New Britain herald., 1915-04-10
MANY WANT WORK ON
 TOWNS N[W HIGHWAY SeIeGIuen to Start Force of Men
 on Improvement H:xt Week. BASEBALL fNIHU5IASIS 10 MET
Constable Starts Work on Cellar of House Erected Year Ago-Or- %ai:i1c Team for Plainville-Sunday nt tiic Churchc5-otllcr Matters.
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That il will he impossible for the selectmen to give work to all who have applied for an opportunity to earn money by having d part in the building of the new highway in' Vest wood park is now apparent. the board having received requests for employ ment from more than three times the nG.1?her Of men for which there will be places. PlainVille's army of the unemployed is larger than usual at thi; time and there seems to be disposition on the part of the ma jority who are out of work to ac- cept any kird of employment that will give them a chance to take care of their families
 When the plans for the building of the road were started Selectman Johnson announced that in giving employment on the improvement preference would be given to local peuplc, particularly those whose cir Cus:anrcs made it necessary for the town to render them assistance dur ing the winter. The ranks of the town poor was greatly augmented during the past six months and the select men had to pay out an unusually large amount to provide food, cloth
 
 The board has hopes of getting several off the poor list, temporarily at least, by giving them work on the new highway. deluge of applica- tions for work has come in since the announcement was made ard it Is now apparent that many will have to be disappointed.
 The selectmen hope to nave the nrl. ct rte lao week. Tools to be used have been secured and everything is now in readiness to make the start. The work will be pushed forward as rap idly as possible and it is expected that it will be completed within a month.
 Builds House. Then Cellar.
 Reversing the usual order of build ing construction, Constable Nelson Sucie of Westwood park is now start ting work on the cellar for a house which he had erected almost year ago. The constable has shown orig inality in many of his actions. but his terpiece.
 The officer made plans to have the house built several months ago. He
 
 as soon as possible and to eliminate the delay that would be caused by the digging of a cellar and the laying of stone foundation he decided to get along without excavating.
 He is now having a cellar dug a short distance from the house and when the stone work is finished the building will be moved to it's new To- cation.
 Baseball Meeting Tuesday.
 Baseball enthusiasts in Plainvllle have been invited to attend a meet ing in the court room in the town hall next Tuesday evening at 7:30 at which time plans for the organizing of a team to represent the town in the na- tional pastime during the summer will be discussed. While Plainviile will not be in Pennington Valley league this year devotees of the popular sport intend to see that the town has a team anyway and they expect con- siderable progress will be made at the coming meeting.
 Herbert Ewald, manager of last years team, is one of the prime nov CTS in the plan, and it is expected he will preside at Tuesdays session. Mir.