New Britain herald., 1916-01-20

quired Councilman Landers in sur prise. Isn't it possible for the city plan commission to get to work with out this map? believe the city should have had a map years ago for the assessors but I don't think it is necessary for the city plan commits sion"
 City Engineer Hall told the council il at the commission believed it's fun Gamental need to be an accurate map of the city as it did not think it could act inteligently without one. Elc said it might take two years with a party of three or four engineers to complete the map.
 Councilman Curtis said the pro- posal of the commission to extend West Pearl and Glen streets had con siderable merit although it was not rev by any means. He said map would be very desirable also and he asked how in the world the city was able to lay assessments for street sprinlxling sewers, etc. without haV- ine proper maps to work with. En- c;Deer Hall replied that the city has
 mans on many streets but would like to reach the outskirts. Councilman Curtis asked as to the present Where- abouts of street maps the city has iaid thousands of dollars securing and the engineer replied that they were on file at the office of the board of public works. He also said that an accurate map would mean big financial return to the city because 1t would be impossible for property owners to escape paying their proper tax with one.
 In reply to an inquiry from Coun- | cilman Curtis, MT. Hall said the pres 1 ent engineering force could not be | used to make the map because it is l too small and too busy. Councilman | Curtis moved that the report be laid 1 over to the special meeting and that
 6 committee of five be appointed to
 confer with the city plan commission 1 and the assessors to learn whether a
 map could be secured at smaller | figure.
 ! Councilman Paonessa said there is
 "stray land" around the city that has
 not been assessed for years and Coun- 1 cilman Landers said it was up to the assessors to tell what kind of a map ] they needed. He did not think the | worl. of the city plan commission l should be delayed until the map was ! secured
 Councilman Curtis motion was
 adopted.
 1 Contract Approved. 1 The contract made by the water { commissioners with Edward r. Hen
 nessey for repairs to the municipal l ice house at S1,240 was approved. l The contractor has filed a bond to do 1 the work to the satisfaction of the l city
 "A while ago the city accepted a | bond from an ice dealer who bought our supply of municipal ice-is there
 any comparison between the two l bonds," asked Councilman Curtis. The 1 ice dealers bond was found to be | N. G.
 Ordinances adopted Were as fol- l lows: Establishing a working day for 1 policemen, increasing the Supernum- erary force from 50 to 100, establish ! ing pay of supernumerar1es and in l creasing hack fares for funerals and | weddings.
 Civil Service Rules Cause Fuss.
 The proposed rules of the civil ser vice board were read but Councilman l Curtis believed they conflicted with
 the ordinances. The latter say that
 candidate for the regular police
 force must first serve a certain time
 as q supernumerary but the rules of | the board are mute on this matter. l He wanted to know whether it would
 be possible for a man who was not
 a supernumerary to De appointed a
 regular.