New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1928, Page 2

THO COMPANIES NAMED IN SUIT New Haven Air Terminal Wants Overflow Damages | New Haven, Aug. 3 (A—Five com- panies are made defendants in the $100.000 suit brought here today by | tha New Haven Air Terminal, Inc., claiming damage to that extent from | the everflow and seepage of silt from | the mew Koppers company bulk- head and dock on the east shore of the harbor. The air terminal claims| its airport has become unusable dur- ing cight hours of the day of the filling in of the hi in front of its runways. The defendan amed in the suit are: The Koppers Construction company, the Koppers Erccting com- pany, the Walton Realty company, | C. W. Blakeslee and Son, Atlantic| Gulf and Pacific Dredging company The complaint filed today alleg that the air terminal, located on the harbor between the Tad Jones Coal company and the new Koppers Coke and Gas plant, hus had the bed of the stream ront o its han repair plant and runway raised from two to three :t as the of the overflow of hydraulic pumped into the Koppers bulkhead C Use Field It asserts that previously could land and take off there at any time of the day but that becau the silt deposits it cannot be during eight to nine hours day. It further avers that its dama is enhanced because its location we an ideal one for an airport, adja- cent to a trunk-line highway and close to the city. The airport was used as a landing port between Mitchel field, Long Island and Bos- ton. 1t maintained a flying school. sold atrplane fuel and conducted a re- pair shop for air and sea planes.| The complaint alleged that the New | Haven air terminal has been forced | to discontinue its flying school since October because of being unable to have ready access to the port. It also claims extensive damage to its passenger and repair business, | of which have been curtailed and concludes that its value as an alr-| port has been practically ruined he-| cause of the negligence of the de- fendants in the construction of the bulkhead and dock. | | SMITH 15 AGAINST EQUALIZATION FEE (Continued from First Page) | because rbor bed ars resuit fillix It cvery with Fred W. Johnson, of Rock fprings, Wyo., who will have charge of reglonal headquarters at Salt The Au . is store-wide Furs-Coats-Dresses-Hats planes | « Lake City. Johnson In conversation with news papermen said farm relief and watcrpower Were greater issues in the mind of westerners than prohi- bition. He also said that Smith's oppor the west, in their cam- paign, were emphasizing his alliance with Tammany Hall, After spending some time with his secretary, George Graves, on state business, the governor went for the frst time to national campaign headquarters in the General Motors building at Broadway and 57th reet. Going for Swim . “I just want to show bany republican (referring to his friend, William H. Humplreys who accompanizd him) how ient the democratic organization is,” the neminee remarked. Asked for his prog mainder of the day, Smith mopped his brow, then said with a smile: “I'm seriously thinking of wr: ping up my little bathing suit and 20ing to Coney Island for a swin. ram for the re- Committees to Act on Salaries and Oil Tanks Hearings will be held two common council committ night at city hall. At 7:30 o'c! the special commitiee consisting Alderman D. L. Nair . H. Maxon, J. P. Murphy Sublotsky will consider for the superintendent of s and the city engineer. They oned Chairman William nd Supt. Clyds Elling- wood to represent the park board in termining what shall be paid Mr. lingwood, and Chairman George Dobson and Clty Enginer Philip Merian to discuss the salary of latter. At 8 o'clock, the or- committee will meet to take on a proposed ordinance change which would increase fuel oil storage Mmits in dwellings. This committee has requested the attendance of Chairman James J. Butler of the fire board, and Dep- uty Chief Michael T. Souney, di- rector of the bureau of fire pre- vention. Oil burner interests also be represented. before s to- K, of Mangan the dinance action BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS Michael Boccia, owner of one- half interest in the Economy Dry Cleaning Co., today filed a petition in bankruptey in United States dis- trict court, giving his assets as §1793.50 and his labilities as §$3,- 910.30. The company, in which two othe rtners have one-quarter in- terest each, ie solvent, Casale & Ca- | : represent Loccia A petition In bankruptey was filed todad by Samuel-and Lena Block in which they list liabilities 160.68 and no assets. The petition was filed through the firm of Nair & Nair. Joseph Mikolajezyk of