New Britain herald., 1916-02-22
' '"The board of selectmen decided ito

! The board of selectmen decided ito
 ask for a temporary loan, which can ] be paid in the spring when the taxes 1 for the year will be, turned into the 1 town treasury. The school board will l need between $1,2O0 and s1,5OO the ! first of the month to pay the salaries ] of the teachers and the janitOrs. Therefore, MT. Chairman, I move you, he board of seleCtmen be empowered to borrow a sum not to exceed $S,000
 as temporary loan" Louis Ander-
 son seconded the motion and it was
 ranimously carried.
 New Concrete Road.
 The chairman then called for any other business and First Selectman Cibney said After much cajoling the highway department of Connecti
 cut has decided to fix the WorthinS-
 ton Ridge thoroughfare, which is
 trunk line and one of the worst
 stretches of road between New York and Boston, according to those ac-
 cUStomed to travel between those two points. The board of selectmen was recently informed that the highway department will put in a new con-
 crete road from Woodruff's store to a point 500 feet beyond the end of the trolley line. The highway commits sicner in his letter said he thought the town of Berlin should appropriate the sum of $3,00O for concrete retain ing walls and gutters The matter was discussed by the selectmen and they decided as travelling automo
 bilists would receive more benefit from the new road than the towns people, the town could not afford to appropriate the sum-"
 C. F. Lewis asked if the state would put in the walls and gutters if the town refused. In reply MT. Gibney said "The state engineer had plans drawn for the straightening the road | in front of the Fields residence and l will cut a portion of the bank away. The plans of the department do not 1 call for the gutters and walls, so l do l not know whether the commission will 1 have them built. or not''
 l MT. Lewis then asked if the state ! will pay for the damages done to pri- 1 vate property owners. In response 1 to the question Selectman Gibney l said, According to a law recently l passed by the legislature, the state l cannot be sued for damage to private l property while making public inn 1 proVements but the suit must be l brought against the highway commits l sioner. as an individual and there are l several suits pending against Commits 1 sioner Bennett at this time. We ! thought the matter out and decided l we might be made co-defendants to any action against the commissioner ] because of property damages if we con- l sented to appropriate $3,000 for the 1 purpose suggested by the commission 1 er"
 | Selectman John A. Moore agreed l with Selectman Gibney, saying that l the amount could be put to better use ' in fixing the road from Damon's Hill l to the station.
 l Chairman Sullivan thought the l towns debt is large enough at present l There would be no benefits to the | town as a whole and the selectmen i were right in not considering the ! proposition. t
 c. F. Lewis then moved that the l meeting endorse the action of the se- | lectmen in refusing to ask the town l for the stated sum. The motion was l carried unanimously and the meeting adjourned.
 D. A. K. Meeting.
 The regular meeting of Emma Hart 1 Willard chapter, D A. R., was sched- ] ulded for today, but it was decided to 1 observe Washingtons birthday in 1 stead and the members and invited | guests gathered a the Berlin Tea shop l this afternoon at o'clock, where an l enjoyable reception was held. The din- ing room of the shop was tastefully