New Britain herald., 1920-02-27
been called to Hartford for jury duty

at the superior court.
 Never before have there been so many complaints and applications for abatementS as there are before the board of relief this year. It seems as . though every one had d grievance, even to the smallest property owner. The general feeling is that if the grand list is to remain at $3,S00.000 d tax rate of not more than 16 nor less than 14 mills is sufficient. The budget for the current year stands at a figure slightly. in excess of ;$100.0Qor- : The town, to date, has borrowed S2S,O 900 to carry through until the taxes are received. Money to pay the town bills Is received from other sources besides that from taxation. but the amount is small in com parisQn.
 certain group of the town sHpoli- tiCians arc after Tax Collector C. +. Lewis and when the town meeting is called will try to put through a rcsolu- tion which will reduce the rate of pay on all collections of taxes. How ef- fective their work will bc remains to be seen.
 Road in State Care.
 According to a statement made by SclcCtnlan l.. NJ. GrisW old this morn ing, the road under the kcnsingtun railroad bridge is q state highway ana as such does not come under town care or supervision. The board of sc- lectmen. as a public duty, recognized the need of special action at a time of emergency such as the present, is doing all in their power to remedy the trouble, he stated.
 The condition of the stretch be- meath the bridge has been d source of trouble to autom obilists and others for several weeks owing to the ac- cum ulalion of ice and snow at thu. point. No less than dozen sleis have turned over and in nearly every instance more or less damage has been reported. It was stated that ono mem Der of the board of sclectmen broke bob on his sled, due % the condition of the road. Until a few days ago there was small swim ming pool in the center of the road.
 Car Goes Over Bank.
 A freight car and ca aboose jumped" the track near the Berlin depot this morning and went over an cmbank ment, snapping a. telegraph pole off at the base before stopping at the foot Of the bank. IL was necessary to send to Hartford for the wrecker to place the cars back upon the track.
 One Hundred Trucks Stalled.
 An automobilist coming from Hart ford this morning said he had count- ed 43 automobile trucks stalled be- tween this place and Newington and he estimated there were at least 30 held up at points between there and Hartford. Yesterday afternoon and evening there were several fleets or trucks. from six 10 eight in a group. that had come up from New York, and one of the drivers said they had tarted out last Monday afternoon and had been on the way ever since. It took nine hours to get to here from Meridep.
 To Marry Waterbury Girl.
 Roy E. Tyron. son of Mrs. Ma t~ Tyron. of kensington. wll be ma '- ried to Miss Celia l.. Condit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George NJ. Condit. of Waterbury, Sat urday, March 6. The couple will make their home in Kensin gton. MT. Tyron is a discount clerk in the New Brita n National bank.
 Cold This Morning.
 This mornlng could be called the coldest of the year owing to the high wind and the zero temperature. Res idents who were compelled to walk to the depot will assert that this morning was the coldest they ever eX- perienced. Driver rather than face the wind, climbed down into the body