New Britain herald., 1921-08-23
HAWVXLE NEWS BUSY SESSION IN COURT LAST NIGHT Several Autoists Are Given
 Fines l. COOKE TO DEVELOP. LAND Rev. MT. Barrows and Raymond Baker to Attend Conyent;on-pos+ Holds Meeting-Foresty Nave- Other Items of Interest. =
COOKE TO DEVELOP LAND


 Holds Meeting-Forestviue News- Other Items of Interest :... =. Nlne cases were tried 1r the local, court last night by Justice Edward r. Prlor and Grand Juror Stanley 5. GWlIllr1. Most of the cases. heard were alleged violators of the .rno+or vehicle law who had been. arrasted. by Motor Vehicle Commissioner ,steh-. pms of New Britain and Commission CTS F. R. Vickery and C. G. .Alline. . Morton Scoville of Hartford. ar ralgned for reckless driving, asked |clemency as this had been his first arrest for violating the motor ye hlcle law. He said he was on his way to Hartford to see his wife who l IS a patient at the Hartford hospital ana although admitting he was driv- ing rather fast, was not intending TO break the, laws. He was in hurry to get to his wife and drove l faster than usual. He has had license for the past 12 years and did not break the law once during that 1 time. He was fined s25 and costs l but a remittance of s2O was given. | Albert Daintee of New Britain was | med the same amount for driving l motorcycle at rate of speed said to have been AZ miles an hour Vim l cent Chapin, also of New Britain. was med the same charges for alleged l reckless driving. He was going 38 | miles hour. Both these men 1 were given the same clemency, as 1 Scoville and a remittance of s2O was 1 given them.
 Bonnet Moran of Bristol was dis l 'harged for lack of, evidence He had l >een arrested on a complaint en-
 cred by Mrs. w. E. Hyde of New
 >ritain for alleged reckless driving
 'n the day of July 1T.
 l Ramsus Stakutis of New Britain, ! rrested by missioner Stebbins ] as fined s3 and costs for operating | fithout his license.
 ! A. J. Mastriano, Anthony zandrow- l li, Jacob Genevese and Jacob Ora
 0, paid fines of s1 and costs for
 leglecting to have their dogs proper y licensed. l To Develop Land.
 l The Cooke Real Estate company ] headed" by George Cooke, president 1 lave plans for developing a large tract
 f land situated on New Britain road
 md the east side of Pennington ave-
 1ue. There are 30 acres or more of 1 oeavy wooded land and this will be l feared away to make a level stretch o1 property from the Catholic ceme- l cry on Pennington avenue to the and of the Plainville Realty company
 which extends far below Broad street. 1 Work on the large project has al- l "eady started and a saw mill is being 1 erected.
 l With the clearing Of this land, it bids fair to be the residential section
 of that part of the town and in all proba bilitv will be dotted with houses within a few years to come. The de l velopu1ent of land in the town has
 oeen started by MT. Cooke and Michae
 Kosenko of Washington street and
 will be a golden opportunity for home l seekers to purchase a small tract .o1
 land for a future residence. MT Cooke was former owner of the Cooke garage on East Main street, which he 1 recently sold to Bristol people.
 Trumbull Hours Increased.
 The working hours in several de. l oartnaents of the Trumbull Electric l Manufacturing company are being in l creased and the outlook is promising l for a general picking up of Worl l throughout the whole plant. One de l partment has been increased from 5. l hours week to 50 hours. A reduc l ton in the pay of day. workers, how 1 ever, has been made The reductions
 have been made separate and eacl
 worker has had an individual cut ac .cording to the amount of pay received ! However. the increase in workinE l hours makes up this deficit and witf l better times coming, there is a gen eral feeling of content among tht
 workers throughout the entire com , nunity where factorses are following
 this method of reducing the pay anc l extending the working schedule. The
 officials of the Trunbull plant, are looking forward. to a promising, fal l business
 To Attend Convention. ! Rev. E. F. Barrovs, pastor of the
 A. M E. Zion church, and Raymond
 Baker, will leave tomorrow to attend
 a convention at Worcester, Mass. MT Baker will represent the church ano ! Sunday school. They will be absen l for the remainder Of the week as the
 conference does not end until Sunday
 Rev. MT Barrows will arrange for the | Sunday services. He Will not preacf
 but they will possibly be in charge
 of the Christian Endeavor Union. , Mail Package Deliveries sI Several inhabitants of the town are
 prone to criticize the method used a l the local post office i'll delivering pack. q ages. No complaints, however, have l been entered openly, as there is nc
 direct cause for this. Nevertheless e that the people may better understand :, the system used at the office, the fol- y lowing explanation is given to them
 The mail carriers are not supposed
 matter when they start out on theil
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