New Britain herald., 1925-09-02
TWELFTH DISTRICT
 DISPUTE UP AGAIN Residents to Be Given Chance to ~ Speak to Council SCHOLL HEARING SEPT. fl
New Lighting Experiment Being Tried on Main Strcet.-Lake Com- pounce Water Safe for Dathing.- Drum Corps Meeting Plans.

pruhh Norps NcctIng Plans.
 To bring order out of chaos, the city council voted last night to call in the residents of the Twelfth School district at the next council meeting when an effort will be made to locate the boundary lines of the district The line established at Grown street to separate the Twelfth and Third districts, has been a source of contention since 1t was decreed early last spring. Several council meetings have been held to discuss 1t but no definite step has been reached.
 Since the establishment of the line at Crown street, a new complication has arisen in that the district is now without officers of any kind as the terms of the officials expired in June. No meeting was called to elect new officers, following the series of dead locked sessions when the question of building a new school or of adding 10 the present structure caused an uproar which split the district into several factions.
 The factional fights disrupted dis trict affairs in general so that every thing went to smash.
 Consequently the situation remains now as 1t was when the board of education officials informed the dist rict that the present school was not up 10 standard. After this ultimatum by the board, several meetings were held and resulting only in renewing old fights and unearthing family pealed to by district residents to as- sist in the erection of a new school but the council found that it could do nothing.
 The board of education will meet this month and 1t is a general eXpec- tation that it will take some action on the matter of appointment of district officers.
 Some district residents want con- solidation with tho Third district but this move is not considered any too seriously by the city officials, ac- cording to expressions of opinion, as they believe that the Twelfth district must take care of it's own affairs,
 The district line controversy caused the arrest of two district res- idents last spring. when the school meeting fights were on as it was alleged that they had voted illegally as they were not residents of the district
 Completing Meet Plans Plans for the big drum corps meet in this city on September 12 are be- ing completed and indicate one of the biggest events of the kind in the state in recent years. Drum corps from all over New England have been invited to take part in the con- tests, for which handsome prizes have been secured. 4 parade will be included after which the con- tests will be held at Muzzy Field. In the evening a dance will be held at Red Mems hall, which will be the headquarters for the day.
 Lake Water Safe
 That the water of Lake Con- bounce is safe for bathing is the assertion of State Chemist James Newlands in a report to Pierce X Norton, the proprietors, who sought the aid of the chemist when reports hoo rI nf hnalth meeting indicated that the lake wa ter was unsatJ for bathing. The Newlands report said that the water was in good condition and while matters could not be injured by the use of chlorine, that work would help 10 dispell any bad opinion formed by the publication of the re- port. The chlQine work was not absolutely necessary. the chemist concluded.
 When the Rockwell Park bathing lagoon was under fire. reports were introduced showing samples from the lagoon, Lake Compounce ana Malone pond. all of which tested at one-half of one per cent colon ha- cilH. which was declared as unsafe for bathing.
 The care of the lake surround ings was praised by Mir NeWlands, who said that the watershed hau few chances, if any, of contamina- ton because of the manner in which sanitary measures were han dled at the resort.
 Try Light Experiment
 Experiments are being tried by the city in regard to Main street lighting. Larger lamps are being used instead of the old arc lights and so far, the street lighting has been declared a great improvements Every other lighting post is equip- ped with the new style lamp when Ircsembled the equipment used in the