Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-15
DANIELSON

Announcement that it has been def- initely decided to build new yarn mill at Goodyear was made Friday afternoon at the office of the Good year Mills company. The plans for the new plant as finally decided up- on call for three-story structure, probably of brick. 370 feet in length and 14O feet in width. This will be a 30.000 spindle mill and will be ca pablo of producing 6o,0oo pounds of yarn each week.
 At the present time the great per ccntaEe Of the yarn used at Goodyear is purchased from other mills, so that when the new mill is in operation the necessity of buying yarns elsewhere will be reduced to a minimum.
 Just when construction work will commence depends on what the ma chinery concerns will be able to do in furnishing the equipment. Orders for the machinery are now being placed. If assurance is given of prompt ma chinery deliveries, work on the mill will begin this winter. In any event it will not be longer delayed than spring
 It is planned to have the miu in operation by the fall of 1920 at the latest.
 The erection of this mill will mean an increase of at least 800 population in Goodyear. where the mill colony at present numbers about 1000. with an- proximately 625 operatives. Housing 10 meet present pressure for emply- es' homes will be taken care of by the erection of S7 tenements, 26 of which arc now under construction and will be finished not later than March, Agent F. W. Boys said on Friday
 The definite settlement of plans for the new mill and houses brings to the forefront the matter of school facili- ties. At present Goodyear's school is overcrowded, though it was built only about six years ago. and overflow classes have to be held in other build ings.
 The expansion that will be carried out by the Goodyear company within a year means that the present school building will prove wholly inadequase se to meet the needs of the children of the village, and the thought has been suggested to the minds of many citizens who have considered the question and of what the growth of Goodyear means to Killingly as a whole that it will be almost imme- diately incumbent upon the town tc consider the erection of a new and connections school building. a struc- Nhi bl dl AIdSL clSlll SlSnl duu with an auditorium providing seating capacity for at least 400 persons.
 The open handed liberality of the great Goodyear corporation. one of the largest industrial concern in the United States, In doing business with towns and cities in which 1t. plants are located is well known and long established and it is known or good authority that Killingly will be g big winner in the very near future If il shows the spirit of cooperation hop. ed for in providing needed school ia cilities at Goodyear village.
 The company's interest in Goodyear is great. and 1t stands ready to takt the present school house off the hand. Of the town and also to make a Eff E 1f a fine site for the new building. This site is on the main tforouehfar, g into Goodyear and located betweer the church and the Social club house This location is favored by the com. pary in order that the school may bt centrally and conveniently located tt meet the needs not only of Good. year aG it Is at present. but as it vii he as the company's development plan, take expansion of the village arount by the site of the present baseball grounds
 As the company's big constructiy, programme will be in full swing il not later than three or four months and possibly sooner. 1t behooves Kill ingly, it Is pointed out, to take uI in a formal way consideration of tn new school building question. It f thought likely that petition for special town meeting to consider mak ing an appropriation for new school or at least to give attention to thu preliminaries leading up to the riak ing of an appropriation. will be cir culated in the near future. It is | cal ized that the school will be needed b, the opening of the school year il September next, and if. it is to bt ready by that time plans for it eanno be longer delayed. Business and oth CT interests In Danielson are strong ly in favor of giving Goodyea new school building that 1t wants an, the project will get heavy backing 1, other parts of Killingly, which, as