New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 19, 1928, Page 3

MEDAL AWARD FOR THONAS A EDISON Prize to B Giren Suaday lor g Tl West Orange, N. J., Oct. 19.—P— Fifty years ago on October 21 Thom- 88 A. Edison sent an electric cur. rent through a carbonized piece of sewing-thread sealed in a glass bulb, ‘The result was the first practical in- candescent electric Hght—the won- der of its day. In commemoration of that occa- sion and the eve of its golden anniversary, the inventor will receive & congressional gold medal. The secretary of the treasury, Andrew Mellon, wil present it at the Edison laboratory here on the evening of October 20, after a brief address by President Colidge,. broadcast over a nationwide hook-up of radio stations. It was in his old laboratory et Menlo Park, N. evolved the cru present lighting system. Having just invented the phonograph, Edison in 1878 was ready to tackl problem and turned to t! viding of the electric ligh are lamps of that day, with other de- fects, were too intensely bright for small rooms, and gas illumination had disadvantages. Others had made experimental lamps embodying the incandescent principle of heating a substance with lectrical current until it glowed. But none was practical. Working almost constantly with an enthusiastic force that slept but & few hours each day, Edison first confirmed the others’ failures Then he tested his own theories, try. ing successively .burners made of carbonized paper, metals and again different forms of carbon. They- all broke, or burned out, or melted in the glass bulbs from which air had been laboriously pumped by hand, Meanwhile Edison was undaunt. ed by the ridicule that followed his efforts. His chief difficulty having been the construction of the carbon fila-, ment, he looked around for a dura. ble material and finally hit upon cotton thread. Bending pleces of thread into hairpin shape, he would bake them in a nickel mould until they became wisps of carbon. But each time they would break, once just as Edison reached the glass- blower's house where the lamps ‘were made, Eventually, however, a carbon ‘was completed, inserted in a bulb, the air exhausted and the lamp sealed. The current was turned on and that first lamp, lighted October 31, 1878, burned ¢5 hours. “Gas lihgting was to be supplanted and the evolution of the incandes- cent lamp into the vacuum tube or audion of radio was to help in “il. luminating the path of progress” for Wwhich the inventor now gets another mpdal, Road Conditions in State of Connecticut Road conditions and detours in the state of Connecticut made nec- efeary by highway construction, re- pairs and olling announced by the State Highway Department, as of October 17, are as follows: Route No. 1 Gullford - Boston Post Road, shoulders being ofled for ¢ miles. 014 Saybrook'- Boston Post Road being ofled for ¢ milep. Old Lyme, East Lyme and Water- ford, five miles under construction. Pavement complete. No delay to trafrie. West Haven-Milford Pike, shoul- ders being oiled for 2 miles. Stonington - Groton and Westerly Road being ofled for 1 mile. Groton - Groton and Westerly road being oiled for 3 miles. Route No. § East Hartford-Springfield road in the town of Enfleld, road being oil- o4 for 1 mile. Route No. 8 ‘Waterbury - Middlebury road and Sunnyside avenue {s under construc- tion. ‘Waterbury - Milldale, Southington Mountain is under construction, shoulders not complete. | Danbury - Newtown road, bridge and construction work on new lo- sation. % Route No. 4 | Salisbury - Great Barrington road | s under construction. Concrete be- | ing laid. One-way traftic maintained. Sharon - Lakeville road is under construction. Route No. ¢ Brooklyn - Danielson rosd in the towns of Killingly and Brooklyn upder construction. Danielson - 8o. Killingly road is under construction. Open to traffic. Route No. U. 8. 