New Britain herald., 1914-11-21
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1914.

| 1 objected because it would cross the
 tracks in front of the Malleable Iron Works and would run parallel with | the tracks for another portion of the 1 distance. The old street committee, before whom the hearing was held in | the mayors office, which was then To- cated in the Hotel Russwin, was in- l clined to hold the same opinion; but 1 those who favored the walk, and there were some who did not even live in that locality, presented the argument that the walk on the north i side of the street was too narrow for the traffic when the people were go- l ing to and from the factories and many were often pushed off into the | gutters It took some time, even, for this argument to prevail, though it did finally and the walk was laid and no accidents have occurred since
 as a result All sidewalks should be adequate so that pedestrians may have no difficulty in passing to and from their homes and places of busi-
 ness. Marrow walks nave no place in the city at present, not even on the outskirts, because the sparsely popu- lated section of today may be built up in year or two and wider walks will be in demand. New Britain has outgrown narrow streets and narrow walks and they can never have
 place here again. The council acted
 wisely in taking a stand against them
 It was desirable that it be done.
 The week just closed has proven
 conclusively that New Britain needs
 morgue, to which the bodies of per-
 hot
 unless it be in their own homes, may
 be taken, claimed by friends and
 turned over to undertakers Just
 now there is no system at all. If
 body is found on a street it has to
 lie there until the medical examiner
 passes on it and permits it's removal
 after which there is further delay in
 obtaining the services of an under
 taker, the remains in the meantime
 being left to the gaze of the passersby
 and the crowd of curious people who
 never fail to gather at such places.
 Previous to the coming of the hos
 pltal 1t was not uncommon to bring
 injured people to the police station,
 because there was no other place, and
 some of the feeling thus aroused
 helped to strengthen the movement
 for a hospital We are still behind
 on some things and the lack of a
 morgue is one of them. There may
 be some question as to where suitable
 provision could be made for such
 necessary, adjunct to a municipality,
 but that is became no one has been
 interested in it. If some person or
 committee was authorized by the
 proper authorities to make inquiry for
 a suitable location it would be done
 and probably done quickly. Cases
 continue to multiply which show that
 a morgue is absolutely necessary in
 New Britain and there were some this
 week There are frequently some sad
 features about such cases and they are made doubly so when the bodies
 are left to lie where they have been found and the city has no place to
 which they may be taken until identi
 fled and claimed. Whatever loca-
 tion which may be selected now
 would, of course, only be temporary, because the city will have a new po-
 lice building in the near future in which suitable provision can be made if desired for such cases. That build ing, however, may not come as soon as some think or expect and in the meantime something should be done. It is not to the city's credit that dead bodies should be left on the roadside because there is no place to which l they can be taken until claimed. The, l expense that would be attached to | providing mOrgue would not be large and there is absolutely no req son why it should not be provided | while there are many why it should. :!
 There is much speculation as to l what effect the Chamber of Commerce l is going to have on the city govern | ment. A discussion has already been | started in reference to some local | regulations, good in their way, and | also in behalf of home rule legisla- ton, to which MT. Klett made numer- | ous references during the recent | campaign and to which he said he | would give his support If the Cham Der of Commerce succeeds in estab- fishing a feeling here which will per- init of discussion of city regulations and laws without reference to poli- tics it will be worth all the effort that has been put into the movement with out considering anything else. There is to be a civic bureau attached to the chamber and it's organization is now under way. Great things are ex- pected from this branch and it surely will be in position to make favor able response. There has already been a reference made to hotels, which have occupied the public mind for a long time. This time the ques- ton appears to come up in a new color MT. Moore, the Organizer, says that he has found the local hotels pretty good and he made it prattv nlain tnat if New Britain Brit ain people will support them they will improve. That feature has never been brought up before and now that .