The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-12
To Open Work
 on Fourteen Jobs
The State Highway Dept Makes Important
 Announcement

kWChkJ-AhAAAO NAAO one-half miles of highway improve inent and the construction of one bridge were included in fourteen new State, State Aid and Town Aid projects which Highway Commis- sioner John A. Macdonald an- nounced to-day. The bridge and about six miles of the road build ing work were listed as state and state aid projects, while the ball. ance is town aid.
 The largest and likewise the most difficult of the jobs Will be on the Warren road in the town or Kent where the laying of 13,7S6 feet of trap rock waterbound mac adam pavement will require about 50,0O0 cubic yards of earth and rock excavation.
 One of the projects will be the paving with bituminous trap rock macadam of the drives and parking area in the James A. Macdonald Memorial park on Avon mountain. which is being built in honor of former Commissioner Macdonald of New Haven, who is 1897 be- came Connecticuts' first highway commissioner after having served the previous two years as a mem Der of the original three-man hign- way board.
 Sealed bids on all of the pros jects will be received from con- tractors at the highway depart ment headquarters in the state office building, Hartford, up to 1 D. m., EST, on Monday, July IS.
 Employment on all of these pro- iects will be handled directly and entirely by the successfully bidding. contractors and not by the depart meht.
 The projects, which Commission- CT Macdonald announced to-day are as follows:
 Town of Avon: About 1,053 feet of bituminous trap rock macadam on the drives and parking. area of theh James A. Macdonald Me- morial park. The state will furnish reinforced concrete pipe and bitunl- inous material.
 Town of Berlin: About 100 feet of bituminous macadam surface at the intersection of U. s. Route No and U. s. Route 5A.
 Town of Essex: About 3,S71 feet of tran rock waterbound macadam on the Bushy Hill road. State will furnish reinforced concrete pipe.
 Town of Kent: About 13,7S5 feet of trap rock waterbound ma- cadam, on the Warren road. State will furnish cement and reinforced concrete pipe.
 Town of Old saybrook: About $500 feet of trap rock water bound macadam on two sections or the Plum Bank road. State will s..r~ i,,f oannrnfn rrtrHn
 Town of. Thomaston and Water- town: A 40 foot clear span rein forced concrete rigid frame bridge known as. Howd's. Bridge on Route No.1O9. State will furnish cement.
 Town of Wethersfield: About E. 9O3 feet of bituminous macadam and 5,210 feet of trap rock water bound macadam on the Wells road and about 2,226 feet of trap rock waterbound macadam on Jordan Lane. State will furnish rein- forced concrete, cast iron pipe and bituminous material.
 Town of Bolton: About 9,972 feet of rolled bank run gravel surface on the Clark and Hebron roads. State will furnish rein forced concrete pipe.
 Town of Colchester: About 27,- $50 feet of loose gravel on eight sections of road. State will fur nish bituminous coated corrugated metal pipe.
 Town of Franklin: About 11,56O feet of rolled bank run gravel sur- face on Pleasure Hill, Pond, Meet . ing House and Baltic roads. State will furnish bituminous coated cor rugated metal pipe and will fur nish and apply bituminous ma terial.
 Town of Middlebury: About IT, 920 feet of rolled bank run gra- vel on Watertewn. Break Neck Hill and Kelly roads. State will fur nish reinforced concrete pipe and will furnish and apply bituminous material.
 Town of Norwalk: About 4,967 feet of Colprovia surface on Ro- wayton avenue and Gregory bou- levard. State will furnish rein- forced concrete pipe.
 Town of Preston: About 10,900 feet of rolled bank run gravel on the Old Jewett City, Middle and Hollowell roads. State will fur nish bituminous coated corrugated metal pipe.
 Town of Union: About 40,2Oe feet of rolled bank run gravel on eight sections of road. State will furnish bltuminous coated corrugated metal