New Britain herald., 1916-01-19

selectmen are advised and consequent 1 !y the town loses part of the service | which it's contract calls for The 1ntlmation that the Connectl- | cut company proposes to furnish six 1 teen candle power lights on Whit ing street instead of those eighty 1 which will burn on other highways 1 is causing the selectmen some con- cern. The company has to provide ten sixteen candle power incandes- cents on that street to comply with a court order issued at the time of 1 the extension of the trolley tracks to i Southington.
 l When the town changed its sys- tenn of lighting a few years ago, abandoning the old Welsbach lamps, the Connecticut Light and Power company induced the voters to give them the contract, promising at the : time to increase the candle power in 1 the Whiting street lamps It did so. Since the United Electric Light : and Water company purchased the franchise no change was made until : the expiration of the contract. The ! corporation now declares that it will : give no lights free on Whiting street i and consequently the Connecticut company will probably put in the cid sixteen candle power bulbs, getting 1 the current from it's trolley wires.
 This may mean that when cars are in the vicinity of the street the lights will be so dim that the highway is not illuminated
 ] Although the selectmen do not know just what the company's plans are they will insist that the sixteen candle power be furnished at all times if the trolley people refuse to make a deal with the lighting com pany whereby the modern street lights will be retained
 Woman's Club Entertainment. Halwood Robert Manlove, dis tinguished character impersonator, known on the stage as "the man of many faces" will appear at the Town hall tomorrow night, furnishing the second of a series of entertainments which the Woman's club has arranged for the benefit of the library fund. The first was given January 9th bv the Marigo1d quartet and was an ar tlst1c treat. If Manlove's program equals it in merit, local entertainment seekers are promised a most enjoy able evening.
 Manlove delineates 8 variety of characters and he is said to be one of the most versatile entertainers ap- bearing in public. His program is snappy and interesting and in every city where he has performed he scored triumph after triumph.
 PlainVi1le people will therefore be afforded an opportunity tomorrow night to enjoy a display of the taI- ents of an artist of recognized abil- ity and at the same time help the library cause along.
 The Woman's club is deserving of the cooperation of the people of the town in it's efforts to get Plainvil1e a library, worthy of the name, and a capacity audience should greet Man 1 love when he makes his initial bow before local crowd.
 1 To Celebrate Anniversary. The twenty-seventh anniversary o1 be celebrated in a fitting manner or February 1, the members at their meeting last evening having decided to observe the event in elaborate fashion. Committees are now at work on the arrangements. It is expected that there will be number of visit ing grangers from neighboring towns dHd HOtn1nS WILL De I0ft undOne to make the evening one of keen eniov- ment for them.
 At last nights meeting reports were received from the delegates to the meeting of the State Grange recently held in Hartford. A program of a musical and literary character was given after the business session.
 Capital Stock Increased. 1 Local people are interested in the announcement of the increase in the capital stock of the TrumbulI-Van- derpOOl company of Bantam, which is making arrangements to go into the 1 manufacturing business on a more ex- tensive scale than ever
 The corporation yesterday filed arti- cles with the secretary of state in- creasing it's capital from S69,OOO to $92,000. All of the additional shares, 222 in number, par value $10O, are subscribed, according to the cer- tificate.
 Brief Items.
 1 Walter Davis, until recently en- ployed at the local railroad station, died at his home in Pennington last night after brief illness with pneu- , monia.
 1 A trolley car jumped the tracks on