New Britain herald., 1917-02-26
Fla1nVlue NeWS
 CHANCE PLANS FOR SCHOOL ADDITION Rogers Authorizes Architect to Revise Drawings
 DELAYS CALL FOR BIDS

Blueprint May Not Be Submitted to Committee Before March 7-Ram- blel's to Rlay Here-Pleads for Ma tional Proldbition-Other Matters.
 Minor changes in the plans~for the four room addition to the Broad street schoolhouse, which are to be made at the suggestion of A. L. Rog- CTS, chairman of the school commit tee, will probably delay the issuing of a call for bids for the contract for nearly two weeks. Consequently it is doubtful if the blueprints will be presented to the school committee be- fore its regular meeting on Wednes- day, March z, at which" time an invi- tat1on to contractors to enter into competition for the work will be con- sidered.
 Chairman Rogers had a conference yesterday With Architect Max J. Un- kelbach of New Britain, who drew the plans for the original building, and who was authorized to make the drawings for the extra rooms, and 1t was tentatively decided to make some slight changes. MT. Rogers confer red with other members of the com mittee today regarding the proposed changes and he was authorized to lave them made
 The revision was considered adVis- able by Principal O. I. Judd. who has been consulted by the committee re- garding the plans for the addition and the architect will make a few changes in the layout before present ing the draft to the board.
 While contractors have not as yet given estimates on the work, it is ex- pected that their bids will be under $17,OO0, the amount appropriated by a recent town meeting for the addi- tion and the furnishing of two of the new rooms The cost of labor and material is now at it's highest mark and the improvement consequently will be much more eXpensive> than it would have been had the town made the building one of eight rooms instead of four when it was erected.
 In estimating the probable cost of the structure, the architect took the changes in the price of material and labor into consideration, and it is not thought that it will be necessary to exceed the appropriation. In fact the board is hopeful of turning back a part Ol IIlc dlloNduCo tO lnC treasury after the addition is paid for.
 Providing the work can be started late in the Spring, and there appears to be no indication of any delay be- yond that time, the board expects the addition will be completed and the rooms ready for occupancy when school re-opens for the Fall term
 Ramblcrs Here Thursday.
 The Ramblers, one of New Britain's fastest basketball teams, has accepted challenge to play the Plainville Young Mems club quintet Thursday night in the Town half and one of the 1 liveliest games of the. season is ex- pected.
 The Plainville team is now playing ] at top speed and the members prom 1 ise to make the New Britain outfit 1 hustle for their baskets.
 Pleads for Prohibition.
 Predicting safoonless nation within a comparatively few years, Rev. Walter F. I4amphere, of Hart ford, secretary of the Connecticut l Temperance union, made 8 strong 1 plea to local people to do their part 1 towards making the country dry when he appeared yesterday at services in the Baptist and Methodist churches l
 MT. Lamphere has, been engaged in 1 temperance work in Connecticut for years and he Is an exceptionally in- teresting tal5er. He spoke before a fair sized audience at the Baptist 1 church Sunday morning and in the evening there was large congrega- ton at the Methodist church to listen | to his message.
 Plainville temperance workers are preparing for a hard fight against the liquor interests in the fall and MT. l Lamphere is said to be but one of a i number of prohibition advocates who l will give addresses in local churches 1 during the next six months.
 Not Fearful of Silverios.
 The town need have no fear of los ing the $50 collected from relatives of Antonio Silverio as the final pay ment on fine imposed on him for violation of the liquor law. even though the settlement was made after his death, according to Justice A. H. Condell, who accepted the money from the mans son. Reports in circulation indicate that Silverio's relatives now believe that they could not have been forced to pay the bill, the mans debt to the state having been cancelled by the Grim Reaper, and they are said to have consulted counsel regard ing the instituting of civil action to compel the treasurer to return the 
 Justice Condell claims that Sil- verbs son paid the money voluntarily and without any solicitation from the court, having regarded that he was in honor bound to settle his deceased fathers obligations
 The young man was legally as well as morally bound to pay the balance of the fine, according to Justice Con-