New Britain herald., 1915-12-01
PaatnViue News TOWN OFFICIAL 10
 BECOME BANKRUPT
William C. Hart Prepares to File
 Voluntary Petition
SELECTMAN HAS REVERSES
Creditors Press Claims. Making Ac- tion Necessary-Liverym Friends Sorry Over His Misfortune-Select- men Won't Appoint Conlon.


 men Won't Appoint Conlon.
 Pressure brought by some of the largest creditors for settlement of their accounts has resulted, it was said today, in preparations hv sa1a,+ men William c. Hart for tba fiIinn of a voluntary petition in bankrun+cv and the l1Veryman's accounts were turned over to his lawyer this morn- ing to pave the way for formally noti- flying the courts. MT. Hart has heen in the livery business for a few years and his affairs are now said to ha in unsatisfactory shape
 That there was a possibility of civil actions, which might force him Into bankruptcy, was admitted by friends of the selectman and if was said this danger influenced him in making the decision to put his busi- ness affairs in the hands of the courts for settlement. The estate of F. R. Newton is the heaviest creditor and pressure brought by the administra- tor made the situation critical for MT Hart, his decision to quit resulting.
 The townspeople in general svm- pathize with the select1nen in his mis- fortune. It has been known for some time that the condition of his Duslness affairs were not satisfactory but it was thought that with the re- turn of prosperous times he would be able to get off the rocks and improve his financial standing During a period of business depression which preceded the war, MT. Hart met with reverses, which kept his affairs some what tangled since. During the past few months, however, there had been gratifying improveme and had the creditors held off for a reasonable time, MT. Hart felt certain that he could save himself from bankruptcy
 MT. Hart purchased the business from the late F. B. Newton and for a time was quite successful A hard worker himself the selectmen tried energetically to keep the busi- ness going but the year of hard tim es set him back to such an extent that he had not fully recovered and the anxiety of his creditors finally brought matters to a head.
 Besides conducting the livery busf- ness MT. Hart acted as local repre- sentative of the trolley express de- partment of the Connecticut company.
 Charles Bunne11. who was employed as foreman for MT. Hart for several months, has decided to go into the trucking business himself and while the selectman's affairs are in process of settlement he will attempt to es- tablish his own trade.
 No P1ainville failur1 in recent years brought forth so many expressions of sym pathy as were heard about the c{r To sion to go into bankruptcy became public. The selectman is one of the towns most popular citizens and his friends were genuinely sorry for his misfortune.
 Won't Appoint Conlon.
 Claiming that the voters registered their disapprova1 of the appointment of officers, when they reduced to $20O the yearly appropriation for policing the streets, the selectmen have decid- ed to give up the idea of naming John E. Conlon as an addition to the squad of constab bles who went into office at the last election.
 Mr. Conlon is janitor of the town building and while the board voted to give him authority as a policeman ill the hall, they thought it would be against the wishes of the people if they gave him a constable's shield.
 Two of the constables elected in October failed to qualify and as result the town has but five police officers. None of them are located near the center during the daytime and it was thought that as Conlon could be reached easily in case the services of an officer were required his appointment would be warranted The board concluded, however. that the voters would not be in favor of such a move, judging from the size of the appropriation made for DO. licing the streets. Hence the action taken.
 The town is practically without ex- pense for police protection under the existing conditions. There are no pa,d policemen on duty at any time and seemingly the community is as happy as it was under the old order If things. Since Bristol became a "wet'' city, but few arrests have been made and the constables who frequent the center of the town at night do not have much difficulty in preserving or der
 Get No Answer.
 Trolleymen employed by the Bristol & Plainville Tramway company state