New Britain herald., 1914-11-19

cOmfOrt station for males and fe- 4 males. He considers this a necessary ' public convenience for the accommo- 1 dation of the citizens. Councilman i George M. Landers at once spoke in 1 favor of the proposition but put 1 through an amendment providing 1 that the board of public works sub 1 init an estimate and design for this
 station at the next council meeting. ] If satisfactory it can be turned over i to the board Of estimates and work ] can be started more eXpcdiently. Charter Revision Also.
 Charter revision was another mat 1 ter brought up and Alderman Christ ! put through motion which provides 1 for the mayor appointing a committee l of fifteen to go before the next gen 1 eral assembly and state New Britain's s views.
 From Councilman Paonessa came 1 the resolution, which was subsequent ly passed, asking that the board of
 public works be asked to find a bet
 ter place to pile up the street refuse 1 than at the corner of Main and West Main streets. This is an eyesore and
 should be stopped. he declares. Wants Walk on Bigclow St.
 AOuncllnltn fdEkCI was dISo tue lo-
 ther of a resolution providing for sidewalk on Bigelow street extension. viz: between Chestnut street and
 Church street. This strc,cn is with
 out walk and is very muGdy in wet
 weather. As it is the only connect ing street between Stanley and Elm streets it is used great deal and should be better equipped for the public. After some little questioning as to whose right it is to do this work a motion was passed requesting the board of public works to look into the matter and report at the next meeting.
 An invitation for the council mem- bers to attend the opening of the New Britain Turner society's fair on December 5 was also received and ac- cepted.
 Many Petitions Received.
 Under the head of old business the first matter taken up was the receiv- ing of the following petitions which were referred as usual:
 George r. Holcomb and others for the extension of the water service in the northwest section of the city so cs to supply dwellings on Osgood avenue: the Connecticut company to maintain a crossover on Black Rock avenue, 500 feet south of West Main street: r. F. Rackliffe and others for the city to take LinwoOd street be- tween Arch street and a strip of land about two feet wide belonging to the Rackliffe estate: Martin J. Kelly and others for the completion of the side walk on Gilbert and Ann streets; Peter Anderson and others for flag or concrete walk on north side of An drews street: Luke Sinskie for cinder walk on both sides of Pennington avenue from Washington to Allen l cobbling of gutters on both sides of ] West street; Martin J. Kelly and l others for cobbling of gutters on Ann | and Gilbert streets; John Boyle com- | Ea1Iy for permission to connect prop | erty on Main street with storm water l drain in Elm street: John A. Holm- 1 terg for permission and price to con- rect property on Ash street with 1 sewer: Ner: Bros. for removal of pole in front of their property on Hartford avenue; Charles L. Barnes for fire alarm box on Wooster street Oeave to on motion of Alderman l Christi; J. H. Daly for abatement of he sum of s79.54 interest against the Johanna Daly estate previous to the settlement of the estate in 1909, at which time it was understood that this account had been taken care of but t was recently discovered the amount vas unpaid: Uno Johnson for maca- of Austin street: F. w. Walker for macadamizing Walker ( treet: John Mervin for grading of $ Cast Ellis street; Leopold Green for of 1,@, | 0 Roberts street f oseph G. Woods. petitioned for ' for injuries sustained while , rossing Court street, requesting that r he matter be referred to the claims z committee.
 Charles L. Barnes petitioner for a Ire alarm, was given leave to with raw as the property is outside of the aN district, so it does not pay towards he maintenance of the fire depart nent.
 Pay for Tax Enumcrators.
 On report of finance committee he comptroller was instructed to draw is order for payment of the personal , TX enrollers IS follows: A. F. Connor 27: C.. w. Smedley. $32: Frank ugeliski, $33; John O'Brien, s3s.
 Pinches Tax Liens Are Abated. l
 The mayor and aldermen presented 1
 communication from the tax collec- , or recommending the abatement of I ens on property of John Pinches on 1 S he north side of Chestnut street, for ( c10, II, 12 and 13, as they do not ] orrespond with assessment. The lien | | mounts to $719.0S, and MT. Pinches ( as paid the taxes of S3,225.39. and { he 1913 lien of s23OS1. The report ( commenting the abatement under t hese conditions was adopted.
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