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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
TELEPHONE co
 BUSINESS BOOK
Third N. E. Directory With 10000 Listings Is Now
 Delivered
KNOWN AS BROWN BOOK

The Southern New England Tele- phone company completed at the end of September the delivery to close to 10000 Connecticut busi- ness houses the third edition of the New England Business Telephone Directory, otherwise known as "the Brown Book" This directory pub lished in conjunction with the New England Telephone and Telegraph company for the first time in 1929 was viewed as one of the most inn portant steps in the unification of New England business that had been taken since the formation of the New England Council.
 Since that time, that view has been justified by the wide use to which the book has been put and the publication of the geographical section directory now seems to De on a permanent basis. There gre approximately 100000 business houses in the New England terri tory, all of them brought within closer communication with each other through the medium Of the Brown Book" Furthermore. the book has proved invaluable as means of reference to business men
 
 with which to deal in other states.
 Each of the New England states has a section of its own in the new edition and each of these sections is subdivided according to business classifications. The telephone com pany gives one listing free to each of its business subscribers and pro- yides for the insertion of listings under additional classifications at a nominal charge. There are some 1000 main headings under which apepar the individual listings in al- phabetical order. The book thus becomes not only an out of the ordinary telephone directory, but furnishes manufacturers. whole salers and jobbers with marketing trade lists and furnishes retailers and purchasing agents with a com- pilation of buying sources.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
NIFTY INVITES SAW TROLLEYS
Connecticut Among the First to Inaugurate
 HOrseless Cars
FIRST LINE AT DERBY

Although the American Electric Railway association is conducting it's fiftieth annual meeting at At
 lantic City this month, veteran
 street railway men in Connecticut
 can easily argue that the word
 electric" could not have been
 part of the association's name
 when it held its first meeting at
 Boston in 1882, because the horse and not the kilowatt was the means
 of street car locomotion in those
 days. The first electric car line
 was started in Virginia six years
 after that date and Connecticut s
 first electric transportation was in
 augurated at Derby a few months
 later in the same year, 1888.
 In face, those veterans can tell
 you, 1t wasn't until the early nin- ties that electricity became a real factor in street traction and then there were only short local lines
 here and there. The birth of the
 Connecticut Company, which now furnishes street car and bus trans portation to most of the state, real ly came in 1893 when Charles F. Clark, preh.dent of the New Haven railroad, in his annual report rec
 ognized the existence of street rail-
 way competition. Two years later, the railroad had begun the com pany's organization with the pur- chase of lines in Stamford and Meriden.
 In 1902, control of the Worces- ter & Connection Eastern Railway was purchased and later renamed the Consolidated Railway with fifty
 mile of track in northeastern Con- necticut and southern Massa- chusetts. of you're not too young. you can probably remember the name consolidated" on the cars) Other local lines were gradually acquired until in 1907 the name of | the Thomaston Tramway Company owned by the railroad. was chang cd to The Connecticut Company
 and was eventually entrusted with the operation of nearly all of the
 New Haven's street railway prop critics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
SOLITARY LAMP
 | AT NEW AIRPORT
Single FlOOdlight Instead of Usual Battery for
 New Haven Field
OF DAYLIGHT INTENSITY

The speedy progress with which modern. outdoor lighting has been developed during the past few years Is reflected in the f1oodlighting sys- te min use at the recently opened New Haven Municipal Airport, Connecticut's latest contribution to aviation. Here he neld is Hum mated for landing purposes at night with a single f1oodlight in- stead of with large batteries of lights, such as are in use at most of the airports previously built.
 This one light, a carbon arc, is so powerful that it Eliminates the entire field, one of he largest in the state, to daylight intensity throughout its area. It is possible to read a newspaper by its light at the corners of the field most dis tant fro mthe flood. Is rated at four million candle power. While lighting the field with even greater efficiency than the batterysystem, 1t reduces glare to such an extent that it is unnoticeable until an in- coming plane is within forty feet of the ground and then only when the pilot looks directly into the light.
 Forty-nine amber and green lamps, the latter marking the best routes of entry. outline the boun- daries of the field, while twenty four red lights are used for ob- struction markers. At present, these are switched on by hand, but will soon be electrically connected to turn themselves on and off auto matically at sundown and sunrise. A white and green beacon light on a tower located on a nearby nill points out the new field with a continuous circular swing of beams throughout the night. It is rated a one million candlepower and with clear visibility can be seen in the air at distance of forty miles. Atop the administration building | is a flashing green sigma, light
 which continuously sends the sig
 nal IN. H." in Morse Code. The large wind tee, showing wind di-
 rection is illuminated at night by a nowerfIll neon frbe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
TREES PROTECT
 THE RESERVOIRS
Keep Summer DownpOurs From Washing Dirt Into
 Water Supply
SHIELD FOR WATERSHED

