association in con nection with the opening of an offic for the association in that city.
 The funeral services were held Fri | day morning in Christ EpiScoIa church and were conducted by the rec | tor, Rev. William r. Williams Tn church was filled, there being preseu the local officers and many of the em ployes of the Bradford Dyeing asso | citation and a delegation from Frank lin lodge, Free and Accepted Mason:
 The front of the chancel was banke with floral tributes from sorrowin
 friends and included set pieces fror 1 Franklin lodge, F. and A. M., Palme
 chapter, R. A. M-. the Colonial clul and from employees of the moving-u
 room, the office force. the official loca
 staff of the Bradford Dyeing associn
 tion and from the association prOpe
 The bearers were Mark Pierson, Al
 bert Pawson, Arthur Trotman, Georg
 B. Utter. Edgar P. Maxson, Frank
 Dodge, Robert Barr and A. w. Shaw
 The committal service at River Ben
 was in accordance with the Masoni
 ritual and eNemphied by Franlzli
 lodge. The body was placed in the rt
 ceiving vault to await the decision
 relatives in England as to its final dis
 position.
 AIr. Boardman was 27 years of az
 He was engaged to marry a westerI
 young lady next June.
 Among those who were present
 the funeral were Col. Harry Amritag 8
 director in the Bradford Dyers' assC
 citation, Bradford. Eng: T. IL. Talb l of Talbot Brothers, Providence; Frt
 Taylor of the Sayles bleachery. Paw
 tucket, and Rodericl1 Smith. New Yoi
 representative of the Bradford associi
 ton.
 Thomas Boardman. the son of M