New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 29, 1922, Page 9

FORMER INDUSTRIES ON STREAMS OF OUR CITY (By James Bhepard), It has been stated that no water comes to New Britain naturally other than that which comes directly from Heaven, This statement was made to émphasize the fact that New Brit- ain has no stream of any considerable volume which arises In another town, In fact there are four principal streams flowing out from New Britain, three of which have one or more branches which arise clsewhere while the fourth arises wholly witin New Britain, both to its main and each of its tributaries. Along these four treams there are some 24 mill sites here water power was formegly am- ployed for varlous manufacturing [purposes. At six of these Sites the (Wheel was in use as late as 1869 vhen there were three wheels run- ning on Gilbert river and one wheal on each of the other three streams. Not one of these four streams now drive a water wheel, We will sepa- ately follow each stream down from he upper end and state as best we an what it has done for our fndus- ries. The Popd River. Pond river, or the upper Quinni- plac, arises in the town of Farming- on and enters New Britain near the function of the southeast corner of [Farmington with the northeast corner | From thence it passes | pt Plainville. poutherly across West Main strect pnd turns westerly through White Dak pond, town of Plainville, finally eaching the sound at New Haven. On the west side of Pond river, a ittle below where it enters New Britain, is the site of an old fulling fll. It is referred to in the Farm- ngton land records as “On the Ivy Banks east from Pinnacle mouttain,” pnd “Upon the west part of Horse lains so called." poration of the ecclesiastical society pf New Britain in 1754, is published bn pages 54 and of Andrews' His- ory of the First Church. In part, he boundary of the soclety is de- ned therein as follows: “West on the orth side of said Hart's lot to the vest end of that tier of lots, from hence to run southerly to the old ulling mill so called on Pond river,” he said act of incorporation is the rst record we have of this old mill pnd in fact is all the early history f it now known. 1 have examined fulius Gay's pamphlet on Farming- on industries and found no mention pf it. I have also examined Gay's bstract of the Farmington land rec- prds and all the references found here in to this mill are of a date pubsequent to 1754, H. Castle, who has compiled a history of Plain- Ville, informs me that he has been lnable to find any earlier record of this mill. The mill must have been ouilt in the early part of the 1S8th sentury in order to have been known | as the “old fulling mill" in 1754, [mpliedly the mill was standing at that time, but when it was built, who pwned and run it, where they lived and when its use was discontinued hre questions of long standing - that still remain unanswered. gineer Williams 1 am informed by one of his assistants, Mr. Stiles, that there is a stone monument now tanding in the midst of the ruins of he old mill and that the dilapidated jvalls of the head and tail races arc ow readily traced. There is also p drill hole in ledge )ock which may pave been drilled to mark the bohn- fary line of the town. Captain Leadwick Hotchkiss and his son, Lemuel, jointly built wnd fun a saw mill on Pond river, near he old fulling mill about 1759. It vas subsequently owned by various Cames. Lemuel Hotchkiss about 1760 erect- d a blacksmith shop near the saw mill of which he was part owner. onneztion with this shop he had liron works' in which he smelted iron ,re that he obtained from Bristol, ind made therefrom wrought nails pnd other articles of hardware. Lower down on this river, Hezekiah pndrews erected a saw mil in 1757, t stood on the north side of West fain street. Upon the death of Hezekiah Andrews in 1706, this mill roperty passed to his son, Ezkiel, nd was in use for many years the Wfter. The use of water power on fmall streams is now a thing of the bast, as is shown by the fact that lhere were formerly ten water power blants on this river above Plantsville, pach of which has been abandoned. The old shop of the Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co. at Plantsville is now the lippermost water power in use upon {his stream. The Gilbert River. | The main branch of the Gilbert ver is known as Willow Brook. Its ead originally was at Panther wamp in Southington, but the water from that swamp has been diverted from Willow brook, through a canal Into Shuttle Meadow lake. Willow brook now flows from the mountain ast of Panther swamp northerly hrough Berlin to the Lincoln street ridge, a littel north of Shuttle Mead- w avenue, where it‘ unites with a jouth bound