New Britain herald., 1917-03-10

under. the Kensington railroad bridge
 busily engaged in carrying away the
 ice that has accumulated from the
 many storms of the winter. First Se-
 lectman w. I. filling and E.. B. Skin-
 ner were using the pick and shovel
 to good advantage and at an early hour had made a very favorable im- pression on the heavy ice pack There
 has been many complaints about con- dftions undtr the bridge during the past winter but up to the present. out side of the trolley company cleaning away their share, there has been lit- tie done in regard to the matter Per- haps the most damage was done by the railroad tank overhowing and as the sewer failed to carry away the wa. ter it soon backed up under the bridge and by the next morning there was a sheet of ice formed. Each time the trolley company cleared away their section under the bridge leaving
 the roadbed was left little higher up in the air and at one time there was fully a foot drop between the highway
 and the tracks.
 At the Churches.
 Berlin Congregational church. Rev.
 s. A. Fiske, pastor. Morning worship
 at 1O:45 o'clock at which Rev. Ed
 ward H. Smith, of Ingtai. China. will speak on work in that country. MT. Smith is 8 missionary of the Amcri- can board at home on furlough. All departments of the Sunday school will meet at noon. At 3:30 o'clock the preparatory class will meet with the pastor in the chapel. The subject for the Christian Endeavor meeting at 6:sO o'clock will be: Spreading tho Good News, and the meeting will be led by Miss Eleanor Aspinwall.
 St.. Paul's church, Rev. J. c. Bren- man. pastor Mass will be celebrated at the Sacred Heart church. East Ber- lin, at o'clock and at St. Paups church. Kensington at 10 o'clock. Kensington Congregational church, Rev. Carleton Hagen. pastor. Morning worship will be held at 10:45 o'clock and the pastor will preach on the s.Perfect Man." The members of the Sunday school will meet at noon. Dr. M. H. Griswold will have charge of the Christian Endeavor meeting at 6 o'clock and the subject will be: sSpreading the Good News" Union services will 1s conducted at the Methodist church and Rev. Carleton Hagen will speak.
 Kensington Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. F.. F. Lsounshury, pastor. l Morning worship will be conducted by the pastor at 10:45 o'clock. Sun day school will follow the morning worship at 12 o'clock. Evening ser vices conducted by Rev. Carleton Haz- 1 en will be held in the church at z o'clock.
 Tearing Down Bridge shop.
 1 For the past two weeks workmen have been busily engaged in destroy l ing the old Bridge shop in East Ber- lin The factory was first used by the
 Corrugated Metal company about sev- 1 enty years ago and when that conJ l cern went out of business the plant was taken over by the East Berlin i Bridge company. For thirty years the company used the buildings and when the plant was purchased by the Berlin Construction company about ] four years ago the buildings were left empty. Since that time most of the ] structures have been slowly decaying and a few weeks ago 1t was decided to 1 tear them down and utilize the space for other purposes. There Is report being circulated in that section of the l town that several of the smaller build- ings are to be moved across the town I line into Cromwell and a new indus ' try started. Just what the new c0n- fcern will manufacture has not been made known and there are still a number of smaller business mRtters that must be cleated up before any- thing of a definite nature MiIl sbe au- nOunced. Just who the packers 4Fe ie