New Britain herald., 1916-01-11

Selectman Johnson told the voters | that the United Electric Light ana | Water company had agreed to m | crease the candle power from sixty to eighty at the rate now paid, SEQ per | light, on a five year contract. The
 price would be reduced to $19 if ten year agreement was signed. He also told of a plan of the Con- necticut company for "putting some thing over'' on the town and he frankly admitted that he didn't know | whether he could stop them or not. When the trolley line was extended to 1 Southington some years ago the courts ordered the tramway company and its successors to maintain ten lights of sixteen candle power on Whiting | street After the town changed it's lighting system from the Welsbach to incandescent, the candle power in the ten lamps furnished by the trolley people was increased to sixty to cor respond with the others.
 The selectman states that he has been notified by the United Electric Light and Power company that the Connecticut company has sold It's lighting business to this corporation and that of course the town will have to pay for lights on Whiting street as we'll as elsewhere if it wants them. MT. Johnson expressed the belief that the Connecticut company probably proposes to technically comply with the court order by using lights of six teen candle power, getting the current ,, from it's trolley wires. Under the old order of things this will mean that when cars are in the vicinity the street will be practically dark, while at other times there will be ten lamps giving about as much light as similar num- Der of candles.
 MT. JOhnSOn's statement was a big surprise and there were many protests against the proposed action ot the company. The remarks anent the plans created considerable amusement also as the voters seemed to regard the proposed change as a joke. Peter 1 Brock made an appeal for additional | lights on South Washington street. It | was apparent that he had the sym l pathy of the chairman, who remarked | when MT. Brock had fnished: "I 1 think myself they need them" Ten Year Contract.
 MT. Gwillim's motion that ten year contract be made was carried after he explained that it could be terminated at the end of five years by
 reimbursing the company for the diff | ference between the rates specified in | the two forms of agreement, $19 and
 $2O per light
 Mr. Gwillim also moved that the
 matter of increasing the number of
 lamps be left with the selectmen.
 This brought protest from MT. John
 son, who did not consider it a satis-
 factory way. He said that if it was for nothing else than to get a vote
 the selectmen would be expected to
 put a light in front of every house in | town unless the voters gave them
 some specific instructions. In this
 opinion Selectman C. H. Calor con-
 cured. J. H. Trumbull amended the motion to make the number of new l lights not in excess of twenty The town now has 121 lamps besides those | given free by the Connecticut cOm- i pany. Should the latter go back to 1 the sixteen candle power lamp on Whiting street, Selectman Johnson said 1t will probably be necessary to put five new lights on this highway. MT. Trumbu1l said he did not propose to restrict the selectmen to any num-
 
 twenty were required, he was satis- fled to name a larger number. He thought the town inadequately lighted especially in the outskirts, but be- l1eved it would be good policy to add but few each year, according to what the finances warrant. The motion as amended was then carried.
 Regarding the appropriation for Memorial day, Town Clerk Usher said that the veterans have not been re- | ceiving enough money to pay the ex- pense of observing the holiday fit tingly and they believed the town should contribute $75 instead of S4O making the amount equivalent to that allowed the post in Forestville by the city of Bristol. On motion of c. H. Calor it was ordered and adjourn ment was taken.
 Navy Best Welfare League.
 Declaring that the whole neighbor- hood gives a gasp of relief every time one of the young terrors' enlists in the navy and that Uncle Sam's sea or ganization is the best welfare league she knows of Miss Susan A. Peck to- day rose to the defense of Principal o. L. Judd of the local schools and took to task A. B. Bentley for the charges made in his communication published in the Herald Saturday.
 Miss Peck's letter follows:
 Gentlemen:
 In reply to MT. Bentleys letter I would say when ten-year-o old boys and girls are such untamed savages as to amuse themselves by throwing stones at windows and into piazzas of pri- vate dwellings, when they cut off, pull up and break down bushes, hedges and plants bought and set out with