New Britain herald., 1916-09-20
SCHEIDEL CHOSEN
 SUPT. OF STREETS
Board Of Public Works Names
 WieSand'S Successor

years a foreman for the board of 1 public works. was last night chosen l superintendent of the street depart ment to succeed the late Edward l Wiegand. Scheidel has been filling the 1 vacancy since MT. Wiegand's death 1 and his work has been very satisfac- l tory. The naming of a superinten- | dent at this time of the season was 1 not in accord with the ideas of Com
 missioner O'Brien who said that the ! deferring of the appointment would
 effect a :,aving of s9oO but his figures
 did not coincide with the other mem- bers of the board who were unan-
 imous in the choice of Scheidel.
 Light again begins to show on the horizon in the neighborhood of Mon- roe street, where the necessity of g. l new bridge has been apparent for some time. Several months ago, the board issued a call for bids for a con- crete bridge. but the figures of the contractors were in excess of the ap- propriation for the work and 1t was decided later to lay the matter over.
 Conditions have reached the propor-
 tions where the need of a bridge is essential. At last nights meeting Commissioner Moore brought the mat ter before the board, stating that he had discussed the situation with a local contractor who would do the work on a ten per cent basis. the city to furnish all materials and he would furnish the labor. The map of the proposed bridge drawn by City Engineer Hall was shown the board members and Commissioner Downes gave some valuable information in re- gard to 8 saving that can be made by the construction of a flat bridge in stead of an arch bridge. as shown on the map. The engineer was instruct ed to draw another map to be pre- sented to the board as soon as pos sible. Mayor Quigley later called at the meeting and made inquiries in regard to the bridge and was informed of the action of the board.
 Bids for the furnishing of material for the proposed subway on Myrtle street were received from the City Coal and Wood company and the w. L. Damon company. Before taking action on the bids Engineer Hall ex- pla1ned to the board that before the subway work can be done a new sewer will have to be erected in Myrtle street. The present storm water sewer has been found to be inadequate, a recent storm proving this. It was voted to have the engineer bring in an estimate of, the cost of constructing @ 60-inch sewer at as early a date as possible. ,'t5=? E&&".l
 The various streets laid out by the board to be macadamized are about completed. Cottage Place, the last of the assignments, will be finished this week. It was recommended that Oak street be macadamized next and that following this Park street from Stan ley to F'airview street be taken care of. The chairman of the board spoke of the need of pavement on Commer- cial street. Part of the subway is laid in the street at present. This would give the city center of fine streets. The board and mayor were pleased to see Elm street completed. Commissioner O'Br1en asked about the pavement work ordered on Stanley street. The chairman stated that 1t was held up on account of the rail- road company failing to get the neces- sary rail work completed. Commis- sioner Downes inquired in regard to contracts made this year which were not completed. He wanted to know whether the money reverted to the department. The chairman said there was some question in regard to this. It was explained by Mayor QuigIey and
 the city engineer that with the excep-
 tion of the Arch street job none of the other contracts had been signed
 The mayor made inquiries relative to the Arch street work. The engineer stated that it is now progressing.
 The autos in the departm ent have
 given much service in the past three years and a good offer has been made for them. The board voted to recom-
 mend that they be disposed of and
 new machines be purchased. The city will keep the bodies of the cars, sell
 ing the chases to the highest bidder.
 Several hearings were scheduled
 and were disposed of The first was for the proposed change of building lines on the east side of Summer street from East Main street to Winter street from ten to fifteen feet. Attor- ney Joseph A. Glover, appearing for
 Mrs. Nicholas Glover, opposed the proposed change, saying that the
 property was too central and a change
 as was asked for by the petitioners l would impose a hardship on his client l if she desired to dispose of the prop | erty. It was decided to give the peti- tiOners leave to withdraw.
 The second hearing was for the l establishment of building and veranda ] lines on Cedar street from West Main 1 street to Lake street. Charles Gillin, 1 LucNs Lusk and Augustyn Morris ap- | peared at the hearing and favored l the proposed twenty foot building line and fifteen foot veranda line. MT. Gll- l lin also spoke for the T. w. Timbrell estate and Julia Spring as fayoring l the adoption of the line. The board voted to recommend the lines as l shown on the map.
 | Several property owners were l nracept at for the con-