New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1918, Page 12

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1918 CITY BOWLING LEAGUE YOUR SEARLE-’R EOR A will U e 2 A GIFT MORE ACCEPTABLE THAN EVER SENSIBLE . L] L] Constipation is the arch-enemy of health. F w P e Conquer this enemy and you rout a whole army lne rltlng aper § Hennesses of physical foes, including indigestion, biliousness, \ e sick héfldilCht‘,’ sleeplessness and nervous dyspep- Our stock includes Cranes, Highland Linen, Fuller sia. Beecham’s Pills have been a world-favorite Ward's f ; 4 laxative for over sixty years. They go straight to ard’s fine papers and many others in a variety of ENDS HERE the cause of many ills and remove it. They act up-to-date styles, sizes and colors. 8 E;;E?-?;lzr;xifilgeasc?figyr 3“%hil;;°1¥i-mc—ct:;§{mpflg Everyone is using more paper than ever before. i strengthen the stomach, stimulate the liver 2nd Taylor - ENSIBLE - Retiove | 66 Ch ’ ADKENS Printers ar:;rgtlaltionfr: JOIN THE RED CROSS. 394 Trade Sho Livalt by [ B R o Williams Constipation Directions of Special Value to Women are with Every Box. Sold by druggists throughout the world. In boxes, 10c., 25c. UGGESTIONS That Combine Style and o - Parsell 409 415 Pocket Knives, Comfort is W. Wright ... GIVE COMFY Prior ... SP[GIAI_ SLIPPERS Guilberson | A GLANCE All that the name } B. Clark .... E S R .E d S h C s » implies. Just the Ladies’ Comfy | AGLANCE | it Bl 7l very otreet haiiroad in the Lountry Slippers in grey, PRICES WILL .00 Stevens. ... (.(,)r?;m‘\]m 108 303! e e e e T e e e black, wine and $1w e oo PROVE WE ok Bardeck DO NOT CTY ISH Wilcos ... . £6 . °. 99 fo (3 = DO HOLIDAY | __'JHOEs | 4] 1S up agalns 1 IInancia y, a PROF- GIVE 458 447 475—1380 | . ITEERING GAITERS _— Sabors. pair e et || Hindier 0@ Some are insolvent. cloths in a e Vitkin 7 Special G s | || Richards ;1'; Not a few are in hands of receivers. Ladle;lMI;:[%)R ( $ 1 33 e o All are calling for relief. JULIETS i ———— & Why this condition, so general, so unfortunate? TYLISH CITY LEAGUE. - ; : ; Black and Grey PUT US +OE3 | Arcos. Put all the contributory reasons together and you have this basic, inescapable sl 19 TO THE S A R fact: THEIR INCOMES ARE PROGRESSIVELY EXCEEDED BY THEIR EX- ? TEST | e I R PENSES: a Thp‘!,‘f}:fls{ more BRI }zlog‘e‘r'sd.ffff 5w If they are to continue to serve the public this cond®tion must be reversed. air sl bl | 153 506 The Connecticut Company is no exception. It is “UP AGAINST IT,” because, in p & pleasing gift. ; Wanderers. spite of the most careful exercise of economics, its expenses are progressively exceed- g | 31 o4 ing its income. i 5 o Returns of 388 street railways in the United States, comprising 63% of the en- We Cal'l‘y the Largest ASSOfi- | Lotgren o tire electric railway mileage of the country, for the six months ending June 30, 1918, . . P . e showed a net decrease of 82.16 per cent in their earnings as compared to the same ment Of Sllppers in the Clty | — six months in 1917. Where their net income for those six months in 1917 had been s e $15,546,397, their income for the same period this year was reduced to $2,733,000. i e aea Unprofitable lines, some of them in the neighboring state of Massachusetts, ! ODERN OOT HOP |Ryan ....... 91 385 have been abandoned, the rails torn up and the equipment sold as junk. ! E. Anderson . 129 82 t e - That may be the fate of certain lines nearer home, for no business can be o conducted at a continuous loss. 168 E .. Uolonlalssy 0| In Providence, R. 1., it now costs the public 15 cents for rides within the city 6 MAIN STR ET [tEanm alli o e ii: 298 limits, where the fare used to be five cents. The city has been re-zoned. There is a ey 95 84— 2 central two-mile zone, on which five cents is charged, an outer zone of one and three- Aficen L kel fourth miles, in which another nickel is charged, and another one of one and one- e | half miles in which five cents more is charged, and in addition to this one cent is charged for transfers. 