New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1926, Page 4

actually used. On the other hand, {1t the bullder has used too much material, unless ordered, he is paid | only for the amount of his bid, the extra cost coming from his own | pocket. UNTFORM CODE FOR | BUILDING ROADS, New England States May Adopl SANTA HAS L[lAI] Standard Specifications B '|‘ Nfl PRESENTS Hartford, Dec. 23—As a result of | » meeting o nignnay commission-| Polic Find Arctic Citizen Dogs ers and engineers at Boston last week, the six New England Em(»si Not Regard Dry Law have under consideration the adop- tion of a standardized code of high- | Waltham, Mass., Dec. 22 (P—A way construction contract specifica- tions. Some of the detalls of Con- necticut’s system were explained at the meeting by High Commissioner The Connec 1ly considered | & and providing for all con- tingencies, although its voluminous details are not generally known ex- cept to those actually engaged highway construction. When the Connecticut de; beging constr ion or reconstruc- tion work, it makes a complete sur- vey of the existing readway, plotting its cross sections The proposed new highway is then plotted in a similar n and an estimate of als thus ained. The depart- is then able to request bids ¢ on the entire job, but separate unit of m: Specifications are drawn for every etail of the construction, including the amount and kind of material; equipment, such as cement mixers, efc.: the method of constructfon; and the exact results expected. With the aid of these specifications, a detailed proposal is put into contract form and sub- mitted publicly for bids. Sealed bids are opened at tho same time and compared with the specifica- tions to insure conformity. Pro- vided their bids conform, re- party sponsible firms are considered cTual- | ly and the contract is awarded to the lowest bidder. Each month, tle department en- neer or inspector assigned to every construction job from beginning to completion must report on the work complated and materials used in the previous month. This 1is cneexee against the specifications by the sion engineers, deputy commission- er, and by the comm oner him- self. If approved by - them, a voucher is drawn ordering payment to the contractor for his month's work, although 15 per cent is re- tained each month as a guarantes of completion of t the co! , department al report which spen's s seotions comilosd witn cach unit o ighway superimposed ! Eurvey and by mean ng & ments, the er and the e int of material measur. 4, Agaln < 18 mad fivi y th y com 1 month es i3 T cr a 60 day perlod ment with the & ible but unpald claims he contracting firm by subec tars or supply men If the department finds the troctor has used less mia than required by the specifia he is pald only for the an owed te of walnst trac- the nt at short intervals. | quantities of mate- | rock crushers, | | flight le time | santa Claus, whose reindeer from Gr nd left him litt to become acquainted with prohibt w0 grief, and a youugsters are ilien divinity. ta, garbed reailalon para- phernalia, wped his weary way rough the holiday throng. On his back a not too inconsplcuous sign invited the kiddies to “follow Sant: Claus.” | tion laws, has ca flock of admir mourning for It all happ. head to toe they did, Pled Piper fashion, though their leader gged a trifle it times, indicative cmingly load of p ockings. 1 the re llapsed there wong his anta Claus dropped de | the way one of them des | situation, breathlessly, to a ne policeman. | At the police statio | was discovered that | only to be revived and insisted on his identity and an Arctic citizen, he was finally discovered to be just Walter Mur- phy, sandwich man for a local | department store. | There'll be no Santa Claus today Shaw Refuses to Take Back Christmas View: London, Dee. 23 (M—George ard Shaw refuses to withdraw Christmas as “an unbearable nuisance, ght to be iholished. To a Daily Express ma t him to qualify his anathemat- the famous writer de -4 the Yuletide celebration as pagan carnival.” 1 object to our bel the contrary,” he ve no quarrel with the but I think it t hole however, it a neede rl who tried There may of cou vho by nature are in s tirely m s conditio require to be made merry mas. I don't _In his original Dlust New Leader, . a bill making th ion of ‘hristmas a criminal zet and com- cnsating the shopkeepers who are enabled by the Christmas trade to '9ay fheir rents, not to mention all e other people who make money ont of it and who do not hat wdiords pocket it all h an en- that they at Christ- written for advoeated in th CLEANUP 3 ) within BALTIMOR | Baltimore, Dec jof 14 persons charzed with crimes ranging from {bighway robbery to shooting with linteni to Kill, Is belicved by jolice |to