New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

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 cost of sf.e0 per square yard, as
 against this at SPA, which was
 given out without competitive {
 We willftake another angle on this
 matter about the street being alr~ss
 finished. Sec. 5S of the city char
 ter, says when d strest' is paved
 with other material thAA ,macadanla
 it may assess the whole ssost Of such
 improvement on the property fronf~
 ing such street and the owner ahaia <
 be compelled to pay not eexceedInga
 one. dollar and fifty cents DOT fHout
 foot and this shall be coliectabfe.
 liens filed, etc. It also says on the
 completion of the work and assess
 ment for the cost of the same, such
 assessment shall he final and con-
 elusive on all parties interest, etc.
 The approved printed Vrecords Of !
 the common council proceedings {, show that at the September 5 meet
 ing therefwas ordered maid to the Good Roads Construction Go. for permanent pavement S2170.01 Oct. 20. 1915 meeting ..... 3,71T.a4
 Jan. 14, 1916 meeting .... ss7.s0 ,e osz-3.
 Thus settling in full for this paving job. Tt y "
 The above record page 26. No 36.
 january january l9' 1916 meeting reads as follows, viz:
 %From the board of public works re. porting the completion of the pave. ment o4 Lafayette street from Mair street to Grove street at cost Of *e'5S2.33. and recemmendinR that tie matter be referred to the board oi compensation and assessment to make Hle proper assessments of benefits 5g provided by the city charter. Accepted and adopted. The board of compensation and as- sessment has given the interested
 property owners a hearing. Some members of the board have been ua to see the Jeb and the board still has the matter under advisement. MT Humphrey is president of tbs ooardNof public works, the board that | reported the pavement completed thai | requested another board to pass upor the work as completed, and which the cnarter says when a street is paved I It does not say partly paved The | charter also says on completion Of the work etc, it does not say partly com. l pleted - Now Mir. Humphrey is quoted asr | saying the street is unfinished and the council knew it. That in the face af his boards and probably his partici. | pating action sending an official com munication that it was.
 If 1t is not, does MT. Humphrey ex- | pect the city to wait four years be- l fore assessing it?
 Did the property owners on thai street have an opportunity to tell the kind of pavement they preferred? Can I they be compelled to pay for work inn | perfectly done? Can they be compelled | to pay until the work is completed? If so, can they be again compelled to
 pay when it is completed, if it is not now? How can board mako 8 satisfac- | tory assessment of cost on work if if. l is only partially completed. and there | is no specification or decision as to. | how or with what it will be completg ed !? It looks as though the willing and | ever-ready taxpayer will have to plank | down another 5000 or $6,000 to get | this street in proper shape. If MT. l Humphrey or anybody else's grounds l for slanderous charges and mis- l statements have no better basis than 1 this I would advise them to keep | quiet
 | Next! | Respectfully,
 l O r CURTIS