New Britain herald., 1916-03-07
John N. and Ada T.
Former Local Man Killed,

iOfDlcp 1IOcal Man kIIlcd.
 Yesterday Mrs. Arthur Woodruff re- cciVed word of the death of her brother, Howard ShumWay. which oc- cured in Chicago. Mir. ShumWay was constructing engineer of the ChaIlangc Pipe company of Batavia, Illinois, and was inspecting a newly finished tank, when the scanolding upon which he was standing brokc and precipitated him to the ground, causing his death. MT. Shumway was native of Berlin, having been born herc abOut thirtN-tWo years ago. He was the son of Mir. and Mrs Willis Shumvay who lived in the ShumWay homestead at the foot of Galpin's IIiu. He first entered the construction hN~i- ness about eight years ago. The George Hall company of Boston had representatives here, erecting tank on the BTandcSce place on WorthinC- ton Ridge and MT. Shumway acted as helper, He made such d good inn Dression on the foreman of the com pany that he was invited to join the construction gang. He remained with the Boston concern for d time when he received d good offer from the Challenge company, which he ac- Ceptcd and for tho past seven years has been employed by that concern. , Promotions came rapidly until at the time of his death he was construction superintendent win headquarters at Chicago. About five years ago his parents took up their residence in Lynholden, Florida, where they are l living at present. Mrs ShumWay is l visiting at her sons home. MT. Shum- 1 way was married about seven months ago and is survived by his wife, his l parents and his sister, Mrs. Woodruff. l The funeral arrangements have not been completed. The news of his l tragic death was rcce;vcd with sorrow about town this morning for being of a genial and obliging disposition he made many friends here.
 Pleasant Meeting.
 The Berlin Literary society held an 1 open meeting in the par1ors of the Berlin Congregational church last | evening and large number of mem bcrs and friends of the organization | were present. The feature of the l evening was the reading of Henry Arthur Jones' comedy "The Liars !" by Miss Althca Clark of Mcriden. Her reading of the play was received with pleasure and liberal applause followed the rendition of each scene. 1 Between the acts Miss Helen Nourse 1 favored with piano selections. The affair proved a most enjoyable one
 TO Mako Improvements
 c. A. Stark. superintendent of tra ok l construction for the Connecticut com | pany. and r.. A. Johnson of the en- l gineering department, in company l with First SeleCtman William H. Gih- 1 ncy, inspected WOrthington ridge, 1 whero the concrete pavement will be ! laid by the state highway department, | yesterday. Prior to the laying of the
 permanent pavement Superintendent
 Stark informed Selectman Gibney that l his company would make some i'm
 prOvements. New ties and rails will
 be laid from WOOdruff's S corner to the
 end of the line and a six inch tile will
 be placed under the space between
 the tracks to dispose of the surface
 water. MT. Stack claims the tile will
 prevent the hcaving of the concrete
 and will dispose of the water. It has
 been used in several places and has
 worked out satisfactorily. The tile;
 pipe will have it's outlet at the foot
 of Damons Hill. According to Nr.
 Stark, the Connecticut company las 1 decided to listen to the pleas of local
 people regarding the condition of the