explain many of the 23 holdups bur, ies that have n the pa e W crimes were Arrest 48 hours, and occurred Five last hera Jot night. reportd ©|ed a divorce, be some | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1926. HOWARD'S SON IN TOILS IN MEXICO Entered Illegally, Is Charge— Kidnapping Plot Claimed Mexico City, Dec. 23 (P—Frus-| tration of a plot to kidnap John F. Howard, former Haverhill, Mass, salad dressing manufacturer, is seen by the Mexico City newspapers Iin the arrest here of one of his sons, | John C. Howard. The police say voung Howard with two companions, ent x- | ico a few days ago on a port and resisted arrest when Mexi- can secret service men located him. The trio are being held pending de: cision whether to deport them or ry them on charges of improper en- try. The other two are identified the police as J. M. Cocher and Their home addresses not known here. According to newspapers, John intended to kidnap his father and carry him back to Haverhill in an| automobile with Cocher and Gilbert | guards. The elder Howard left| wife at Haverhill some ths ago, came to Mexico, secur- He s, John | was followed h C. and Albert. ht charges of bigamy and perjui ainst their ction with the d; | ond marr When | Mext to the ation, and the revel- arrest, that one of the neral n rameup” and sy | the I\)d'\\m\m ea is ridiculous. Tt | 1 that during the previous controvers which the sons| ted, the latter rful they would | 1 they were at-| him to give them They denied v wanted was properly for surprise. | | s denounce | declared hi kidnap him and tempting to {drce part of his fortune. this, declaring all ti for him to provid their mother. s exact whercabouty elder Hovard close t1 nknown except to refuse to reveal| of is who X friends, saying 1 and ¢oes not where he i is afraid of his sons want them to know Reliable information, | however, indicates that he is honey mooning w his third merly Senora Leonor Co one of her Mexican ranc HARTFORD WOWAN | HILLED BY GAS Her Infant Child Mot Affested by Fumes on| | Hart from & heat ter killed Mr: Dee. » heater being u for her ba Grace Kelly Sc of 722 Garden strect, ves! falled to affect serious months old son Frederick, is i1l but will recover. band, Fred Schmidt, from work s p. m. after an absence of twelve hours found his wife lying dead on the kitchen floor and the baby erying lustily on the WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY Shoe Skates $5.00 to $10.00 Skis $1.25 to $7.50 Pocket Kniv Ingersoll Watches Boys’ Tool Chests Sleds SL85 to $6.50 Electric Trains $7.00 to $25.00 Carving Sets Electric Toasters Electric Irons Wagons $1.50 and up Erector Sets 3100 to $10.00 Percolators Pyrex Shears and Scissors OPEN UNTIL 9 P. 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Bell, of Nor- , has been brought here by the schooner Gossoon, Captain | The Bell was sighted last Sunday 45 miles southeast of th sails lost and in an apparently Ipless condition. Its crew of four n refused the Gossoon's offer to them off and announced their determination to stand by their ship. | from New ! York to Halifax with a load of coal. | The Bell was hound It was formerly the tail of the shoe for many years in Chesapeake Bay, * marking the shoal of the I\llled bv Bullet I<ned me Alley (P—George . of the anton Drewing and Ma! was shot by an unidentificd assailant near his home early today. fect, one lodging in McC: taken into his home dition was said to be The man emerged from an alley as McCarthy came along. He fired without warning. SAVED FROM GAS New Haven, De Ren- dercd unconscious by gas fumes which ponred from a leaky pipe they had to fix, George Isenix Catherine, ere his con- ous s wife, d in the last night by J. 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Lee- man, a travelling salesman, was driving past the flying fleld when | he saw the ships eolllde about 400 | feet above the ground and a mile | | from the alrdome. | | He apparently was the only wit- ness of the accldent. He hurried to the scene and retrieved two | bodies, then hurried to the airdome for s Nelther plane caught fire | | \vhen they collided. Attaches of | the flying fleld determined that three of the four were Killed in-| stantly. The fourth died soon after. Lieut. Kunkel was plloting one | o and took to the air ten minutes before Lieut. Lawter, who piloted a De Haviland. When the accident occurred, the planes were | out one mile south and two miles | west of Chanute field. | Lawter was flying northeast, and Kunkel southwest, whon Lawter at- tempted to fly under Kunkel's slip, and in doing s, knocked off the landing gear when his upper wing | struck it. The ships were less than 100 feet In the alr and crashed about 200 feet apart. 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