New Britain herald., 1922-01-06
CASRATES HERE
 NOT EXORBITANT
Chamber Of Commerce Hears
 Report Of Committee
A. H. CONDELL 7S YEARS OLD
William CafIcrty Heads Wilson Fomdat,on---iscrg Estate Hearing Postponed - ioreStNille Funeral Brief Items.

The PlsInyille Chamber Of Com
 merce held q meeting last night and ! reports from the committee lnvestisat- | ing the question of gas charges In the town were heard, After an exhaus- tive study of the subject it was dis covered that the gas rate charged here is the same as that charged in Rris- tol, At present the rate here is lS
 cents per hundred cubic feet In comparison with the surrounding | cities and towns. the rate charged here
 seems 10 he fair enough. the commit ! tee reported. In New Britain and | Meriden, the rate is iS cents while in l Southington and Plsinyille it is l5 1 cents. Judging from these itsures, the ] members present last night thought | that there was no cause for complaint
 here any more than there is in any
 Of the other towns mentioned in the | report. and it was voted to let the | matter rest for the present,
 Il A. II Condell B Years Old. II A H Condell vice president of the Il Flainule Trust Co. observed his TSrd
 birthday on January 2rd, He spent
 the day quietly at his home. When
 asked concerning the effects of his | increasing age, he remarked that the II old adage "A man is as old as he ! feels" con be applied Tn his case, He II IS in excellent health and expects to see many more birthdays at his desk | in the bank
 Heads Wilson Foundation. | William Cafferty has been appointed as the town chairman of the newly or ganizel Wilson Foundation. He has
 planned to attend the banquet of the society in Hartford this evening. The q rEani2ation has lust been started and
 no definite plans have as vet been q made as to the manner in which 1t t will be conducted There IS yet to be
 q vice chairman to be selected from 2 among the women admirers c, the 5 former president. but if is not known
 who will be selected. Mir, Catfertv ex-
 pects to have the society organized y well enough to start on January Is, # and his plans will be announced later
 k. of r. Meeting. y Pvthian lodge. Knights of Pythias. r will hold it's regular meeting tonight Il The rank of Page will be conferred
 upon large class of candidates. A ;, social time will follow the degree II work.
 report on the recent Christmas T celebration will he heard at the husi-
 ness meeting, Other matters will be : transacted
 IL Post Installation.
 It is probable that the Brock Barnes post will hold its installation ' of officers next Monday. District :, Chairman Hanrahan of rnionville will ~, undoubtedly be in charge of the work If he is unable to do so, he has the = authority to appoint an official of . some other post to substitute for him, = This will be the first meeting of the
 year. and although there has been no orders received from the state depart
 ments to proceed with the instillatlon, it is believed that the work will be 4 carried on.
 Report on Seals.
 Chairman John r. Lamb of the
 Plainrille Branch of the Red Cross is S preparing the final report of the sale
 of Christmas seals held here during
 the past holidays. II is the belief of n the chairman that the sale this sea ,e son will Outstrip all others and the
 town will go over the top as usual.
 Almost all of the money, with the eX- - ceptiou of certain percentage for the 2, state, will be used locally for tuher |: culoss work. as explained previously : This has inspired great many to buy i: the stamps in order to aid those af- i: ticted The report will be completed !; and forwarded the early part of next , week.
 Inside the Circle
 ; The first edition of the new year of : the Trumbull Electric Manufacturing companys paper has made its appear
 ance. An interesting editorial on the
 business outlook for the coming sea
 son has been submitted by Senator
 John II. Trumhul, head of the plant
 MT, Trumbull gives an account of the
 business conditions starting with the
 teverlsh expansion during the war ant
 it's sudden slump following the sign. , ing of the Armistice. The eectrica business, says Senator TrumhuU. |, still going through it's period of de & nation and reConstruCtion. He feels however, that the low point has beer SX reached and that the recovery to nor .@ nal time will be slow and gradual. H. *s looks for no rapid increase in the bus M mess on the plants seandard lines & MT. Trumhull, after a careful stud, le of the electrical business, finds tha Id the industry has been fully supplied as He forSeeS a period of keen compe Id tition and in order to hold business Il, houses and factories must reduc. ss, prices to meet this competition. " Charles A. Livingston has contrib uted to tho little edition with his col Y umn of sports relating 10 the howhn.
 of the factory league. The Herale I has been publishing the individua scores of the games every week an, \ at present the Machine Room stand \ first place with the Assembly team \ close second.
 \ The office girls have formed 8 bas | ketball team and are playing game i at the New Britain Y. w C. A. \ Friday ncvotions. N First Friday Devotions were held q ] the Church ot Our Lady ot Mercy th \ morning with mass at 53n o'clock l, and Holy Communion being adminis \ tered at o'clock Confessions war N heard yesterday afternoon and even i! ing.
 \ CtnSe of Services \ Tonight, the prayer meetings. hel, every evening this week at the NJ r \ church, will come to a close after X successful week. Rev I. c. Ward ! pastor of the Baptist church, will lea tho services Last night. Rev. liar earty was in charge
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