New Britain herald., 1915-11-17
COLLINSVILLE MAN
 WILL SUE AUTOPSY
Willis Clark Wants Damages for
 Injuries Received Last May
BANK TO GET CERTIFICATE

l Will Not Be Raised-State Officials
 Satisfied With Proposed Change Litigation over an auto accident
 which occurred last May near the
 against William J. Madden of Bristol,
 bv Willis Clark of Collinsville. who
 was run down and badly injured as
 he alighted from one of the Bristol i and Plainville Tramway company's ! cars.
 With view of preparing a map 1 showing conditions where the accident occurred, lawyers representing Clark were here within the last few days They were accompanied by surveyor who is to make a drawing of the highway at the terminal of the troll ley line.
 Clark's injuries consisted of two broken ribs and body bruises which
 kept him in the New Britain hospital for several days. He claims the autoist was not using ordinary care when he passed the trolley car and for that reason he will make an att tempt to collect damages. Efforts to get MT. Madden to settle have not ! borne fruit, the Bristol man claim ing that Clark walked into the ma- chine and that it was impossible to 1 stop the auto in time to avoid an accident.
 The case will probably have to be ! decided by the courts as both sides l seem to be determined on litigation. No Raise Expected. | According to one of the assessors there is but a slim chance that the | grand list this year will show an in- crease over that prepared in 1914 and the possibilities are that it will
 be practically unchanged.
 The assessors are working this year | but two or three days a week and as
 result the list may not be com- | pleted for over a month The work 1 is easier than has been the case | heretofore, the map of the town, pre- 1 pared last year, simplifying the in l vestigation of the statements submit l ted greatly. As there was a substantial increase | in property values made last year.
 members of the board feel satisfied that there is no occasion for an in- crease except in cases where improve monts have been made. The asses
 sors find that this year the improve
 ments will not amount to q great deal
 There was but little building done in PlainVillC during the past twelve
 m onths and there arc but few places where there has been an advance in
 the valuation of the land or dwellings thereon.
 The state board of equalization
 made a sizeable addition to the total
 prepared by the assessors in their
 last report. Nevertheless the local
 officials do not believe they can con-
 scientiously increase assessments to
 an extent sufficient to make the grand list figure up to the amount report
 ed a year ago by Tax Commissioner
 Corbin and his colleagues. Bank Gets Certificate.
 Auth ority to do business under the
 state banking laws was granted to the Plainville Trust company yester-
 day after a hearing held before Com missioner E. J. Sturgis, State Treasur- CT F. $. Cham berlain and Comptroller
 M. c. Webster. The officials found
 that there was no objection to the
 application of the local corporation
 and it was decided to issue the cer-
 tif1cate.
 Appearing before the board in fa- vor of the petition was Vice Presi-
 dent A. H. Condell and Cashier A. A.
 Macleod, representing the First Ma
 tional bank, the present name of the
 institution to which the state certifi-
 cate was granted.
 The capital stock of the new cor
 poration is to be $25,0O0, which is
 but one half of the par value of the
 shares of the national bank. The representatives of the bank explained that they wanted to surrender the
 federal charter, getting a state certifi-