New Britain herald., 1926-06-03
QUICK TIME MADE
 FROM DENVER HERE
Letter Received by Local Woman
 40 Hours After Mailing
COMMISSION IS P0WERLESS
Town Planners Can Not Rule On Buildings Court Has Heavy Docket-Annual Drum Corps Car niyal And Field Day-Bricfs.

A letter which came from Denver
 Colo, to Plainville in approXimatell
 40 hours has been received by Mrs
 Irving T. Tyler of Park street from
 Miss Minnie E. Baker. formerly or
 this town but now of the Colorado
 city. It was carried on the first triI
 of the new contract airmail line
 The missire was mailed in Denver
 at 5:30 o'clock Monday afternoon
 was received at the New York pos
 office at S:30 o'clock Tuesday eve.
 ming. and was delivered to Mrs Ty
 Ter from the Plainville office ycstor-
 day morning. The postage was 2 cents.
 On Monday, Mrs. Tyler is inform. ed, big celebration was held ir Denver to welcome the service Heretofore mail has been sent hl
 train to Cheyenne, Wyo. where il has been picked up hy the transcon- tincntal planes operated by the gov.
 ernment. but now it will be sent di-
 rect from Denver. As part of Inc celebration q huge pageant Of prog rcss was enacted. and when tho first mail plane roared into Denver il was greeted by a convoy of cowboys and 1 plainsmen with a few Indians and be an honorary aorial escort. The mail was carried to the field in an old time stagecoaCh which once brought the mails into Denver. Four . rf. fl | in the festivities.
 A consignment of 5000 airmaiI stamps for the first fight were re- ceiyed at the post office, and stamp collectors are interested in these. First flight covers" as letters car ried oD the first trip of any airmajl service arc known are much sought after by philatelists. and Mrs. Taylor is congratulating herself upon her good fortune in securing one from this service.
 Town Planners poWcrlcss
 Considerable comment has bocn raised among the people of the town hy the steps taken by the plainyilIe Lumber X Coal Co.,. in preparation for building a new office. and several complaints have been made to the town plan commission concerning the proposed location. The sidewalk on the east side of Pierce street in front of the companys yard has been pushed outward and the build ing will come up to the walk: this will cut down the street at the turn by the town hall, and citizens are protesting that this will hamper the fire company. The apparatus is housed in the town building and the large truck, especially, needs a great deal of room in swinging out of it's quarters and into the street. It is feared by many that the narrowing Of the street here will make it dan gcrous for this maneuver and will slow up the apparatus,
 The town plan commission. the members wish the public to under stand, has no authority in such mat tcrs. The commission functions on- ly in laying out new streets and placing the building, ycranda and street lines thereon, and the only over which 1t has any jur- are public ones, It can ake no action without public hear ngs and even then property owners have the right of appeal from the oody's decisions. The commission has nothing whatsoever to do with he location of private buildings as m the present case.
 Complaints have been made con- corning several buildings erected on Pierce street of late The matter is by the fact that there Ire no street lines on the street. The proper procedure to be taken. if res dents of the street feel that build