Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-27
DANIELSON

Highway and bridge damage in the town of Killingly. as the result of Sunday nights torrential fall of rain, will amount to approximately S2,0OO, In the opinion of First Selectman John A. Gilbert, who is now in pos session of information covering prac- tically the entire town.
 At South Killingly |. small bridge on what is known as the Moosup pond highway was swept out by the flood of water and will have to be re- placed Destruction of the bridge has made it necessary to close this road to travel until the bridge can be replac- ed, and it is hoped that this can be done wihtin three or four days. The Horse Hill road is another one that was badly cut up by the rush or water during the storm. Highways in the East Killingly section of the town also were materially damaged. Coomer hll, a long hard climb from the valley at Mashentuck, is badly cut up and the route was reported here Wednesday as closed until it can he repaired. Another road that is closed because impossible to traffic is the one leading from >the new state highway to South Kilhngly eastward to Henry Spaldings four
  to the depth of four feet places.
 Roads leading down from the hills all through the eastern section of the town are all scared as the result of the rush of water and some estimates are that more than S2,000 damage has been done along the 156 miles of high way within the town.
 At East KillingIy, where nine gauges were out during the storm the fall of water from dusk Sunday evening until Monday morning was approximately three inches, one of the heaviest rains noted in this territory in many years.
 Deard Grennon, of the Pace Man ufacturing companys force of work PTS was back at work Wednesday after an experience cutting a live wire with a pair of wire cutters.
 The basemen of the plant on Fur mace street, was flooded from the re- cent heavy rains and the water was interfering with an electric motor GrennOn after pulling some fuses to cut off the electric current went into the basement to cut a wire to make a readjustment, but picked out a diff ferent line than the one on which he had taken out the fuses. When he
  tricity shot through him. knocking him unconscious into about a foot of water. He was rescued by a fel- low employe who happened to go in- 10 the basement directly after Gren- non and revived in about Is minutes His hands were somewhat burned aE the result of his experience.
 The old town house property al t- L l Sl by the selectmen, who have advertis- ed for bids as shown elsewhere ir the paper this CThursday) morning and as announced the bids are to bt opened Saturday, August 5. The se- lectmen have been advised that they have legal right to sell the property notwithstanding that a protes against the selling of the property has been publicly made by Charles H Heath of Killingly Center. who claim. title 10 1t. The selectmen have beer advised as to the legality of the pro. cedure they are now following to dis pose of the property which the! hold, is rightfully the property O the town.
 The postoffiee may have a nev member added 10 it's force althougl Postmaster Raymond Allen has mad no announcement relative to the mat ter
 The prospective member of tn force will be an office cat The post office department has just authoriz ed the purchase of meat fish anC milk for any cat kept in q United States postoffice, as protection against the damage or destructon O mail matter, especially parcel pos packages containing food stuffs, b, rats and mice. The office cat serve as a sort of night watchman, keeping special vigil against the rodent fam fly. Heretofore the department ha authorized the purchase of traps ant other devices intended to rid office of rats. but now the cat is specifically provided for( so the Danielson officr may have a cat if Postmaster Allel decides he wants one. No discrimin arion is made between republican an, democratic cats or those of other DO Itical complications.
 At this time, when the railroat company is preparing to build cemen Curbed walks about the railroad sta tion talk is again revived of pavinj the space about the station, at tn rear of the Exchange building. ant through to Main street at the Daniel son Trust company building witt Ameisite or some other material Such paving would very material, improve that important section of tn borough and rid all of the necessit, Of wading through mud and slush a certain periods of the year.
 A fawn drinking at a brook nea the Shlppee place, so-called, on tn state highway to Wauregan made pretty picture and created a tempta lion for one Danielson man to chas