g». or. JANUARY 31. 1924.
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IUST VACATE—ONLY A FEW DAYS LEF
If you have been thinking of purchasing a piano. a player—piano
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phonograph. don’t miss these bargains.
ONE
CHICKERING
UPRIGHT PIANO
$35.00
ONE 88 NOTE
PLAYER - PIANO
With Bench 69‘ Player Rolls
$250.00
ONE
KRANICH t? BACH
UPRIGHT
$195.00
ONE
PORTABLE
PHONOGRAPH
$15.00
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TON, HENSEL, STERLING, HUNTINGTON,
MILTON PIANOS AND PLAYERS. ‘
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NORTH MAIN STREET
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FRIDAY, FEBRUABYL 1924
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RAIL AMALGAMATION GIVES
BRITONS BETTER SERVICE
LONDON. Jan. Si—Bntcr and
cneaper railway scrxirc {or the poo-
pic of England, Scotland and Wales
010 among the results of the first
)cur‘s working of the um'flgumuzmn
or 120 railway l‘Uillltélilltfl into four
groups. ul‘cordinl: to a. SiJlt‘I‘l‘ix'Z-l is—
sued on behalf of the, L‘t‘i‘q‘anitn
Ileariuer expenditure ilii'i new ca—
pital outlay have bet-n needed (or
the improw'ments “inch have men
accomplished, and may rriiinm, to
be needed for somw timv. nCCOl‘t’Iiii}:
to the statement. .llu\\t'\‘1‘i‘ ‘iie trav-
t‘iing public has lvr‘nr-iit..i by the
icduction or pass‘ngvr nut-s (.0111
the abnormal rates which ruled atl-
e~ the war to only 5-0 per cvnt more
than the pro-war figures, at reduc-
tion which was in:1tn:ur.L,-:d at the
time of the amalgamation or the
lines at the beginning of 19:3 l'ntre
have been correspon lint: rrduriions
in excursion and other cheap tarts.
Freight rates were reduced d'nhm
the year to a general aVL'V‘lgt) ci {.0
per, cent more than pro—war tigzres.
Dock charges at the Various ra \\ 1}
owned docks also lime *ccn rr-
duced.
Extensive programs of excursions,
fully equal it‘ not superior to UlOSC
in force. before the War, have been
a. lecture or the past year and the
popularity of these cheap trips .roni
"anywhere to :myrx‘nerc" “as .xlus-
tratcd in the ministry or transport
statistics for August when excuision
and week-end passengers
uiorc than 21.000.000 (I
double those at August 1322.
According to the railway compan-
ies, among the first results or group-
totalled
about
ing were the greatly reduced times
, rccupied in Journey between London
'unri Scotland. the south and was. of
England and otherrparts oi the
country. Some 0! the cuts in‘ yiev-
ious quickest times have izn-cn excep-
tional. particularly on the east. and
west coast routes of Sciland A
new record has been set up by the
Great \Vestcrn with its Swindrn to
Paddinzton run of 77.3 m‘les in 75
minutes, an average of 61.5 mins .2)
hour.
The rolling stock. passangot and
freight, of all groups is in pALccss
of standardization. both 1:. to color
and design.
Altogether, schemes of extension
and dmciopment of runways and
(locks, costing from $15L‘.000,u00 to
§,3”0."°U.000. have been d-icidel up-
on during the past year and will
as rapidly as possible Do put into
(peration.
Electrification developments on
the Southern Railway have ocen
commenced, and the electrification
ct suburban lines of other groups is
under consideration. These schemes
\"llI provide employment throughout.
the country for a. large number of
men.
“New Haven’t Crowning Amer."
(N Haven Journal-Courier.)
It is impossible to estimate the
value of Yale to New Editor: 15 its
crowning asset. It. cannot to u-
timsted in dollars and cents (or the
reason that the service it. gives Is
not a. commercial transaction. That
it has given to New Haven s repu-
tation {or truth-search wnicn ox-
tends all over the world; that it. has
stimulated a. love or culture which
for one popular example expresses
itself in the symphony orcncstn:
that it has ottered to the people or
the city an opportunity t) come in-
to contact with resident and Visit-
ing scholars at the first rand; tint
its vast plant from library to labor-
atory is at the disposal of the com-
munity; that hundreds and bun-
dreds of young men have received
an education which would have
been denied them had their homes
been elsewhere; that than is a
world wide pride in and attraction
for New Haven which could never
have been enjoyed had it not been
{or the university: that the univer-
sity is a good and solicilous citizen
seeking in every way given to it
to promote the common welfare—
all these things are of the greatest
value to the least of us. Not to
value this asset in termslol an ar-
dent consideration tor its welim is
to turn from the spiritual to me ms.-
torial in a. vein foreign to the tits
at this historic people.
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piole.. No our in the Nash line has ever been
more widely popular. And the price of this new
model has not been raised a dollar. The richly
distinctive body was created by craftsmen famed
abroad as well as here. EEpensive appointments
and equipment strike your eye at once. It’s a
finer, better (at and a far greater value than any
other in its field. See it today.
FOURS and SEES—PRICES NOT ADVANCED
Models range from $915 to $2190, f. o. b. factory
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