New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1927, Page 10

1o NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST z8, 1921 - MASONS AWARD CONTRACT FOR TEMPLE v B s ] PROPOSED MASONIC TEMPLE AT WEST MAIN AND RUSSELL STS. * After planning and figuring for more than seven years, representa- | tives of the Masonic fraternity in | this city last evening definitely said “Go” to thelr plans for a Masonic | home here, when the contract for| = $200,000 temple was awarded to| the Willlam H. Allen Co., Inc. The | oontract was awarded at a meeti of the directors of the Masonic Tem- | ple Corp. ‘The temple will be erected at the| oorner of Russell and West Main streets and work will start at once. | For more than seven years, from the time when a lot on West Main | street first was purchased, it has | been the dream and ambition of New Britain Masons to have their own building. The lot on West Main street was sold at a large profit to the New Britain Trust Co. and negotlations were entered lnto‘ for the purchase of property on| Russell street from A. J. Sloper. | The location was in conflict with ' the zoning ordinance on Russell street, and it was necessary to go| before the board of adjustment to | obtaln an exception. Here an un- BEDD g |street and on the same street was foreseen objection arose when prop- ’(xnu refinement of outline and pro- erty owners on the strect, led by |portions Judge W. C. Hungerford, appealed| The designers have focused their from the exception. The fight was attention upon the design of the en- carricd to the supreme court and |trance which will have hollow metal the final decision was adverse to|doors, flanked by steel casement win- the plans of the Maso dows with bronze grills, directly The corner lot faci above. The entrances will be reached by wide granite sta Dayton | One of attractive features of d | the building will be a modern Ma- bly | sonic library, something New Brit- ain has never had before. The walls of the lobby are of tra- stone which is quarried in and Italy and the floor is ot ine tile. The first floor will | contain a small lodge room, a lounge ! room, the officers’ rooms, the tilers' - | rooms, the candidates’ rooms, card | rooms ladies' rooms, the superinten- | dent of the building's quarters, a columns | coat room and tile lavatories. iis p The mezzanine floor will have o optical ' seven committee rooms, the directors effects so subtle that their influence room and an organ gallery. is felt rather than scen. The | The second floor will have a large chitectural plan of the entire build- ' reception room, a large lodge room, ing conveys an impression of solid- idates’ room, two ity and strength combined with deli- officers' rooms, s West Main | purchased from the H Humphrey estate, the house and work will commence prol tomorrow excavating for the structure. Plans for the new building, signed by Walter P. Crabtre for' two stories with a baseme mezzanine floor. 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Miss Anna Goldberg has returned after spending the weck-end in New York city. Miss Grayce Schleicher will spend the next few duys at Beach Park. Miss Alice Frick spent the week- nd at Pine Orchard as the guest Miss Beatrice t. Misses Ann Schwartz and Holtelder left Sunday to spend two weeks at Mansficld Grove, in Gullberg of 30 Sum- t is spending two wecks in ylvania. mer Penns mily of d from a motor trip through t Adirondack mountains and Cana . H. Bell and son, Mrs., Prest and Helen, and Ernest Jen- pending their vacation at Alton, Lake Winnepesaukee, aughter, West N. H. Arthur Parker is spending a few days at Sound View. Mr. Frank Hoole and and Mrs, children, Doris and Lucille, have re- | 5 §: DAVI Just 50 Dresses in This Group Rose | turned home from a vacation spent in Vermont. CITIES 70 PASS ON EAS STATION SITES H. J. Walsh of the H. J. and E. T. Walsh Co., of 50 Harvard, has re- turned from Fisher's Island, N. Y.. where he spent the past 10 days. Miss Frances Winfrey has return- ed after spending the past week at the New Britain cottage, Sound View. | ¥ranc an was a week-end vis- {itor at Sound View, the guest of Mrs. John J. Tarrant, at the New Eritain cottage. 10,000, Alling Says Hartford, Aug. 23 (#) — Chapter | of the public acts of 1927, ! places squarely upon local author- | ities the responsibility of determin- | ing whether the proposed location | of a gasoline station “is a suitable | and safe place for the conduct of a Miss Ruth Johnson of the Stanley |Eas0line station,” according to ke = . ter sent by Attorney General Ber !'Works office force is vacationir t = s [oris:ofice LOECE e ey "8 8 iin W. Alling to Motor Vehicle { Sound View. o4 | Commissioner Robbins B. Stoeckel. Prior to the enactment of Chapter Richard Gorman of Elm street, Ihas returned after spending his va- | cation at Sound View. {Gontrolled Locally in Places of |+ Miss Irene A. 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L 245, the motor vehicle commissioner | held full responsibility of approving | the location of all gasoline stations | | Bernard Frawley of Fa in the state, but by this recent legis: (ST na rsrae fron lation, except where such _stations Gt it Bowna view. |are located upon property adjoining i s a state aid or trunk line highway, | Willlam Tarrant of the Mohican |the commissioner is relieved of the | | Market spent Sunday at Sound View. |Fesponsibility where the station is to DY ted in a town or city, the Richard Collins w | population of which, according to |sisttor ot Eaund ¥ the last census, was ten thousand or H s and ci of 10,000 | population,” the attorney | “the motor vehicle oner need only make in- | s to whether the proposed lo- : aid or trunk lin highwa such towns and cities, {an applicant for a license shall ob. {tain and present to the motor vehi |cle commissioner, with his applica {tion for a license, a certificate of ap- ation from the . the mayor of Main cation as a week-end : is at 12 2, neral states, 1 ‘\mir.\' Joseph Agnello has returned after | AUir cation i |a week's stay at Sound View. 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