New Britain herald., 1914-08-28
Plainville News
Connecticut Company's New Order
 Removes Danger to Traffic.
LOCAL EFFECTS OF BIG WAR

LOCAL EFFECTS OF BIG WAR 1 Druggists and Grocery Men Explain Soaring of Prices-Arrange Benefit Game for Youth Who Broke His Arm in Baseball-Brief Items. In accordance with a new order is- | sued by the Connecticut company all 1 trolley cars from New Britain will come to a dead stop at Whites cross 1 ing, the station between the siding at 1 White Oak and Mountain View. The stop sign was suspended from one of
 the poles few days ago and the new
 rule has just gone into effect. Investigation shows that complaints had been made to the company by
 certain. individuals concerning the high speed attained by the trolley cars in coasting down by Whites crossing and around the curve leading into Mountain View. While there had never been an accident or collision at this crossing, several of the trolley patrons feared that a double truck car and an automobile might come to- gether there. The lay of the land is such on either side of the crossing that pedestrians or persons in auto mobiles or teams cannot tell of the approach of the trolley car until they are right on the crossing. During l this season of the year there is con- | siderable traffic over the mountain road to the peach orchards. In view of these facts the Connecticut com l pany decided to have the cars stop | at the crossing on every trip to
 Plainville. Something of the exhilara- tion of a scenic railway coast will be sacrificed for the safety of the travel
 ing public.
 Comment was made today that the new rule for Whites crossing is one
 instance where precautionary meas l ures have been taken without the prompting of an accident. With the completion of the double tracks and the new pavement on East | Main street the trolley service to New | Britain is better than ever before. Local people are wondering now when 1 the Connecticut company will put in l the last link of double track from Trumbulls factory to White Oak sid l ing. With. this piece of new construc- 1 tion completed there will be double track service from Central square to Central park in New Britain
 l Attended Crocodile Dinner. Thomas Russell and F. D. Hastings l were the Plainville representatives at ,,~h>4 1,xy tI4 Crocodile club at Lake Compounce yesterday afternoon. The local dele gation was smaller than usual but the Crocodile club and it's guests could ] muster $50 for an onslaught on ten
 crisp roast lambs. MT. Russell and MT. Hastings reported a fine time, good "eats' and a general feeling of
 good fellowship.
 Considerable interest was taken by 1 Plainville democrats in the presence l of Prof. Willard c. Fisher of Middle l town at the swarnaing of the croco- diles. Prof. Fisher Is out for the nomination as governor on an inde- pendent democratic ticket. He spoke 1 in this town recently, outlining his policies on the workmen's compensa- 1 tion act, the personal tax, and other
 matters of general statewide interest. l Local democrats are rather reticent
 in talking about Prof. Fishers can- l didacy. Several of them admit that he has all the qualifications for the | high office he seeks but the Fisher
 boom does not seem to have aroused any genuine interest in town. Funeral of Emma Tolles. The funeral of Miss Emma H. Tolles 1 will be held tomorrow afternoon at
 ? o'clock from her late home on Whiting street. It is expected that Rev. R. H. Burton of the Church of
 Our Saviour will officiate. Burial will
 be in Fairview cemetery in New 1 Britain.
 l Miss Tolles was sixty-four years old. 1 She had been a resident of Plainville l for many years, formerly living at the old Tolles farm in White Oak. I Benefit Game for Onorato.
 The professional baseball aggrega- ] tion in New Britain and a nine from l Chester have arranged to play bene- l fit game next Wednesday for James 1 Onorato the local youth, who broke
 his arm while playing with the Besse- Leland team Wednesday afternoon. It l the game.
 Onorato finds that the injured arm gives him a great deal of pain. It
 Is thought that he sprained the arm
 nut Hill, Mass, the guest of her sis