brook, the main arm of Wwhich comes from helow the dam at khuttle Meadow lake These united treams may be called the head of the Sibert river or upper branch of the Mattebesett. It flows ecasterly from |dneoln street, turning southerly into he Mattebesett, which joins the Con- écticut river at Middletown Upon the east side of the mounains hear Panthier swamp there still re- lains in good condition the walls up- n which Kellogg Warren erected a jaw mill about 1849. This mill was in ige for only a short time Chester Hart, about 1821, had his house on the south west corner of Bhuttle Meadow avenue and Lincoln street He was a tanner and shoe- maker with his shop on Willow »rook a little west of his house. | Ozias Hart, a farmer and inventor, uilt a saw mill about 1800 below what has been known as Rhode’s ice ouse pond. I find nothing which hows how long this saw ‘mill was in hee other than the fact that said Hart jed in 1845. About 1920, Moses D. Seymour, a lothier by trade, had a cloth dressing hop by the Arch street bridge, prob- bly near Hart's saw mill. Seymour's hop may have been the one which vas standing near the bridge about The act of incor-| Through the courtesy of City En-| In| forty years ago. He vacated this shop about 1830, when Cyrus and Ira Ktan- ley occupied it for the manufacture of brass goods, About 1860 8, J. North & Co,, hard- ware manufacturers, owned and occu- pled the factory by the Arch street bridge and about 1868 it was owned by Henry North, Frederick W, Brocksleper for a time occupled this shop for the manufacture of hard- ware. A, E. Taylor made patented novelties in the same shop prior to his removal to Stanley street about 1870. Jacob Wiegand carried on the wood turning business there from 1872 to 1876, The oid shop was idle for some time after it had heen vacated by Wiegand. For a few years it was nsed as a dwelling house, About thirty years ago the P. & Corbin Co. purchased the property for use as a pumping station to sup- v the Corbin plant with water, Deacon Elijah Hart, Jr., born 1735, { was the owner of two grist mills on this stream below the Arch street bridge. Tt is stated in Andrews' his- tory that in middie life Deacon Hart bnilt a house ‘“near the mills,” but 1 find no statement as to who these mills nor when they were buflt, Deacon Hart used these milla long | prior to 1800 and they were used by Hart and his sons from about 1800 te 1820 or later, for {manufacture of cofn meal for the West India trade. Daniel Taylor came here ahout 1808 to run Deacon Hart's mill and lived on the east side of the mill pond. Cyprian Hart came here about 1823 and attended Dea- con Hart's mill. Noah Strong came here as a miller In 1528 and lived “at the lower mill of Harts.” The upper one of these mills was east of Ken- sington avenue below Rentschler street. Three sons of Deacon Hart, {Vviz: Jonathan, Ira and Norman, were clothiers by trade and carried on the cloth dressing business at the upper mill. Tra Hart died in 1828 after which the bustness was continued by Norman Hart who sold the mill to Leander Hotchkiss in September, 1850. The Hart Manufacturing Com- pany of Kensington occupied this mill in the year 1869 for grinding carpenter's squares. During an un- usual flood that year the dam was washed away, the mill carried off and the carpenters’ squares were scat- tered along down the river, Hart's lower mill was on the east side of the river at the junction of | Pond and Mill streets. It was so'l to Chauncey Burr in the latter part 1(\( 1850. Before this it had oe known for some time as Nott's i3rist Mill. In 1872 Joseph Stanies was called the proprietor of Burrs :niil and in 1873 Henry Willlams rev this mill. The Lock Shop Brook. 34 No stream from another town flows into this brook anrd yet it is one of our most important streams, hav- ing supplied a greater number of fy | torles with water power than has any other stream In this town. Its main branch arises arises above Clinton street, flowing southerly on the west of Burritt street and recelving a valuable addition of pure water from what has been called “Mount Pleas- ant Springs.” This bank after cross- ing Burritt street follows the rallway to Main street which it formerly crossed and flowed northeasterly into the town of Newington, where, in conjunction with the Bass River it forms what is called “Piper's Brook.” The Dyson Needle Company erect- ed a small shop about 1870 for the manufacture of knitting machine needles on Burritt street near Myrtle, By damming the outlet from the Mount Pleasant Springs the shop was supplied with water power. The wheel thus supplied with water was only a few rods from the springs. No stream in this town, or elsewhere, 80 far as I know, ever drove a wheel | when 8o near