New Britain herald., 1925-09-26

children crossing the street may be minimized. Whether 1t Is due 10 thoughtlessness or carelcssncss, few drivers slacken speed and dash past intersections with apparent disregard for the safety of little folks on their way to school or on their way home.
 Every @week the newspapers print reports of children being run down and fatally injured by auto mobiles. In tho majority of in- stances witnesses tell the police that the child darted out from the sidewalk and into the path of the oncoming vehicle. Usually the driver Is discharged from custody and the case is closed. The driver goes home with heavy heart and in a few days is little victim is laid away in his resting place In the cemetery.
 If you talk 10 the first ten drivers you meet, nine of them will say that children are careless and do not sense the danger that turks in the streets of city. They will cite innumerable instances of narrow escapes they have hau from running down children. who ran out from the sidewalk and into their path. This is true. Chil- dren do not watch where they are going. It is almost useless to talk 10 them. They are impressed for the moment but soon forget their advice --- because they are chill dren, Knowing this situation it seems that the moral, If. not legal, responsibility rests upon the driver. Fully aware that children will not look out for themselves, 1t is their duty to look out for children. If children will not think, it Is up to the drivers to do the thinking. It will be impossible to prevent all fatal accidents but it will be pos sible to reduce the number.
 When a driver sees sign Warning. school crossing ahead" he should take heed A moment lost may mean a life saved. Tears will not bring a dead child back to life. The ounce of prevention Is necessary.
 By the way. no signs warning drivers of the proximity of the Monroe street school have been erected in that locality, Antomo- biles whiz along Arch street at a speed greater than is consistent with public safety. Perhaps 1t might have tendency to reduce speeding If School ahead" signs were posted.
 This is an age of Tong shots"
 The day is gone when a man might enter business or sporting proposition on the prorcrbial shoe string
 Witness the case Of local sport ing organization which apparently was angered at the action of a player who rejected an offer tc work a total of not more than 20
 hours for $4,500. The same player
 has since contracted for his serv-
 ices at the rate of s7,500 for 6 season of 10 games and may re, ceive $500 bonus. Two years age New Britain's sporting circles were
 agog with excitement when it wa'
 announced that former Yale stal
 had been booked to play at the
 fabulous salary of $75 a game; ant
 in the days of the old Nutmeg team
 the citys leading representative!
 on the gridiron were lucky if the!
 cleared the season with that sun to split among the entire squad.
 Then In business. Not so man!
 years ago leases on Main stree realty were considered high if thu yearly rental ran into three figure' in all but a few sections. Todd. leases are being given for nor than a score of years at a time with one lease providing for tn substitution of an entire ney building for the structure thel standing. while another called fo
 total rcmodelling of a bushes ', ( block.
 Take an instance of real estat
 prices. Only a few years ago a fra tcrnal organization purchased tract of land in the hope of som day erecting a home for its mem bers. Recently an option was take at a price that will not only pay in profit, the cost of the lot, bu
 also the cost of the building,
 City development and finance
 have also felt the trend. In tn
 first A years of bond issues Ne " Britain placed 8 total of s775,oO
 worth of its securities in the maj l. ket. This year, alone, the total Ina
 reached $S60,0O0. an amour
 greater than during nearly th u first half century of the city's bon ! history.
 u Florida land deals, unparalelle s salaries paid baseball stars, purse 2 for prizefghters unuhought of ', bygone years, automobile iuves !" ments, are but few additions evidences going to support Il 10 claims that this Is truly an age ( long shots"
 ?. Football, with It's bustlin :. pumping. banging backs, its lov ' lying linesmen. Its charging, chor i ling cheerleaders, and its rabi is raving, roaring rootcrs Is ont " more upon us, and the etern
 struggle for supremacy on profe
 sional, college, school, and saT . lots Is revived this afternoo :. Therefore. wishing 10 benefit all ,d our readers in any way possibl .d the Observer offers, for tho ,. struggling players who read o' ,- observations. our annual tri'