ST Silver street filed a petition in bankruptey in the U, 8. distriet court of New Haven, listing labilities of $4,654.45 and assets of $1,128 Saiibe hundred years ago. New @ty had less than 6.000 per- he-halt of them wefe ne- T Yor sons, groes. BUY YOUR FUR COAT NOW'! Come To See Us At 367 MAIN ST. a good Al-/| and Council- | the | will | of $14,.1 oust dale NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1928, HEARS KUKA BIRD, SEES MIDNIGHT SUN John A. Andrews Writes of Ex- periences in Europe John :A. Andrews of Lincoln in Europe with Mrs. Andrews, has | made some interesting comments on the sights he has already |abroad, among which is a view the midnight sun. | With personal items omitted Mrs. | Andrews' letter tells of witnessing the midnight sun from Abisko, where he also states ti heard | the singing of the Kuka bird at| 12:30 in the morning, though it was/ |daylight. He comments that this was the first time in 43 years that he had had that pleasure. Atv the writer and his wif visited the cathedral and the bu places of the Vikings there. Mr. Andrews commen some length of hearing the singer from Yale upon one occasion and | ¢ joining them at a banquet at | sselbacken, where | of he H two of th boys joined his immediate party, all | togetlier having a very pleasant | evening. | From Stockholm the local coupla went to Gothenbur d then down to Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden and| then to Vienna where they were at | the time of writing. They were | {lucky to get a room, in the writer's | opinion, for there were 180,000 singers there when they arrived. “I/ cannot tell you what the town is' like tonight,” are his words, “but| you can imagine when so many| Austrian and German singers ,L’"Ii together and can have all the beer | or anything else they want, there'll | Ibe a hot time in the old town to- ‘nlgm," Mr. Andrews states that a personal | friend of his who is in business in | Vienna, and who is very well known | there, staged a surprise for him [when he had a group of singers come to entertain a party in his honor. 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Michael Zigmund and John Zack, toys under 16 years of age, were committed to the State Schoor court in this last night, the Up to this afternoon {they had not been apprehended, al- n | though the police learned that the Zack boy had been at his home on appeared to have »d only In cops is said to for Boys in juvenile city last week, escaped according to word local police. received by John street and made the trip home dr his night clothes. “Have been after me y he have asked on reaching home. Whether the er or singly is ant McAvay received rm about Zack early th Later, word came that 7 also missing. the the ED SURPRIS] surprise party in honor of Miss | Connorton who is leaving for Colorado | She was presented with 14 street on Monday. a suitable gift and luncheon served. Thomas Grimm enter with selections on the Perosky will make future home. Colorado AUTO HANDLES STOLEN Theodore La [eE nue com ss of ined to the door of his automobile machine was parked in front North & Judd Mig Co. plant. Lads who | hoys escaped togethe not known, but Ser- | first morn- | emund PARTY was | was aincd Miss her kland ave- ce today | that the handles were stolen off the while the of City Items Removal sale going on now, big bargains at Henry Morans & Sons. —advt. Co. No. 6 of the fire department was called to the Glen street dump 5:35 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Cars cleaned with cold water and |no soap. Winkle's water wash, Com- | mercial street.—advt. Removal sale going on now, big bargains at Henry Morans & Sons. —advt. Miss Dorothy McCrann of 57 Lin- coln street, who has been in a seri- ous condition at the Hartford hos- pital after a major operation, is re- ported as considerably improved. Chairman A. S. Andrulewicz of the | publicity committee for the World | War memorial dedication has called a mecting to be held at 5 o'clock today at the office of the fire hoard. The registrars will be in session {until 9 o'clock tonight, and next Friday from noon to 9 p. m. to make requested changes in the vot- |ing lists and to enroll electors. | Joseph Zapatka and Willtam Bourgeols, for the past few years partners in a gasoline filling station |ana repalr business at Broad and business, Zapatka taking over tha {former and Bourgeols the latter | part. by Rose Kolodney McEnroe through Greenberg, Deputy Sheriff Martin Horwitz, Lucian Pienkowski against Charles Attorney aln General hospital operation for appendicitis performed by Dr. G. W. Dunn. 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