New Britain herald., 1916-09-02

thus leaving a passage through to the street. When the police get an emer-
 gency call they must get out quickly ! and should not be hindered.
 Politics as yet is not making very , much of stir in New Britain. Senator George W. Klett has been nominated for reelection by the re- publicans without opposition and as yet no opponents for Mayor Quigley and Safety Commissioner Steele, seeking nomination for representa- tives, have appeared. The democracy is equally quiet. There seems to be no impending campaign for nomha- tiOns although the names of E. B. Alling, D. E. O'Keefe, M. T. Kerwin and Dr. J. F. Martin have been men toned for the lower house and E. w. PeltOn's name has been mentioned for the senate.
 The. national campaign will be launched here on September g at the Third Ward Republican outing when three United States senators, Hard ing, Mclean and Brandegee and the entire state ticket appear, the biggest
 republican gathering the city has ever
 seen.
 Residents of the North End and Berlin are protesting vigorously
 against the practice of the Connecti-
 cut company in running closed cars on these lines on Sundays When traffic is not heavy open cars are run,
 but on Sundays, when the demand for
 open cars on other lines is great, the closed cars are substituted Thus, of
 to take a nice cool ride on Sunday
 they are unable to do so. They argue
 that they use the service every day in
 the year. They are constant patrons and if there is to be any discrimi- nation as to the service they are the ones who should receive the benefit
 rather than be discriminated against. During the month just passed the police department was unusually busy while just the opposite was true in the fire department. There were only eight fires and all minor ones while the police made 203 arrests. The large floating population brought in by the railroad to handle freight and the in lux of nomads en route to secure work on farms and tobacco planta-
 
 cause.
 Beginning next week the prosecut- ing attorney will take legal action to compel personal tax delinquents to pay their little $2 assessment It's cheaper to pay the $2 now while there is yet time than to wait a week and have to pay the tax anyway and the costs of court as well.
 Practical improvements in the traffic regulation of this city are everywhere noticeable. Some time ago aisles of safety were marked across the main thoroughfares at certain points where pedestrians could cross with a fair degree of safety. The plan worked well. People showed a willingness to cooperate and to cross at right places, while the traffic in the street seemed likewise willing to carefully observe these aisles of safety. The aisles were marked only with a white paint however, and traffic, rains, flushing and weather quickly obliter- | ated all signs. As a practical sOlu- l ton the safety board is having some | special chisels made with which parts l of the pavement will be clipped away, | leaving a groove where the traffic signs 1 were marked. These grooves will be l filled in with white portland cement, l thus making a permanent and effec- 1 tive marking.
 1 It has been noted in other cities
 where it works well, that instead of
 having a safety zone roped off at