its source. | This was the last water power plant ever erected in this town. It was in use to a later date than that of any other plant. In fact, it was for thirty-nine years the only water power in use upon a New Britain stream. The Dygon Needle Co. con- tinued to use it until about 1890. La- ter it was used by William Roche and others for driving light machinery in connection with a brass foundry, un- til about 1915. All that now remains jof the plant is owned by the Stanley | Works. The shop was razed some years ago and more recently the dam was removed. | The water power at the Russell & rcn\»a‘ plant was established by Stan- |ley Woodruff & Co! for the manufac- ‘ture of locks, in 1833. There were |several changes in partnership and name until 1846 when it became known as Russell & Erwin. The wa- ter wheel at this«plant fell into disuse | fifty years or more ago. Jesse Hart, a son of Deacon FElijah Hart, No. 3, of grist mill fame, learn- ed the blacksmith trade at Hartland and returned to New Dritain in 1819. His house was where the main part of the City Hall now stands. At the corner of Main and West Main streets he had a blacksmith shop where he forced and finished knives and forks |and other articles of hardware. His shop was supplied with water power from the brook at the rear of his |house. Presumably he continued in business here until he died in 187 | From the east side of Main street (this brook ran southerly to near the |site of the Center church where | Thomas Lee had a shop with water | power for the manufacture of coffee I mills, snap hooks, beads, etc., about /1817 to 1830. Thomas Lee also had a tannery in the rear of his shop. Seth J. North about 1833 construct- |ed an elevated canal to take the wa- jter of the Lock Shop brook from | Main street easterly to Eim street, the. canal being widened near EIm street to provide a small reservoir. The canal extended southerly to a point above Park street and then | crossed Elm street to the shop of | North, Stanley & Co., where various articles were manufactured. The re- [turn flow from the wheel was back |again to the low land, then lying on |the west, then northerly by the side jof the canal to near where the depot now is. Then it passed under the canal northerly to its original bed. | The first manufacture of knit goods lin New Britain was commenced by | the New Britain Knitting Co. in 1547 built | the extensive NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1922. the North & Btanléey shop which wahk used until the new shop at the corner of Elm and Chestnut streéts was ready for occupancy. From about 1860 to 18656 the North & Stan- ley plant was owned and occupled by J. B. Sargent & Co. for the manufac- ture of hardware, The factory, as such, went Into disuse upon the re- moval of Bargent & Co, to New Ha- ven, Some of the machinery and the old water wheel remalned in position untll 1874, when the wheel was start- ed up again to demonstrate the value of the water power in connection with the award of damages which the city was to pay for diverting the stream into the Main street sewer. At one time this old shop was known by the name of “Sargent's Block” having been used as a tenement house, The first saw mill In New Britain was erected about 1760 by James {.1udd on this stream near the junction |of North and Stanley streets. In due time it was owned and run by two {of Judd's sons, James and Danlel, who sold it to J, Shipman & Sons. They erected a new shop near the old saw mill and continued the manufacture ot brass goods which they had then been engaged In for a few years, run- [ning their lathes at first by foot pow- |er. Some of our early manufacturers an their machinery hy dorse power, The first stcam power employed in any of our factorles was in 1832, when Frederick T. Stanley installed fnn engine in his lock shop on the east side of Malin street above the railway. Shipman & Sons flourish- ed for a time but falled during the financial crash of 1837, O. B. North | & Co. bought the Shipman plant and about 1851 erected a larger plant near the morth end of Hartford avenue. It hecame the property of J. Shepard & Co., manufacturers of umbrella and parasol stretchers. The business was continued there until 1873 when the city purchased the plant preparatory to the introduction of the sewer sys- tem, The Bass River. Two small streams arise in the northwest part of New Britain and flow easterly across Farmington ave- nue and then unite as the principal branch of Bass River. After crossing Stanley street it turns southerly and easterly into the town of Newington above Clayton. Here it forms a small loop, crosses the‘town line again into New Britain and flows southerly until it meets an east-bound branch from ftanley