New Britain herald., 1922-12-08
WILL HOLD EVERY
 MEMBER CANVASS Fifteen Teams to Visit Homes of ParishionerS Sunday Afternoon
 ss TWO EVENTS THIS EVENING


 Church Sale Magnificent Success
 Henry Ford Not in Town-senator
 Trumbull Host at Dinncr--Notes.
 No definite action was taken on the
 housing question by the local Cham.
 Der of Commeree at the monthly
 meeting last night. It was decided to
 lay the question over until December
 21, when n special meeting will be called Nearly the entire member
 ship of the chamber was present to
 listen to the discussion and the report
 of the committee.
 The postponement was directly the result of request by A. F. Rockwell
 for more time so that he might be able to talk the matter over with oth- Ter factory heads in town and in that 1 time, some solution, satisfactory to everybody will be worked out, it is hoped.
 Mir. Rockwell, in his first appear 1 ance at any of the local chambers meetings, showed deep interest in the question under discussion. He gave ar interesting talk on the con templated future of the town, saying 1 that in all his travels he had yet to see any place that would equal Plain vile as a place that could be devel- oped. President Munroe of the Stan dard Steel and Bearings Co.,, was also present and gave information concern ing the number of people expected here from Philadelphia. He stated that the plan to build community , homes and sell them to the newcom- e,rs was not feasible for all, because it could not be known definitely whether they would remain or not He stated that, in his mind. the greater number of the people would rather seek rents than buy homes.
 The housing committee of the Chamber of Commerce consisting of c. H. Newton, chairman; w. l.. Cook and A. A. Mcleod, presented their | report which was read by Mir. Newton The report was one of the best that has ever been heard at any of the meetings of the chamber and showed that the members of the committee left nothing undone to investigate the | matter thoroughly.
 The report stated that about 100 II families were expected to move here ing been compiled from an actual + canvass of the local factory and the Philadelphia branch. It stated that only about 35 of these would buy homes when they arrived and the others would seek out tenements in which to live. There are number of single men who are also expected to arrive here, and they would want | neither to buy homes nor to rent tene- ments, but would want rooms and a place to board
 A resolution was introduced pro- posing a plan for the local Chamber Of Commerce to form a corporation for the purpose of financing the build- ing of large number of homes here which would ultimately be sold to new families. No action was taken on his resolution.
 MT. Rockwell stated that there will )e at least 1000 hands employed at lis plant here and stated that the natter of housing them had been in lis mind for some time. He said that le wanted to cooperate with the local ,ody in every way possible and wanted ime AD talk the matter over. aThe members of tho chamber decid- 'd that MT. Rockwell's request should ,e granted, and asked him if two weeks would be sufficient time. He 7 tated that he needed only a short 6 ime and it was decided to call spe { ial meeting two weeks from last I tight or December 21. An effort will ,e made to have all the members resent at the next meeting because i, he question is of such importance , nd it means so much to the town, |. hat the advice of all the members vas needed in the final decision. The e natter will be definitely settled at '. hat meeting s
 Want Trolley Switch 5 The matter of the town hearing on :. he request of the Connecticut Co.,, for :. mother switch to be placed in front {. f the old Russell property on East lain street. was also discussed.
 InP DOdTu Ol SeltCtIHeH HdS |. special town meeting for Wednesday . ight, December IS, to take action on /. his request, and from the express :. ons heard about town, there will be '. great deal of opposition to it. Most :, f the towrsfolk think that he addi- ~ on of another switch where there U re already two switches close by, r ould cause great deal of upneces- sry trouble and expense.
 It is understood, however, that tho Co.,, wishes to install the U stra switch in order to eliminate the VI ongestion of traffic now being ex- erienced at the switch on Whiting y rect which is nearly opposite the II ost office. Here when the short run D ITS run up and then switch over, e' affc becomes congested and causes jam at every turn. u