New Britain herald., 1927-04-23
THE OBSER YER. Makes Random Observations
 On the City and Its People

course and shall stop to take or passengers when green lights flash
 A wrecked motorist shall continue
 10 play as & pedestrian.
 Scoring shall be as follows: for each green light passed without be-
 ing forced to wait, T. point: for each red light passed without being caught, o points; for each pedestrian struck or frightened to death, points; for each car defeated in jockeying for position, 1 point: for officer passed without your number being caught, points: for failing in the last requirement.. 125l points and election from the game. The first person to reach his des- tina tion shall be declared the winner and shall be arrested for speeding
 With the warm weather comes the urge of the automobile owner tO wear down the cords on his new tires in an endeavor to commune with nature while trying to pass out five ton truck on a crowded high way.
 We thought we'd be different l from the regular automobilist who picks the main highways and sel- dom gets out of second gear because of the crowd, so we blithely turned down an entrancing little side road which promised us adventure and scenery galore.
 The entrancing little highway !, 1.I y,,fn n filtered farm yard, through large red barn and into a marshy mea- dow. We backed and turned under a steady gaze of farmer, farmers wife and eight small farmer chill dren 4 dog helped matters i'm mensely by straining anxiously at the end of fraycd cord and We had visions of forty pounds of canine making the jump of the side of our low snappy roadster. (You know snaps the back of your head off on every bump.)
 We were back on the highway ! and turned left at the next road which led off from the macadam, although 1t didn't look as inviting as the last false alarm. After a quar- ter of a mile of the worst road bed ] since the war, we found ourselves doubling back on our trail and aided ! by a strong wind from the south west, the road succeeded in bringing us back to the highway some fifty wards distant from the starting place. Turning into the main artery ! we lost fender and found out that women drivers can swear on occa- sion.
 We tried another and ran Into q mud hole a trifle deeper than Hug gins Gorge. Aid was summoned from , surrounding farm houses and the l neighborly residents of that section combined their efforts towards get 1 ting us out, only charging us $2.5o i for the use of horse and tow rope, ] I,a;er we discovered that the mud hole was an annual affair with the | residents of that road, the hazard 1 being a steady source of pin money for the horse and rope salesmen of l that locality.
 On the fourth attempt to view the pristine beauty of Connecticuts woodlands, we had a flat tire In front of farm house containing ap- proXimately fifteen curious children. ! When we finally got away we felt | like the United States Bureau oi 1 statistics and Information. Also the 1 inevitable dog had given us some l. oh h- fleciively on our right ankle.
 It was a great day. The low and | snappy roadster took a terrible 1 beating until We finally decide 10 give it all up and take the rest of l the tourney with the speedometer lowering dangerously close to eight miles an hour on the main highway. Automobile owners Of New Brit | ain would like an understandable answer to their frequent query why the price of gasoline is higher in this city than elsewhere in this part of the state. There may be q req son for it: they would like to know that reason.
 The owner of a car who starts out on Sunday for q ride usually loads up his gasoline tank at a local sta tion before hitting the trail. Before he drives far he begins to notice that the price of gasoline in other cities and towns is lower than what 1 is charged in his home community. He growls, if he is human, but re ] pea.s the performance on the fol- lowing Sunday. buying his supply | before he leaves.
 ] In fairness to drivers. the oil con- panies should issue a statement glV- ing reasons for the difference in prices. It cannot be the cost Of transportation because gasoline may be bought cheaper in cities farther from the source of supply. It is generally known that the state is zoned but why the price in the New Britain zone Is higher than elsewhere has never been explain ed.
 J Announcement that the city plan commission has abandoned its pro- Iiected extension of Monroe street to HleT StTttL Nlll pC uPPoiii'i''s' s' news to citizens who were looking forward to a thoroughfare from the west end of the city to the south end which would make unnecessary a trip through the business section.
 Tho commission explains that own- CTS of property which it would be necessary to acquire to link Monroe street with Ellis street. at Glen. have made their prices prohibitive. Thus. through the cupidity of a few. an arrangement which would be bene- , fit to the community must be given up after being under advisement for two years. If the property owners referred to asked reasonable in- crease in prices there would be no objection because property values Tn Ill 1. -l A rpril rv<