New Britain herald., 1914-04-16

be entered into with the American Car Sprinkling company of Worcester, Mass, for $4OO a month, the city to furnish water and hydrant connec- tions and the company the sprinkler; that the contract for Plainville sand be awarded to the H. R. Walker company, at $1.15 per cubic yard de- livered and ninety cents per cubic yard in carload lots to be unloaded by the city; that the sprinkling con- tract for streets outside of the trolley district be awarded to the H. R. Walk CT company at one cent and three mills per lineal foot per month, the city reserving the right to discon- tinue any part on giving fifteen days notice; that the Sessions Foundry company of Bristol be awarded the contract for manhole frames and castings for the sewer department at $7.50 per set; that sewer be ordered in Beatty street at an estimated cost of $1,200; that flag or concrete walks be ordered on the west side of Bond street from Broad to Clinton street on or before September 1; that the contract for stone be awarded to the Connecticut Quarries company as fol- lows: At the quarry, two inch, fifty cents net ton, one and one quarter inch, fifty-tive cents; three quarter inch seventy-five cents; screenings, fifty cents; delivered in the first dis trict, two inch, ninety cents;on and one quarter inch. ninety-five cents; three quarter inch. $1.1O;. screenings, ninety cents; delivered in the second, third and fourth districts, two inch.
 $1.O0 per ton; one and one quarter n Al.1 o.tay C1 screenings, $1.00. The districts are as follows, first, streets bounded by Broad and North streets on the north,
 Hart street and Whiting on the south,
 Booth street on the west and Grove
 Hill and Linwood street on the west and Stanley street on the east; sec
 ond district, all territory between the first district and the following streets, north by Allen street. south by Shuttle
 Meadow avenue, Mill street and
 South street, west by Burritt street and east by East street extension;
 third district between the second dis trict and the following boundaries,
 south, east and west by the city lines and north by Osgood avenue and
 Wells streets including the streets
 just named; fourth district, all the
 territory between Osgood avenue and
 Wells street on the south and city
 limits on the north. east and west.
 The board of public safety recom- mended an ordinance increasing the
 number of policemen to mot more
 than thirty eight regular patrolmen" so as to provide for the appointment
 of six additional men. The recom-
 mendation was referred to the com
 mittee on ordinances. Petitions Received.
 Petitions were received and re- ferred as follows: Axel F. Nelson, ct al, for cinder walk on the north side of Corbin avenue from Black Rock avenue southerly to Steele street; from the same for working to grade of Corbin avenue from Black
 Rock avenue southerly; c. l.. Barnes,
 for the establishment of grade lines
 on Wooster street; Carl J. Bergeron, for permission and price to connect property on Bassett street below Rog- CTS street with Roberts street sewer:
 Albert F. Johnson, ct al., to have Wells street worked to grade and also to grade the street for sidewalks on the north side: same, for main
 tenance of water main on Wells street 75O feet easterly from Stanley street. Milk Inspectors Report.
 Milk Inspector George T. Crowley made his annual report to the coun- cil. The average consumption of milk and cream in New Britain was: whole
 milk. about 1900 quarts; skinned l milk 1900 quarts; buttermilk, 320 quarts; cream, 200 quarts. During the year milk was sold at retail from SS
 wagons, 80 stores and 12 houses. Per- l mits to sell milk were issued to 1858,