New Britain herald., 1929-07-20

the four districts of the city is now under way and will be completed on September l.. Under the new ar rangement the lists will be prepared alphabetically as to streets rather than by name, authority for the new lineup having been granted at the last session of the Connecticut state legislature.
 In cases where the registrars are unable to locate the names of voters | in either the city or telephone direc- toris, letters are being mailed with | the request that such information be furnished. For the convenience of the voter, stamped postcard is enclosed on which the data may be shown. Registrars have requested all voters 10 answer such communi- cations promptly and in fact all re- plies must be received not later than August 20.
 Will Assist Candidates The new arrangement of listing the voters by street and number will ! be of material assistance to candi- dates at both the primary and city | elections. Heretofore workers for the various candidates were obliged to l look up the addresses Of the various voters before arranging for trans i portation but with the new lists | available this year, all of this in- l formation is shown
 Comment on East Street 1 Following the action of the city
 council last Tuesday evening in
 awarding the contract for the con- 1 struction Of a new bridge over the Pequabuck river at East street, much comment is heard about the streets
 of the city because of what is term-
 ed "a needless expenditure and the
 creation of an additional hazard" Ii is pointed out that the new bridge will do nothing to facilitate i traffic in the vicinity of the Me- morial boulevard, as very few auto ists will have occasion to use it. and i that by the establishment of the ad- ditional intersection, traffic on the ! boulevard itself will materially in- crease. Councilman Frank H. Dut- | ton opposed the expenditure at the 1 council meeting last Tuesday, saying that he believed the money could be
 better spent by establishing a new outlet from Blakeslee street by means of a railroad underpass to
 Riverside avenue. This would take
 all travel from the hill section to l points east of the city out of the center
 Councilman Homer H. Judd also
 voiced disapproval to the project,
 arguing that where one is now being killed, two will be with the opening
 of the new bridge.
 When the question of reopening East street was first brought up about year ago, Mayor W. Ray mond Crumb pointed out that he l had been advised that the city had
 acted illegally when it closed the
 street over 20 years ago. When
 Mellen street with it's railroad under
 pass was opened. both Henry and
 East streets were closed to travel and have been since that time.
 To Search For Beetles Representatives of the United States department of agriculture will for the next three weeks make an exhaustive search throughout the
 city for the Asiatic and Japanese l beetle. insects now so prevalent in
 New Jersey and which destroys not
 only trees, but flowers, vegetables
 and fruits. Frederick B. Futile, who
 has charge of the work in Connecti-
 cut, will be assisted in the work by D. P. Mochary. foreman: and l.. H.
 Ebner, Henry Dargon and Howard ! Chanley, all agriculture depart
 ment employees It is thought that
 the beetle may be found in this city
 due 10 it's prevalence in New Jersey
 and neighboring states.
 1 City Baseball League | The West Ends will endeavor to break their losing streak tomorrow
 afternoon when they meet the New Departure outfit in City league
 baseball game at Muzzy field. Swat"
 McCabe has had his charges out
 several times during the past week
 Tn an effort to iron out the teams
 weak points, and he predicts an im- i proved showing tomorrow. The
 game is scheduled to start prompt
 ly at , o'clock with Clyde Waters
 and Bob Coughlin officiating.
 Funeral of Charles Kimberly The funeral of Charles H. Kim
 berly Of 54 Sigourney street was
 held at his late home at ? o'clock
 this afternoon. Rev Hubert D.
 Jones, pastor of the Prospect Meth-
 odist church, conducted the services
 and burial was in West cemetery. Funeral of Walter Norton Funeral services for Walter NJ. Norton will be held at 2:30 o'clock 1 tomorrow afternoon at the home of ! his son, Edgar Norton. 4 Burling- 1 ton avenue. Rev. Hubert D. Jones will officiate and burial wll be in i West cemetery.
 Repairing Surface Sewer 1 Employees of the state highway ! department under the supervision of | Foreman Patrick J. Collins are now
 engaged in enlarging and repairing
 the surface water sewer and catch | basin on Riverside avenue near the corner of Mellen street.
 | For the past few years a large
 amount of trouble has been ex- | perienced at this point following
 each heavy rain. The, basin would
 become clogged with dirt and refuse 1 from Mellen street and as result | the water would hack m and re main in large pool on Riverside avenue until the dirt was cleased aWaN. To eliminate such difficul-