New Britain herald., 1925-12-31

Realty Co.,, stated that it was his opinion that Bristol has the largest percentage of home owners Of any city in the state.
 Building Operations Concluded
 Major building operations that have been concluded during the year include the new St. Joseph's church. the Bristol hospital, the South Side school, the residence of Fuller Barnes and the factory addition Of the F. lngraham Co.
 Mercantile Conditions
 Business with merchants has shown satisfactory growth, the business of the Christmas season having exceeded that Of previous years by wide margin. IL is ex- pected that certain changes and im- proVemcnts in mercantile methods which are contemplated will mean Increased business for the future.
 Population Has Increased
 Figures taken from the recent school enrolment show that the population of the city has increased to over 2S,Q00.
 The Bristol and Plainyillo Electric Co., has installed large amount of new equipment 10 care for the in- creased business having acquired the brick building of the Bristol Mfg. Co. for a store house. The local branch Of the Southern New Eng land Telephone Co., shows q net in- crease of 395 telephone installations and it has been necessary 10 install new section of switchboard with 40 new lines and a further addition which will care for eco additional lines is contemplated. It ia possible that the increased business of the company may make necessary the erection Of the new building on land owned by the company at the corner of Main and School streets sooner than was expected.
 IL Is the hclief of industrial and financial leaders that Bristol will share in the continuation of good business conditions which have been forecasted for the country. A con- siderable portion of Bristol's indus trial activity is in connection with the automobile industry and the forecast for this industry is bright for 1926. It is believed that 1926 will see considerable activity in ad- ditlonal factory construction as the space created through wartime oper- alton has been used up in increased pcace-time production requirements and plans are in the works for q large addition 10 the forge plant Of the New Departure Mfg. Co. and also an addition 10 its storage build ing on Center street.
 Small Fire Damage For 1925
 Since the Bristol fire department was organized. the year 1925 was the first year in which there had been no general alarms, according 10 d report submitted to the fire commis- sioners at their regular monthly meeting last night by Fire Chief John Hayes. During the year the department was called upon to an swer l47 still alarms which resulted in property damage of only Sl2,050 and 10 contents of only $6,4S0. That the small loss incurred was due pri- marily to the efficiency of the fire department is shown by the fact that the value of the buildings in which there were fires was $490,7U0 and the value of the contents was $S0,30U,
 New Departures Share Melon
 Employes of the New Departure Mfg. Co.,, who placed a portion of their savings in the General Motors wo-for-on plan in 1920, have re- c'ived q statement from the general offices of the company in Detroit showing 10 each participant the exact amount credited to him in the savings fund for that year. These statements contain the actual that was placed in the fund by the employcs, a like amount from the investment fund together with the accrued interest for five years. The statement does not. however, what share of tho for. fciture fund each participant will re- cei,c. These returns will not be available until early in the new year, but it is expected that they will show satisfactory return on in" investment made
 Statements from the New Depor-