New Britain herald., 1917-04-20
TALK 0F PETITION
 FOR TOWN MEETING
Want Town to Join With State in
 Laying Permanent Pavement INTERFERED WITH OFFICERS

Auto Truck Runs Down Embank- 1 ment-Ihreatens to Take Appeal Unionvdlle Night at Fair-Home Guard Drill-Many Collarless Dogs Other Items.
 That another effort may be made to 1 get the voters to have the town join with the state and Connecticut com pany in the extension of the perma- nent pavement area through Whiting street to the point where the trolley tracks turn onto private property tho amiesite to extend from curb to curb, was intimated today by citizens inter- ested in the improvement. They talked of asking the selectmen to call a special town meeting at once to con- sider tho question.
 Immediate action is necessary If the town Is to order the contractors to have the pavement the full width of the highway, instead of a strip in the center, as the laying of the amiesite will probably be started in a week or ten days. The macadam is now being torn up for the improvement, and the paving material may be put in posi- ton before the town gets an oppor- tunity to lend it's cooperation, unless arrangements are made for immediate consideration of the making of an ap- propriation to cover . portion of the expense.
 Highway Commissioner Bennett's suggestion that the town pay a part of the expense of the improvement. permitting of the extension of the paving from curb to curb, was rejected several months ago. the voters ob- jecting to the exrensa> entailed. Sub-. sequently the Business and Improve ment association took up the question of having the pavement cover the full width of the highway from the cen- ter to the corner of Broad street. It was estimated that 1t would cost the town approximately $2,000 to carry cut such a plan. Because of the ne- cessity of increasing the appropria- ton for the erection of an addition to the school house the directors of the association concluded that it would be unwise to arrange for any other ex- traordinary expense at this time and they decided against making a rec ommendat;on favorable to the plan.
 Commissioner Bennett is anxious to have the town cooperate in making the improvement. The pavement will have to stand as first laid. as it will not be practicable to place an addi- tional strip of amiesite in position af ter part of the highway is covered. For that reason there is an agitation
 
 permit the voters to act on the prop osition.
 Auto Truck Down Embanlment.
 The large auto truck owned by O'Hara & Carlson of this place re- mains at the bottom of an erhbank- ment near the Pequabuck river in Bristol. to which it tumbled yesterday after the highway gave way beneath it. The machine is in such 8 position that it will be a difficult task to get it back on the road, and no effort has as yet been made to disturb it.
 The machine was being driven to- wards Plainville and was loaded with cases of empty beer bottles at the time of the accident At the point where it scame to grief highway re- pairs are being made. The changes have weakened the roadbed and the auto travelling close to the edge start 1 ed a miniature landslide, the machine 1 overturning and rolling down the em- | bankment. The driver escaped injury 1 by jumping.
 The car is not believed to be badly | damaged.
 Interfered With Officer.
 Interfering with consta bles in the l performance of their duty caused the 1 arrest last night of John Dobruck of 1 New Britain, who Is in the lookup l awaiting hearing before Justice A. !! H. Condell. The young man. it is al- | legged, attempted to prevent Officers Marine and Anderson from removing to a livery, stable a horse. which ap- parently had been overdriven, and which the owner had ordered them to shelter.
 With young man named Farrell. | Dobruck hired team at Whites liv- cry stable in New Britain early last evening. They told the man in charge, the authorities claim, that they were going to Berlin. Instead they came to Plainville to attend the fremen's fair. When the outfit ar rived here the horse looked as if it had been driven too hard. It had lost a shoe and seemed to be in distress.
 The police communicated with the owner who instructed them to take the animal from the young men. Do- bruck objected to the interference of the officers and remonstrated so for cibly that they took him into custody. l Denies He Was Drunk.
 Matthew McInerney of New Britain. is also in custody awaiting hearing on a charge of intoxication. He was arrested yesterday by Constable Mar ino who claims that he was intoxicat-