New Britain herald., 1918-03-23
Town Topics

clded to have the Hartford County 'all located in the town of Newing~ i ton on the Long farm further argu- i mont on the part of those opposed to 1 It, ana there were many both in New l tnston and New Britain, is useless 1 and all must work for the best inter 1 cSfs or the greatest number After all | It may not be as bad as many people | 'h1nk, Ill tact the people living near 1 the Wlndham County Jail like it and i objected to it's removal from their ! midst some time ago, Numerous l New Britain people objected to the 1 location of the jail in Newngton on | the ground that it would necessitate l the bringing of prisoners thence on ] the same trolley cars with citizens 1 Were this to be so it would be noth- l ing new, for the custom of the past 1 has been to take all prisoners to the l Hartford jail on the regular dinky ] train patroni2ed by these same peo- ! pie, But it is explained by a member ] of the jail committee that this will 1 hardly be likely now. due to the close l proximity of the jait to both Hart 1 ford and New Britain, from whence 1 about 90 per cent of all prisoners ; come. Beirg but q few miles from l each place it may be arranged to l take the prisoners there in the po- ! lice patrols. this committeeman ex- plains. While the people of Newlng-
 ton objected to this jail, and Repre- sentative Bowers Of Manchester, ] speaking for them, proposed reso-
 1ution to have action stopped it is strange to say that Representative ! Fish Newington's own representative.
 did not vote
 Senator George ". klett was a
 member of the special committee
 which visited various penitentaries throughout the country last fall and ] he says that the general trend of ! penal institutions today is to uplift i the prisoners through healthy envir : onments. At the iails visited by this i committee the farm labor system was l found to work out satisfactorily and 1 there seems to be no reason why it i cannot work out well in Hartford ! County. Today jail prisoners are kept i at work caning chairs, for which the i prisoner receives nothing and the
 county only ten cents per day. The 1 proposed scheme of hiring out cer- i tain prisoners for farm labor seems good solution for the plan would call ! for the fair payment of wages. Thus. if a prisoners work entitled him to s2 per day from the farmer the coun-
 ty might get half and the prisoner 1 the other half so that when he left Jail he would have som ething. These figures and plans are only illustrative 1 however of the improvement that are being contemplated.
 Some of the older citizens. in re- marking upon the objection of New : fngtonites to the location of the jail in their town, declare that years ago, i when the Consolidated Road first sought to run a main line through the town to Hartford, some Of the citizens objected because they feared 1 the noise and smoke Of the trains 1 would be obnoxious.
 To Senator George K. K1ett of this city belongs the distinction of intro ducng to the senate the resolution which was hoped. to give the Connec- ticut soldiers 8 vote in the elections. ] That the m 1embers of the Expedi- tionary Forces may not have 8 chance
 to exercise their right of franchise Is
 not the fault of Senator klett or the 1 state legislature.
 Strange how much more popular
 the man with the motor car is today
 than he was during January and
 February. During those below zero
 days he had to ride alone. Today it's
 not at ell difficult to get a lot of
 company, so 'tis said anyway.
 ] Politicians, with all their noon-
 day factory rallies, seem to nave 1 overlooked the Am erican Hosiery and
 Indications are that they will until
 such times as I've women get the
 vote" Then the Hosiery will he 8
 popular place.
 Added to the spring fever that
 other ailment, the grip, still lo1ters in the vicinity. When you sneeze, Sneeze In your handkerchief, the health
 board advises.
 One cannot imagine Personal Tax
 Collector Charles Elliott waxing very
 enthusiastic about the plan to ex- enpt members of the Home and City , ] Guard. He gets 15 cents out of every , dollar collected, so he should really
 worry.
 Bv slancing at the calendar we feel l that 1t is now safe to venture the as- , sertion that spring has como at last , Even if subsequent climatic conditions attempt to prove the fallacy of this ] statement, we can still lean back on :, the good old almanac for corrobora-
 ton. Besides, there are signs of spring all about us--the infa'ibie
 signs of spring. Of course, the robins have arrived and the tulips and cro- , ! c,ses are beginning to peep through the ground. Then, too, the members of congress are sending out their