New Britain herald., 1919-08-29
ROCKWELL TRIES
 OUT NEW PLANE
Aviator Makes Extensive EXperi-
 mentS With Unique Machine
BUILDING BOOM IS NOW ON

Private Houses and Factory Additions 1 Going Up-Registrars of Voters
 Meet September 1s-Examination
 for Rural CalTiers-Bricfs. | Hugh Rockwell, who recently flew
 into town in a baby plane constructed 1 at the Marlin R ockwell plant at New 1 Haven, is engaged in experimenting l With the plane, which he calls a sporting ship.' Mechanics ait the 1 RockWell-Drake plant have taken the ship to pieces and are making many improvements on the motor. The plane itself is being improved by MT. Rock well personally, who is impressed that planes of this type made at the Mar Hn-RockWell plant at New Haven can be made at the local plant and sold at a price of about S1,O00. This price however, is not official and what the plane will cost when completed with new improvements cannot be estimat- ed at present. Whether the local plant will manufacture these will remain to
 be seen, although it is probable that various parts of the motor will be made should the experiments under way be successful.
 The airplane when put together again will be taken to the field for flights, which will be made by MT Rockwell. The plane is one of the
 lghtest made and will travel at a speed of 90 miles an hour
 Building Situation
 The building situation in this town IS showing improvement almost daily and from present indications there Will De as many as 5 new buildings completed in the next few months Several Of the buildings now under construction will relieve the housing situation in the town while others will be made into factories and factory ad- ditions
 The Trumbull Electric company and the Landers, F'rarY & Clark concern of New Britain will have two large fac tories shortly, which will accommo- date in the neighborhOod of 25O hands. The construction of additional fac tories in town will in the future mean the construction of new homes and in this way it is expected that in time to come the town of Plainville will de- velOp into a small city
 The Trum bull factory addition has just been begun and will probably not be finished for another two months, While the LanderS Frary Clark fac tory IS nearing completion and will be ready for occupancy within the next month. This factory will employ about 150 hands according to reports of the factory officials.
 Registrars of Voters to Meet.
 The registrars of voters will hold a meeting on Thursday, September IS, from a. m to ) D. m. to receive names of new voters under the title
 ito be made" who will want to vote at the town meeting October 16 The se- lectmen and town clerk will hold ses- sions on Saturday, Sept. 20, at which time voters for the fall election will be made. Voters will be made on that date from a. m. to '. D. m. The registrars state that from indications many young men who have been dis charged from the service having be- come 21 years of age while in the service, will be made voters and vote at the annual town meeting Rural Carrier Exams. The local postoffice has received a notification that examinations are open for rural mail carrier positions and can be taken at any time in Hart ford, New Britain or Windsor Locks. Rural carrier vacancies at the present tiIlle are III w WelnerSneld, Broad Brook, Collinsville, Hartford and Sufield. The following schedule of outgoing and incoming mails at the local post office was announced today. Going west, 7:20 a. m.; east, 7:2O a. m. :: south, o'clock, north, 8:2O; east. 12:5O ?. m.; vest 1:15 D. m. south. 4:3O D. m.; north, $40 p. m; east, 7:30 D. m. Incoming mails from eaS, 6:45 and 7:3O a. m.: north, 80 a. m :; south, a. m: west. 1:2O D. m.; east. 1:45 D. m.; north, 5:10 D. m; south, 6:3O D. m.
 Holiday hours, from 6:45 a. m. to Attend Celebration. Many local residents, formerly of ex-servce men attended the Welcome Home celebration which is being held in Southington today and tomorrow. PIainvilIe Briefs.
 The All-Plainville team will play | the Viking Athletic club at the Rock Well-Drake diamond Sunday after | noon at 2:30 o'clock
 daughter was born yesterday to 1 Mr. and Mrs. Walter White at the New Britain General hospital. Wesley Kavanaugh and Roger Freeman have returned to their homes here after Sojourning through 1 the Catskill Mountains.
 Assistant Postmaster James J. Graham is enjoying his annual vaca-