4 V‘[ i Advertised ! J In Boston, the largest city in New England, the trolley fare—surface and elev- DRA lNG SETS Veilie MIietters ated lines—was increased to eight cents on Dec. 1, 1918. The fare had previously ! been increased to seven cents on August 1, 1918. The company is under state man- . The followi 1 a lis ers Oil and Water Color Sets Eotipe Dbl i agement. Britain, Conn., post office, Dec. 17, | The Bay State Railway System, operating in cities and towns north and south EVEREADY FLASHLIGHTS S e valie ; of Boston, is in the hands of a receiver, who has petitioned the court for per- g Ball, Hazen F. mission to abandon 280 miles of track because this trackage failed to pay its operat- All Prices Reduced ighard) ! ing expenses. The State Public Service Commission a few days ago permitted an ad- L] L The Briggs Pain | e r o | Bronwstied, A., 42 Maple. o Coots, M anley St. vance in fare to 7 cents. P., 17 Rhodes St. | : o . ~ . > s see . i I The large Public Service Company, operating in the most important cities in New Jersey, is charging a seven-cent fare with an additional charge of one cent for trans- fers, this with the approval of the Public Service Commission of New Jersey. Carlson, M Downie, 98 A l St H tf d Foster, M Harriett, 128 West y N Sy um . = - artior Main street. The Connecticut Valiey Street Railway, operating from Northampton to Greenfield, Mass., and from | Hall, T st st. Northampton to Amherst. now char 4 cents for a six-mile ride that used to cost 12 cents and in parts B John, Annie, 10 Washingion St of its line the fare is 21 cents for a five-mile ride. fare now is § cents. s have six-cent fares, and there is prospect of an increase to ling, Penn,, Johnson, Andrew, n street In I 8§ M i Anislaw In Chicago the s md clevated lir ‘“ " ]’“‘”“" 61 Main street. i seven cents on the surface lines, TR XAy | Mooshie ] ph 4 ! ‘ In Manchester, N. I, and Tacoma. Wash., (in Tacoma the municipality owns the lines), the fare is B . Martin, 46 Garden street . ' T A. H. ENOCH | - | ' | L3 e — In Montreal 10 cents is the fare at night, and 6 cents is charged during the day i In Edmonton, Alberta. where the street railway is owned by the municipality, 15 cents is the night | fare, and 6 cents the day fare Jl WELI ;R ¥ | hool children’s, kmen's and other special fares have been abolished or increased in scores of cities SAEI——— e Miss K., 90 Maple St Springfield, X a zone stem. with six-cent fares in the central zone and six cents charged for . S R mamiici Y (2) rides outside the zone, and rural lines out of Springfield are on a mileage basis Ol R S I O‘ K IS 5 Holyoke,Mags., has a central zone with an extra fare od for ridés outside the zone. . Signo Presto. ] The fares on the system of The Connecticut Company are lower than the fares on systems serving T, ; hester similar territory and The Connecticut Company’s service is superior. 3 artin, ~. ) COMPl E l E Waieon i The Connecticut Company is beset by vexatious problems surrounding the question. How can a steadily iv °. 2 mounting increase in cost of maintenance and operation be met out of income that does not increase propor- Mrs, Edward nders, Geo., Liberty St , M ieo. H., 319 Main St. tionately ? How would any good business man meet this problem, after he had made every possible effort to reduce to cut out unessentials and had put in practice every possible aconomy without lowering the stan- A full linc of up-to-date Jewelry may be had at reasonable prices. Sullivan, | h W, expenses, Twiss, Waldo. dard of his service? SPECTALS Wagner Lucy, 30 Hoyt St. CUT GLASS White, Joe, 3 Park street. THE CONNECTICUT COMPANY IVORY TOILET SETS Williams, Ellen M. 96 Pleasant St. DIAMONDS MANICURING SET Uras, Mrs., Hillcrest Ave, BRACELETS BRACELET WATCHES Ventrello, Antonio. AVALLIERES CUFF LINK Van Buren, Harold. L. CAMEO RINGS CIGARE Reg! red letters unclaimed: RUBY RINGS CIOCKS Pratt, Caloin. SCARF FIC., ETC. Percher, Albert. INS, Racher, Mrs. Sarah, L. E. WATERMAN’S Burnitske, John (2). “THE QUALITY JEWELRY STORE.” Ask fofr advertised letters and ¢ STRE OSITE COMMERCIAL § y mention date of list. 340 MAIN STREET. OPP OMMERCIAL STREET. W. F. DELANEY., l Postmaster,