New Britain herald., 1930-04-16

where she has held a respon- sible position with the Cheney Silk Mills, Inc, since.
 Surviving arc a sister, Miss Nellie i Coughlin of Plainville; a niece, Miss Helen Coughlin of Bristol, and a nephew, Thomas +. Coughlin, also of Bristol. A brother, William J. | Coughlin of this city. died last Oc- tober while in the employ of the Bristol Tramway Co.
 | Burial. in charge of New Britain undertaken, will be in Manchester. | Will Give Address
 Professor Lewis Hoodus of the Hartford Seminary foundation will deliver an address on "China' at a church night service and meeting in the Congregational parish house on Thursday. May 1, at s D. m. Profes- sor Hoodus spent Is years as a mis- sionary at Foochow. China.
 Will Lay New Mains
 Apparently, the industrial depres- sion in Bristol will have nothing 70 do with expansion of business in the water department, as the board of water commissioners voted last night to lay approximately 1000 feet of new main extensions.
 The board, first, voted to lay about 600 feet of six-inch main on King 'street. starting from the present line and finishing at a point directly in front of the residence of August Al brccht following d hearing at which lty owners.
 It then voted to sink approximate ly 3l5 feet of main on Vincent road from Holland to Coventry road d$ soon as the necessary waiver ot hearing is obtained from the prop. erty owners Of the road affected The action was secured followin. the receipt of petition from Jo. seph T. Donovan and others.
 At recent conference the board decided to lay number of other main extensions this spring, one oi which includes the sinking of a 6, inch trunk line along the entire length of Divinity street. The de partment is completing a number O
 improvements at it's filtration plan to insure an adequate supply of purt water for the city this summer.
 Four hundred and eghty-fou thousand gallons less of water wer, consumed in Bristol during Marcf
 of this year than during the sam,
 month last year, when a total 0
 2,679,0oo gallons were used. Thi
 drop in usage, it is believed, is du,
 to the decreased consumption at th'
 manufacturing plants.
 According to reports submitted a
 the meeting, Reservoir No. l i about l-2 inches below level, whil
 level due to the recent installation !. of splashboards.
 The total amount of bills for wa : ter supplied during March was s15, l S7S.S2, which was s711.9S more thar for March of last year. Bills fo "dNVi. sIL ullpdlu Oll ApEI
 amounted to s4,3209O and invoice for work done by the departmen aggregated s65,2s4,44, the large portion of which was for street as sessments. Bills amounting 10 sl6. OSo.50 were approved and ordere paid.
 Evangelist to Speak Evangelist F. H. Storms of Ever cit, Mass, will speak to a gatherin;
 of members of the Salvation Arm
 at the army hall on School stree , tonight, when an old fashioned re , vival will be held. The public i cordially invited to attend. l Gives Service Buttons V Two local employees of the South
 crn New England Telephone e = have been presented with ser9ic , buttons in appreciation of thei , long terms of service with the con T cern. The men are Albert J. L.s Febvre, 20 year employe an c George Mcdonald, who has workc for the firm for 10 years. The presentation was made b Philip J. Ranney, manager of tn lccal unit of the service.
 Planning Carnival petition has reached City Cler N Thomas B. Steele for a permit {
 hold a carnival in this city fror
 Saturday, May to Saturday, Ma . 10. The petitioner is the West En Athletic club, which desires to rais ', funds for new club house. / Building Permits Issued :. Building permits were issued z , the office of the superintendent ( !, public works today to the follow l, ing: to George J. LaCourse of 5
 George street to re-roof a house [
 50 George street for himself at
 cost of S200; to Didier Coulter ( f Arlington street to erect an additio c to porch for Charles H. Dcnning { lS4 Concord street at a cost ( e S@o0; and 10 stephen Joseph & Jerome avenue to erect two-cd f. garage for hinfself on Jerome av, nue at cost of s40o.
 e HTdSS F 1tP
 The firemen of Welch Co. of Fo V estNille were called to kenney stre, n at l0:55 o'clock yesterday mornin c to eXtinguish q grass fire. No dan k age was reported.
 e To Be Training Base 0 Bristol has been chosen as a training base by the Manhatta IS Thcater colony, of which Walt,
 HartHie. famous stage actor, is q
 rector, for 1he ensuing sunm' f months. The troupe will leave hel n or August 2S.
 ,- The Manhattan training grou l. complimented Bristol for it's "a, r n1irable specimens of natural ar e architectural beauty"
 e It is reported that Rockwell par r, and Lake Compounce will be tn