New Britain herald., 1917-09-18
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the bond was declared forfeited. MT. Beloin was not present either.
 George Freeman, another alleged gam bier, did not appear to plead to the charges against him and his bond of $50 was likewise declared for feited
 man who said his name was Sam Levy was fined $3 and costs for as- saulting a patron of the fair on Sat urday afternoon. Levy was a ticket seller and following an argument with a New Britain man was alleged to have punched him in the nose. The punch cost him the above price.
 Berlin Reads the Issue.
 With election only a short way off the Berlin democrats are girding up their Joins preparatory to giving the republican party the fight of it's life and, incidentally. electing a straight ticket. The biggest issues of the election is the contest between Will lard I. filling, republican, and James Brown, democrat, for the office of se- lectman. and between Charles F. Lewis, republican, and Henry Pagan. democrat, for tax collector. The dem ocrats feel that their chances are
 
 say the republican party is not as compact as it was in the good old days when the machine was we'll oiled and running smoothly. They place added faith in their platform which is Better Roads," This is a slogan which appeals not only to Berlin people, but also to those Tn other places who have occasion to use. the local highways The demo- crats claim that never before have the highways of Berlin been in such a delapidated condition as they are at present and assert that had not the state made a couple of repairs this year the town would be abso- lute1y ostra cized by all traffic. The road between Worthington Ridge and Kensington center is especially bad and is said by many tourists to be the worst stretch of road in the state where any pretense is made of keep ing up appearances. From the mo- ment traffic leaves the excellent con- crete state road on Worthington Ridge until the Beach Swamp road is reached there is but one continuous series of bumps.
 Damon's Hill resembled the once famous Chelikoot Pass, famed at fairs and carnivals as the bump the bumps. The rest of the highway, from the foot of the hill to the railroad bridge, is almost entirely washed away, with scores of holes and hummocks which not only damage automobiles and teams but are positively dangerous to traffic. Just before passing under the railroad bridge the person not familiar with conditions suddenly inn agines that he is in mo mans land" in France and is driving over some of the famous shell craters made by the AZ centimeter shells. Taken yard by yard or as a whole, Harrington road is a horrible example of what good road should not be and much of the educated traffic from New Britain and Meriden has learned to avoid this stretch by going through Cathode road which by the way is no boulevard but is preferable to the other.
 Another claim of the democrats is that certain alleged economies prac- ticed by the republican administra- tion is in reality false economy and in the long run will cost the town more. The recent collapse of the Paper Goods bridge is to be cited as an instance and the democrats as sert that if the republican admins tration had been less economical it would have been more profitable for all concerned.
 Both MT. filling. who is now the veteran war horse of the republican party since William H. Gibney has retired to private life, and MT. Brown are we'll known men and both have