New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-07-16
THE OBSERVER
RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
49, ON
THE CITY AND IT'S PEOPLE.

ment can be called upon to arrest
him: for he is not violating another
state law that provides he must have a
special license? And these special
licenses be it remembered, are obtain
able only on an order from the public
utilities commission. Verify, the ways
of politics are strange.
Winsted had better watch out. for
New Britain is running a close Sec
md in getting into print in the metro
politan journals. In one week the New
York Times and other big papers in
that city and also in Boston have fea-
tured a story about the city planning
to permit delinquent taxpayers to work
out their debts and then considerable
space was given to a newspaper re-
porter here who gave a half pint of
blood to save his brothers life Both
of these stories were printed as far
west as st. Louis. Next these papers
auctions.
Old associates of Roy N. Buell., both
in business and municipal affairs, will
be interested to learn that he is now in
good, is identified with a million dol
lar corporation and bids fair to rival
Hen Ford or some other OF these
men to whom great success came
rather late in life.
Sometime considerably more than
a year ago one of the electric stand
ards around Central Park was broken
off. The cable posts, sticking about a
foot out OF the ground, were protected
by wooden cage. That was, as has
been said, more than year ago, but
he old cage is still there and the city
has shown no intention of repairing it,
No other reason why this cannot be
| called a lefty beautiful"
Appropos of the council meeting at
which Mayor OF. Curtis took a mans
sized wallop at the Connecticut COM
pany many people have expressed
some wonderment where hizzoner got
the nerve to come out fatfooted
against this powerful corporation.
which has the backing of the even
more powerful politicians. Likewise,
| some comment, favorable too, was ex-
pressed to note that hizzoner, on one
thing at least, decided to climb off the
fence and take a decided stand, or at
least take a stand that left no doubt
what his views are and make it very
| difficult for him to do the wk. back
| flip.
Truly, this is a strange summer
Have we not had weather of the hot
| CT
| stranger still, compared to past years,
is the lack of enthusiastic vacation
TALK. In the past vacation talk began
about Memorial Day, and from then
on 1T was plan, plan, plan. 1t was con-
tagious too. This summer finds COM
paratively little enthusiasm. People
ale thinking more of the morrow than
they were wont to do, 1T seems.
Those who have so generously con-
| tributed to the Fresh Air Camp for
the poor and anaemic children will
certainly realize that their money is
being we'll spent. and others will un-
consciously feel their hand moving to-
ward their pocket. if they but take a
trip up to that camp. Anyone with a
car can make it in less than an hour
. and the road is not bad at ALL
The most direct route is from here
to Pennington and Unionville. A
Unionville cross the river and tax,
, the Collinsville road. A short dis
lance brings one to the little Burling
, ION railroad station on the right. Here
? there is a road leading off to the left
and by following that, and the sign
rosted along the way, one cannot mis-