New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-09-01

That great things can De aeconphshe'
land are accomplished from small De
sinninss, :.
Residents In various localities d
not appreciate the drops OF water AM
the grains OF sand as did the maj
with the magic pen. Thv only know
THAT the mounds OF sand which have
embroidered the CUTTERS In front o.
their homes. placed there by
lihoushful city government which ex'
peeted 20 oil their pathway through
life. have disappeared. and they won
der II this Is true economy.
The mounds appeared as curb stone
fringe one day when city employees
with horses and wagons and shoveis
and strange language drove through
the streets and deposited them there,
In preparation for the next step. oil
Ing the streets.
Then this happened:
! "a A man plotting watering
cart entered upon the scene. He al
rected streams OF water TO all points
of the compass. Some OF them park
ed temporarily In the mounds OF sand
and washed few millard OF the nice
little yellow grains away. The cap
tain OF the cart being In a state Of
habitual somnolency did not seem
to realize that he was undoing the
work that had been done by the other
men with their horses and wagons
and shovels and strange language.
Even II he had realized II. ne prob
ably would not have desisted because
the city paid him to sprinkle water
on the streets and he was going to
follow orders. Anyway It wasn't his
sand.
t2) All the little Willies and
Marys In the neighborhood saw what
was left OF the nice yellow sand and
sequestrated part OF II for their own
use. In transferring 1t to their re-
spective homes they left large por-
ton In the streets so that the thor
oughfares resembled caravan tracks
through the desert. You can't blame
the youngsters. The temptation was
irresistible. Anyway, didn't their
fathers pay taxes?
(3) The rain for which the agri-
culturists have been praying, descend
ed like a million of brick while the
world slumbered Tuesday night. And
the little piles of sand. obeying that
impulse and the currents of water,
gided gracefully in the direction of
and, finally into the nice little sewers,
the first step In their journey to the
sea where they will join their cousins
playing tag in the surf.
The mounds of sand which the civ
governments representatives dropped
here and there have disappeared. AS
Ethel Barrymore said: That's all
there is, there isn't any more" And
John Smith will pay the freight, as
usual.
While people viewed this weeks
showers with pleasure and welcomed
them as relief from an unusually
dry season, New. Britain after all has
never been in any danger of a water
scarcity while in sections of Pennsyl-
vania at the present time people are
actually being advised to drink emud-
dy water and are warned against
any unnecessary washing on penalty
OF being deprived of their drinking
water.
The Shuttle Meadow reservoir
which feeds water to this city, has
had an adequate supply of water all
summer. despite the lack of rainfall.
In startling contrast to this is the |!
fact that in the own of Ashland, Pa.
of approximately 5000 people, water
flows through the city mains only
two hours per day. This condition has
existed for more than two months.
Orwigsburg, town near the city
of Reading, Is totally dry and resi-
dents are compelled to haul and car
~ water from wells and springs on
the mountainsides and In the farm
ing country.
The Mount Carmel, Pa. Item"
states that If there is no relief Lee
high Valley coal companies will be
placed on water rations. In Mount
Carmel water is shut off at 3 O'Clock
In the afternoon and Is not turned
ON again until a. M. Miners and
other workmen coming home from
work, black as negroes with coal dust,
grease and oil, must wash with water
the housewives have saved for them
N wash tubs or whatever receptacles
are convenint.
In Marion Heights as well as Mount
Carmel notices are being printed
laily in the. newspapers warning the
people not to wash cars, sprinkle
gardens, wash sidewalks, scrub or In
my way needlessly use water. The
Mount Carmel Item takes the resi-
tents of the city to task for running
IF the muddy water when 1t is turned
IN in the morning, stating that in a
hort time there won't even be mud
ly water IL such RECKLESS" waste Is
lot stopped.
Several men who attended the an
lual sheep roast and outing Of the
crocodile club at Lake Compounce
his week were heard commenting on
he change in the type of Crocodiles
hat has taken place with the passing
# the years. A decade ago, the roast
oasted of attracting men of means,
usiness men and well to do farmers
Who looked forward to the event with
he same amount Of enthusiasm as
mall boy looking forward to an ap-
reaching Christmas. There were al
o Crocodiles of political prestige and
Ugh office who religiously observed
he rite of going to the shores of
each year and eating
heep and fried corn and sitting In
18th other good fellows who came
rom far off for this one day to renew