New Britain herald., 1915-03-30

made his first speech to the council, l urging the adoption of the report Horses were relegated to the stables 1 at this meeting, two automobiles be- 1 ing ordered bought for the board of public works.
 I1ichstaedt in Council. Albert F. Eichstaedt was elected 1 councilman from the second ward to succeed A. N. Rutherford at a spe- cial meeting on May 20. A regular meeting followed at which the spe- cial committee on street lighting crit icized the board of public works for not calling it into consultation with Dr. Louis Bell of Boston, the fifty dollar-a- day beauty" when a confer ence was held regarding the lighting system. The committee believed it had been slighted and the report caused no little stir in the council The committee also criticized the pub- lis works boards judgment regarding the location of lights.
 The town home skeleton was dragged out of it's closet \ when the Sunshine society sent in protest against the proposed removal of Su- perintendent and Mrs kibbe Re-
 
 the previous fiscal year were read and accepted. The salary of the assistant city engineer was increased from s1,- zoo to 1,400 per year
 The council little realized the trap it was strolling into when it ordered the board of public works to locate in Central park a "cannon' the G. A. R. had secured through Congressman Lonergan. This was later ingloriously laughed off the park.
 Building Law Revision.
 A step of importance was taken when Mayor Quigley was authorized to appoint a committee to recommend revisions in the building ordinances This committee. by working early and late, finally submitted report and to- day, Mayor Quigley believes, New Britain has building laws that will compare favorably with any city it's size in the union. E
 Wages of city employees was brought into the limelight when it was voted to establish the pay of male adults in the employ of the city at minimum of twenty-four cents per hour. Elm ployes receiving twenty-five cents per hour had their wages increased two cents per hour during the months of June, July and August.
 New Britains police department was raised in standard at the meet ing on June 17 when it was voted to purchase automatic thirty-two cal iber revolvers for the men in blue. The council adopted also at this meeting a system of distributing SUD- plies in city offices. The council voted, too. to instruct the board of public works to eliminate the can non' from the Central Park land scape.
 Mayors First Veto.
 Mayor Quigley submitted his first veto at the meeting on June 24.IHe disapproved of the form of reso- lution passed at the previous meet ing calling for, hearings on the lay ing of permanent pavement on Lafay cite, Myrtle and Elm streets and Hartford avenue and another resolu- tion ordering the Connecticut com pany to relocate certain of it's tracks on some of these streets After tho resolutions had been amended to con- cur with the mayors views they were adopted.
 At d special meeting on July S Mayor Qugley reads, q special mes sage on the condition of the Berlin sewer beds. Incorporated in his report was the report of George w. Fuller, q sanitary engineer, from New York. The mayor was author ized to appoint a committee of four to consider the installation of new sewage disposal system and $1,000 voted for their expenses. This committee has never made a report but expects to do so in q short time, telling of the results of it's investi- gatiOn in other cities.
 Councilman John F. Callahan sub