New Britain herald., 1915-11-05

Russell 6 Erwin Manufacturing com pany of New Britain and will com mence his new duties on Monday. For the present, he will retain possession of the shop.
 The rumor around the town is that the new company will manufacture army blankets and it seems reason able, because of the fact that it must have clear water for it's work. accord ing to one of the numerous parties that have looked over the shops in the past few weeks Everyons who has done any work about the buildings received instructions not to answer any questions regarding the identity of their employers, but the feeling is general in East Berlin that the shops will be busy in the near future. =
 Shoots English Pheasant.
 William Jones decided to go hunt ing yesterday and was walking along the road by Lincoln's cornfield, when he saw large flock of birds having a hearty meal at Mir. Lincoln's expense. He opened fire on it and was pleased to see one of the flock drop. He went for his game and found it was an English pheasant and a splendid specimen MT. Jones was surprised for this species of bird is very rare in these parts. Joint Conference Tonight.
 The first joint conference between the newly elected finance board and the board of selectmen will be held in the town clerks office tonight. The meeting is for the purpose of making a budget for the coming year. It is probable that the ensuing years ex- penses will be the largest in the his- tory of the town.
 Besides the general line of expen-
 ses, several appropriations will be
 asked. The towns share for the new turnpike bridge is approximately $500
 and as the bridge is promised to be open for travel within the next month, preparations must be made for its payment. The new road in East Berlin, which was ordered done two years ago, has been completed at a cost of $21S6. The board of se- lectmen will ask for an appropriation of S1,OOO for the purpose of run- ! ming the stone crusher in the Blue Hills district during the winter. The school board at it's last meeting voted to ask for $1,O00 to fit up a room in the basement of the Kensington
 Grammar and employ a new teacher. Selectmen vs. School Board. The school board decided to have wire fence around the South school property at its recent meeting and awarded the contract to F. E. Nor 1 ton. Selectman Gibney received a complaint yesterday that the con- ! tractor was building the fence too 1 close to the highway and imme ediately I proceeded to investigate. He found 1 it was thirteen feet beyond the street l fence line and only five from the 1 wagon ruts in the road. After con- 1 ference, the fence was moved back 1 the required distance and the work went speedily on.
 | Jones May Leave Town.
 1 The fame of E. R. Jones Berlin's dynamite expert has travelled far and | wide reaching the ears of the Dupont 1 Powder company's officers. Yester-
 day Francis McEnroe, head of the concerns sales force, visited Mr.
 Jones at his home and made him an l attractive offer to act as one of it's 1 force. The company is considering
 sending an automobile around the
 country to demonstrate it's product to
 the owners of rocky farms. As
 Dynamite" has had considerable ex- perience in this line of work, the Du-
 pont people feel he would make an ideal man for them. MT. Jones has the offer under consideration, and ! promised Mr. McEnroe, he would give