The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-26
7ERRYVILLE
Correspondent. j. r. Ryan, IA West Main ST.
Mount lobe Airport
Work Begins Friday
Thomaston and Plymouth to Supply 335 Men for Job
High School Operetta Tomorrow Night

Work on the Mount lobe air.
port, as a CWA project, will be
started Friday morning, it was de-
cided at meeting held in the Sc
lectmen's office in the town hail
Saturday afternoon which was at
tended by the board OF selectmen
of the town of Plymouth, Select
man Kaiser of Thomaston and
Mr. Knott. consulting engineer OF
the state aeronautic commission.
To airport development Will
prO1lda work for ESQ men from
the town of Plymouth and So men
from Thomaston.
The Mt lobe airport project was
voted at a special town meeting
held in January at which time the
voters voted to lease the field for
u period of five years at an annual
rental of SO. A town meeting held
in Thomaston shortly afterward,
also passed q motion that that
town lease the field jointly with
the town of Plymouth so that both
towns couud put men to work.
Following the meeting, notice
was given that due to the curtail
ment of CWA funds, that work on
the field would not be started.
However, with additional funds
being available, the work will be
undertaken, although no additional
help will be put to work, the prs
ent CWA workers being transferred
from other projects onto the Mount
Tobe project.
Office to BE Moved
The local administrative force
will be moved to Plymouth, early
this week, as this point will be two
miles nearer to the airport. In ad.
dition to the men number of To-
cal trucks will be engaged.
Not to Complete Work
The object of the work will not
| be to construct an airport in its
complete and final form. The eff
fort will be to at least make u
practical landing field. Two run
ways for taking off and landing
will be constructed, each 1000 to
1920 0feet in length and running,
one in a northeast to southwest di-
rection, the other from northwest
TO southeast. "a
The town of Plymouth will i'm
prove the roads to the airport,
this, however, being a town and
not CWA proposition. Good
roads will be put through from the
Y
center OF Flymouth' over Soutn
street to the airport and from the
airport over the mountairS to the
Hreystohe roau' winch WtuaglVe &C
ces $40 tne main Ihonaston5 wa
terbury state highway. At the
present time the road from Ply
mouth to the airport is In excel
lent condition for nearly two miles
or to the widely known Scopino
larm' when Is put mile from the
airport. Inc REMAINDER Oh the foau
is not IN sood condltion, put Is IN
Detter condltlon than IL mas peen
TOT many years. as trap rock
foundation was laid on this section
or the road lew years ago.
only Non-frlvatc Field
Inc mount rope airport Will be
the only non-prlvate landlng neid
IN the state. no other being nearer
imam Newark, N. ). Mount Tobe
Is saia 10 present an ldeal site for
d ianulng neid, as IL is approach
apie iro man directlohs, being SET
Oh. me Top OF mount rope. IL Is
thought without any question that
the Mount Iope neid Will be
great boom to TINS town, as 1t could
help coniderapie IN bringing many
new businesses TO thls section.
scout fuho Drive 10 Olcn
Auults Interested III BOY ana Glfl
scout work IN Plymouth are re-
quesleo 10 support the nnahce cam
paisn which Is 10 De maze and
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me coiiliiii'tee Mh.ch VIII con-
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