New Britain herald., 1914-07-25
FINISH PAVING JOB
 BEFORE SATURDAY
Contractors Hope to Complete '|Ro! Nng'' By Thursday or Friday.
.ENPL0YES THREATENED TO STRIKE

Inlprovement to Cost State and Con-
 necticut Company About $12,OOO-
 Scoville Funeral Monday-Funeral
 Party to Use Autos-Other Matters.
 Unless additional strikes, break downs or other unforeseen difficulties impede it's progress, the Connecticut and Rhode Island company expects to complete the laying of amiesite pavement on East Main street and Central Square next week and by Saturday hopes to have its equipment moved from town. The work has progressed rapidly within the past few days and representatives of the com pany this morning expressed the be- lief that the augmented force of la borers will have the entire stretch yet uncompleted covered by Wednesday or Thursday and the rolling should be finished on the following day.
 Danger of a strike, which caused the company some concern, was averted yesterday afternoon after a conference between representatives of the working force and the fore men. Laborers living in New Britain and other surrounding places objected to paying their own car fare to Plain ville every day and when their pe- tition for transportation was turned down by the company they threatened to quit. The matter was amicably ad- justed and until the job in Plainville is finished, the company will pay transportation expenses of its men.
 Work on the improvement has been in progress since May 25th and while the contract called for it's completion within twenty-five working days, several obstacles were encountered and nearly twice the time originally allowed by the highway commission will be required to get the work finished. Breakdowns at the amiesite mixing plant at White Oak have caused the most delays and the con- tractors were beset with many other trying difficulties.
 First Selectman Johnson continues to personally supervise the work and he intends to be on the job every day until the contract is completed. The selectman has ordered several changes since the work was started and while
 
 state and Connecticut company hav- ing ordered the work, the contractors have been most considerate and have adopted all his suggestions.
 Representatives of other places in the state contemplating highway inn provements who have been here to look over the job have been agree ably surprised with the appearance of the section of the street thus far completed and they expressed the be- lief that when the work is finished Plainville will have one of the best roads in Connecticut.
 It is estimated that the entire job will cost nearly $12,00o. almost one- half of which Is borne by the Con- necticut company. While the under taking is an expensive one and the town will benefit principally by it, the selectmen were not asked to spend a dollar in connection with it and the only financial outlay taken care of by the town covered the cost of put ting in cement gutters and curbs at the Center and making surveys for street lines on East Main street.
 Funeral of Mrs. Fenn.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Mary c. Fenn, who died yesterday morning. will be held tomor afternoon at ? o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs Walter T. Oldershaw of Broad street. Rev. F. l.. Grant, pastor of the Congregational church will officiate.
 The interment will be in Plymouth, the funeral party going to that place in autos.
 Scovflle Funeral Monday.
 The funeral of I. J. Scoville, one of the best known farmers and milk dealers in this section, whose death yesterday was a shock 10 large number of people, despite his seri- ous illness for the past few weeks. will be held Monday afternoon at 2:3o from his home on Red Stone Hill. The services will be conducted by Rev. F. l.. Grant
 Burial will be in West cemetery.
 Big Game Tomorrow.
 Local baseball enthusiasts are an- ticipating an exceptionally fast game tomorrow afternoon when the Plain ville Athletic club and the Inde- pendents of Kensington will meet at Woodfords field. The game will start at o'clock.
 As the Kensington nine has defeat ed some of the best seni-professional | teams in the state. 1t is thought that | the local boys will have hard time taking them into camp. The Plain vile team has been greatly strength ened during the past few weeks and | the players are confident of victory. The acquisition of Roper, who is to