New Britain herald., 1928-12-01
Must kcet, River Clear

Mayor Crumb property owners along
tn, Pequabuck river In Forestville
will be instructed to discontinue tho
dumping Of refuse into the river and
along the river bed. The matter II
now In the hands of DIR. b. b. Rob-
bins. city healthy officer. to whom it
| was referred by the mayor.
Recently, particularly in the cen.
| ter. a large amount of refuse has
been dumped into the river and be-
cause OF low water. has remained
where it was thrown. The sight pre-
scented was SO obnoxious that sta
| ten Agent William H. Plummer OF
the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad co. called the
condition TO the mayors attention.
The alleged insanitary condition
Of the Pequabuck river. which runs
through the center of Forestviiie.
| has been bone of contention for
the past two years. Following an
investigation by DIR. Robbins. men,
bcrs of the state department OF
health and the state waterways COM
mission. the city was urged to take
prompt action toward furnishing
sewer facilities for the Forestviile
section. This resulted in an open
meeting being held fc- the residents
of that part of the city year ago
last summer at which members OF
! the state dcpartmnts explained the
necessity OF providing such improves
mcnts to eliminate the possibility OF
"a
ed over to Corporation Counsel Will
liam n. DeRosier to prepare a bill
authorizing the establishing of
81 .cial sewer district. which might
be bonded This bill was prepared
and given to Representatives Epa-
tphroditus Peck and Arthur 5.
Barnes for presentation TO the lcgis-
laturc. Before presentation, an
|amended bill was substituted and
this in turn was handed to the rep
'rcsentatives. After the legislature
had adjourned. it was found that
the original bill had been passed in
stead OF the amended one and for
that reason it was decided to defer
action until the next session. 1t is
probable that the correct bill will be
one Of the first on which Bristol's
two new representatives will request
action.
At present only sir Ill section OF
Forestville Is provided with sewerage
facilities. All sewage empties into
the Pequabuck river and unless
other arrangements are made within
the next year or, two, it is proba BILE
that the state will take action to
have the use Of such sewers discon-
'tinued. Maps Of the proposed sew
er district. which will include all OF
Forestyille and East Bristol. have
been prepared by the city engineer
and are now on file in the city
clerks office.
Funeral Of James Triexef
The funeral Of James Trigger Of
1.4 Park street. who died at the
Bristol hospital Wednesday. was
held at 3 o'clock this morning at st.
Anthony's church. Rev. l.. Beccaris
celebrated the high mass Of re-
QUEEN and burial was In the new
J st. Joseph's cemetery.
Services This Evening
} There will be services at 1880
, O'Clock this evening at st. Joseph's
church in honor of st. Anne.
, Library Board Meeting
| The December meeting Of the
, board Of library directors will DO
) held at 1880 o'clock Monday evening.
+ December 3rd. in the public library.
basketball Tonight
The New Departure basketball
+ team will play its second game Of
the season tonight at the local ar.
mory, when the fast Plainfield pro
team will furnish the opposition.
The visitors are regarded az one Of
, the strongest semi-pro teams In tho
, state, having within the past two
weeks registered victories over John.
ny Beckmans AlI-Stars OF New York
. and the Whirlwinds Of Boston. The
, main attraction will start at .
o'clock and will be preceded by =
, preliminary contest.
II Disabled Veterans Chapter
Plans for the formation Of local
chapter of the disabled veterans Of
l the World war will be discussed at
, "a meeting in the new state armory
at 8 O'Clock Monday evening. Deem
Der 10th. 1t Is the aim to enlist for
membership all disabled veterans In
Bristol, Terryville. Plainville and
surrounding towns.
John Callahan. who Is arranging
J for the meeting. has announced that
State Commander Thomas 8. NC.
: Lagan and his deputy. Raymond G..
Crowley. both of Hartford. Will be
, present and will speak. Other speak
> ers include Mayor Crumb. Ma or
t william J. Malone. DIR. Ralph A..
: Richardson and DR.. Joseph ]. VOL
1 sard.
e To Distribute Relief Asso. Fund
Members Of the now defunct New
] Departure Mutual Relief association.
l numbering 22l6. will share in tho
e distribution OF all funds now stand
;. ing to the credit Of that organization.
= according TO an announcement made
Y in the New Departure News" This
] distribution will he made within tho
2 next few days.
: Approximately $4,000 remains in
C the treasury and this will be divided
on pro-ratio basis according to
: years of membership in the orga nj
. zation. 1t is estimated that each
: member will receive about $3.50 for
: each year during which he belonged
{ to the association. which was found
p cd in 1904.
. The dissolution of the organization
0 was voted by members after the es-
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