New Britain herald., 1914-08-01

where Sunday games are permitted. but the difference lies in the attitude
 of the authorities and the people
 themselves. When they object there
 can be no games. The Congregational
 clergymen are the strongest in opposi-
 tion to Sunday sports and everything
 else which pertains to the violation If
 law. New Britain knows that as well
 as any city in the state. It was the
 opposition of the late pr. Hall, pastor
 of the First church, that really pro-
 hibited boxing in this city. He ad-
 mitted to the about town man. on
 one occasion that J. F. Willis con-
 ducted boxing exhibitions as orderly
 as they could be conducted, but he
 said it had been determined after the
 negro, "Black'' Fitzsimmons, was
 beaten in the Casino that there would
 be no more such contests in New
 Britain, and he was correct in his
 prediction. He was interested in the
 movement to confine the saloons to the central part of the city and was instrumental in having several places
 closed on the outskirts, conducting the proceedings himself in a manner
 to earn the approval of the county
 commissioners The opposition to
 Sunday ball is not by any means as strong as it used to be, and it may be that the legislature, which meets next January, may so amend the law
 that Sunday ball may be played.
 Amateur games are permitted now
 under certain conditions and there is no telling what the next move will be, but until the law is changed pr the Rev. MT. Grant changes his resi-
 will he Plainville. There need never be any doubt on that point.
 That was a nice point raised by the board of public works when it took up the matter of objecting to the passing of a heavy truck laden with stone through the streets, par ticularly over the permanent pave ment which suffered as a result. Tine matter has been anicably adjusted without resorting to any legal pro- ceedings and the truck will cease It's trips through the city but the great question as to it's rights remains un- settled. The fact that the truck will not be run over New Britain's streets is all that Engineer Hall desired done, but whether the city had the legal right to stop it is what interests the public. It was Chairman Hum- phrey who raised the point at the meeting of the board of public works and the engineer was directed to take the matter up with the cor poration counsel. The question of the damage done to pavement by heavy trucks has always occasioned much discussion in city governments and it has also been considered in reference to dirt roads to the extent that there has been more or less de- mand for wide tires on trucks so that the wheels might not cut into the highway All know what a dis pute there has been over automobile traffic and the damage it does to 'ma- cadam. It will be recalled that when the city macadamized North Stanley street it was considered a good piece of work and yet in a short time the( bed stone near the corner of Allen street and along by the cemetery be- came visible from the wear and tear of automobiles and the road was practically ruined. Of course motor ists pay license and are as much entitled to the privileges of the streets as any one else and the main ques- tion has been to obtain a pavem ent that will stand up under this traffic. Only the real permanent pavement, however, will do it and now comes a truck weighing over sixteen tons which damages even that. It can easily be seen that the point raised by the board of public work is inn portant; if 1t can be sustained by law a most important right can be enforced by a city and it may mean hot ty~y,o S,I~ 1;xrI~x be prohibited the use of paved streets without a license or without some special right from the city. In the case in question the truck will not be run through the city again and so far as the dispute is concerned the matter has been settled The city has therefore won victory such as it is.