New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1916, Page 14

NEW RBRITAIN DAJLY HERALD. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1916. which rise to 23,000 feet. This mas- R 4 BN TGRSR, R - R Pk O R v 7 flss THE AN!}ES Iare over 15,000 feet high and some | 58 2 g j i sive barrier can be crossed in but a [ ' 4 \ B = [ few places even by men on foot, and 3 . S A z the building of the new trans-con- 4 e ! av@m :@: ‘Qfim a ln RAILRE]AH TRA!N tinental will be a notable engineering 4 feat. It is expected that by the time it has bees completed the war in Eu- | rope will have terminated and suffi- Lasoline Economy Trip Wil Be Made Possle by |z 2% "+ o e than on any other trans-continental st. line if the isthmian roads at Tehaun- | bl ! Valparaiso, Chile, Dec. 29.—The |tepec and Panama be excepted. At Department of Public Works has 0 in morning train leaves Buenos \ i AlnSSeriouslyital-en|mnder considers| = o8 Heachins Jthe bxmountainaiia = e Z | change in a narrow guage cog-wheel ation the proposition of constructing | yoad is made. When the summit is | { Frankiin s 168" milow o s deen bis 8 | the Chilean end of a new Trans-An- | gained the train is puffing 12,000 feet averaging 25.9 miles to the averaging 25.7 milea to the dine railway the Associated Press | above the level of the sea and the geallonaligasclifis} gallon of gasoline. international tunnel, nearly three o e B Jioy | miles in length, is entered. Ten min- . . s say e built at the earliest | ytes of darkness ensues and the train e momons, i e i ot e v e e v | You will find some unusual values the high plateau which is Csile. The descent is made more rapidly, still . by cogwheel road. in i | learns. The line, which official re- Argentine port of Bahia Blanea with | Lebu and will cross the Andes in the foreign regions of Lonquimay. The Argentine end of the new trans-con- tinental has been completed to with- CLUBS TAKE NOTICE. in thirty kilometers of the Chilean| It does not seem to be generally un- frontier where work was halted to | derstood that under the new revenue art C a ner arx await a like development on the west- | law, billiard tables in clubs are tax- ’ ern slope of the Andes. able at the rate of $2.50 a table, the That Chile has not as yet built her [ same as the tax paid by public bil- ® section is due to a difference of opin- | liard parlors. Tables in private to the most available route. Two | This tax is due January 1, 1917, and counter projects have been urged in | should be paid on or before that date, the Chamber of Deputies. These call s B Conerir 2 omine Zounisine of| an Event tn mseora. These clothes are worth more than . A e i | exhaustive report of Senor Domingo Men of New Britain and surround- ERE are four runs, aggregating on tires. Owners of Series 9 Franklins § i Duran, government exvert, which has ing places will surely appreciate the 6041 miles, much of the dis- areaveraging around 20 milesto thegallon | Just been submitted, seems to v special opportunity afforded by the| regu]ar prices ‘rigllt at lhis min“te. tance over the worst roads in of gasoline. Country-widerecordsover | southorn pass. The bleak nature of fevd. me thei Somi-snmont Sult and o = the Andes in the northern and cen- 2 i the country—the average speed, 25.6 a six-year period show an average, for ! B i rthern en- | Overcoat sale which begins Saturday, | B ¢ rage speed, Y £e, | tral parts, with the liability of aval-: Ducember 30th, The Splendid. mos: miles per hour; the average gasoline mile- Franklin Cars, of nearly 10,000 miles § |anches which might block the line taeemie of this cince “herme oftoend | But we wish to dispose of ~23.1 miles per gallon. to the set of tires. for months, has apparently deter- .4 (ne decided reductions offers a = mined the government to commence gtrong argument in favor of buying i : i To every motorist— Bl | work in the south where the forests g > 5 3 Gasoline ecomomy and Franklin road ry orist—to every man J§ L e i ot here, the 49Tée Suits and_Overcoats now at Hollan th em fo m ake room for ders’ whose advt. with prices appears ability are the factors proved by these and woman who is thinking about a B/ qiaing snows. desmRoesanveinicin o tests. It is in road tests like these— motor car, we say: §| At present semi-weekly trains ara A . running regularly between Buenos tests of thousands of miles by Franklin As the Franklin dealers in this com- Alres and Valparaiso over the exist- | o 8 owners all over the United States—that munity, we have something here to §/"% I e G SNAKES KILL 26,385 ’ New Sprlng Oods . & 4 7 A the great plateau through the Uspal- | the Franklin Car is demonstrating its show you that will double the pleasure [ |iata Pass, 12,000 feet above the lovel | ability to get over the ground fast and of z'our motoring and cut operating cost [ of tho sca. The twice-n-week service, : 0 B | which was maintained between th comfortably, and more economically in half, i [ Freat. war. was. discontinaen anti ¢! India Exact Toll of More Than You’“ Be Pleased than any other car known to the . | fortnight ago, when it was resumed | 28,000 in Past Year. pord' y 1d Something that can be demon- § vecouse trame across the Danama | motoring world. . | Simla, India, Dec. 29.—More than | senger service for the South Ameri- | 28,000 'people ‘were killed by snakes | ! strated in a practical way—and you Bl | Canal has created a profitable pas- The _Fmflkh‘:‘ 18 an m”"'”’_"al car— cert_amly should see it before you F | " anc continental, Many Ameri- | and wild €nimals in British Indla last = saving in gasoline consumption, easy decide on any make of car. cans are now experiencing the thrill | year is'a’stdtement made to the As- | igers and other animals have Killed | one man-eating tiger in the Almors | of crossing the highest mountain | soclated Press: The government re- |9 192 people in British India, and, of | district killed ten persons out of the | range in the world, and of socmgl ports show that 1,923 persons were | these, tigers have claimed a toll of | provincial total of twenty. Reptiles and Wild Animals in British iy | from car windows those majestic | slain by tigers and other beasts, and | 3,682. In thé same period 116,828 In order to effect the dest‘ruclion peaks, the close views of which has Ps heretofore heen reserved for exper- 26,885 perished through being bitten | persons have died as the result of | of as many wild animals and snakes by reptiles, an Increase over the pre- | snake bites. as possible the government pays ienced and adventurous mountain | vious year of 3,700 deaths met in this| Last year the highest total of deaths | bounties. The number of animals de- ! 6650 8 FORD ST HARTFORD climbers. manner. No figures are available for | due to nimals in any one province was | stroyed in 1915 was 25,086, includink Ph()[]e Cha]’ter o The boundary line between the Ar-| the native states with their popula- | in Bihar and Oriss where 684 people | 1,582 tgiers, 6,628 leopards, 2,776 gentine and Chile consists of 2,000 | tion of some 90,000,000, Jost their lives, tigers alone account- | bears and 2,191 wolves. The total miles of Andean peaks ,most of which During the past five years elephants, | ing for 376. In the United Provinces | number of snakes killed was 184,663, OIN OUR AS SAVINGS CLUB NOW CLASSES $ .50 per week for 50 weeks totals $ 25.00 plus interest 1.00 per week for 50 weeks totals 50.00 plus interest 2.00 per week for 50 weeks totals 100.00 plus interest 5.00 per week for 50 weeks totals 250.00 plus interest OURS Is the ONLY CLUB in New Britain That Pays INTEREST Assets $800,000.00 THE COMMERCIAL TRUST COMPANY 274 MAAIN STREET Open Evenings this Week From 7 to 9 P. M.