Extraordinary heavy downpours of rain, swept by high gales, sev- eral of which have hit various sec tions of Connecticut during the past summer, causing considerable amounts of damage, are among the many reasons why the water sup ply utilities plant the slopes of their watersheds as thickly as possible with pine trees and shrubs. The trees furnish excellent shedter for the watersheds and thus prevent the water in the reservoirs from becoming filled with loosened earth.
 Primarily, the trees are placed on the watersheds because, when they become of size to permit har- yesting and are sold as lumber they bring to the utilities a small return upon their investment in the watershed land, which because of sanitary reasons can be devoted to no use other than forestation The shrubs, cultivated and sold as such, also bring the companies a financial return which would be impossible otherwise. Both the trees and shrubs serve at the same time. however, as a protection o1 the probability and appearance ol the water.
 Were there no trees on the watersheds, driving rains, such as those which have prevailed thi: year, would loosen the earth on the drainage slopes. The rain water would rush down into the reser- voirs and their tributaries, earring with it the free gravel. dead leaves and the like. Teh result would be a seriously dirty supply and probably a disagreeable taste. The trees pre- vent this suppen and rapid rush of water into the supply basins. They break the fall of the rain and he,p to absorb it, so that the water is seeped into the .eservoirs by means of underground rather than sur face drainage and so that no sand or dirt accompanies 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
PIONEER LOST
 PROFIT ON. BEDS

Butte, Mont. "A Herman Graaf,
 Montana Pioneer, was paid $100
 each. for beds he made from packing boxes during the early
 days-and failed to make profit. Graaf, German emigrant boy. drifted into Helena, Mont, in 1870. i, He had learned to be a cabinet maker in Germany, and after an unsuccessful try at gold banning, decided to return to his trade. A dance hall proprietor wanted eight black walnut beds made and offered to pay Graaf $500 to build them. Graaf, accepted readily be-
 cause at that time black walnut was so plentiful il the United States it was used to crate furni- ture which was shipped Knocked down" to the west.
 Graaf set to work expecting to realize a nice profit from his ven Eture.~ He made the beds, and set them up.
 But when he attempted to de- liver them he saw his chances for a profit fade.
 Through his lack of knowledge of the English language, Graaf had misunderstood the dance hall owner and had bufN the beds for the wrong houses and found that they would not so through the ! doors of the cabins.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
Mclean Given
 Orders To Pull
 In On Expenses
Bath Tub" Burglar Scare Placed Additional Men on Duty Quarterly Changes Also Scheduled to Be come Effective Within Next Few Days

i the entire personnel of the super i numerary force.
 There are several vacancies among the regulars, but from all indications the present board of police commissioners is not going to take immediate action. Wheth- CT any attempt will be made to name a captain or to make other promotions that are possible in the police department is something that the commissioners are not in- clined to discuss.
 It is very apparent also that for the time being no action will be taken on the plan to make several |retirements. The veteran ser geants now on the sick list will be carried on at their present rate of salary until the reorganization plans are completed. Sergeant John
 F. Brickel and Sergeant Thomas Cronan are on the sick list at pres
 ent. Lieutenants Timothy Hickey
 and Chris Harmon of the detective
 bureau are also incapacitated and have been for sometime past, but no action will be taken to retire
 either. Six 1ieutenants must be re- tired or must resign before any va- cancy can be filled. The new law
 does not prevent the board from
 taking official cognizance of a va
 cancy in the ranks of the sergeants.
 but the number must not exceed IA.
 There will be undoubtedly con- siderable skirmishing during the next few days for the various per manent places for supernumerar-- ies. The fact that 15 is considered a conservative estimate of the num- Der to be removed from the pay roll Is sufficient indication of the number of appeals that will be
 made to the commissioners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
The Waterbury
 Teachers Assn
Will Be Held Wednesday Afternoon at Crosby
 High

The initial meeting of the Wa. terbury Teachers association will be held Wednesday afternoon at 4 O clock in the spacious Crosby high school auditorium. Dr Michael c Donovan, superintendent of schools will address the gathering while a business session will be conducted following the address at which time plans for National Education Week will be discussed.
 Professor Jack Crawford of Yale university will deliver the first of his widely -heralded lectures Tues. day afternoon at o'clock in room 107 Wilby high school. This time he will speak on Literature ot America" his fourth extension course under the auspices of the association. President Daisy Lord invites all to attend whether they are school faculty members or not F John G. Gilmartin, principal cf Croft grammar school, will give a free lecture under the auspices Of the Waterbury Teachers associa- ton Monday, October 19 at 4 o'clock in room 107 at Wilby. His topic will be Vocabulary Building and Practical English"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
CITY TO RETIRE 15 SUPERNUMERARIES|
BUILDINGS HERE
 IN SEPTEMBER
Report of Inspector Carlin Shows Much Activity
 the Past Month
MANY PERMITS ISSUED

