New Britain herald., 1928-03-19
.SELECTMEN NAME
 WATER COMMITTEE
Trio Appointed to Investigate
 Books Of Water Company
FIRE DESTROYS DWELLING
Three Sunday Alarms Keep Tiremen Busy-Republican Caucus Tonich, Mrs. (aNaliCri sentenced on Three Counts.

Three Counts.
 II The appointment Of Charles F.
 Sherman, Cornelius Prior and Raw
 mond Neff To serve as a committee
 of three 10 meet with representa-
 iiNos of the FlaiuNillc Water Co,
 with Vie" 10 fixing new water
 rentals was announced today h., the
 selcctmcn. The water company will
 be represented by President John B, Minor, Vice President Frank r,
 Wheeler, and Secretary Treasurer
 Joseph N. Mckcrnan. it was stated at the company's office this morn ing.
 lf vas originally intended 70 have this committee named by the voters . it fh" town meeting N hjch Euallv 1 authorized the investigation aftcr. ] having turned tho proposition down
 once. Tn" resolution, however. con l 1"rrcd the power of appointment upon tn" selection, and this body 1 has spent considerable timo finding | three mon who were not connected with the water company lv bonds Of 'ithor financial interest or frisnd- ship. The three selected moot with 1 Inc approval Of the water company
 and are believed 10 Dc entirely sat lsfactory 10 the electorate. MT. Sher. i n1an is connected with the PEinylI1a | Elec'ro-ProductS Co, MT. Prior IS an attorney and Mr. Nott an export p9okk'f DOT lS employed m Hart ford now after having l,eou employed for some time at the Standard Steel & Bearings. Inc
 Tn" three representatives Of the
 town will meet tonorrow night for orG1nl11tlon aud consideration of preliminary plans,
 Flames Destroy Dwelling two alarm fire last evening de siroy"d the house of Jan Nasaika on
 Lewis street with an cstl,nated
 damage Of s5,5oo, the flames break ing out a second time after tho fro men believed they had them mder control. The first alarm camo in about ' o'clock, and tho apparatus
 went hurrylng to the scene. wh"ro difficulties were encountered i'm . "'7'ld''lN. jlt loHSt IS ON'Sl16 ot . the district protected hv hvdrants, i and IL was necessary to carry two | lines from the outerlnost fire plug on New Britain avenue. This re- suited in the laying of fully ,no0 fcet of hose, and it was necessary 10 /. take hose from two trucks. The deep mud on Lewis street further ham DTrrI tbc tjr,1,a, ,bilo .l, ,;,,
 had gained q good hoadwav before the alarm came in and the depart ment knew from the start that it had tough fight ahead of it.
 The flames wore shooting out from the gables Of the building, but the shingles of the roof resisted gal lanfly. The interior of the house was mass of fire and it was seen that but little of it's contents could be saved. The tiremen, under Chief Edward r. Prior. attacked it with two lines of hose and drenched the whole structure with water, saving the framework of the building and preventing the blaze from spreading to the adjoining houses. Only a radio, a rug. and two chairs were carried out of the house, the rest of the contents being destroyed
 Finally the flames were subducd and the fircmen returned 10 head quarters. At II o'clock another call was sent in and the bumper was sent to the house again. The roof had caught fire again but this gave the frcmcn slight trouble.
 The manner in which the fire started IS not known. All members of the family were away, having left |, to attend theatcrs about an hour be- fore the blaze was discovered. The flames had gained a big start before the alarm was received and several iircmen are reported to have seen the glow and started for the scene before the whistle sounded.
 As IS usual in such q case. resi- tonts of the nclghborhood today ley i; allod criticism at tho telephone com :, Hany and complained that it had aken , minutes to put the alarm trough. Miss Dyer, chief operator,