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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Report from Providence on October 12 details progress on the Providence and Pawcatuck Turnpike Road: contracts for 13 miles entered, 7 more under negotiation, contractors at work with a bridge raised at Natick Pond. 15 miles expected complete this fall, full 36 miles by 1820 at under $30,000, shortening Providence-New London route by 14 miles through Cranston, Warwick, Coventry, West Greenwich, Exeter, Hopkinton, and Westerly.
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Providence and Pawcatuck Turnpike Road.—
The friends of this important enterprise will be gratified to learn, that contracts for the construction of 13 miles of the road have already been entered into; and that the corporation are negotiating contracts for the construction of 7 miles more. The contractors are now busily at work; a bridge has been raised on Natick Pond; and it is expected that 15 miles of the road will be completed this fall, and the whole distance (36 miles) in the year 1820. This road, which will pass through Cranston, Warwick, Coventry, West Greenwich, Exeter, Hopkinton, and Westerly, will shorten the distance from Providence to New London 14 miles, and is expected to be finished at an expense not exceeding $30,000.
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Providence
Event Date
Oct. 12.
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15 miles expected completed this fall; whole 36 miles in 1820 at expense not exceeding $30,000; shortens distance from providence to new london 14 miles.
Event Details
Contracts for construction of 13 miles entered into; corporation negotiating for 7 miles more. Contractors busily at work; bridge raised on Natick Pond. Road to pass through Cranston, Warwick, Coventry, West Greenwich, Exeter, Hopkinton, and Westerly.