New Britain herald., 1917-11-06
REPORT PURCHASE
 0F RYDER PROPERTY
Marlin Arms Co. Said to Have Acquired Cook Street Property
NOTHING OFFICIAL AS YET

Meeting Tonight at the Town Hall to
 Form Liberty Chorus for Plainville Food Campaign Proves to Be Q Success-Bricfs.
 Although the rumors cannot be verified reports are current that the l Rockwell Drake division of the Mar lin Arms corporation has purchased
 the S. N. Ryder property on Cook
 street As yet no deed has been filed Eat the town clerks office a procedure
 which must be obtained if the re- ports are authentic.
 It is known that officials of the
 company have for some time con- sidered the advisability of making this purchase but whether the property has been taken over by the Marlin l corporation seems at the present to 1 be a matter of conjecture. The Ryder estate, formerly be- ] longing to the late s. N. Ryder. Is 1 located within fifteen minute walk 1 from the local factory and consists l of 8 number of acres of land and a | large dwelling house. The house 1 which contains in the neighborhood 1 of thirty rooms will probably be used 1 as boarding and rooming establish ! ment for employees of the factory if the purchase has been made. With the building of the additions | to the local branch of the Marlin Arms corporation company which l triples the size of the Plalnville con-
 cern and will necessitate the employ
 ment of a. larger number of men the
 
 with proper living facilities arises.
 For this reason. 1t is said. officials contemplated taking over the Ryder property in order to insure adequate l provision for a number of the men 1 employed at the factory.
 The three additions which the com- 1 pany Is building are now in the stages l of completion and with an augmented 1 force of workmen the construction
 seems to be running smoothly. Plans
 are also in the works to build a new
 amiesite road and concrete walks in ] front of the factory. Work on the surface sewer~ will be started soon, ! the cost of building to be defrayed 1 partially by the town and partially by 1 the Trumbull Electric company ana the Marlin Arms corporation. It IS l expected that workmen from the lat ter factory will have charge Of the work At the last special town meet ing an appropriation was made to- 1 wards the cost of the construction | and additional costs, if there are any i will have to be borne by the two ] aforementioned concerns.
 A fire sprinkling system is now be- l ing installed at the Rockwell-Drake 1 factory and the 8 inch main which is now being laid will connect with the 12 inch main which goes direct to the pumping house.
 A fire sprinkling system has also
 been installed at the new Edwin H.
 Hills factory which is nearly com- pleted.
 To Form niberty Chorus. To build up the spirit of patriotism
 and to arouse the twill to win' the
 war, all who like to sing are invited to attend a meeting at the town hall l tonight at which time Liberty chorus for Plainville will be formed. The meeting will be called to order
 at o'clock.
 Members of the Plainville Liberty
 chorus committee have explained that in order to belong to the chorus a | person does not necessarily have to be
 a trained singer. There will be no voice trials or dues in connection with l the project. All those who like to 1 sing are urged to come and enjoy 1 themselves.
 1 State Director Stevens of Hartford l will be present and give a talk at ! the meeting. MT. Stevens is in direct 1 charge of the Liberty chorus work
 throughout the state and will help in l the organization of the local chorus 1 At tonights meeting a committee 1 will probably be appointed to name a l capable leader to have charge of the l work in this town. Rev. E. c. G1l- l lette, pastor of the Congregations al ] church, who has been definitely 1dentf- ] fled with work of this sort prior, to l his advent to Plainville has been sug- l gested as the logical man to lead the ] local chorus.
 | People of the town seem enthusias-
 tic over the prospects or having such an organization and a large atten- dance is looked Tor this evening. | Campaign is Success. The Hoover pledge card campaign carried on by Chairman Mrs. A. D. Cady and her aides and which was
 brought to a close Saturday night
 proved to be a great success. Each l of the 607> pledge cards, which was
 the towns allotment, was signed and l have been turned in. -r. The campaign was waged only a 1 few days but in that time the com | mittee appointed by the chairman
 worked industriously and whole heartedly among the people of the 1 town. A house to hous canvass was ] carried on and practically every housewife in the community was inter- l viewed. Only one or two rebuffs were
 met with. Nearly all seemed to real 1 ize the importance which the con-
 servation of food must play during the 1 war. AS a result the campaign was ! brought to a successful finish Satur-