Fifty-two building permits with
 estimated construction cost figured
 at $70,055 were issued from the office of Building Inspector Patrick
 J. Carlin during the month of Sep- tember according to the monthly report submitted to-day. One of
 the big figures in the report comes
 under the heading of permits issued for the construction of one-family
 houses. The report shows there
 were seven permits issued at a tota.
 estimated cost of $27,000.
 Another unusual item in the re- port is the issuance of IS permits
 for construction of garages. The total estimated cost is listed as $5,750. Two permits were issued for additions to factories at costs of $4,500. The factories which constructed small additions were the Scovill Manufacturing com
 pany and the True Sound Manufac- turing company, subsidiary of the Bristol Manufacturing company.
 There was one permit issued for
 construction of two-family houses at an estimated cost of $7.000. and 12 permits issued for additions. to dwellings at a cost of $8,150. Two permits were issued for gas sta
 tion constructions at a cost of
 $1,950, one permit for construction of a store at a cost of $150 and six
 permits for construction of sheds at a cost of $555. Two permits were issued for demolishing build ings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10

Fifteen and possibly more super numeraries now doing regular po- lice duty as street men, members of the motor patrol and on park as- signments are to be retired to the inactive list during the coming week. Their relegation to the side- lines is part of an official order for Superintendent Joseph H. Mclean to retrench and to save if practical whatever surplus funds may exist between now and the first of Jan- uary.
 Not only will the ranks of the "supers" be reduced, but the de- ferred quarterly changes among desk officers, switchboard operators and motor patrol will become ef- fective within a few days, possibly Thursday, October 18th.
 There will be no shake-up among members of the detective bureau and no radical changes are expect ed among lieutenants and sergeants now in charge of the platoons.
 Since October 1st when the an- ticipated shifts were postponed there has been considerable specu- lation among officers and men as to the meaning. It was hinted as well as rumoreu that some DIE cndnSes were contemplated, but as far as Superintendent Mclean is con- cerned there will be no shake-up. The official orders carrying out the quarterly changes and naming the supernumeraries who will carry on doing regular duty will be posted very shortly.
 Since early last August when ths "bath tub burglar" scare caused no little apprehension among resi- dents of the Columbia boulevard and the Bunker Hill section and led to additional policemen being drafted for service no less than 29 supernumeraries have been doing regular police duty. This repre- sents one of the largest assign ments of "subs" for duty the de- partment has witnessed in years. It renreaentS nearly One-ouarter or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
Local Banks To Contribute $630! 900
 To Hoouer Program
Members of Clearing House Meet and Subscribe Full Support to $500,00O,0OO Corporation Aimed to End Depression

Local national banks and trust companies, comprising the Water bury Clearing House association, will subscribe two per cent of the demand and time deposits in their institutions to the $500,000,000 cor poration proposed by President Hoover. This action was taken at a meeting of the Clearing House association yesterday, news of which was given in brief form in the last issue of the Democrat last evening.
 The clearing house members met at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon after receiving a telegram at noon from Mortimer M. Buckner, chair man of the committee organizing Hoover's National Credit corpora tion. On the basis of a per cent share of the local time and demand deposits, Waterbury baLks will contribute S630,00O to the fund.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
The Mill Plain
 Union Church
Rally Day Program To- morrow Will Open Fall
 Service

A rally day program tomorrow will open the fall schedule at the Mill Plain Union church. The Sum- day school will be opened with a special combined service in the church auditorium when the chil- dren assemble at 10 a. m. and will march in a body into the church.
 Rev Wallace T. McAfee of Man. king, China will be the speaker. MT McAfee served three years in China under the Presbyterian board as a special missionary and has returned for a years study at Yale. A quartet composed Of the Misses Jean Northrop. Ruth Gwy- linn, Olive Snow and Jean Troske will sing several selections in ad- dition to the address to be given by the speaker. The mems club has planned a supper for Wednesday evening at z D. m. with Rev Moses R. Lowell of the Second Congrega- tional church as the speaker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10

The members of the local Clearing House association are the Citizens and Manufacturers National bank. Merchants Trust company, Water bury National Bank, Waterbury Trust company and the Colonial Trust company.
 According to Lewis S. Reed of the Citizens and Manufacturers National bank, the speed with which the local banks took action shows how strongly the Waterbury houses are backing the Hoover plan. The funds subscribed by the local banks will be called for as needed, he pointed out, and will be available for regional distribution. The new corporation will make large funds available through the discounting of negotiable paper which is not acceptable for redis- count in the Federal Reserve sys- tenn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10

