New Britain herald., 1924-03-07


 characterized the hotel as a "monu- ment to civic pride"
 MT. Black at this point presented a handsome pigskin travelling bag to MT. Loomis, mot by an organization, but on behalf of your friends" MT. Loomis appeared Nisibly effected and expressed his thanks in few words. Judge E. F. Gaffney at this point presented to Postmaster Black q beautiful set of black onyx shirt studs set in platinum, in a presentation speech that was declared afterwards to be "a masterpieces" MT. Black also was visiby effecte>l and was seen to brush tears from his eyes and he stammercG 2 few words of thanks.
 g Congressman Reed
 The auuress of the evening was made by Congressman Reed and was brimful of pep and enthusiasm for Chamber of Commerce members. He told the men present how to put the community across, by telling how games are, won. He took as his sub ject Community Teamwork" and ex- plained in a few thrilling stories. elo- quently told. how this team work and mutual cooperation works. Referring to the Chamber of Commerce leaders and the men who put the hotel pro- ject over as "a fighting team" he said. You let the people of New Britain feel that the power of the masses are behind this fighting team and you can achieve anything you wish to put over for the town"
 He scored the chronic knocker apd small fault finder as belonging to the indfgent element Mutual exchange and cooperation will get results today as it did in the days of Plato," he said.
 .All that New Britain is today be- came yours because of prudent men who saw their duty and did it. It is for this generation to keep up the work inspired by those of an earlier generation
 You cant talk about the town ip which you live" he said, scath1hsIy denouncing small town knockers. without it costing you or someone else money"
 SiNty-three and seven-tenths per cent of the people in New Britain in 1920 were native born whites accord ing to Congressman Reed. He said the population of New Britain in 1920 consisted of 35.S per cent foreign born whites and per cent negro.
 There were 54,447 persons over 10 years of age in tho city, of which 4.- 22G were illiterate, or a percentage of 9.5 ilitoracy in 1920 as compared to o ate men over 2l years of age and g. 2S7 illiteratc women over the legal voting age. Tho city at that time contained G,t09 buildings, housing l2,- 072 families.
 The total number of foreign born whites was 2l,2SO. tabulated as com ing from the following countries: Ar menia 153, Austria GS4, Belgium 1, Canada-Frenc 26Q, Canada others s60. Denmark %, England 750, Fin land II. France 7l, Germany 1l12, Greece l6i, Hungary lO9. Ireland gS6. Italy S.177. Jugo-Slavia 35, Lith- uania i,246. Netherlands G, Norway i7. Poland 7.So4, Portugal s, Ru- mania ie. Russia i,159, Scotland l4S. Spain l91, Sweden 2.lo2, Switzerland II, Syria 75. Wales II and all other countries 35S.
 In the first ward there were 945 dwellings housing f,6i9 families, or an average of eight persons to each dwelling. In the second ward there were S2t dwellings housing 1,63s families or an average of 10 persons per dwelling, in the third ward there were LIS dwellings housing l,55s families with an average of six per sons to a dwelling: in the fourth ward there were 797 dwellings, housing h. eos families with an average of 10 persons to dwelling; in the fifth ward there were f,067 dwellings, housing 2,795 families with an aver. age of i3 persons to dwelling. In the sixth ward there were 1881 dwellings with e,S53 families and 10 persons to house.
 City's Development. The industrial development Of New Britain was shown by the speaker in the following statistics: In 1909 there were III industries. with i3,5i3 wage carners. earning in the year s6,74l,- eco and producing s22,021,o00 in merchandise. In 1914 the city had 120 industries employing 14,320 peo- pie who earned s7,355,000, and pro- duced merchandise to the value of s23.227,000. In 1919 the city had lost four industries but had increased nearly three times it's total produce ton. There were in that year 17.2l2