New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-08-12
ONE TO MOVE and
ONE TO Second IT
Only Two Members at August
Meeting Of "Steering" Committee

Out of the ten members OF the COM
mittee on rules and legislation only
| two put in an appearance last evening
to discuss matters to be brought up
at the August meeting of the COM
mon council next Wednesday night
! The two in attendance were Council
man 0. F. Curtis, chairman, and
' Councilman A. M. Paonessa, member.
| General Curtis and Private Paonessa
! went over. the reports of commission
| ers and committees. There is some
question whether the. report will be
| accepted at the council meeting AS
! there was no quorum of the commit
| tee present The others were either
| at the outing of the city government
! at Lighthouse Point or on their Vaca-
| tons.
Abatement of Taxes and Assessments
Recommendations from the mayor
| and. alderman regarding the abate-
| ment of taxes were as follows:
| That the petition of Rev. j. e.
| Klingberg for abatement of taxes on
| property at the corner of Hart and
| Griswold streets used as Children's
Home be granted for the tax payable
| July 1, 1915, amounting to $79.SS anu
| the tax payable July 1, 1914, be re-
ferred to the finance committee for
! adjustment, as it is mater OF re-
| hate and not abatement, the amount
| being $7S.73. The comptroller be IN
| structed to draw a duplicate order on
the treasurer in favor OF Newton anu
! Ellen Smith for the sum of $50 be-
| ing the amount due them on account
| of damages caused by the adoption of
street lines on Corbin avenue in 1910,
| the original order having been lost
and further that the collector be in
| structed to accept the sum of 80 as
| payment in full for the beneflts due
| the city on account of change OF
| gdade in Corbin avenue in 1910, the
| interest and amount of lien to be
stricken from the collectors books
| provided said assessment is paid on
| Or before September Is 1915; that
! the petition of Rev. J. E. Klingberg
! for abatement of tax amounting TO
| $S7.S7 on Children Home at 347
| Corbin avenue be granted, also on
| property at 20 South Burritt street
! amounting to s79.s7; that Carlson &
| Torrell petitioners for the abatement
| of interest and lien on a sewer assess
| ment laid on Dwight street, assessed
| in the name of Walter P. Steel re-
| ceive abatement on condition that the
| principal, amounting to $149.4S, be
! paid on or before September Is, 1915.
| and the petitioners waive all claims
! against the city which they may have
| on account of oVerpayment claimed }
| be made on Yale street sewer, and
I further that the sum of $13.40 oe
abated on the 1915 tax list for the rea-
son that the petitioners paid that
amount on list of 1914 on property
which they did not own located on
| Yale street.
| Changes in Ordinances.
Ordinance committee recommen
tions were as follows: That a deposit
| of five per cent be required from Dii j.
| ders on contracts from 500 to $780,
| 900 and ten per cent for over $4,000
| and that all contracts be secured by
| deposit of surety bond for at least
| twenty-five per cent; that no toilets
| be permitted in cellars or unventila
| ted rooms or compartments without
| special permission of the board of
| health; that the board be author
| ICED to declare dangerous or unsani-
; tary buildings nuisance and order
! repainting, repapering, ETC.; that hem
! neries be prohibited within forty feet
| of dwellings,.
Board Cf Public Worsk.
The following report was received
! from the board of public works:
| That the board be Instructed to
! hold hearings on the proposed lay
! ing of permanent pavement on Elm
street from railroad crossing to East
! Main street; that the board of water
| commissioners be constructed to lay
! suitable main in Cemetery lane pro-
vlded that usual bond is filed; that
the board be instructed to adVeftlse
for bids for permanent pavement on
Bigelow street between Church and
Chestnut street that the United Elec-
trio Light & Water Company has
petitioned the board for permission
to erect an electric sign twenty by SiX
feet in front of the Electric building
on West Main street. to. be securely
ed to the building which is two
feet back of the street line, and this
would make the sign project four feet
over the street line, but the board
believes that such a sign should be
an advantage to the city because Of
the light that would be given, yet 1t
has no jurisdiction over the matter
because the ordinances prohibit the
same and therefore the board pre-
sents the petition to the council for
action that the board and the conf
mittee on supplies and printing have
had a conference on the matter of a
drinking fountain in Franklin Square
park and have taken the matter up
with the Burritt Memorial commit
tee. which is waiting for plans Of the
park and the board and committee on
supplies recommend that the matter
be placed on the table until these
plans have been completed.