Santa Cruz.-(UP)-If lion Is king of the land, there is no reason why a sea lion should not be king of the sea, one of the species evi- dently decided here recently. The huge animal appropriated swim mers, float off Seabright Beach Tor a sunbath, and refused to bucge' Life guards admitted their unwiii- ingness to challenge his right.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
Mayor Hayes Sails
 On European Trip
Finance Commissioner Jackson Accompanies Chief
 Executive on Annual Sea Voyage

Mayor Frank Hayes and Finance Commioner Charles Jackson sail for Europe late today They left the city this morning for New York and tonight will be headed for England This the mayors trip abroad He will the time resting after his
 mayoralty campaign which resulted successfully He and Finance Commissioner Jackson will also discuss the financial situation of the city for the coming year.
 Mayor Hayes and Mir Jackson will get off the boat when
 reaches England Instead they will the boat It IS figured the will 9 2 days the boat selected for the trip is a fast
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
pICKLED WHALES

Londonderry Stammwltz nas a big job ahead of him. lie M nau to pickle two whales, each 70 re. ret long and weighing 22 tons. ne has just finished them for the hin' ish Museum of Natura! History; Each whale was packed with 30 tons of salt and into each were m jected 65 gallons of formaiin prs. serving fluid. They are to be kept for two years of examination and for the purpose of having a plaster cast made of one of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
SAFER THAN A SAFE

Knoxville, Tenn.-If robbers had broken into the home of Sam Letsinger and had opened one of the drawers of Mrs Lctsinger to get her money. they would have been as mortified as she was. She pulled the drawer partly open and then decided to put on her hat first before getting her pocketbook. Her husband happened to glance into the drawer and shouted. A snake was coiled around the Iock- etbook. He managed to get the reptile out of the drawer and killed it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
THE PARAMOUNT

Nomination and election of of- ficers of the Fairmount Community club will be held at the rgeular meeting to be held Monday even- ing in the club rooms of the Beardsley & Wolcott Mfg Go. A so- cial will follow the meeting during which refreshments will be served. Elmer E. Wilson, president, will preside. It is urged that all resi- dents of Fairmount, whether club members or not, be in attendance at the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
First Fall Meeting of
 Pearl Street House

A program of entertainment, consisting of band music and vo- cal selections, was enjoyed at the first fall meeting of the Pearl Street Merrymakers at the Pearl Street Neighborhood house last night. The officers elected are: President, Wallace Bush; vice. president, James Burke; secretary, Gwendolyn Costen; assistant secre- tary, Betty Jankins; historian, Plummer Alexander, and treasurer, RiN9h Garner. The program com mittee named consists of the chair man, Kenneth Gurley. Lorraine Savage and Arethea' Holmes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
RANCH TO STAGE

London.-From bawling calves and bleating sheep Jeanne de Cas- alis has fought her way to a stars role on the stage. She was brought up on ranch in Basutoland among savages, her father being a doctor there. When she was five she could speak Basuto perfectly. but no English or French. She was sent to Paris to school and found her place on the stage there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
Health Forum To
 Open In Hartford
Tuberculosis and Health Assn Announce Lecture on
 Nutrition for Tuesday, October l3

, scheduled for o'clock. Reserva-
 tions for this may be made with
 the local society. This meeting is
 open to the public. and those who
 cannot attend supper will be ad- mitted to the lecture at 6:45. l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10
Police Quiz Owner
 Of Wrecked Home
Hurley May Come Here to Probe Mysterious Mill
 Plain Blast

Lieutenant Joseph Stevens of the local detective bureau took over the police end to-day of the off,
 cial probe of the mysterious fire
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-10

As the result of the Mexican Presidential decree extending the city's boundaries, Mexico City has a population of more than 1.000,- O00
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-21
A Real Safety Example

An example in safety work that is well worth emulation
is afforded by the Union Pacific Railroad system. The
April issue Of its magazine Is devoted to that subject
from the standpoint of the men who are charged with
the c%onpanys safety activities.
A car department in its railroad shop worked 300 men
for six years and three months without an accident caus-
ing the loss Of as much as a days time-another group
of 218 men employed in q roundhouse worked 1872 con-
~secutive days without q single lost-time injury-6N men
worked two years on a $5,oooyooo depot construction prof.
ect without a single fatality-dring 1880 q total of 845
of the company's foremen completed q record Of seven
consecutive years without an accident to any Of the en-
ployes in their department-during the past 20 years
personal injuries at one Of the %conpanys locomotive
shops have been reduced from an average Of 50 to an
average of 4 per month; a reduction Of more than 20
per cent.
These are some Of the high lights Of the company's
safety record They are cited because they show. better
than any argument, what continuous, conscientious work
can do to reduce accidents in even hazardous industries.
There is no secret to safety, nor any golden road to ac-
cident preyention-it is a matter Of unremitting, intel
ligent effort, over a period of time. And the work done
paws for itself over and over again-in more contented
workers, In greater and better production, and In less
wasted time.