New Britain herald., 1914-05-01
Plafnv1lle News TOWN PREPARES FOR
 CLEANUP CAMPAIGN Residents Will Join in Spot|tss
 ToWa Crusade Next Week. LEAVES PROPERTY TO CHILDREN


 Town Teams Will Cart Rubbish While
 Campaign Is On-Route to Be
 Covered Each Day Announcctl-NIrs.
 Norton's Will Admitted to Probate.
 Selectman w. J. Johnson is ready for the second clean-up campaign under the auspices of the Business and Improvement association to be inaugurated on Monday. The cam paign will be continued all next week and by Saturday, May 9th it Is ex- pected that every yard will be free of rubbish and the appearance of differ ent properties greatly improved.
 President Gwillim announced at last evenings banquet that the association had made arrangements for another spotless town crusade and had re- ceived assurance of the cooperation of the selectmen. The latter officials have agreed to furnish the town teams to cart away the rubbish gathered in the various yards and MT. Gwillim expressed the wish that everyone take advantage of the offer and join in the movement to make Plainville cleaner and healthier.
 The following route has been mapped out for the town teams on Monday: East street to Chicken farm, Pine street, New Britain avenue to Fl. Stillman's, Morton Place and Farm ington avenue to Masons.
 Tuesday. rubbish will be taken from Maple, Hough, Grown. Park, Hamlin and Bicycle streets. The teams will cover Whiting street to trolley turnout and Broad street on Wednesday and cn Thursday West Main street to Calors and Washington street to Broad and West cemetery will be at- tended to.
 On Friday the selectman will have the teams cover Church, Canal, Pierce, Bank and Pearl streets and Strong Court and on the closing day of the campaign attention will be paid to Forestville avenue, to Bohemia street and West Main street, from Calor's to Bohemia street.
 The crusade last year was d splendid success and interest shown thus far in the plans indicates that the effort will again be rewarded this spring.
 Mrs. Norton's Win Admitted.
 Judge George R. Byington has ad- mitted to probate the will of Mrs. Esther l.. Norton and has appointed her son, Minton A! Norton, to serve as administrator. The document, af- ter specifying that stock which Mrs. Norton owned in the Bristol Manu- featuring company, be given to her grandson in Rocky Hill, instructs a division of her estate into three parts, sA0~ >F ,iOI, <o oOI, of her three children, Minton A. Nor ton and Frederick F. Spencer of Plainville and Mrs. Cora Belden of Rocky Hill.
 Mrs. Norton owned two houses on Washington street and Is said to have about $6,O0O credited to her in saw ings banks.
 Appraisers on the estate have not l as yet been named.
 Exercises at Center.
 Newton Manross Posts committee of arrangements for the observance of Memorial day has decided to elim- 1 inate the parade to the cemeteries this l year and instead will hold exercises | at the monument plot on Central | Square. There will be some speak ing and patriotic selections will be II.
 Heretofore the children have l to the cemeteries and have l strewn flowers on the graves of the l departed veterans. This year they will place the flowers around the l monument and only delegation from the post will visit the cemetery to dec- l crate the graves
 Impressive exercises are being planned for and the veterans expect l to be busy during the next few weeks. |
 Open Bids Monday.
 Bids for the laying of about 1,750 | feet of amiesite pavement on East l Main street are being received at the | office of Highway Commissioner Ben- nett in Hartford and will be consid- | cred next Monday, Specifications for the job have been examined by contractors and 1t is expected that several proposals will be submitted.
 The pavement will be laid from the Main street railroad crossing to the East Main street crossing and from curb to curb. The entire expense will be borne by the state and the Connecticut company and the town will have nothing to pay. N
 Increase in Capital
 An increase in the capital stock [ from $375,OOO to $562.50O is to be to the stockholders of | the Bristol and Plainville Tramway ! company in the near future. This | plan has been decided upon by the board of directors and will doubtless receive the approval of the share l holders. Each stockholder will be en- 1 titled to subscribe for one share of | the new issue for every two he now holds.
 The directors have also voted to de- 1 clare a quarterly dividend of two per 1 cent. on May l.