New Britain herald., 1914-08-20


 made by the common council at last nights meeting, Mayor George A. Quigley will call special city meet ing to take place in the board of pub lie works room in City hall on next Tuesday evening. At this meeting an effort will be made to lay a half mill tax to raise s22,ooO for street work so that employment may be given to the unemployed. This tax will be payable on July 1, 1915.
 McCann Is Named.
 Proceeding the council meeting last night Peter McCann was named to succeed Councilman Callahan of the fifth ward, who resigned because Of non-residence. Mir. McCann will be- cense committees, to which his predecessor belonged
 Petition Received.
 Twenty-nine members of the coun- cil were in attendance last night and the first matter of business taken up was the presentation of the following petitions:
 Edmund Schilling for abatement of taxes on property at No. 91 Ellis street on the ground that he is eighty one years of age and his wife a few years younger, that he has reared a family of five children and for twenty seven years has paid taxes, both he and his wife are cripples and are de- pendent upon bounty of friends and relatives who are hardly able to pro- vide for their whole support and pray that the city will contribute in a de- gree by the remission of taxes for the year 1914 so,that the aged couple may preserve the equity in their property; it was abated to the extent of $55.5S; Louis Edelson for permission to erect an electric sign three feet over the street line and twenty feet above the, sidewalk at Fox's theater; Mary A. Jones, ct al. for sewer in Willard street from Chapman street 300 feet; also for water main; Valentine Sahrbacher for the removal of a tree near No. 213 Burritt street; Barney Miller, ct al, for increase in license of street fakirs to $25 a day; Fred Geschinsky for a walk on the west side of Burritt street from Broad street to Osgood avenue; M Schu- pack for removal of tree on property on Hart street, it being. in front of a driveway; Hart Real Estate company to remove tree on Corbin avenue at driveway to Trumbull street; T. H. Kehoe for walk on west side of War lock street; that new street be opened between Sunrise avenue and Howard street; that the board be in structed to hold hearings on pro- posed extension of sidewalk from four {, to five feet on west side of Main street from St. Mary's church to Beaver street, and the same having 1 been held the extension be ordered on or before October 1, 1914; M P. O'Brien, ct al. for a re-hearing on the building line on Clark street for- mer action of council reconsidered, hearing granted); from T. J. Lynch i and other Chestnut street residents for the withdrawal of all action on ,, the double tracking of Chestnut and Stanley streets as the street is only feet wide and the sidewalk is so narrow that there is not room for travel and the beauty of the street will be spoiled; E.. A. Parker, ct al,
 
 from the Rogers property to Stanley street; A. M. Paonessa for lights on Lawlor street, Wilcox and Lasalle and Stanley and Long street; A. Brozowzy, l ct al, for property lines on Alden 1 street; T. L. Wagner. ct al, to treat l dying tree in South Burritt street l (with power).
 M. l.. Jester. ct al, petitioned for 1 larger lights to be established at l three different corners in the south l eastern section of the city. The loca- tions are those the second ward dele- | gation picked out on their trip of 1n- spection. Alderman Jester moved to | take the matter up with power.
 VIII Install Light.
 Regarding the last petition, Alder that as there are complaints being | received from all over the city he l thought the matter should be taken l up more thoroughly, covering the en- tire city. President Humphrey, of | the board of public works, explained l that the lights asked for by the sec- ond warders are already being planned by the board and if the 1 petition should be held up until the middle of next month the lights will be installed. It was referred to the board to report back.
 The city comptroller was instructed, on the report of the finance commit zee, to pay Baker & Lasher $397.63 ,or street department work and to pay the Edwin Ellis estate $1,O00 and Blanche Goodwin $500 for damages