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42 Per Cent 01 The People Own Their Own Homes
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' The Following List of Boosters Have Joined .In A CoiOperative
Effort To Make NorWalk A Bigger And Better City:
BOard of Trade Boost, Good o,
I , ' ' W‘LTER R. COLLINGS SOUTH NORWALK TRUST . NORWALK '
Roads Important, “N orwalk , ...“.23“:‘:i§.:‘i"i-‘i'this...
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ua? NORWALK crow IS THEME AT BD. OF TRADE
. Street Commissioner Damon Gives Interesting Details on Street Work—Captain Cash Present
Confidence in the continued growth of Norwalk was voiced by all the speakers at the
meeting of. the Board of Trade last evening and Frederick Moran, newly elected president,
made a vigorous appeal for an increased membership in the board to stimulate and direct
the city ’3 development. .
Captain Reginald Cash, of the firm of J. and J. Cash, was introduced by Frank Good-
child, and said he was much impressed by the many improvements noted on his present visit
here. This is his third visit to Norwalk, from England, and he noticed particularly the
improvement in the local streets.
In addition to describing the city’s street department and it's work, Commissioner Do-
man voiced his conviction that “Norwalk Must Crow” and he pleaded for improvements
which would make permanent residents out of our transient visitors.-
Commissioner Doman said he didn’t get a chance, very often, to tell of the construc-
tive work the city was doing in road improvements, because he was usually on the defen-
sive, explaining why he didn’t do this, that or the other.
Mr. Doman stated that the city covered an area of 24.67 square miles divided, accord-
ing to districts as follows:
One and seven-tenths in the first; 1.3 in the second; 2.1 in the third. and 19.6 in the
fifth. He said the population of the fourth district was 19,000 and the fifth was 16,000.
In discussing the figures, Mr. Doman showed 55 per cent of the population is in the
fourth district in 21 per cent of the total area, while 45 per cent of the population is in the
fifth district, which has an area of 79 per cent of the total square mileages in the city. Mr.
. Doman said these figures mean that the fourth district is pretty well built up, and the future
property development lies in the fifth district. '
There are about 160 miles of roads in. the city, which are divided as follows: 125 miles
under city jurisdiction; 12 miles under state jurisdiction and .23 miles are maintained pri-
vately. There are 75 miles of improved roads.
The city has 11 miles of permanent and semi-permanent roads and the state has nine
miles of such highways. 0f the 35 miles of oil and gravel roads, 32 miles are owned by the
city and three miles are under state jurisdiction. There are 23 miles of plain gravel roads.
The rest of the roads are nothing but dirt highways of which 53 are city owned and 30 are
private. That means 76 miles of improved roadways and 83 miles that are unimproved.
Mr. Doman said that. the city has improved more than one-half of the roads and
claimed this was a creditable showing. e
There are two through-trams trunk lines in Norwalk, the Post and Shore roads. They
should be permanent, according to Mr. Doman, to give the best service. East avenue is
ya valuable connecting link between the two main arteries.
Mr. Doman also told of the roads leading from Danbury and New Canaan that are
under state control. ‘ ~
The organisation of the street department was an interesting topic. There are 35 to
40 men employed when the department is busy. Mr. Doman said that he could use twice
as many men and double the amount of equipment. There are two scarifiers, with a squad
of three men each; a road scraping machine with three men; {our men are used for emer~
geney repairs; and a squad of 15 men to patch the roads, put sand on the oil and other
work. This is the major work oi? the crew of men. '
The widening of roads is being agitated by Mr. Doman, and he emphasized the import-
ance to the safety of the traveling public. of necessary width. He said that as many roads
as possible were being widened. He said a number of business streets need to be widen-
ed, due‘ to the trolley cars, especially South Main street. . '
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HATCH AND BAILEY
Lumber and Millwork
lo. Norwalk Conn.
SUPREHE COURT CICAIS
2 for 250
Mfg. by John '1‘. Sheehan
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PEERLESS MPG. 00., INC.
Machinery. Machine Parts.
Engineering
East Norwalk Conn.
SOHUMAN ART
PRINTING COMPANY
118 Washlnxton St. Tel. 940
So. Nomslk. Conn.
! DAN’S TIRE SHOP
Daniel J. Mellllo
98 North Mala Street
Io. Nor-walk Cone.
SANITARY BAKERY
35 South Main sr. ‘
Do. Nor-walls Conn.
THE C. S. TROWBBIDCE
‘ COMPANY
Established over '15 years
Paper “Boxes and Wood Cases
Se. Nor-walk Conn.
IYSZ STORAGE BATTERY.
COMPANY
Joe. Ryan. Prop.
Telephone 938
’49 West Avenue. Norwalk. Conn.
II. E. WOMAN ‘
Portrait and Commercial ‘
Photographer .
"0 Se. Main St. Se. Norwaik
NOIWALE 1'03 00. ‘
Haautaoturers ot Hatter: Furs
Ielden Avenue Nor-walls, Conn.
moans CCNPECTIONEBY
u so. Main It.
So. Norwalk Conn.“
CHARLES H. HARRIS
Glass
Norwalk Conn.
P. J. DIPIETRO
Flint Motor Cars
0 West Ave., So. Nor-walk, Conn.
ammo is
Lasraoearo
General Contractor
19-31 Washington St. Tel. 21‘”
South Not-walk. Conn.
:ran Looxwoon use.
couraav
So. Norwalk Conn.
‘ CROFUT- & KNAPP
Hats
So. Norwalk ”w Conl¢
TI TAYLOR & GOLDEN
COMPANY
Telephone 1230 ‘80. Norwalk, Ct.
SAVOIA RESTAUELN'P
is So. Main Street
So. Norwalk Conn.
" W.’ It. AUSTIN ‘
Chevrolet Sales and Service ‘
Railroad Ave.. So. Norwalk, Conn.
THE «C.
NORWALK ELECTRIC 00.
Electrical Contraetln: '
11 North Main St., So. Norwalls
AARON KOHN ,
en‘smoblie-Sales and Service
9 Railroad Ave. South Norwalk
oneness 11. mars
Glass ‘
Norwalk ' “ Conn.
m seam comm
Decanters
128 Washington Street
lo. Nor-walk Conn-
aria. sarrs
Plumbing. Heating. Sheet Metal
Work ,
11 Wall Street. Norwalk, Conn.
Phone 742 ‘
80. N ORWALK PLUMBING
SUPPLY COMPANY
40 Water Street
So. Norwallr Conn.
VINCENT PHOTO ART
STUDIOS
10 50. Main so. So. Norwalk. Ct.
S. G. Vincent—Phone 3'35!
' TEE SENTINEL
PUBLISHING 00.
So. Norwslk ~ Conn.
CONN. LT. & POWERCO.
Power
Norwalk . Conn.
WEEKES AUTO SUPPLY
' GOMPAN Y
Tires. Accessories, Oils & Gasollns
1‘ West Avenue. Norwalk, Conn.
CROFUT d; KNAPP
Hats
Norwailr " , Conn.
" I; A. POLHEMUS
Leading hillllnery—Est. 30 yrs.
or North Main St.. So. Norwalk
THE NORWALK DAIRY C0.
Pasteurlzed Milk and Cream
83 Center Ave, Norwalk. Conn.
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STERLING FURNITURE CO. _
51-55 North Main Street
So. Norwalk . Conn.
MeCOLLW TIRE AND
vuroamnte snap
Tit. MPG!!!
'61 West Avenue, Not-walk. Conn.
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WILL!“ J. CABLE ‘
Sashes. Doors. Blinds. Class
as Hevilane St, So. Nor-walk, Ct.
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