New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-06-24


cup, knife, fork spoon, shelter tent
(half) five shelter tent pins poncho,
cake of soap, toothbrush, pair Of
socks, comb, towel, Identification tag
and tape. Officers and non-commis-
stoned officers carry revolvers, sabers,
etc.
Action of some red blooded citizen
in administering a beating to the
hound who criticized the local militia
on the streets Thursday evening and
expressed wish that they would all
be shot is commendable ANY man
who is guilty of such an unpatriotic
expression of thought should be
tarred and feathered.
In his speech urging recruiting last
evening, Mayor Quigley declared it is
the hyphenated citizen who is re-
spending to the call to arms, rather
than the so-called Americans He is
right in giving credit to these citi-
zens, but his insinuation that the
scions of the so-called first citizens
are not responding should not go UNI
challenged. In New Britain, as Use
where, these first families are offer
ing their young men freely and brave
" and a glimpse at the personel of
the two companies will convince any
one that this is so.
The class Of graduates who left the
New Britain State Normal school after
the commencement exercises on
Thursday was the sixty-fOurth to go
into the world from this institution
Originally the Normal school was in
the old building which stood where
the Grammar school is now and in
the early days young men as we'll
as young women were students there.
But sixty-four years has wrought
many changes and from coed classes
that numbered less than q half dozen,
the classes have grown steadily until
this year the class numbered eighty
two.
Chairman E. G. Babcock has been
assured that although the American
Ia France company is swamped with
orders, New Britain will nevertheless
be recognized and the new motor
equipment for the fire department will
arrive within a few weeks The
safety board has handled the fire and
police departments in good style, on
the whole. and today it is safe to
say that this city is protected in just
as efficient a manner as any in the
country.
When the new motor driven appar-
atus arrives and the fire department
is wholly motorized it will Of course
be much more efficient than it has in
the past With better equipment to
work with and more speed available
to get to the scene of their work, the
fremen cannot help but do better
work and there is no doubt but
what the exceedingly low fire rate
here will drop even lower. This being
so, why cannot the property owners
ask for, and fairly expect to receive,
lowered insurance rates? Certainly
with better fire protection the danger
from fire loss will he less. therefore
insurance risks will be less and cor
respondingly, the rates should de-
crease. It is certain that a campaign
to get reduced rates will be started
once the city has done it's part.
Once more the Connecticut COM
pany has been thwarted in it's at
tempt to have a telephone booth at
the center, although it promised to
have one that would not be objection
a bile and would not Obstruct traffic.
Some think this action on the part
of the council savors of the "smail
town stuff while others approve. AL
derman Paonessa's objection simply
because the company would not put
in q waiting station does seem
childish and not founded on logic.
Action of the board Of health in in
despite Chairman Tallard's
on deferring the actual
of a slaughter house
until conditions have been carefully
observed and in the meantime to en-
gage a meat Inspector, is justified
The Herald has commended from the
frst that before $4,000 of the public
money is expended for a slaughter
house the inspection system should !
oe given a fair trial. Now that this
rial is to be given there is no rea-
,on to doubt but what the plan will !
work out as well and protect the |
people against diseased meat as we'll |
Is would the more expensive slaughter !
house. The health board has recon- |
nended an ordinance to prevent the !
,ale of any meat not stamped by a |
Oca1 or government Inspector and a !
inc of $50 is suggested for violations. !
As the matter now stands the health !
BOARD will engage an inspector, whose
.alary will not have to be any larger
han in case the slaughter house was /
quilt, whose duty it will be to inspect
H. stock slaughtered for sale in this
,ity. Only his stamp or the govern
nent's stamp will make the meat
al m This act the health board
las done wisely and the inspectors
alary will come from out of the
/ 900 maintenance fund for the
laughter house. That the inspector
an do efficient work IS not questioned