New Britain herald., 1914-08-19
SNALLEY FOUNTAIN
 CONTRACT AWARD
Supplies Committee Meets With
 Board Of Pubic Works.

The contract for installing drink ing fountain at Smalley park was awarded to T. c. Smith at $125 by the board of public works, with the consent of the committee on supplies and printing, at their meeting last night. .@-.
 X An objection was raised to tho moneys coming from the incidentals Iund by Councilman J. A. Dolan. Chairman of the supplies committee. He said that since the board had or dered it, it should be paid for out of their fund President F.. N. Hum phrey of the board answered that the council had ordered it. and that no appropriation had been made for it. The boards duty was merely to see that 1t was installed. The supplies committee was satisfied by the ex- planation and gave it's consent to the awarding of the contract for the fountain. the money to come from the incidental fund.
 Hearing on Burlitt Street Walk. ] The first hearing held last night was on the proposed sidewalk on the west side of Burritt street from Broad to Osgood avenue. It was op- posed by the Polish church and fav- ored by the following: Herman Markie, Fred Geshinsky, Jacob Holz- hauser, Jacob Diegkki, Marion Cies- lowski. Mary Ulinski, Rachela Zaba- lanska, Stanislaw Monkewicz, W. F. Wollman. Joseph and Santa Char pentier, Santa and Adela Larosa, Elizabeth Dressel, August Dressel, Rev. L. Bojnowski representing the trade school The board voted to order the walk from Broad street to the gate of the Sacred Heart ceme- tery, and to have it laid by June l, 1915.
 Wilcox Street Extension Tabled.
 A hearing was given on the exten- sion of Wilcox street from Lasalle to Allen streets, with building lines. Christopher Henniker, John and Catherine Feeney. Edward T. Walsh, and J. J. Woods favored it. A. M. Paonessa, representing Maria Paon- essa, claimed that her property had been assessed once for street exten- sion and should not be assessed again. Mrs. Mary l.. Martin said that the assessment of $7.50 which she had paid for sewer was the only assessment that her lot was worth. A. N. Bucholz claimed that his $10 sewer assessm ent was all that he ought to pay. Patrick Kennedy was opposed to the extension.
 The matter was tabled by the board until the next street inspection. Many Petitions Received.
 The petition of C. B. Caldwell for street grade and building lines on Clinton street was tabled. In regard tD4 the petition for the reduction of building lines from Broad street east of, Grove, the board decided to have the city engineer consult with the cor poration counsel. On the petition for the grading of Sunrise avenue, it was voted to have the property owners submit map showing street grade and building lines, On the petition of Charles Erickson for grading Cam bridge street, it was voted to have the property owners provide a map. The petition of I. Rapp for the reduction of q building line in Ash street from ten to four feet on Lthe north side for a distance of seventy-f1ve feet from South Main street. was referred to the city engineer to look up. Connecticut Co. to Replace Pole.
 The Connecticut company asked to l be allowed to replace wooden pole 1 by an iron one at the corner of Arch l street and Rockwell avenue, and to string Southern New England tele- phone wires on it. They petitioned also to string wires on the property of l the railroad. The petitions were ]