Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-23
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Industries on the Thames.

MT. Editor: During my visit of sev- eral hours in the Rose of New England on Tuesday, June 20, many persons made inquiries of me regarding the pos sibility of the west bank of the Thames being lined with industries from Norwich to New London. I will try to interest them and the general public too in this letter. As The Bulletin has already an- nouneed, the basis for this great in dustrial development lies in the code velopment of 2000,000 acres of land own ed by Gen. w. F. Mason-McCar in the Republic of Colombia. This land is located on the La Lebrija river in the northwestern part of the great state of Santander, and forms part of the great oil belt running from near Lake Mara caibo, Venezuela, in southwester1y di- rection to Ecuador.
 Beneath the generals land lies oil and on the land grows many of the pro- ducts for which Colombia is famous. Each one of these products would be represented by a single plant on the 1 Thames as The Bulletin has already states. The principal plant would be the ] oil-refinery located a short distance be- 1 low Richards grove. This will be the 1 only plant of it's kind in the whole world whose waste-material will not contami- nate the waters near which it is located. l the Thames as an industrial section, and win much additional prestige for both Norwich and New London
 i The general public does not need to have special technical information to understand the srrpassing value 5f this refinery. The process of refining the oii invented by Gen. McCarty iryolv es a knowledge of chemical engineering which comparatively few persons pos sess. and all possible onco Iragement should he given to this eminent seen i tis-. ,:nsuist, civil, mechanical, chemical and m l.tary engineer, soldier and pa triot,
 The next most important plant to be 1 erected in the string of industries along the Thames will be a mill for the prep aration of mahogany for American mar. kets. Large areas of the generals land are covered with mahogany timber growing wild, simply awaiting American enterprise to make use of it. There i. 8 great demand for this product which ir l time will be the basis of a wonderful
 industry.
 For every plant located on the lowe
 Thames there will be one on the uppel so far as practicable. Arrangements ar,
 now in progress for the manufacture O
 an article much in demand to be mad ! III d pIdilI lD us butlI III NOTWlCn. Ou
 of justice to the Norwich men interest . ed in the matter. their names are with l held from publication. I predict tha
 before the first term of office of Mayo
 Waters ends, the industries yet to lin l the west bank of the Thames will pos < sess plants largely completed.
 Two lines of steamships will be neces
 sary to care for these industries, one lin t to bring the oil, the other the product n of Gen. McCarty's 100000 acres tha
 come from the surface of the land. l
 will be by the latter line that the ex
 ports, including principally manufac ,' tured products of the southern New Eng land will be sent to Colombia This lin
 also can be used for exporting to th
 American Indies.
 have had correspondence with Fol : Gustavo de Ycaza, consu1-general (
 Ecuador in New York city, regarding tll
 possibility of these lines including Quay