New Britain herald., 1927-05-14

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 sad but seemingly unavoidable bio
 to New Britain's system of propert restriction since 1t leaves tho boar
 of Adjustmsnt "high and dry" as fs
 as interpretation of the ordinance
 on special exemptions is concerned
 As matters now stand. the boar
 must proceed along whatever line 1t deems best without tho advantag
 of supreme court adjudication (
 its powers and privileges. That wa
 the objective of the appeal. Tn
 city. naturally. had no interest i
 whether or not 8 particular appli
 cant was allowed to build . certai
 type of building in . restricted dis
 trict, but 1t was very important tha
 the tribunal in . position to do g
 might lay down an approved policy
 Since its inception the board had up to the time of the Masonic Tenn
 pie dispute. considered 1t had tn
 right to pick from any zone . par ticular plot and allow the erection of non-conforming building provide. no unnecessary hardship" woult result. Judge Jennings of the su perior court made 1t clear that ns such power was vested in the board But the commissioners were not ad vised as to how far they might go A "slow and easy" policy has beer in vogue awaiting hearing befor. the supreme court at which time f was expected all moot questions would be determined.
 The decision of the Masonic or ders to build their temple elsewhere defeated the plan to go to Connecti' cuts highest court. Tho city, not being an interested party would not have much consideration from tht high court, it was made clear. Un. til an appeal is taken and carried through the courts by an original party, the board of adjustment must remain more or less lin the dark. q 1t now appears.
 You must drop in to see us one or these days. You'll find us propped up in bed between pillows and trained nurses in attendance. It wasn't pneumonia nor yet merely cholera-it was timetables.
 You see, we were endeavoring to get from Bellona Hollow to Pine Hall, Jet, the other day without the use of a bullock cart Bellona Hol- low has railroad tracks through 1t which look as though they might have been used at one time shortly before Mcclellan gave up command of the Army of the Potomac, while White Hall. Jet. was a seething me- tropolis of at least 400 souls.' The particular railroad which had chosen this district to spread its cinders over had issued timetable in 1916 and had kept silent about the whole state of affairs since then. That was before the war. remem- Der. Are you sure you can remem- Der? Don't you think you'd better jot it down?
 The index page in the front of the folder informed us in quiet digni- fled way which no one could dis trust. that Bellona Hollow train schedules could be found on Page IS. After wrestling with the three of four reams of paper that the rail- road company had squandered on every other schedule in the world but the Bellona Hollow-Pine Hall, Jet, route, we reached Page IS, tired but still game, to receive the astounding information that we should SEE SUMMIT LAKE THIS CANOEING. BATHING, AND ALL OTHER OUT DOOR SPORTS. WRITE GEN. PASS. ACT. FOR FURTHER PAR It would have been just swell if we were frantic for 8 place to spend the summer. Here was the railroad company just shift ing ones vacation cares onto its own White of them. mighty where was Bellona Hol- low? We turned the announcement around in hope that it was one of those puzzles where one finds three heads and wins a pony. No heads, no pony and no Bellona Hollow.
 Sung to the quick but still dog gedly swapping punches, we deter mined to track down that schedule if it took all summer. We found many interesting things We found that the Sunday train through East Winnup stops on signal only. We found that the gen pass agt's name was Albert T. Root. We found that by rapidly folding and unfolding the timetable we could play the first part of Sweet Alice Ben Bolt" in three parts harmony. We found that all paths eventually led to Page IS and that Summit Lake chatter.
 There was only one thing to do after the timetable had left us shaken wreck on the verge of hys- teria. That was to implant our selves on the station platform and to halt any and all trains bound in the general direction of Pine Hall Jet. A handcar went by Us about dusk but they were much too busy to heed our hail having gotten past the pumping stage and were now hanging on to keep from getting tossed off by the runaway handlebars. The way they fought that believing maddened handcar was overlapping. With . seeming ease and grace they clung to the