New Britain herald., 1929-07-29

member of the church for the past 40 years.
 Traffic Heavy Yesterday
 Traffic on the Berlin pike was very heavy yesterday, many people seeking to escape from the intense heat. Shore roads were crowded from early morning, and in the late afternoon the returning traffic tied up cars at the intersection of the Middletown road and the Hartford Meriden pike. State police were patrolling the highway and, oth er than the accidents in kensington. none were brought to the attention of the police.
 Important Town Meeting
 The town fire protection question will be the topic of the special town meeting to be held tomorrow night at the town hall Much attention was attracted to this important mat ter by the ringing of a false alarm last week and a meeting of the fD' ANNSA'' fire board which followed.
 The facts committee, apointed to procure data on the two means of fire protection available to this town, has completed it's investigation and is ready to report at the meeting. It has spent much time in obtainnk the information, has visited the New ington fire department, which has been recently installed, and has much information on the cost of a department in the town. It has the cost of a department of three stations, one in each of the three main districts of the town kensington, East Berlin and Berlin.
 Another matter that will come before the voters for disposal and portance is the suggestion of the chairman of the New Britain fire board that all residents of the town be authorized to call the New Britain department in case of fire. This is to the benefit of the town, due to the fact that in the past there has been much time lost before the proper officials of the town could be reached, through whom the New Britain department could be called. Another feature of the plan is that the Now Britain department might receiv call from somonc using the name of an official of the town and, in case of an accident while the truck was answering the alarm, the town of Berlin would not be forced to bay for the damages as it could claim that the New Britain depart ment was breaking the terms of the contract, thereby releasing the Ber- lin town officials from the terms. al- so.
 Chairman James J. Butler stated that, if he voters did not agree to this proposition. the New Britain department would not answer any calls to Berlin without making sure that tho officials the town had sanctioned them. This would mean that in case of fire considerable time would be lost and much dam age could be done to a structure while the department was delayed.
 If the vote at the meeting is il favor of a volunteer department the contract with New Britain will be cancelled when the department here is completed. In the interim however, the contract will be ir force.
 It will also be decided whether oi not there will be a payment made for the run 10 Berlin last week First Selectman Leon Hall stated at the meeting last week with the fire board that it was up to the Berlir fire committee 10 act on the matte. and report to him. Considerable in terest in the matter of the payment of the bill is shown by the New Britain officials, although they ad- mt that the terms of the contract plainly state that the selectmen or 6 few others who have posted the ne. cessary bond alone. are allowed tc call the department and that the de calls.
 Asked why they sent the compan; tc Berlin, the chairman stated that they thought the call was genuine and that considerable loss might oc- cur if they did not answer it al once.
 All voters of the town are asked