New Britain herald., 1929-12-17
NEW BOX CULVER7 NEARLY FINISHED
Flood Relief in Eastern Section
 Due Within Fortnight
PLAN MEETING ON SEWER
HOrgstN,hc Residents to Consider
 ProjrC:--Eruno Brown ilcau- spanish War Nets-HoN Aired Be
 fore Judge-Chy League Opens.

lofc 3uugt-tItN League opens. !
 The new box culVert being con- structed by Cosmo Nacca. local con ] tractor. will be finished within the next two weeks unless bad weather forcs the employcs 10 halt opera tions, it was learned yesterday. Mir. NaCca said yesterday that the work could be finished in weeks time if the weather was suitable The huge drain is almost completed.
 When done, the culvert will aid local residents greatly as it wifi prevent .he overflow of water which has caused hundreds and hundreds of dollars of damage in years gone by. Cellars of local residents on Park and School streets and even as far west as the boulevard have been flooded consistently by the it. tie stream. Damage 10 streets and city property will also be elminat- ed
 The culvert runs diagonally across Park street and will take care Of all heavy rains. it was said The culVerL directs the overflow into the PequH- buck river and is spacious enough 10 allow the passage of flood de bris Whigh Clogsed the previous small cultcrt.
 Park street, between Tulip and Divinity. has been closed to auto- mobile traffic for q long time but [ I., | ~ 1, culvcrt is finished. Cars at present are diverted into Divinity street. sewer Committee Meeting Al q Tccting of the ForestviIlc district severe committee. appoint | cd at the last council meeting by Mayor W. Raymond Crumb and consisting Of Councilman Frank W. ! button and CounCilmch- Elect Thom- as A. Tracy and Lewis G. Parsons. il was voted to hold a mass meeting Of | the Forrstville citizens interested in ! the project at I'iremen's hall on Tuaday evening. January 14, at S o'clock. No definite plans will be adopted, it was explained. until aft CT the Forestville meeting.
 It was said that many plans were under consideration and if approv- ed st the meeting would be put to a votc of the citizens of Forestville iN the near future One plan con- sidrcd was one to install q pumping system whereby sewage would be pumped into the Bristol beds anG another considers the establishment , of trunk line into Plainville across the boundary of Bristol. It is stated that the project. if carried out. vii necessitate the eXpendins of abou SlJU.U0U.
 T0rcstNiIlc in First?
 X suggestion W&s made to the ef. fret that I'orcstvilc should be made q part of the first taxing district. Il Wa thought that such a move, il mace, would be advantageous ir many ways.
 Just how much opposition to tn, plans under consideration there i: is not known. but it is thought tha considerable will develop before tn, , J'orCstrillc meeting in January. Tn, plan, it is bolicvd. will be il great favor with large number 0 the residents however. Anyway. th, , project is gaining in interest ever! day and q crowd is expected to at tend the meeting.
 Veterans Elect Officers
 At q meeting Of the Spanish Wa , Veterans held last night. the follow ing officers were elected for the en . suing year; Commander. Brun = Brown: senior vice commander John ]. 1.averty; junior vice com , mander. Dana F. Lawrence; office of the day, Charles H. Galpin: off
 cer of the guard. Charles J. Hut man; trustee for three years. Stephe : A. Teller; trustee for two year: i. George II. Loomis: adiutant. Leo 8 E. Loomis; quartermaStor. Julia d w. Clark; chaplain. George |
 Thomas; historian, Alex J. Moquin
 post instructor, Timothy Daly; SCI
 geant major, George H. Loomis v quartcrmaster sergeant Joseph
 Strupp; senior color sergeant. Isra,
 Peleticr; junior color sergeant, Vic
 tor Lubclyak; and surgeon, Dr. BcI
 iamin E. Robbins.
 The auxiliary of the order elcctc
 the following officers for the cnsl
 ing year: President, Margaret Qur
 Ian; senior vice president, E,ll
 Thomas; junior vice president, Bet
 Huffman; guard, Alma pellcticr; q! F. sistant guard, Helen Daly; coudu,
 tor, Mary Daily; chaplain, Ali,
 Cormicr; post instructor, Rose l.;
 mothc: historian, Elizabeth Hcl
 nin%Cr: secretary. Rose PCllCtiC
 and treasurer. Esther Teller.
 Taxi Fare Case NoIlCd Solomon Peterson of this city Wi