Quarter and then flows easterly i1to Newington again where it unites with the Lock Shop brook and forins yhat i3 called Piper's Lro “tury of the Hog River whicl: 1 1ato the Connecticut at Hartford., “ Abont 1731 Timothy tanner and sh:remaker by trede, had his tanieiy o1 Bess Rives o little east of Stanlcy ctreet and rorth of the 1 12zding to Corbin's Corner. The r furnished him wich water pow- with which Le ran, besides his tennery, & saw mill, ciler mill and distillery. Hc died in 1817 and iis son, Oijver, who was nlso tanner, succeeded his father at these mills. In August, 1831, John Stanley, a son’ of Oliver, sold his homestead on Stanley street to Henry L. Bidwell, reserving, however, ‘‘the tannery, dis- tillery and cider mill"” also ‘'the rmiil and water power.” Bidweall bt a patent for an improvemer' cooking stoves in 1833 Stan'ley, a which stov he manufactured at Stanley Quarter, probably at the Stanley mills: In the year 1916, the sieleton of Luther's mill was standing near the loop of the river in tie town of New- ington. This mill has the carllest record of any water power plant in |‘or near New Britain. Although it is within the bLorder of another town it was a New Britaln mill, built on a New Britain stream and was first built and run by New Britain men. It was erected about 1725 by Wil- liam and Ebenezer Smith of Stanley Quarter. At a later date it was owned and run by Ebenezer Smith, Jr, who died in 1767, giving the mill by his will to his sons, Elisha and Lemuel. Benjamin Adkins owned the mill in 1777 when Sarah, the wife of Stephen Hollister, was bap- tized in Adkins’ “mill pond.” It is stated in Stiles' history of Wethers- field that this site was “‘occupled by a grist mill built by Benjamin Adkins. This was followed by another built by«Joseph and James Churchill.” Joseph Churchill died in 1812, but the mill was known as "Churchill's mill” as late as 1862. The last person to own and run the old mill was Martin Luther. He occupied the place for many years but the old mill and all of its millers have now pussed away. Water motors of various kinds con- nected with the city water works were formerly used quite extensively for driving machinery in small shops, for blowing church organs and other purposes, but they have been mainly supplanted by electric moters. There are a few water motogs still in use for domestic and dther purposes but no ene at present pays large water rents by reason of such use, With the exception of these few wmotors, all the water wheels which now furnish power for the people of New Britain are located in other towns where the power is converted into electricity before it comes to us. The water power plant on the Farmington River at Rainbow new daily supplies the Stanley Works with a large amount of electricity for power purposes. IN JUVENILE COURT Girl Held for Perjury—15-Year-Old Married Man Is Lectured—Youths Say Davenport A.wmlged Them. In juvenile court this morning the case of a 15-year-old girl who |is charged with perjury in swearing falsely to her age so that she might obtain a motor vehicle operator's license, was, continued to next Sat- urday. The girl is 15 years of age while the law under which she re- celved her license requires that driv- ers be at least 18 years old. A 15-year-old boy, married, was lectured for assaulting his brother- | In-law. The two boys engaged in a first fight in Walnut Hill park Wednesday night. Several small boys were arraigned on complaint of Cliften E. Davenport, caretaker of the Connecticut Quarries property on Stanley street, were freed with a suspended judgment. The boys displayed marks to the court that they said were inflicted by Davenport before he caused their arrest. THO PLATOON PLAN COMMITTEE NEETS Change Would Increase Effciency of tire fighters, Is Claim If the two-platoon system, as sug- gested by the hoard of fire commis- sioners, is adopted by the common there will be one chief and uty chiefs, one chief engineer, one assistant chief engineer, one sec- ond assistant chief engineer with du- ties of drill master, one master me- chanic and two chief's drivers, According to the plan discussed at a meeting of ‘the special committee last evening, there will bhe a total of 78 men in the department, with a substitute force of 40 instead of the present force of call men. Eliminates Callmen Call men, under the propesed new plan, will be eliminated, but those cligible will be appointed to the de- partment. The plan also calls for two captains instead of one captain and one lieutenant. Former Fire Commissioners E. G. Hjerpe and W, C. Kranowitz were present and explained the result of their investigations. Mr. Hjerpe stat- ed that he knew of no set of men who were required to put in as long hours