New Britain herald., 1925-07-08

| house and lot at is4.lss Greene street,
 Alfonso Pope has sold . Luigi and Luisa Mossa a lot on Tulip street.
 Frank E. Pond has sold to Charles and Catherine Neirzek house and lot on Manross Road.
 The King Terrace Land company has sold to Alexander oniperka a house and lot on Fifth street.
 Sewer Contracts Awarded
 Contracts for tho laying of sewer mains on Rustic Terrace and Curtis street were awarded to Gabriel Cir cone of Plainville at the meeting Of the city council last evening. Mir. Circone was the lowest bidder of several who competed for the job
 The actual work will be started immediately so that it may be com pleted before cold weather sets in. MT. Circone Is taking over the busi- ness Of Antonio Dimarco, contractor Of Plainville, who Is now touring Europe.
 Peck Acting Counsel
 Judge Epaphroditus Peck has been appointed acting city corpora ton counsel during the absence of Corporation Counsel William N. De- Roster from the city. Attorney De- Roster left for Europe on Saturday and will be absent from the city for several weeks.
 Few Deaths Recorded
 There were IS deaths in this city during the month of June. according to compilation of statistics at the office of the city clerk. The num- Der was exceedingly low for .the month in spite of the fact that the month of May was a record breaker for low number of deaths.
 Hot and Then Some
 With a temperature Of 100 de- grees in the shade, this city ex- perionced one of the hottest days of the summer yesterday. Outside construction gangs were compelled to quit work and several furnace workers in the local factories also laid off.
 A severe thunder shower visited this city early In the evening which cooled the air slightly. While there was q large amount of thunder and lightning with the storm, there were no reports of places being struck. The downpour of rain flooded the streets in the low sections of the city and caused the streets to be- come running rivers. Trees were broken off In several places by the high wind. .'.'' Campaign Encouraging. Final, figures on the Community Chest campaign of 1925 give an en- couraging viewpoint and indicate that a much larger number of -peo- pie are becoming interested in the sustaining of tho five. organizations that are supported by the Commun- ity Chest-Bristol hospital, Visiting Nurse association. Bristol Chapter American Red Cross, Boys club, Bristol Boy Scouts.
 In the 1924 campaign there were 14S2 persons who were listed as con tributors. In the campaign recently completed, the 1925 effort, there were 3449 contributors. Further fig. ures indicate that in 1924 there wers S92 persons who contributed s1o oI more. This list of the larger con. tributors to the yearly fund reached total of BIS for the 1925 cam. JNainp Th 10OA ask for quota of s40,0O0, this hay. ing been an increase of s5,000 over the year previous, and made neces. sary by the increased activities prin- cipally of the hospital and Visiting / Nurse association with slight in. creases for the Boys club and Boy Scouts. That goal was met and . total of S40,1S9.55 was pledged. The campaign this year called for quots of S47,000, the increase being neces. sary by the added expenses that vii come about mainly by the opening the large new hospital building in August. This quota was met and slightly oversubscribed, the final fig ures being $47,0S5.9T.
 The officials of the Bristol Com munity Chest feel gratiffed at the response of the general public to the appeal for 1925, They have extended the thanks Of the organization 10 Campaign Director Dudley S. Ingra- ham, and his assistant, Edwin Good ridge, and wish through this article to extend to the various solicitors and those who helped to make the 1925 campaign a success, the appre- ciation for the work done.