New Britain herald., 1926-10-21
HOWITzER WILL BE
 SET UP ON GREEN
Le6ionnaireS Called for Further
 Work on Town Lot
STORE BASEMENT AFIRE
Cigarette Butt Thought Responsible For Morning Blaze-Lindcn Street School Pupils Listen In-Baptist Church social Tomorrow Night.

The field howitzer which the To-
 cal American Legion post obtained
 last spring will be placed in the
 town lot at the corner of Maple and Whiting streets instead of in Monu-
 ment square, as was originally plan
 ned. The square has been found too
 small for the gun, while the town
 lot, now being beautifed by the
 Legion, has been discovered to be an ideal place for the howitzer. In
 the center of this lot circular
 green has been laid out, surround
 ed by path, and the artillery | piece will be placed in this location, | pointing toward the corner of Ma
 pie and Whiting streets. It will be
 presented to the town on Armistice Day.
 Another donation of s10 has been
 received to help dcfray the expenses of making this former eycsore into a spot of beauty. As the post is very anxious to have the work com
 pletcd as far as possible before Armistice Day. every member Is asked to report at the park Satur- day for work. The town ploughed ur the lot, but the Legionn2ires have done the balance of the work and have been enabled 10 accomplish the feat for about one-ha,f of what would have been the cost had the work been done by q private con- tractor.
 Paths from the three corners Of th3 lot which ahut on the street lead to the central circle. All walks in the small park will bs of gravel. A hedge will run along the streets, with groups of shrubs at the corners. H. c. Simsonsen. the landscape architect in charge, Is arranging the variety Of these shrubs SO that there will be practically no time Of the year whom some of them are not Towering. About 25 small naples and eVc~grecns will be set out to enhance the woodland atmosphere, while g. row Of poplars will be placed in r~ont of the sheds at the rear to hide them from view. Iron benches may be put in. The lot will be grasscd, and the seeding is expected to he dono by tomorrow Fire in Store Basement
 Fire did slight damage early this morning to the fruit store on West Main street conducted by Walter Marine but was confined 10 the eel lar by the work of the fire depart ment. That there was considerable smoke In the store was noticed by the Zahary family, which lives over the store, and the telephone opera tor vas notified. She In turn called MT. Marine, but he believed the smoke was only that caused by those of his customers who had been smoking last evening. This was about 5.45 o'clock, and few minutes la ter another call was sent in that smoke was growing thicker. Mir. Ma rino rushed to the store then, ar irving just after Chief Edward F. Prior and his men forced the front door.
 The store was filled with smoke, j and the fire was located in piles ot gawdust in the basement. Chomlcal | extinguishcrs were brought into play 1, and the flames were soon under con- { trol. While the fire itself did no , damage to the building or stock, the | smoke naturally caused some loss, as yet unestimated. to the candy and , fruit.
 The fire is thought 10 have been caused by cigarette butt. The saw dust which is used to cover the , floor is swept into the basement at