as the local firemen. Mr, Kranowitz pointed out during the meeting that, while the cost of main- talnance would be increased from $112,000 to $142,000, the man power would be fincreased from 52 to 78, while the efficlency would be raised because the men would be on duty only 12 hours instead of 21. Firemen Want It Ninety per.cent of the firemen are in faver of the two-platoon System now and it is only a matter of time when the city will have to adopt it anyhow, according to Mr. Hjerpe. He and Alderman Gill both «aid there seemed to be an apt of injustice in the city spending the money appro- priated for the two-platoon system for other purposes. Decrease of 50 Cents Per Day The proposed new plan provides for a cut of 50 cents per day for each man. Pensions to all who have been in the city service a sufficient length ot time and are beyond the age limit, are provided in the plan. Captains Have Plan A plan adopted by the captains of the department was submitted by Chief Noble, at the request of the captains.. He explained that he did 1ot approve of the plan. The cost of labor for the commis- sioner's plan wduld be as follows: Figuring on six months from Octo- ber 1, 1922 to April 1, 1923, would be ##%,003. The chief's salary would be ircreased from $2,765 to § year, The firsl assistant ary would reraain at $2,500 and the position of econd nssistant chisf would pay $2,250 por year. The mas- (er mechanic's salary would remain at $2,260. The captain's woul he cut $42 to §10 per week; the lieu- om §40.25 to $38.50 p “ek; Urst grade fireman from $38.5¢ 337 por wee second grade fire- nen from $36.75 to $35.50; third srade firemen from $35 to $34 per wealy ‘I'he committee will meet Thursday «vzning at § o'cinek. The assigrnment of men under the proposed new system would be as follows, anccording to the recom- mendation of the committee: Headquarters (‘ompqu. Headqua:ters Company 1, ten men; one captain, one lieutenant and eight regular firemen, these to be divided into two platoons, which would mean that the company would have on duty ready to respond to a first alarm one officer and four men. Company num- ber 1 is a combination chemical and pumper which needs one officer in command ,one man on chemical line backed up by two men on water lifie and one man to operate pump. Acrial Ladder No. 1 This company would consist of 12 men divided into two platoons, six men to a platoon, one officer, one driver, one tillerman and three lader- men. Company No. 2 (Combination) Company No. 2 weuld consist of eight men divided into two platoons as follows: One officer and three men to a platoon. This would al- low one man on chemical line, two men on water-line and one man on pump or hydrant. H. & L. Co. No. 2. This company would consist of net less than 10 men, to be divided into two platoons, five men to a platoon, which will allow one officer, one driver, three laddermen . °No. 8 (Pump & Chemical Truck)4 Company number three would con- sist of eight men, divided into two |platoons of four men each, one offi- cer and three men to a glatooN This is a pumper company with a pumping capacity of 750 gallons of water a minute. 1t is also equipped with a chemical tank. This company should have one man on chemical line, two meén on water-line, one man to oper- ate pump. ‘ompany No. 4 (Combination) This company should consist also of eight men, divided into two pla- toons, as follows: One officer and three men for the same reasons as Company No. 3. Co. No. 5 (Chemical and Hose Wagon) This company would also consist of eight men divided into two platoons as follows. One officer and three meh, one man on chemical line, two men on water-line and one man on hydrant Co. No. 8 (Chemical and Hose Wagon) This company would consist of eight men, same as No. 5 for same reasons. The committee adds that the report has been pared deown to the bome in all cases, using in each company less men than either Hartford or Water- bury. mat's to again Washington, July 29.—There are| 113 newspapers and 14 magazines in | the United States owned and direct- ed by negroes the department of lnhnr‘ announced today gs the result of a recent inquiry. The local busin directly at Herald Cla indicator points ified Ads. Businegs success has for a co-part- nér “Herald Classified Ads." For the long-distance tourist who enjoys camping along the way here is & traller de luxe, It was planned and built by Dr, Carroll Behymer of Cincinnati, O, a physiclan who enjoys aute touring, camping and fishing, yet wamts some comforts of home on the trip. It took Dr, Behymer all spring to bufld this traller Now he is on a long motor trip with his altc camp tralling on behind. The trailer welghs 600 pounds and, Dr. Behymer says , can be pulled easily by the