New Britain herald., 1926-06-26

Lawyers and others familiar witt
 court proceedings profess to see, il
 the number of cases of marital diff
 entities coming before police cour day after day, a need for establish ing a domestic relations court, whose 1 sole function would be to act in dis
 putes and assaults arising from tht | inability of married couples to ge along without outside guidance.
 The cosmopolitan makeup of New Britain's population is frequently re. ! tlected in police court. The little imI Of dissatisfaction is no respector ot nationality or creed and he lights or
 the hearth in all classes of homes though, of course, his visits do not
 always result in calling the police By no means do all the family squabbles that occur wind up in po- lice court but so many of them cause the arraignment of husband
 and wives that the special court idea seems closer to adoption than al
 any time previously
 Such a court could have one ses-
 sion a week or more frequently If occasion demanded. All cases aris-
 ing from marital disagreemcnts,
 with the exception of serious as
 saults, could be heard in private, and the principals and their families
 (who, by the way, are the greatest sufferers from the embarrassment of hearing their parents recite their troubles in public) would be free to lay their stories before the court, safe in the assurance that a gallery full Of curious spectators would not be gaping at them, anxious to run out and spread all the details that the newspapers do not print.
 Prior to the establishment of the juvenile court by the late Judge George W. Klett, youthful offenders were arraigned beside hardened criminals and the effect was found 10 be far from wholesome. Now, the judge. every Saturday morning, lis tens to the complaints Of the police and the probation officers, and hears the stories of the youngsters who, in many cases, are guilty of little more than mischief, and the neighbor- hoods in which they live must de- pend on something other than news paper accounts of the judges rcpri- mand for their evening morsel of gossip.
 Many cases Of alleged non support come before open court and result in the barring of details that are Of very private nature, likewise, minor assaults which might never be re- ported but for the temporary injury to the feelings of husband or wife, are aired in public, to no good end.
 After watching the repair work on numerous streets in several cities. we have come to the conclu- sion that this is a very tickllsh pro- cess. Upon investigation it seems 10 be done something as follows; Every spring the city officials get to- gether and pick out the street winch they use the most or which IS used most by the class of people whose votes they would like to win. Natur- ally, the thoroughfare must be one where the roadbcd is rapidly ap- preaching the profile of the ROCKY mountains. At any rate, the Work of tearing up the old road beglns' and the contractors call into play compressed- air drillers which rip up the former pavement almost as fast as the automobile traffic was doing; if is somewhat like the difference between policeman and gunInah when they shoot-one is supposed to do it and the other isn't and the one that isn't does it better.
 So the demolition process goes on' traffic is rerouted over other streets trolleys have an excuse for oelhg late, automobiles get into the torn un street where they don't belong, and there is a grand miX-up. small boys fall upon the crushed stone niles and endanger all the windows in the vicinity. The curbs are Aheu with spectators just as if parade were going by. Policemen sit com placeutly at each end of the man made ravines and acquire coats ot tan which they later swear are pro- ducts of weeks at the seashore.
 At last the workers have torn up everything possible without fractur- ing the earth's crust, and the con- struction itself begins. Great con- crete mixers which are almost hu- man and can do everything except falkland at that they make sou1ldS which their operators understand are called into play and begin lo grind and pour slimy concrete. nc small boys return again to see II the stuff is dry yet and the fact that Ii isn't is testified to by 1ootprlhlS which are only effaced when the road is ripped up again. Workmeh spray the new pavement with nose and generously include sweating Dassersby in their shower.
 The work goes on and on tpNe this article. you may say if you are sufficiently unkind) and big bankers and tiny tots alike check up on the each day. At last il IS near ing completion and motorists llck their lips expectantly as they walt for the time when they can resume their speeding.
 As We said before, traffic has been meanwhile diverted 10 other streets and now the main avenue is rapidly carried to completion almost in time for work to begin on thea side streets, which have by now been ripped to pieces by the shifted traf- fc,