New Britain herald., 1916-01-28
PaafnVille News CONN. @. FAILING
 TO KEEP AGREEMENT
Giving Very Poor Imitation Of H.
 illumination on Whiting St.
SELECTMEN MAY APPEAL:

Expected to Take Case to Attention
 of Public Utilities Commission-
 War. Fund Contributions Railroad May Claim Land.
 Acting on the advice of Judge B. F. Gaffney of New Britain, the board of selectmen has decided to mark
 tjme' until the Connecticut company ls given a chance to show what it
 proposes to do regarding the lighting Of Whiting street. Should the new lights prove unsatisfactory, and there is every indication that they will, an appeal will be made to the public 1 utilities commission to learn if the | trolley people are living Up to the l spirit as well as the letter of the 1 order issued by the court several
 years ago when permission to extend
 the line to Southington was given. l The company seemingly proposes to 1 use only lamps of sixteen candle
 power, getting the current from it's 1 trolley wires, and at that giving ser
 vice only until midsight | Conditions make it apparent that 1 the town will have to install at least 1 six of the twenty eight candle power l lights recently authorized on Whiting street unless the Connecticut com 1 pany makes an improvement volun-
 tarily or is forced to give better ser vice by the public utilities commits 1 sion.
 The company has shown It's "gen- erosity'' by offering the town $40
 year to take care of the lighting of ! fnCr cfT pty twin 1 for the privilege of removing the ten
 near-incandescents which it Is now l furnishing. The money would about | cover the cost of two of the eighty
 candle power lamps which are used
 elsewhere in town.
 l Many Local Contributions. 1 Under the leadership of Mrs. I. J. l Birnbaum of this place, New Britain 1 young ladies who assisted in the
 gathering of coins for the relief of
 the suffering Hebrews in war-stricken 1 Europe, came here yesterday to can
 vass the town.
 They were well received and while
 they had but two hours in which to l "cover'' the town they collected a l considerable amount. It Is expected l that Plainville's donation to the l cause will be over $50. l Trio of Drunlzs.
 Justice A. H. Condell will hear tes-
 timony late this afternoon in the cases of three alleged trunks, Frank
 Cafferty and John McLarney of this 1 place, and Dennis Moran of Bristol. l Cafferty was arrestetd Wednesday
 by Constable Henry David, and was
 released under bail yesterday, having
 requested @ postponement of his /, hearing.
 1 McLarney and Moran were taken
 into custody last evening by Con-
 stables David and Marine. It was the 1 latter's first arrest since he was re- l moved as tho town patrolman last fall. The prisoners were both badly
 intoxicated when they got in the path l Of the officers.
 Railroad Claim Land. Residents owning property on the west side of Whiting street are dis l turbed over the action of engineers 1 working for the New Haven road
 who drove stakes inside their fences
 after having made a survey of the | territory.
 1 The belief prevails that the en- 1 gineers have reported that the prop l erty owners have annexed from three
 
 railroad company and that in the 1 near future they will be notified to | move their fences back to the boun- l diary lines indicated by the stakes. The fences were put up in some | cases about quarter of a century l ago and the men who claim owner ] ship of the land, frankly admit that l they cannot tell if all the property l belongs to them. They bought it on 1 the supposition that they had title to | the land to the fences and they be- 1 lieve that the railroad will have diffl- l culty in proving that any of it be- 1 longs to the corporation. They are somewhat concerned over l the probabilities that the company will some day send men here to law l tracks on the property, starting the work before the owners have a chance of getting out an injunction. That would force local people to take the initiative in bringing about liti- | gation to prove ownership and con- 1 sequently they would be under an expense hardly warranted by the
 value to them of the land in question. Brief Items months mind mass for Mrs Thomas Conlon was celebrated this | morning in the Church of Our Lady ! of Mercy.
 The date for the hearing on the 1 application for the appointment of
 a conservator for Mrs. Ja mes Lloyd is l February Sth, instead of February l goth, as previously announced The condition of A. +. Rockwell l of Bristol, is greatly improved As l soon as his condition permits, MT l Rockwell, accompanied by his wife,
 plans to go to Florida for a few l weeks.