New Britain herald., 1924-11-18
NEED FOR BUUDING UP NEW BRITAIN'S WASTES

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 The north and northwest parts Of New Britain are ncarIy as virgin as whom the Indians roamcI these sec tons.
 Reference to the map of the city dnos not tell the whole story It re- auires trip through the lonely wilds of the city, with is hills, dales and its forests, 10 lend an apprecia- ton of inc conditions.
 On the map there are prottily winding streets duly marked, a jolt over them with the auto takes on the aspects of pioneering trip.
 These streets" are reminiscent of primitive paths through the wiIder- ness. Of course, they arc not paved, nor improved; they are rough and bumpy. On either side arc the hills just as the Creator loft them, woods as thick and inspiring as trip in northern Maine blink on the horizon.
 There still is plenty of room in New Britain for thousands of citi- zens, but they are not attracted to the "country' sections of the city for lack Of improvements.
 If all parts of New Britain were built up 1t is estimated conservative ly that there would be room for 20Q,Qo0 people within the present confines Of the town.
 But a lack Of improvements dis courages the settling of these out lying parts. When even the roads --or streets-are mere wide paths, not to mention d lack of sewers and city water, people cannot be blamed for avoiding these parts of New Brit ain when home hunting,
 As soon as one leaves Jerome street and enters Hunter road--its continuation - the rural aspect grows. Hunter road crosses Osgood avenue, where there is a settlement and where a fine new public school has been constructed In a wide eXpanse of territory this settlement is the only sign Of civilization.
 Hunter road continues is unim- proved way to Farmington avenue, which in turn leads 10 Fermington. To the right is Blake road, which ruDs north of Stanley quarter park. which in turn runs into Stanley street. This section of course, IS improved.
 Returning to Jerome street, one can go west and reach Slater road which virtually encircIcs the western part of the city, slightly skirting into the town of Pennington in doing so Slater road runs crescent shaped, all the way from West Main to the upper reaches of S'4nloy street, It could be one of tie most important roads in the city, running through developed territory.
 A new trunk roaI directly joining Stanley street with the end of Hunter road, has hooa suggested, It would need nlc construction Of d new road from tho present eul Of Hunter road 70 Stanley street, thus making # a direct highway At pres ent t is possible 10 rach Stanley street through d",our over Flake . road or over Farmjngron avenue and Slater road
 Congestion in tHc conter of New Britain is caused 10 some extent by outside autoists driving through tho city. At present it IS thc only method to insure good riLn=
 A new improved road along lines suggested unquostionably would pre- vent some Of the through traffc from helping to clutter Up the down. town street. would bea disadvantage to no one, and would help in the de- velopment of the west and northwest parts of the city at the same time,
 Moreover, it is quite probable that the state could he induced 10 con- struct the highway, which would be primarily for the benefit of through traffic. This is an important con- sideration, and our representatives in the legislature here have an op- portunity to do good service to the state and the city at the same time.
 Construction of state roads around cities, rather than forcing autoists so ride through congested city c"n- ters. is a development that not only is entirely logical but is being ad- yocated generally. Some such thing with profit 10 all concerned can be rtarted in New Britai= |