lightest motor car. When it is opened up a tent, which it car- ries, is erected over it. A fireless cooker {s built into the front. The tent when not in use folds in even with the top of the cooker, In the trailer also are four single springs which can be stretched along- side the trailer and l:eld up by {ron stanchions. When the heds are out a table can be formed of hoards hinged | to the rear. Camyp stools, teols and cooking utensils fili in the rest of the! space, { The top of the trailer {s in the form of a “John boat" and measures a little over eight feet {n longth when | the two removable ends, ‘orming lug- | gage boxes, are holted 11.to place, Even an fce box s provided. This! is in the rear of the trailer under| the bed. Dr. Behymer says this as- bestos-lined box wiil keep ice for al week. | Dr. Behymer is shown standing | alongside his trailer. He says he can set it up and assemble it in 15 min-| utes, Handy Control Switch | Horn button and light ewitches are placed together on a control device which can be at- tached to the right side of the steering wheel. This elim- fnates the necessity of reaching to the dash to dim tae lights and makes op- eratlon of these parts much easier, All the driver has to do is press the button with his thumb without mov- ing his hand from the wheel. LOCALS EVEN UP WITH BRIDGEPORT Take Second Game of Series by " Score of 8 to 1 —_— The New Britain State Trade school baseball team evened matters up by defeating Bridgeport Trade School 3 to 1 yesterday afternoon at Walnut Hill park. The game is the second in the series for the state title, the first game going to Bridgeport with a acore of 6 to 2. The game was fast throughout with both pitchers working well New Brit- 4in's runs were all scored in the first inning when Eric Anderson and H. Anderson got singles. Kulikowgkl knocked the Anderson brothers in with a two bagger, while Seaberg fol- lowed with another two bagger let- ting Kulikowski score. Bridgeport's ouly tally came in the 9th on an er- ror. With two out and a man on sec- ond Betreno drove a ball along third base line which was gathered in by Kulikowski. A wild throw to first allowed Bandy to tally. The next man up was out on a fly to centerfield. In the eighth inning the local traders staged a pretty play. Merritt up at the bat for Bridgeport, drove a hot one out into left field which he at- tempted to stretch into a two bagger. | Seaberg gathered the ball in and | made a pretty throw straight for the second sack catching Merritt as he came in. The game makes the two teams tied for the state champlonship. A third| game will be played in Meriden on Tuesday afternoon. A large number of followers from both schools will be on hand, while Meriden has promised a crowd of rooters also. The summaries: NEW BRITAIN STATE TRADE SCHOOL. ab. h. po. a. O. Anderson, 2 Eric Anderson, H. Anderson, 1b. Kullkowski, 3b. Seaberg, If. Miller, Heral Graesser, Waskitz, of. rt I looooommman lwoowmmmuwm wlomsoonosos 38 3 1 BRIDGEPORT TRADE SCHOOL ab. T, 238l o wasumoe T 0] 0. Fraueh, 3b, Whalen, 2b. .. MacQuillan, 1f. Betrane, If. Corano, p. . Glynn, cf. Merritt, cf. Holmgren, 1b. . luvvasvwenas | PP R P T ~ls00000000-02 b eoumoteames il el Ty 524 306 000 006—3 . 000 000 001 Kulikowsk!, Seabe by Waskitz 4; off Waskitz 1; Quirk. imloscosoasmsss New Britain ... Bridgepert Cenen Two base hits struck out, by Caramo b, base on balls, off Carans 1 sacrifice hits, French; umpire, BORN SAME DAY OF HONTH Grandmother and Granddaughter, 19 and 89, to Celebrate Anniversaries Together in Travers Family. Mrs. Margaret Travers, of 160 Ma- ple street, mother of H. A. Travers, and Miss Margaret Travers, daughter of H. A. Travers, will celebrate their birthday anniversaries together to- morrow. Both were bern on July 31. Mrs. Travers will be 83 years o)d Monday and Miss Travers will be 19. Mrs. Travers was born in New York state but has been living in New Britain for the past 30 years. She makes her home with her son. She is in excellent health and is enjoying the congratulations of her friends. Miss Traver is a student in the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. WEATHER OUTLOOK. Washington, July 29—\Weather out- look for the week beginning Monday for north and middle Atlantic states: Unsettled local showers and normal temperature first part followed by fair and moderate temperature. Brighter Headlights Drighter headlights with the use of a small reflector which | {can be attached to the regular bulb | gocket within the larger headlight re- flector. turers. Press) turn t tion. States. Sign N. advt. of the erary tions g Outbreaks and communists which, past few days have centered around| Ravenna, are spreading to neighbor- ing provinces and agitations and mass meetings are occurring almost every- where throughout Italy, prompted by one side or the other. The latest direct news from Raven- na was a dispatch to the Stefani { agency late last night saying that as a result of the government's urgent instructions to provineial to take vigorous measures to re-estn)s- lish order the Fascista had decided to abandon their activities there and re- lLawyer David L. Martha street ,attached to the amount of $50. The action is to recover money loaned. Meet me at Schmarr's for dinner.