New Britain herald., 1919-03-05


 x76c words Of praise for the govern ment officials who got undersWay ttrh huge projects andFrhe fact that these were spread over the entire country added to his praise.
 While the city was growing there twas need of an office building. The 8hief of construction came to MT. Palmer and told him of his needs. The designs were made, material se- cured, and the office building was oc- cupied by the men just 30 days after the start on the plans That alone is a record worthy of mention.
 The name Hartman, MT. Palmer explained was given to the city be- cause of the interest and help given it hy MT. Hartman the great railroad magnate. The place was formerly
 called Bristol. MT. Hartman spent
 much of his own money in helping
 the city and thus it bears his name
 today.
 The city is entirely modern. There
 is a motorized fire department, a crack police departm ent. city officials and municipal owned plants of many descriptions. The streets are paved. The latest of every accommodation is provided and not a single detail of comfort is lacking.
 The dangers of the sWampy region
 were immediately seen by federal
 physicians and for that reason a pr.
 Stein, who was assistant at the Pana-
 ma canal, where pestilence was rid
 den by health work upon the part of the doctors, was secured and sent to
 Hartman. After he had finished his
 work there was no more swamp. Not
 a single mosquito was noticed there
 after he had left and the general
 health of the city compared favorably
 with cities all over the country.
 'The building of the city," MT.
 Palmer remarked, "was but second
 ary as the first business was building ships.'' He then went on to tell of the wonderful work which was done on ships in the yard there. There are still 100 ships to be built. The men worked night and day. They got good money but they earned it by the way ] n which they worked. He stated that l all the ships which had been con- l structed there have proved their value l after being on the high seas. He m en- ] toned the fact that people up here l thought the men must be making for l tunes at the yards. He spoke of be- l ing charged $9 a week for a small l room and SIP for "eats'' which were 1 not Of the excellent home variety. 1 Clothing could not be reached it was l so high and the people earning the l big money had to pay it out for the l necessities of life. F'They got good 1 money but they were soaked we'll 1 is the way the local man would put ] it.
 1 One woman wanted to rent him | three small rooms on the third floor 1 of 8 home for the use of his wife and l family. He asked how much the 1 charge would be and she said as fol- l lows: 'Well we don't want the rooms 1 rented but we thought it would be ] patriotic to rent them. You may have the rooms for $6O 8 month" ] MT. Palmer was of the opinion that l they wanted to make a lot of profit on l their patriotism and declined the
 "cheap" offer. He stated that the l forgoing was but one example of l many such occurrences at that city ! and he ridiculed the people telling ] about the fortunes the shipbuilders
 made when they were up against 1 such a proposition.
 In December, 1918, MT. Palmer was ! transferred to the Curtis Engineering l Corps at New York.
 1 He is still connected with the 1 Emergency Fleet Corporation but ex- l poets to be relieved of his suites soon