New Britain herald., 1917-03-23

nent one until the other officers have received their appointments and these are expected within day or 50. It was decided by the members to call a public meeting for next Tuesday night iE the Town, hall at & o'clock and at this time some representative mil- tary man or speaker from the Home xuard headquarters in Hartfofsd will be on hand to talk on the movement.
 Waiting Room Starred.
 First steps in the construction of the new waiting room west of the tracks at the station ;1eEe taken today; Fwnehs the Tailfoad put . gang of men -tU work on the foundatlon. The room will be built in. the open space be- tween the walks that run between the New Britain tracks and the tracks of the main line. Material for the con- struction work was received the early bart of the week but 1t was not until the company. The building will be of wood with a concrete foundation.
 One of the most noteworthy in1-, provements about the town, outside of the waiting room, is the repair work 
 heavy automobile travel of last sum- mer the road has been in fearful con- dition and to take trip over 1t was like riding the ocean waves. Town teams have been engaged for the past week in putting a dressing of heavy crushed stone on. the highway and this will be topped of with some of a lighter Erade. It remains to be seen whether the early spring< travel will tear this dressing up and leave the road in the same condition as 1t was before the improvement. First Selectman w. I. filling and Superin- tendent Skinner have charge of the work There has been some talk of having the state take over Farming ton road as 1t Is the main highway between New Britain and all points south. If the state road department could be induced to take over the road the chances are that it would only be short time before a fine concrete highway would be built thus doing away with spring and fall re- pafr work. The concrete roads that the state are now building on the main highways are the only ones that withstand the wear and tear of auto mobile travels
 Basketball Tonight.
 A basketball game of more than unusual interest will take place in the town hall tonight when g team representing the Boys Debating club of East Berlin will play the local Boy Scouts. Last week the East Ber- lin team played 8 team from Ken- slngton and as the game resulted in tie the playoff will come next week. As the East Berlin and Kensington same was for the championship of the town the scouts have an excellent chance of annexing the title for them- selves by capturing tonight's game. Both teams have put in several nights of practice this week and reports in- dicate that one of the fastest gamAs ever seen on the local floor will be staged. The scouts have played fewer games than their rivals but the im- provement noted in each game shows that the East Berlin five will have to travel some if they intend to cap- tnre the game.
 Attending Conference.
 Along with sixty-two other Congre- gational churches in the state the two local churches are today sending rep resentatives to the conference on the Tercentenary program in the Center church house. Hartford, today The conference opened Kith 2 morning ssssion and after luncheon the fspre- ssntatives again gathered In the church. There will be third ses- stou this evening. Among the spoak- N41 Nte pr. Herring and pr. scuA1ar oe ienaa council and pr. swarts