7 Danbury - New Milford road, con- crete construction completed, from Danbury to 8till River. Uncompleted from Still River to New Milford, three miles, railing uncompleted. Route No. 8 . Waterbury - Thomaston road bde ing olled for one-half mile. Naugatuck - Beacon Falls road being oiled for one mile, ‘Naugatuck - Waterbury road be- ‘ing oiled for two and one-half miles. Route No. 10 Haddam road is under construc- tion from Higganum to Esst Had- dam bridge. One-halt mile detour at Higganum; short one-way traffic at Higganum and at bridge—Ar- nolds Station. - Bloomfield - Branby road is un- der construction, but open to traf- fic. Middletown - .Hartford - Saybrook road. Tarring shoulders for 1-4 mile. . Reute No. 13 Grosvenordale - No. Grosvenor- dale road is under construction. open to traffic. Norwich - Putnam road at Atta- | waugan {s under construction, open to traffic. Killingly - Plainfield road is be- ing olled for 2 miles. | ] Route No. 17 | North Stonington - Norwich - ' Westerly road being oiled for one ile. lflfll.l'l(ord - New London road, oll- ing shoulders for one mile. Route No. 33 Norwich - Groton road from Nor- wich City line to Brewster's Neck i under construction, open te traftic. Rowte No. 108 Sterling - Rhodo Island road is being elled for 3 miles. Route No. 104 Glastonbury - Glastonbury-Port- land rdad is under construction. Open to traffic. Route No. 107 Willington, West Willington to East. Willington, road is being olled ita entire length. Route No. 100 Mansfield » Phoenixvil road is under construction. This road near- ly impassable to traffic. Coventry, Coventry . Mausfield Depot road closed. Traffic may go over good state road through South Coventry. Route No. 111 Portland - Cobalt road is under construction, short one-way traffic at Cobalt. Marlbore - Norwich poad being oiled for one mile. Route No. 113 Thomaston - Bristol road is un- der construction. Concrete being poured. One-way traffic near Thomaston. . a Route No. 114 No. Branford and No. Haven, guard ralling under construction. No delay to traffic. No. Branford - Middletown ave nue shoulders being oiled for § miles. Durham . Middletown avenue, shoulders being oiled for § miles Route No. 120 and 147 Woodbridge - Seymour shoulders under construction. delay to traffic. Route No| 131 Salisbury, Canaan - Salisbury road is under construction. 8hort detour around bridge near Salisbury. ¥ Route No. 133 Foot of Bunker Hill to Cornwall bridge, resurfacing complete. Shoul- ders'and guard rail not finisl road, No NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1928. Canton - Collingsville, Nepaug road is under construction . Shoul- ders incomplete. Rowte No. 134 Fairfield - Eaton road being oiled in sections. Route No. 136 Branchville cut off, concrete con- struction under way, with traffic control and a ahort detour. Route No. 138 Litchfield - Bantam road is Wk- der construction. S8houlders uScom- pleted. New Milford - Litchfield road be- ing olled for 5 miles. Route No. 130 Woodbury - Watertown road, bituminous macadam completed, railing uncompleted. Route No. 133 Cornwall Hollow road, Cornwall to Bo. Canaan is under construc- tion. No detours. Route No. 133 Hartland Hollow bridge is under construction, short detour around bridge. Route No. 138 New Fairfield—8herman- road, steam shovel grading and macadam construction under way. 8hort de- lays probable, Route No, 141 Bcotland-Windham road olled for 3 miles. Route No. 143 Woodstock North Woodstock road being olled for one mile. Pom- fret-Woodstock road being oiled for one mile, i Route No. 144 Brooklyn-Wauregan road shoul- dera being oiled for ane mile. Route No. 150 Lyme and East Haddam, Ham- burg-No. Plains road is under con- struction. No delay to traffic. Route No. 153 Bozrah-Norwich-Hadlyme road is being . | being olled for 1-4 mile. bein goiled for one mile. East Haddam-Norwich road 'is being olled for 2 miles. Route No, 154 Roxbury-Woodbury road is being oiled for one mile. Washington-Woodbury road, ma- cadam and bridge construction un- der way at several places. Short delays probable. ‘Washington-Woodbury road is being oiled for