Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-05
DAVIDSON AND PUTNAM NEWS


Dis much, almost, as were the people IF
stage coach days, though the services
that motor cars perform are not to. be
overlooked. With trolley service to Dun
ieison also suspended the East kiliinglF
people and others in that territory, near
/ ~ LOCO in number, are dependent upon
bus service and private vehicles for get
i ting to their natural trading center
| Danielson-where they have been in the
habit of leaving many thousands ,of dol
lars annually with the merchants. ~
| trolley route that afforded quick freight
/ facilities which were much awaited or by
! the people of East .Kiilingly is lost per-
! naanently and the residents of hat sec
ton of the town realize that they have
| suffered real loss.
Coming up from North Scituate through
sparsely settled territory, the road new
er proved very profitable venture. 1t is
claimed that it never earned any divi-
bends, though it did a considerable vol-
ume of freight business. Asa route for
through passenger traffic from. Dan ielson
i was without. popularity, as the cars
lacked conveniences which should have
been provided and the. absence of which
kept a great many people from using the
line East Killingly, cut off from all rail
transportation, really misses the service
that the road rendered more than do the
people of Danielson, though business men
here realize tina: it is, not for. the best
interests. of this community to, have the
residents of. tie East Killingly territory
too isolated. r.
4 However, the road is being torn up A
steam crane that went into action, Tues
day began tearing the rails off the ties,
swinging them loose and clear. of the
line, to be loaded and carried away
1t was originally planned to start work
| h. 70 lof+ ~ IL. !
bring the rails to Danielson for ship
n1ent but this plan has, been abandoned
and the worknren have befun tearing
up, the, rails near the East Killingly sta :
ton and will proceed toward the Rhode
Island line and farther eastward.
Under good working conditions Al
much as a mile of rails day can be
torn up but no such rate Of progress wa.
being made on Tuesday. when, it wa.
, estimated, as much as 1900. feet would
| be removed. =
I At East Kflingly. the Davis ana
Brown Wooden company has resumed
, operations this week. This plant. which
3 has been closed since early. in the fall
| is now operating on a basis of four day.
I a week. The company manufacture.
: woolens that have found ready marke
: in the past The re-opening Of the plan
: is the first sign of revival in TIE textile
: industry that has been noted- in this ter
g ritory since the first Of the year
Concentrated, effort win be- made dur
ing the early days of the legislature tina
will get down to business mex. week t,
obtain as speedily, as may be possible de
finite assurance that the section OF stat,
highway between the Rhode Island I'm,
at Little Rest and the end of the. stat,
highway leading, out through Reyrotd
street will be built during the presen
year. This is a road that Danielson ar
all Of the surrounding territory hes, pa
| tiently waited ten years to see built ant
has listened u varied and sundry ex
| cuses for not undertaking the ronet '',n
ton. Influences that should prove pow
erfui will lend themselves 10 eA.4.tin
pressure to have the construction of thi
road. authorized within a Jew weeks
possible. Danielson is asking rnly &c
what should be given her in justice +
her commercial and industrial nceis an
not for expenditure of money for som
I pleasing pleasure route.
Recalling other mild winters that h
has experienced, Judge James y. Tueke
said Tuesday afternoon that the winte
of 1870 was much like the preSsn, on
December proved quite cold, but Jar
uary opened mild and by the 2sth-cf thu
month every speck of ice had disappear
ed, from Old Killingiyt pond. IRA,
Stone father of Sidney S. Stone of HI,
erview, had been getting out lumber tc
a new house that he was to build a. Ea.
killingly. This was in a lot near whs
Is known as the Mowry G:eadow iterritcr,
Instead Of SEEDING the iogs. as mad bee
intended, they were put -lto tn. yl,or
RATED together and fioatad. across 20
point near the dam and from there h:.u
ed to East Killingly; February Lroye
to be quite cold, but not severely so. E,