New Britain herald., 1930-10-04

I
 is the unwiilingness of families whc
 live in rented flats to take up their
 abode in third floor tenements and
 the inability of the owners to re-
 ceive as much rent for second floor i flats in three-tenement houses as in | two-tenement houses. Many who | prefer the second floor tenement for
 reasons other than the lower cost of l the occupancy, are not at all averse
 to climbing the attic stairs, but a | second flight is something else again
 and they would rather pay a little
 more for the convenience represent ed by the saving of a few steps. The fact that third floor flats are less | difficult to keep warm, due to the benefit of the heat from the first and second tenement furnaces. seems to
 be an inducement only in certain instances.
 Families in which are small chil- dren are especially loath to occupy third floor tenements, according to property owners conversant with the situation, for reasons which are very apparent. To them there is not only , the inconvenience of going up and down the stairs but the danger from , falling is much greater than in the lower tenements. Several years ago the building de- partment was kept busy issuing per
 mits and making inspections in the northwestern section of the city, due to the large number of three i deckers' erected there. The ten , dency in recent years, however has been towards the single family type of house but that there will be B i decided increase in the number Of two-tenement buildings when oper- /, ations are resumed with more brisk ness than has been noted of late, is generally expected. l Thirsty in Nova Scotia
 Disappointed at Beer Price
 It's funny what annoys people in some parts of the world. Read the
 following from the Halifax Evening
 Mail:
 "On the 18th day of this month,
 the change in the Nova Scotia liquor laws will become effective-with the repeal of the Nova Scotia Temper ance Act and the coming into force /! of the Act establishing a system of Government Control. This follow
 ing the result of the plebiscite held
 last fall and the action of the legis- | lature at the last session,
 "The Liquor Commission has pub | lished it's schedule of prices and it
 must be said at once that whatever the experience may be in the long run, there is a general feeling that i these prices, in some instances, arn ! excessive This with particular ref ercnce to the price of malt liquors
 as compared with the price of spir- its. There was an expectation, bas- 1 ed upon what the public took to be assurances from the authorities, that 1 the price of beer would be suffi- ciently low to induce greater con- sumption of that beverage and a lesser consumption of hard liquors. but with the publication of the prices there is a general feeling tha. this principle has not been adhered to.
 "The Evening Mail is not suggest ing that the price of liquors on the average should be low in order to induce a greater total consumption, but it is a reasonable suggestion, ] which is advanced from many quar- | ters, that if the consumption of beer can be promoted and the consump- l tion of hard liquors materially de-
 creased, the result would be more
 beneficial than If heavier con- sumption of spirits resulted.
 "Of course, it is perhaps too early to speculate as to what the actua:
 results will be. but it IS a fact that the price of beer as published, Is
 not as low as the public expected" Isn't that just too quaint for any
 thing?
 Now to Revive Interest
 In Annual Sport Classic
 There is great woe on Church
 street these early October after
 moons. If one were to judge from
 the remarks of the fans watching the Herald Playograph as it presents
 it's reproduction of the world series i games, the National league is not up to the standard of the American.
 In fact, sports writers about the
 country are beginning to hint at
 the same thing.
 AS things stood this noon the American league had won 14 out Of the last 5 series games played with
 it's rival. In 1927 and 1928 the | Yankees cleaned up two successive opponents without tasting the sting | of one in even one contest. Last year the Athletics trounced the
 Cubs right soundly, but the latter | team did succeed in capturing one
 decision. And now the Philadelphia nine has started with two easy vic l tories over St. Louis again this fall
 and bids fair to make another , sweep or near-sweep.
 I, If this keeps on there will be no
 sense in playing the series eacn
 year. The public will not pay to
 see sure thing confirmed and
 when the public isn't paying nobody
 is going to run off sporting event.
 Something. it would seem, will
 have to be done to succor the Ma
 tional leaguers from certain defeat
 It appears to us that there are three ways:
 The National entry might be giv-
 en a handicap of three victories to
 start with. Then if it achieved the
 unlikely feat of winning a single
 game it would automatically end
 the series, while the American
 league contestant would have to
 take it's usual four straight.
 But it appears that even this one
 victory might prove too much for l the representatives of the senior circuit, so an alternative handicap
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