three miles Route No, 166 Crystal Lake road, towns of Rock- ville and Ellington are under con- structien. No detours. Stafford-Crystal Lake road olling entire length of completetd section. Ellington-Crystal Lake road en- tire section being olled. Route No. 178 Baybrook — Grading Winthrop road, slight delay to traffic. Route No. 179 Preston, the road from Poqueta- nuck to Brewster's Neck is under construction. Open to traffic. Route No. 180 Bethel-Redding road, steam shovel grading and maeadam construction under way. No detours necessary. Route No. 310 Bantam-Morris road is under con- struction. No detours. One-way traffic will be maintained when asphalt is being lald. Route No. 338 Prospect-Cheshire road, water- bound macadam construction. No delay to traffic. Route No. 338 West Haven—Beach street, under construction. No delay to traffic. Route No. 339 ‘Watertown-Woodbridge road is being oiled for 2 1-2 miles. No Route Numbers Beacon Falls-Pine Bridge is un- der construction. No delay. Bethel-Danbury road. shovel grading under way. Steam No de- Bethlehem-Watertown road, ma- cadam construction and steam shovel grading under way. No de- tours necessary. Canaan-80. Canaan road, short detour around bridge near South Canaan. Clinton-Westbrook, Clinton-Deep River road under construction for 3 miles. Enfleld-8citico, Broad Brook road is under construction, but open to traftic. Enfleld-Scitico, Broad Brook road, completed section being ofled. Granby—8almon Brook street is under construction. Open to traf- fic. New Haven—Townsend Ave., bi- tuminous macadam under construc- tion. Bhort detour posted. Oneco bridge is under construc- tion. Temporary bridge in use, Redding-Georgetown road, maca- dam construction and steam shovel grading under way. Short dejay probable. Sharon-Millerton road s under construction. Do detours. Wetherafield — Jordan Lane under construction. Windsor Locks-Suftield, East Main street is under construction. | Open to traffic. Traf- | ‘Woodbridge-Ansonia road is be- ing olled for 3 miles. Monroe Store Branch Opens Here Saaturday New Britain's newest departnifent store, Stores, Inc., a branch of the Monroe will open for busineas tomorrow in the new Leonard Building, 286-290 Main street. The store, which will occupy a large part of the first floor of the building and the entire basement, has been leased for a long period of years. It will contain 29 departments in practically all of which merchan- dise selling at §1 or less will b4 handled, £ ¥ W. H. Long, who has had sherge of scveral of the stores in the Mg Monroe chain, will have the mane agement of the New Beitain branchy e e R : READ HERALD CLASSINEED ADS: | ston Slor: ~ Quality - Service - Value - - A GREAT STORE IN A_GREAT. CITY Still They Come! The New Styles in fic may take good road through Suffield center. Big Change In Face Powder A good face powder today must dc more than merely remove shine—i: should stay on longer, prevent th. pores from petting larger, apreac smoothly, and leave a peachy look on the complexion. A new French Process Powder called - MELLO- GLO does these things, MELLO- GLO is truly wonderful. You wili Traffic open at all times. | Salem, Norwich-Hadlyme road is| tou simply love it. ore CUSTOMERS ore BUSINESS ore MERCHANDISE ore VARIETY ore VALUE ore CONFIDENCE ore PROSPERITY THAN IN ANY YEAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE FAIR — The Wonder Store of New England NOW °‘PREPARING TO CELEBRATE ITS 17TH AND BIGGEST BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY. [HE fair® BUILT BY CUSTOMER DEMAND DEVELOPED BY CUSTOMER CONFIDENCE Fur- Trimmed Women's Regular Values $39.50, —New Soft Dressy Fabrics. ~—New Up-to-the-Minute Styles. —New Sumptuous Fur Trimmings. Plenty of Tans—Plenty of Blacks LOVELY NEW 33 Regular Values $49.00. —Rich Suedes and Broadcloths. Voluminous Fur Collars and Cuffs of Beaver, Wolf, Mar- mink, Caracul, American Opossum, Squirrel. NEW DRESSES Q. WOOL CREPE, FLANNEL, JERSEY, SATIN, 95 FLAT CREPE, GEORGETTE