New Britain herald., 1914-05-12
PAVING CONTRACT IS
 GIVEN 10 MER|DEN co.
Fast Main Street Highway Improve
 ment Will Cost About $6,6OO. MUST START WORK BY MAY 25
Connecticut and Rhode Island Co. Submits Only Bid for Contract
  Telephone. Operator Seeks Divorce.

Telephone. Operator Seeks Divorce.
 Contracts for the laying of amiesfte ravement on, East Main street from the center to the East street railroad crossing, have been awarded to the Connecticut and Rhode Island com pany of Meriden by Highway Commis- sioner Bennett and plans are now being made to start work on the pro- posed improvement. According to the terms of the agreement, the contractor must begin work not later than May 18th and must be ready to turn the job over Ito the commissioner as com plete at the expiration of period of twenty-five working days after that date. .4
 The Meriden company was the only one to send in figures on the job, pro- posals for which were opened at the highway commissioners office on May 4th. It's bid was $1.1o square yard. making the total cost of the improve ment approximately $6,60O.
 The town will have nothing whatever to do with the work and will bear no part of the expense. East Main street is a state highway and the cost of paw ing it falls on the highway commls- sioner's office. However. the Connec- ticut company will stand more> than it's usual share of the cost, special arrangement having been made with ] the officials, owing to their promise to extend the macadam from curb to curb as a concession for the right to l lay double tracks on the street
 Instead of extending the macadam, l Selectman Johnson succeeded Tn get 1 ting the highway commissioner to agree to lay amiesite and the trolley people consented to stand fair DOT l tion of the expense which this inn I portant improvement would entail.
 The town has reason to congratulate 1 itself on it's luck in getting this 1m- l provement, particularly as no part or 1 the expense will be charged against it. Before the work is started, an effort l will be made to have the Connecticut ] company install it's special work on ] Central square and extend it's double track to a point in front of the All- deridge block on Whiting street. The material has been here for several l months and the selectmen are hopeful ' that it will be put in position before the paven ent is laid. st
 Give Hearing on May 18th. The county commissioners will give hearing on May 25th at II o'clock in the morning on the application for l the transfer to Mrs. Rose A. Russell of :1 the license held by her deceased hus- ! band, Thomas G. Russell.
 It is not expected that any op- position will develop and the hearing will be but a formality.
 Will Ask for Divorce.
 Mrs. Laura Forrest Benedict, until recently chief operator at the local 1 telephone exchange, will ask Judge William Bennett for a decree of di- 1 vorce from her husband, George I. 1 Benedict in the superior court Friday.
 Mrs. Benedict brought the action 1 some time ago. The case has been as- signed for trial in the uncontested list l and it is not expected that Benedict will appear to offer any protest.
 To Give Water For Fountain.
 Supt Joseph N. McKernan for the water company yesterday promised a | committee from the w. c. T. U. that l his concern will supply water for the ! fountain on Central Square during the summer without any expense to the ] organization. The company has given 1 the water for the fountain since it ; was set in position.
 1 The ladies are planning to have re- pairs made on the fountain and they expect to have the water turned on in short time.
 Meet Fist and 22nd.
 The meeting of the voters of the sewer district at which it is planned to introduce resolutions authorizing the construction of a sewer system ] will be held in the town hall on either Thursday or Friday of next week, ac- cording to present intentions
 Notice of the meeting will be pre- pared tomorrow by H. A. Castle and will probably be ready for printing on the following day. As five-day warning has to be given before the meeting is held it will be necessary te defer action until the latter part o1 the week and a member of the dis trict committee said today that the