New Britain herald., 1926-05-18
SPECIAL MEETING
 OF CITY COUNCIL
Hearings on Streets and Sewers
 Scheduled for Tonight
GREEN MEADOW FARM SOLD
Bremen Search In Vain For Burn- Ing Automobile - Drunken Driver May Go to Jail to Work Out Fine U. S. W. V. Delegates.

Ihere will be a special meeting |of the city council this evening at
 ';3O o'clock and a number of onen
 hearings will he held. Property owners on Curtiss street have been duly notified Of hearing on the es- tabIishment of building lines. to which there will probably be little if no opposition. The matter of street improvements on Francis Buckingham and Sigourney streets and Carleton Place will also be dis cussed with tax payers residing on those streets.
 A hearing has also been granted for tonight to residents on Porter Court relative to the laying of sewer connection.
 It is also possible that the matter .of sewer facilities for ForestytlIo will again be discussed. This is T problem which has for some time past been given serious considera- .tion by Mayor John F. Wade. Health Officer Dr. B. B. Robbins and the state board of rivers and waterways. State engineers have been out 10 look over the ground and their final report may be available for the meeting this evening. It is under stood that there is some objection to the installation of a sewer sys- tenn in the Forestville section, par ucularly by some who reside near the center of the village. This par tcular part of the town is taken care of by an old sewage system, whereby all of such refuse is car ri"d 10 the Pequabucl1 river and dis l posed of in that way. The maior- ! fly of the residents, however. are in | favor of a sewer line being laid l which will take care of all of For | estville and eliminate the present ! undesirable condition.
 Funeral of Mrs. Rose Gillette
 The funeral of Mrs. Rose Quin- 1 ion Gillette, aged 64 years. of Yales- vile, who died at Hartford hospital , Sunday morning, following a two | weeks illness, was held this after ! noon at 2:3o o'clock from the home ! of her brother. Richard N. Quinion | of 2o7 Prospect street. Interment, l in charge of Undertaken T. P. ! O'Brien, was in the family lot in West cemetery.
 Daughters Of O. [. 4. VI.
 The Daughters of o. L. A. NJ, will hold their regular meeting to- evening at S:30 o'clock in f Red Mems hall Officers will be nominated for the ensuing year and other matters of importance trans acted
 Park Commissioners Meeting
 The regular May meeting of the board of park commissioners will be held in the city hall tomorrow even ing,
 EpWOrth League Bowling
 This evening at s o'clock in the Center Recreation Alleys the local Epworth league will bowl the For estville Epworth league.
 I. O. R. VI. Meeting
 The regular meeting of Com- bounce Tribe, I. O. R. NJ. will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in their hall on Prospect street.
 Automobile Catches Fire
 A sedan, owned and driven by Mrs. F.. T. Lindsey of Manross road. caught fro last evening about 7;3o near the corner of Washington and Garden streets. Forestvile. but the blaze was eXtinguished with little damage. 4 telephone call was sent in to Welch Fire company, which in turn notified the Central fire station md Squad A also responded. The ocation mentioned in the telephone gall apparently was incorrect with he result that Welch Fire company vas delayed in reaching the scene md Squad A didn't get there at all. -on the arrival of the fire apparatus, he fire was out.
 Contract For New Road Awarded
 The contract for the construction of 2.S00 feet of highway on the addition. to be known as Vanderbilt road, has been awarded 10 John Glyun, a well known road builder. The opening of this new highway will mean a great deal 10 the residents of the north side of the ,ity. It commences at Farmington avenue and Lewis street, which is | approximately three blocks from the north end trolley terminus and eX- tends over the ridge 10 Walnut road, il which connects with Burlington avenue just north of the John Jen- nings school. All traffic coming from Forestville, Pennington, Plain vile and Unionville and going in the direction of Burlington avenue can