— em— . At the same time ITALIAN POLITICAL TROUBLES SPREADING | Between Fascisti Communists Growing Into More Serious Proportions Rome, July 29. — (By Associated | Fascist! | the between during —Hostllities o Rome. Prof. Ettore Ciccotti, a former so- clalist deputy, writing in the Giornale d'Ttalia today proposes a one-year dic- tatorship as the most plausible meth- od of saving Italy from disasier and expresses the opinion that the general public would be favorable to such ac- Fearing civil war he contends that such a condition would be avoidable | by a year of mild dictatorship giving the king the same powers as those held by the president of the United or Montanari, the City Items Nodine on East and Dr. A. L. Avitable, chairman of the civil service commission meeting of that board for next Thurs- | day night to certify for advancement | has called regular police force supernu policemen who pass examina- | iven on that evening. are promised | the re- flector is made so as to comply with all headlight laws, says its manufac- And | ews | authorities Fascista leader, who was shot yestarday while motoring near Kavenna, died later in a hospital. Nair, acting for E Smith, today ordered property of | Wells | PHYSICIAN BUILDS CAMP TRAILER AUTO NOTES "Wood dise wheeds are being made. Car of the future will have no car. buretor, says an auto expert New attachment for drive shafts | keeps car from rolling down hill Number of motor fatalities in the * | country in 1921 was 12,500 Massachusetts halved its accident | rate in one year . Twenty-cight cfties reduced motor fatalities in 1921, Combination anti-theft lock been made for the fuel feeq line. | Belgium has a motorcycle with a water-cooling system. British motorists are demanding that bicycles also carry rear lights. Water, oil, grease and light are the tire's worst enemies. Keep the spare tire covered against | sun, rain and dirt, Never leave the car rest on a de- flated tire. London zones. World's oil resources are estimated by the United States Geological Sur- vey as $3,000,000,000 barrels. More™ than 270,000 passenger cars and trucks were produced by aute ! manufacturers last June. Tommy Milton's eight-cyclinder | motor in the Indianapolis races used a carburetor for each cylinder. Annual total of automobile injur- ies is not over 325,000, says Edward 8. Jordan. Inventor of Yonkers, N. Y., has & car with a top that can be converted into limousine, touring car, coupe or runabout National Automobile Chamber of Commerce is offering $6,500 in prizes in a new safety essay contest for . teachers and children, BRITISH PORTS ARE BECOMING CROWDED their has has 1600 safety traffic Congestion Threatens To Hamper Coal | Exportation to The United States. London, July 20. — (By Associated Press)—Congestion in British ports{s beginning to threaten jatarference’ with the exportation of coal to Am- erica which has taken such a beoom since the beginning of the strike of the American coal miners. This is particularly true of Wales and North- umberland where there is a super- abundance of tonnage hut where the facilities for loading are inadequate. The loading faciiities are !imited by the two shift arrangement which the dock workers imposed upon their em ployers during the war and which they have since refused to alter. the result being that loading is entirely suspended for six or seven hours out of every 24, The employers have the right un- der certain circumstances to claim re- storation of the three shift system, and it is considered possible that they may raise this claim now. Nowhere is there reported any gea- eral support among British miners of the gction taken by the Welsh unit ‘uf the miners federation which de- | clared against the exportation of coal to the United States federation offi- cials are reticent regarding their at- titude and it is not ye: known what line of action they may propose te take at the forthcoming labor meet. ing at Frankfort-on-Main. CLATMS HE WAS ROBBED. Carl Groth of 93 Hartford avenue complained to the police last night that he ivas robbed of $40 in a place on Broad street. The police question- ed three saepects, but they were all set free for lack of evidence. a Buick g’oing’ to do Aug’ust 1rss