New Britain herald., 1917-08-15
Pla1nV1lIe News OFFICIALS CLOSE
 ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR
Towns Fiscal Year Ends Today
 Debt Not Increased
SCHOOL TAX KEPT SEPARATE

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 ton Early Next Month-Pick Slack
 CTS Among Hens-Work on Fac-
 tory Addttion--May Let Property Go.
 Reaching the end of the fiscal year, the selectmen and other town officers started today closing their respective accounts in preparation for the issuing of the annual report of their stewardship. The statements will probably be ready for public use early in September when the voters will be given an opportunity to view the records of their officials before they register their decision as to who will represent them in the town government next year.
 Although the compilation of the figures will not be completed for several days, the officers expect that the reports will show the towns f1n- ancial condition to be satisfactory. They do not believe they have spent more than the treasurer has received from taxation and the town debt probably will not be increased.
 The courts and the highways are expected to be important items in the treasurer's report. The large number of arrests made during the year and the fact that so many of the prisoners were without funds has apparently made the expense of en- forcing the law a considerable sum. "a no h11- tions towards the permanent pave ment improvements but it is the ex- pense of distributing the crushed stone taken from the streets to be improved that will make the highway account larger than the se1ectmen estimated last fall. So many back streets will be improved, however, be- cause of the states gift of the ma cadam to the town that it will re- quire but small outlay of cash next year to make the regular road repairs.
 The money received from the spe- cial tax of four mills levied last fall will be kept separately to be used eventually in paying for the work of erecting the addition to the Grammar school building. The selectmen pro- pose to borrow money to pay the con- tractors when their work is complet- ed and it is likely that the voters will levy a special tax each year until the debt is liquidated.
 The town books will not be ready for the auditors for a week or two but the reports will probably appear in book form short time after they are scrutinized by these officials.
 Pick SIaclxers Among Hens:
 Arrangements have been made by the Hartford county league, through Henry Trumbull it's Plainville repre- sentative, for a poultry selection dem onstration to be held at c. P. Hart's place on the New Britain road Sat- urday morning at 10 o'clock.
 Prof. Roy E. Jones of the Connectl- cut Agricultural college at Storrs will be in charge of the demonstration and all interested are invited to at tend.
 Through demonstrations of this character the league hopes to educate amateur chicken raisers to DICK out the layers and tthe slackers among the hens.
 Work on Factory Addition.
 Having augmented their working force considerably, the Rockwell Drake company had the construc- ton of the addition to it's local fac tory progressing at top speed today and under continued favorable con- ditions the additional floor space which the structure will provide should be soon available for use.
 The company needs the extra floor space as soon as possible and every effort will be made to get the addi- tion to the plant ready for occupancy next month.
 The concern is doing a big business and early in the fall proposes to increase it's output materially.
 May Let Property Go.
 Property owners who have been | notified that their holdings will be i sold auction on October unless they | pay their tax bills in the meantime 1 have had appraisals made of build ing lots to which they have title with the view of determining whether it would be advisable to pay the tax bills and the expenses incident to the order of sale to hold the land.
 Much of the land to be disposed l of is located in tracts sold at auc- ton here by land developers a num- Der of years ago and it is not regarded | as being of much value. If Plainville continues to grow, however, the l should increase it's worth more than $15 or $20 which the set clement of the claims against it would entail.
 Some of the property owners, how ever, have expressed the opinion that they will permit the sale of their hold ngs at auction as they do not con- sider them of enough value to warrant paying taxes annually on them.
 Reach Terminus in 8 Week.
 Work of laying permanent pave ment on the south side of the high way between Bristol and Plainville