New Britain herald., 1915-08-11

Ives was delivering his papers, While turning corner of the building, it Is said, the boy rode directly into the path of the on-coming machine. He was thrown from the bicycle which was demolished. The prostrate form of the boy was picked up by Mr. Brown and rushed in his auto to the home of pr. M. H. Griswold of Ken. sington. It was found that no bones were fractured, but that the boys left leg was badly bruised. He will be confined to his home for several days
 Charles Gulong Promoted.
 As a reward for ten years of faith full service at the Berlin Construction company Charles Gulong of Main street, Kensington, has been promoted to assistant superintendent at the fac tory MT. Gulong before his ad- vancement was the shop foreman.
 Before coming to take a position with the company in Berlin MT. Gulong was affiliated with the same concern in Pottsville, Pa. Mir. Gulong has proven to be a conscientious as- sistant at the factory and is highly spoken of by the officials.
 Jacobs Place to Be Sold.
 The Jacobs place on Worthington ridge. near the Berlin Congregational church. is to be sold. In conversa- tion with G. S. Butler of Hartford, who is acting agent for MT. Sadd, its present owner, 1t was learned that deal would be consummated today for the property. MT. Butler now ever did not wish to divulge the name of the prospective purchaser until the deal has been completed.
 The Jacobs place is situated on Worthington Ridge and is considered to be a valuable parcel of land The beautiful residence, which is situated on the land has been vacated for | almost a year. No attention has been | paid to it and the house has been i gradually going to ruin.
 With the past few months several 1 would-be purchasers have been look 1 ing over the place, but it's ramshackl5 1 condition caused them to change their
 minds It is reported that the price
 asked for the property is eXtraordi- ! narily high because of the large 1 number Of mortgages on it. 1t is said
 that the Connecticut school fund
 alone has mortgage of S7,500 on the ] real estate.
 Eight Members Initiated.
 At a special meeting of the Berlin 1 Grange, held last evening in the new
 Grange hall on Pennington road, the
 first and second degree was conferred
 on eight candidates. The candidates
 were initiated into the society by .l 1 degree team of nine Changers
 Those who received the degrees are
 Mrs. Barrett, Mildred Goodwin, Mrs
 John Ventres, Miss Julia Crane, Miss Lena Johnson, Harry Gould, Harold
 Ventres and Erwin Whitman
 Attending Meeting of Engineers Ex-Water Commissioner C. F. Chase of New Britain, chief engineer l, at the Berlin Construction company,
 is today attending a meeting of the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers which is being held in New Haven During the day visit was paid to in spect the quarry of C. w. BlakesleC & Son in North Branford. The crusher house of the quarry was built by the Berlin Construction company Construction Company Busy. : Rushed with the large order from then Fiske Rubber company of Chic.
 opee Falls, Mass, it is being contem
 plated by the officials of the Berli1 , Construction company to work over. f time so as to fulfill the large order o1 , 5000 tons of steel. A large consign. . ment of steel has been received al s the local factory and is being un v loaded Large cranes and runway; . are being erected in the yard of tho
 factory to handle the large job. Q Horse Races Saturday. 3 A great deal of rivalry has sprung