New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
SeleCtman Invites Lighting Co. to
 Send Representative Here
TWO CONSTABLES QUALIFY
SeIectmen Believe Town Can Get Bet ter Lighting Service and Perhaps a Reduction In Cost of Each Lamp But Two Officers File Bond.

Representatives of the United Electric Light and Water company will be invited to attend the next meeting of the board of selectmen at which consideration will be given to the matter of renewing the contract for lighting the streets of the town While the contract now in force, does not expire until January 1st, the se- lectmen are expected to make a report regarding the character of any new agreement the company is willing to make providing the contract is re- newed. He will probably be present at the session next Thursday.
 The agreement now in operation was drawn up five years ago when the town gave up the Welsbach lamps and decided to try electricity. The town is charged at the rate of $20 a year for each light used. Accord ing to the terms of the contract the town was to get the benefit of any improvements that might be made in the lights during the life of the agreement. Apparently no special effort was made by the company to give Plainville any special improve ments and when a new contract is signed, the selectmen will probably want more definite assurance of ben efits while it is in force.
 First Selectman Johnson also pro- poses to raise the point that the com pany look after burned out lamps without having the town officials first make a report The present arrange ment is most unsatisfactory. The company evidently makes no effort to keep informed regarding burned out incandescents and new ones are not installed until the selectmen give notice to the office in New Britain. As a result there are times when sec tions of streets are in darkness for three or four nights before repairs are made.
 Several new lights will probably be installed this year and as the town is now spending considerable more than it was at the time the contract was made, the officials believe it pos sible that a better rate may be se- cured.
 Meet On Thursdays.
 Weekly meetings of the board of selectmen in future will be held on Thursday nights, according to an an- nouncement made today by Chairman Johnson. The change in the time of the sessions was made at the request of Charles H. Calor, republican mem Der. MT. Calor is director of the National bank and as the managers of that institution meet on Friday nights, the time the selectmen here | tofore have been in session, he asked 1 to have the meeting night changed | to Thursday. This was agreeable to | both Selectman Johnson and Hart.
 At last nights sessions the business | was entirely of a routine character. | Bills were ordered paid and other reg ular business was transacted.
 But Two Qualify.
 But two of the constables elected at | the annual town meeting Philip Marine and Henry David, have as yet qualified and the selectmen have been ] told, unoff1cially, that some of the policemen have decided not to serve this year.
 The seven constables chosen were Marine, David, Downing, Sturgeon, Leonard, Pease and Anderson.
 The officers have until November 2nd to take the oath and file their bond. It is reported that at least three of them will decline to serve, leaving the policing of the town in the hands of the other four.
 SeI6Ctman JOnnSOH UoH0NeS IHS | work cang be attended to properly by a quartet, providing the members will work in harmony The selectmen do not propose to have an officer on duty regularly and they expect that the consta bles will attend to the work without compensation, other than the fees received when they make ar rests.
 xF Sumner,
 Rev. A. A. Houck, pastor, and mem bers of the Methodist church, are making arrangements for the annual harvest supper to be served In the church on November 10th. This event is always the big feature in the social life of the church members and if was looked forward to with an- ticipatory pleasure.
 This year it is expected to have a musical entertainment in connec- tion with the supper. The program will probably be furnished by mem- bers of the Wesleyan college Glee club.
 Characters At Fair.
 Committees in charge of the Mother Goose fair to be held next Wednes- day and Thursday under the auspices of the Woman's club are now mak- ing selections for the nursery char acters to be portrayed in the various booths.
 Thirty Mother Goose characters will appear in costume. The prin- cipal figure will, of course, be Mother Goose. The Queen of Hearts and Little Red Riding Hood will have charge of the homemade candy sale, the Knave of Hearts selling the pop corn balls.
 The Old Woman in The Shoe will