Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-09
DANIELSON

this morning about killingfys roads' This time the protest comes from Goodyear The state" highway be- tween Dayville and Goodyear is shot to nieces. and the fact doesn't seem to be worrying anyone charged with the I, duty of keeping the towns highways in reasonably good repair. The condi- | ton of the highway is, however, a | cause of irrita ton to Goodyear people, l who use it practically exclusively in getting into and out of the village, | which is isolated from steam or trolley lines. A great volume of heavy traf- | fic moves over it on account of the Goodyear Mills company, which must truck in all of its raw materials and fuel and truck out its finished product. This main artery of travel between Goodyear and Dayville, the outlet to practically all points, is in deplorable condition at present. The Rocky Road to Dublin hasn't much on it, so far aS roughness is concerned. The only ex- cuse, Goodyear people say, that Is ot- fered for the road being left as 1t Is is that there is much heavy traffic over it. This excuse, or explanation, is re- garded as the best reason in the world why the road should be put in good condition. for heavy traffic means bus mess. and business means prosperity in the town. The condition of highways through out Killingly is becoming such source of aggravation in many quarters that ther eis sentiment in some quarters Of calling a pecial town meeting to dis cuss the matter. If the appropriations made for highways at the last annual town meeting is not sufficient to keep the main highways of the town in bet ter condition than they are being kept at present. these citizens say, the town should appropriate more money, TOT unless something is done. and done immediately, Killingly people wil have a road bill to pay in the not distant future that will make them sit up and take notice. The discontented ones point to the old adage that a stitch in time saves nine. and that Killingly had better look to its main highways now, while there is a shred left of them, than to practically entirely rebuild them two or three years hence.
 Hardly a day passes now but some citizen asks the press to say some thing about the condition of this or that road in Killngly. and there is wealth of dissatisfaction over what is considered the studied indifference of the state highway department as to giving the people of this section a de- cent highway from the Rhode Island line at Little Rest to the state highway at Hampton via Danielson and Harnp- ton. And yet many wonder why there is so much unrest and so much dis satisfaction with conditions a people have to face them today.
 No more bathing at Quinebaue lake. The new order is effective today and closes 10 everyone, and permanently that delightful body of water to which hundreds of bathers from Danielson
 s4-ss. sN.- 3ya NAA ka1- ,e going each summer for many years.
 The lake Is not closed for any other reason than the very important one that the fine body of water hereafter is to be the reservoir for the village of Wauregan and eventually, very prob ably. for other villages of the town of Plainfleld.
 The laying of pipes from the lake to Wauregan, where d big supply tank has been erected for long time, Is very nearly completed and the water will come into use for drinking pur- poses in Wauregan in the not distant future. Under state laws bathing is prohibited in bodies of water used as reservoirs, so Quinebaug lake is there- by automatically and legally closed against bathing. as Alexander's lake, which supplies Goodyear with water.
 It is with regret. it is understood. that the order closing the lake to bathers is put in force, but the action was necessary and had to be taken.
 Dsnielson people now have only the rivers left to them for bathing pur- poses. On account of thc rivers being treacherous by reason of winding channels and swift currents. many here fear 10 bathe in them, though the boys know where there is many good swimmin' hole.
 In St. James parish hall Sunday evening the members of the Union St John Baptist, in an effort to create a special fund to be used for banquet in honor of the parish service nfen presented an entertainment entitled Le Drapeau de Carillon. The audience was large and the affair a success ir every way
 The cast was as follows:
 Jacques de Sevigny, Amedee Lussiel Arthur Murray, William Dupui: Dumas. Oner Aubir Clavet David Gagnor Francois, Alphonse Champagne Sergent Francais. Alpherie Quinta Sergent Canadien. Theodore Mailho Milicien Canadien, Walter Dupui: Alice Dumas, Marie Champagne Blanche Dumas Albina Boucher Louise. servante, Mdme. Ade. Perreaul
 Political strings are being pulled, | was stated here Sunday, in order tha the postoffice appointment at Goodyear may be manipulated, if that be possi- ble, to the satisfaction of a few whc always want to get their fingers ir that kind of pie. At the present timt the Goodyear office is a branch of the Killingly (Dayville) office. This branch station was established April 1917, Goodyear's importance as { growing manufacturing communit, warranting such action. It has beer administered from Dayville. as head quarters. with a clerk in charge a Goodyear, where the office has beer established in the store of Alma For, cier. who has acted as clerk and wht has been compensated at the rate O slD per month.
 Goodyear's population has now in creased to about 1000 and application has been filed to have the villag, control it's own postal facilities in it own office. That there is sufficien busness there 10 warrant such actior is indicated by the fact that s7 none, orders are said to have been writer there last week. As it is generally knowi the fee on each such order in such al office as is now at Goodyear is
 cents, and these fees go to the Dayvill office.
 Two applicants for the proposed of flee have appeared Alnro Forcier, an, Miss Annie Clarie. both of Goodyear.
 Just why there should be any polit ical opposition or interference wit Goodyears effort 10 get a postoffice 0 it's own is something that Goodyea people cannot understand, but ther are those in Goodyear who say tha