New Britain herald., 1917-02-02
PaainVille News
PaainViUe News GIVES EVIDENCE OF
 DOCTOR NOW DEAD Deceased Physicians Opinion Of- fered at Compensation Hearing ONE COMPLAINT WITHDRAWN

Insurance Company. Claims Rogers Is 1 Now Able. to Work-He Don't Think
 so-Only One Property Owner Be- i fore Relief Board-Other Matters. :! Evidence adduced by pr. M. s. An
 derson, who died recently. concerning i the physical condition of Frank ;. ! Rogers, was presented to Compensa- tlon Commissioner George B. Chan : dler yesterday when the question as ! 10 whether Rogers is still partially in- 1 capa citated and entitled to pay, un- 1 der the employers liability act, frorl 1 the High Rock Mountain Orchards 1 company, came up for consideration. , Dr. Anderson had been among the l physicians to give Rogers treatment and yesterday Dr. J. c. Purney, ap- i bearing for the claimant, offered as l evidence in his behalf a letter writ ; ten by the deceased practitioner and ! an X-ray photograph which the lat : ter had made.
 Rogers was injured while working 1 for the Orchard company, on August l 31, 1915, but week after he had en- i tered their employ. Subsequently au ! agreement was made whereby the company agreed to pay him $6 week i from September IT, 1915, until he had ] recovered.
 The insurance company, which pro- ] tects the owners of the orchard from i claims of this character, now sets forth that Rogers is physically it a1fd
 should no longer be entitled to com pensation.
 Dr. Anderson's opinion of Rogers
 injuries differed to some extent from
 that of Dr. J. c. Tanner, who was i also called into the case, and who l testified yesterday. According to the
 dead physicians testimony, as given
 through Dr. Purney, the claimant had 1 two fractured ribs. Dr. Tanner ma1n- l tained that the bones had not been ! broken. and he pointed to Dr. Ander-
 sons X-ray photograph to prove that there was no evidence of fracture.
 Another physician, who examined the
 plate, gave as his opinion that the rils ! were not fractured.
 l After taking the evidence in the l case Commissioner Chandled an-
 nounced that he would reserved deci- l sion.t
 But One Complaint. Although reports of dissatisfaction l over the action of the assessors i'll 1 compiling the grand list emanated from several property owners since the ! notices of increases were sent out, but 1 a single taxpayer made an appear l ance before the board of relief yes 1 terday when the first session for the l hearing of complaints was held. Cor i don Morse came before the board to 1 protest against the raise in the Valu- 1 ation of his property made by the l board. After being questioned by 1 Chairman Conde1l, MT. Morse decid
 ed that he had but little cause for
 complaint, and he withdrew his ap- plication for a reduction.
 The board will meet again on Feb
 ruarv, 8, 10, IT and 21.
 Wants Authority to Sell. l Acting on the application of Judge
 Epaphroditus Peck. Judge G. R. By
 ington has ordered a hearing Tn the 1 probate court Monday morning at 10 1 o'clock to consider the authorizing of 1 the exccutor. of the estate of Sylves- ter N. Ryder to sell property owned 1 bv the deceased.
 1 The exccutor has practically closed
 negotiations for the sale of the Ryder
 place on Cook avenue to John w. Lynch and William W. Hanna of New i Britain, whose intention is understood
 to be to convert the building formerly 1 used by MT. Ryder as a residence into 1 a hostery. A country club Is to be
 organized and the building will serve l for the accommodation of the mem 1 bers and travellers as well.
 The house was used as a hotel a
 number of years ago when there was ] horse racing on the Ryder track, and 1 it requires but a few alterations to make it serviceable as an inn and 1 clubhouse.
 Local Boys Win Easily. TFe much touted A1l-Stars of l Southington made an appearance at
 the Town hall last evening and be- fore large crowd attempted to
 wrest basketball honors from the
 team representing the PlainviIle ,iYoung Mems club. They were treat
 cd to disappointme however, the
 local boys walking away with the
 contest. The final score was forty to
 eight Represented n the visitors
 team were many of the Southington 2 uuintets and the organization was
 rated as the best basketball combin-
 ation available in the neighboring
 borough.
 At the start it looked as though the
 local boys would have difficulty in :, capturing the game, the visitors hold f ing them to a two to two score dur : ing the first ten minutes of play. The ,. Southington boys defense was 5 solved, however, and the half ended
 23 to ? The last part of the game f was stubbornly fought and at times r the players handled each other rather
 roughly. The Plainville team showed ! strength as well as skill and they