New Britain herald., 1927-11-26
WANT PROTECTION AT REMINGTON JC,
SelTtmen to Ask Railroad for ts A Hour Service


 railroad crossing in Newington Junc-
 ton Thursday night and resulted in
 the death of three persons, First
 Selectman James c. Gilbert has an-
 nounced that he will hold a special
 meeting of the board of selectmen
 the early part of next week to dis cuss the matter of better protection at the crossing for motorists. Ac- cording to the public utilities com- mission this crossing is designated as dangerous"
 MT. Gilbert does not anticipate that the selectmen will ask the New Haven road to eliminate the grade crossing but will request that either blinkers be installed or q gateman be on duty A hours. The gateman now is on duty from a. m. to Il D. m., the accident occurring shortly after the gateman had left. Mir. Gilbert also stated that should the railroad company not respond to the request of the selectmen he would take the matter up with the public dllIlllCS loIllllliSSiOll ulItEl.
 Although this crossing is a dan gerous one, there have been few accidents there, the one Thursday night being the most serious. The crossing at Elm Hill is more dan gerous according to the number of fatal accidents which have oc- cured. Mir. Gilbert plans to have this matter brought to a head im- mediately and will use all his in- fuence to have the crossing better protected in the near future. E. Irving Rudd, chief engineer for the public utilities commission is conducting an investigation. His findings differ somewhat from the first theory, in that he declares the automobile was driven onto the tracks before the freight car had passed and was standing motionless when the passenger train bore down on it.
 Policeman David Austin of the state police barracks at Hartford Is also making an investigation.
 MT. Johnson leaves besides his wife and two daughters, Anita, nine and Lucille. seven, his parents MT. and Mrs. Ira Johnson of Middle town, a brother Frank l.. Johnson. two sisters, Mrs. Sylvester Gaffney of Cromwell and Mrs. John DiBene- detta of Springfield.
 His funeral will be held at his home on Walnut street. Maple Hill, Monday morning at 8:SO with high mass at the Church of St. John the Evangelist. Burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery.
 MT. Lockwood leaves besides his two children who are in hospitals, brother, Henry Lockwood Of Man chester, a half brother, William Hack of Easton and half sister, Mrs. Mary Slate of Manchester, Mrs. Lockwood leaves her parents MT. and Mrs. James Roberts of Man. chester, two brothers. Roy Of Man. chester and Frederick Roberts Of East Hartford.
 The bodies of Mir. and Mrs. Lock- wood will be at the funeral home or Farley and Molloy, 129 Capitol av- enue, Hartford, where they were taken after the accident, until 2:So this afternoon. The funerals will be at the Mark Holmes funeral home, North Manchester Sunday afternoon at 2:3o. There will be military funeral for Mir. Lockwood. who served overseas IS months during l the World war and was former l member of the Connecticut National Guard.
 Fire District Meets Dec.
 President R. H. Erwin of the Gen. fer Fire District announced last i; right that after a conference with F. Welles Eddy and Benjamin Ii. Goodale of the executive board or the district, it has been decided to hold a special meeting of the dis trict on Monday evening, December 5, This action is the result Of petition from the Newington volun- teer fire department made by a special committee composed Of Les lie N. Hale, Robert Bray, and Charles B. Russell.
 At this meeting the fire depart- ment will ask to have its status changed to one of the fire district. which will support the organiza- ton. It will also request the pur- chase of 1000 feet of hose. new bumper. equipment, and fire house. It is doubtful if the latter request is granted since Chairman Erwin feels that it would be taxing the residents of the district unnecessarily. It is expected that there will be a large attendance at the meeting since this matter is an important one in the town at the present time. This project has been brought about by l the refusal of the finance board to approve an appropriation of $500 for hose for the department. The latter are now appealing to the district for support.
 Newington Notes
 Miss Doris Francis, daughter of Thomas A. Francis and William Barrows, son of MT. and Mrs. c. s. Barrows, attended a ball at the Connecticut College for Women last evening as the guest of Miss Francis sister, Miss Bertha Francis, who is a student at the college. MT. and Mrs Norman P. Camp had as their guests over the holiday, Nr. and Mrs. Frank Bridewater of East Haven. Mir. and Mrs. Camps Icns. William and Truman, also of Cast Haven spent a few days here. Truman Camp is a member of the aculty of Collegiate Preparatory chool in New Haven,