New Britain herald., 1922-09-20

tunity to pay the costs of court to- night. The case of the George broth CTS of Worcester, arrested Saturday night for illegal transportation of liquor on the state highway, will be
 among the cases to come up tonight. Grange Members Enjoy Program. Members of Berlin Grange were treated to an excellent program last "Old Home Night" was celebrated. The old time songs were very veil received and the talks by Miss Hat tie Hollister and Rev. Samuel Fiske were interesting to the audience
 Miss Hollister gave some historical data concerning the early days of the Berlin grange. There was large audience present and an appreciative one.
 Fire Protection Agitated.
 With the laying of water mains in the three districts of the town, there has come the question of Berlin's es- tablishment of adequate nre protec- tion for the entire community The completion of the water system here will mean that the town will have numerous hydrants scattered about the town and local residents fail to see the use of the hydrants if there is no fire apparatus to use them. Thus once more the age old question of fire protection has arisen but this time 1t will apparently take a pro- gressive step since the town has taken steps to make possible the use
 t. It, Y, places as the schools, the banks, the town hall, and post office are pub lie buildings which should be pro- tected against danger from fire. Small hand extinguishers of the ancient type now do duty as guarantors against destruction from fire but, that they are inadequate to cope with any serious blaze, is self-evident. Repre- senatives of the La France company were in town this morning seeking to install several 40 gallon tanks in the town. These tanks were originally made for the government during the war and are surplus stock at present. Their price has been reduced to $20O and a number have been sold to local factories. Selectman George B. Carter will be interviewed in an effort to have the town purchase a number of tanks to protect town property. These chemical tanks are deemed necessary because of the fact that the establishment of a permanent fire de- partment in town still seems a long way off. Agitation has been started for a fire department here so as to do away with the necessity of sum moning the New Britain department whenever a fire of dangerous size threatens the town.
 School Officials Report
 The following is a portion of the annual report of Superintendent of Schools w. R. Showalter dealing with the school situation as it exists in town at the present time.
 At time when practically all of us were agreed upon an extension program which looked to the building of an addition to the Kensington school, the addition to house the junior high school a s well as all of the children who belong at the Ken sington school but are now attending other schools, two factors arose which made 1t imperative that the program be revised.
 '"rhe first was the fact that Berlin will no longer receive any state aid for the payment of high school tui tion or transportation charges. Until this year Berlin has received grant from the state of $40 on the tuition of each pupil attending a nonresident high school as well as one half of the transportation expense. The effect of this grant was to reduce the expense of tuition below that at which the town could maintain its own school. | In a word the old grant amounted to a subsidy to prevent local schools
 A second factor has also operated i Each of the neighboring cities to which Berlin children have gone to high school has raised the tuition rate. New Britain, which receives most Of our students raised its rate to s2OO per pupil, which, with the loss of the Mate grant meant an increase from s1o4, the former net cost to the town to an average of s21s.
 Entirely aside from any educational advantages to be considered, ir has