New Britain herald., 1914-08-21
SUGGEST SOLUTION
 FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
Business Mems Assn FaVorS Lay-
 inQ Of Storm Water StWcr.
IMPROVEMENT FOR MAPLE STREET

sons Idea-E. T. Carter in Auto Smash-Crocodile Club Announces
 Barbecue-Notes About Town. At an important special meeting of
 the board of directors of the Plain vile Business and Improvement asso- citation held last evening it was voted
 to approve First Selectman William
 J. Johnson's suggestion of laying d storm water sewer in Maple street to provide work for the towns unem- ployed
 The idea occurred to Selectman Johnson several weeks ago. He, as well as other town officials, have been bothered of late by appeals for work from the towns usual quota of unem- ployed. In most instances MT. John son has been able to find work for men on the highway repair gang, but he fears that he will not be able to secure work for many applicants in the future.
 H. therefore requested President F. T. Wheeler of the Business and Improvement association to ascertain the sentiment of the directors on a proposition to furnish employment by laying storm water sewers in Maple and Broad streets. MT. Johnson had hopes of starting the construction work at Whiting street and running the sewer as far as the appropriation and the weather would allow. He de- sired to get the attitude of the business men before he included this item in the call for a special town meeting.
 After a general discussion last even ing the directors voted to approve of the Maple street proposition. It was mentioned that in the spring when the snow begins to melt Maple street usually resembles quagmire and IS almost impossible to teams and auto mobiles. In the opinion of the df- rectors the storm water sewer would be a needed improvement as well as an expediency for furnishing solu- tion to the local unemployment prob lem. It is supposed that Selectman Johnson will call special town meet ing immediately so as to avoid delay in giving work to the men who are clamoring for jobs. There is no dis position to rush the proposition through without giving the taxpayers an opportunity to express their op1n- ions. If the sewer is to be laid 1s a means of giving employment, how ever. work should be started as soon as possible. If ground is broken by September first then the work could be continued up to December hrst, provided, of course, that adequate funds are available.
 Opposition to Selectman Johnson's suggestion may develop. There are a few residents who feel that the town cannot afford to undertake any new sewer construction work this fall. They fear that the report for the fiscal year will show slight dehclt and they argue that a special appro- priation of $1,00O must be added to the sinking fund this year.
 If the storm water sewer proposl- tion should be voted down, then the only other alternative for dealing with the unemployed would be to treat them as town charges and place them on the charity account. This solution IS far from satisfactory to most oI the town officials.
 Plans for Sheep Roast.
 The directors of the Business and Improvement association also voted to hold the annual summer outing at lake 'Compounce some time in Sep tember with a sheep barbecue as the l chief attraction on the program. This 1 plan was followed with great success | last year.
 There will be the usual program of 1 athletics after the "feed' including a | baseball game and contests offering | for the display of indi- 1 yidual prowess. The directors will | select a chairman to have charge of i all arrangements for the outing.
 Automobiles in Collision.
 There was a slight automobile acci dent on Whiting street just off Gen. tral Square this morning when ex- Edward T. Carter, in a Rec runa bout, ran into a touring car owned by Rev. Henry Stone of | WalliAgford.
 Rev. Mr. Stone was travelling to the {, Camp grounds on the South ington road. He had stopped his car and left it standing on the left hand side of the street in front of the Plain vile Hardware company. MT. Carter came up Whiting street and started to swing out around the Wallingford ma chine. His foot slipped off the brake lever and hit the accelerator.
 Mr. Carter's car jumped forward, striking the other machine a glancing blow and knocking off one of the fl ont wheels. The ex-representative's machine was not injured with the ex- ception of a few scratches on the ra- diator Arrangements were made for repairing Rev. MT. Stones machine as it stood there in the highway.
 Mr. Garter explained that if the machine had not been 1n the wrong side of the road, he would never have struck it.