New Britain herald., 1922-04-22
THE OBSER YER Makes Random Observations
 On tlfe City and Its People

the assistant prosecutors place, and lthoy nearly succeeded,
 The new council apparently is friendly towards Mr, Woods, demon stratng this fact by appointing him prosecutor at the meeting this week, | Prior 10 the meeting, Mayor Paonessa made a suggestion that won approval, 1 ii was to the effect that tho salary of the new assistant prosecutor SNon'a he reduced The m"''o" s''=''f..'
 salary $500 lower. This would be . large drop and |! any I,,t,. .. r | 10 bring about n reduction Il Is prob- Inbe that the sum will be com promise, IL stands 10 reason that h Incw man in post of this kind is not of such value to a city as is an eN- pericnced incumbent, This Is no re- llection on the ability of any person in particular but is simply an opinion based on the belief that experience IS the greatest teacher and person lacking experience has not the same dollars and cents value to the city.
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 The public utilities commission se cms to be Il little bit careless what it does with public property in New Britain. Some time ago the Con .necticut company asked the common council for permission to put in a new spur track on Chestnut street. The petition did not meet with favor after all the facts in the situation had been brought out. Annoyed at such unprecedented and unconven- tional behavior on the part Of the council, the Connecticut company ap- pealed to the r. U commission and II was with surprise that New Britain officials learned this week that the commission had overridden the com mon councils verdict and had decided to allow the corporation to build the spur.
 That's what we call being real gem erous with another fellows property. The company occupies 90 44-1Oo of the street in front of its property this minute and Mayor Paonessa is deter mined that it shall not have another single grain of sand. The people are with him.
 Once. upon time, so the story | goes, there was d good little girl who wanted to go swimmn' and her kind ] mamma said she could go if she | would hang her cerise bathrobe on the bumber of millionaire's gasolene l galoper and not get her one-piece | bathing suit wet.
 So she did.
 The young millionaire proved to- have several afflictions, among them d craving for. wearing torture shell l glasses. But he also had his good | points. For example, he had no brains, a cellar that would make Mir. | Nolstead turn a double handspring | in rage and a wad that would be ample to pay off Europe's war debts |
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 So they were married
 
 She was lucky. because while they were on their honeymoon her hus- | band had to decide one day whether he wanted steak or chops for dinner and the effort was too much for him, and he died of brain flag.
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 And she lived happily ever after.
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 As the season for outdoor sports a approaches nearer and nearer, the park commissioners should give con- to laying out and develop ing an athletic field in the new south end park. Such a field had already been projected and no doubt will some day become an actuality, but we don't thrill over the thought of going there to watch our grandchildren indulg ing in sports of the day.
 New Britain athletes, those who love the feel of cinder path be- meath their feet for example, are because there is not, a athletic field. There is ex cellent material here for track teams, but there's no track. It would be a splendid thing if the park commis sion could give New Britain a field for track sports before the summer is at an end or at least make start on it so that part of it could be used.
 It is said that New Britain Hign school finds it difficult to find inter- scholastic rivals in track sports be- cause it can never offer return duel in this city. The team is forced to engage in all contests in other cities md cannot invite teams from other schools here, lacking the facilities for them