New Britain herald., 1917-05-16
HUMPHREY HEAD. 0F WORKS BOARD AGAIN

'lun nu6'n0'l' nnu0.s o'''A' Saperintendents Re.Appointed Ernest N. Humphrey was for the ktourth time named president of tho board Of public works last evening, when the board met for tho reeular monthly meeting and organization. The motion of Commissioner John D. Downes naming MT. Humphrey prssi- dent was made unanimous. Commis- sioner Downes also nominated Will
 Ham H. Hall for city engineer, and this election was also unanimous. On motion of Commissioner Ander- son. Harry A. Emmett was renamed clerk. a position he hes filled capably for several years. Joseph Schiedoa
 and Michael P. o'Brian were named superintendents of streets and sewers respectively.
 There were three hearings sched- uled for the meeting. tho first being on
 the construction of q sewer on Hart street from Lincoln street to Corbin' avenue. and the establishing of . 16- foot building line. John w. Carleton appeared and favored both petitions and the board moved their adoption. The Title Real Estate company ct al.. petitioned for a grade 1ine on Connecticut avenue. 1000 feet easterly from it's present terminus. Council
 man GorbacA. H. N. Lockwood and
 John A. Brink favored the proposed grade as shown on the engineers map. On motion of Commissioners Downes
 1t was adopted.
 F. Franklin appeared in expedition
 to the proposed sprinkling of Oak street. saying that expenses were too high at present. President Humphrey spoke of the better service obtained from . road that is sprinkled. but Franklin assured him that this waa l done through the garden hose method. The board voted to recom- mend the sprinkling.
 The following petitions were re- ceived: From F. w. Williams for permission l to place gasoline tank in front Of . garage at 2s7 Elm street. IAid over for inspection
 l From Jacob Anderson for the re- moval of tree in front of 610 Church street. Referred to the city engineer with power.
 For lights on Newington road east of East street. Laid over for inspec- ! tion.
 For a catch basin at tho cnrnsr of Allen and East streets. Reforred to the president and the city engineer. From the H. R. Walker company, asking for an increase to 76 cents atl ] hour for 8 double team and 50 cents an hour for one horse vehicles. The petition spoke of the H. c. of L for horses, etc. The board couald4ko4 the petition . reasonAblo ono and voted to grant tho increase. A petition was received.for . sewer | in Wolcott street, but as thA streex is an unaccepted one. 1t was roted to ! give the property owners m oppor- | tunity of having maps and prohles made and submitted to the board. The petition from Postmaster ". +. Delaney for permission to place six
 new letter boxes about the center of the city was granted.
 The petition for sewer in Buell. street was laid over until tho street ts accepted. Work on grading the street is now under way.
 Superintendent Reeks of the health department appeared before the com missioners and urged the construction
 of some kind of a sewor or drain that
 will eliminate conditions existing on
 Oxford street. Dr. Reeks said that
 following rain storm the water lays
 in the gutter and in the summer time
 would. have a tendency to breed dis
 ase. It was voted to have the. engin-
 Ger take levels of the street to deter
 mine just what will be the best way
 of caring for the matter. Albin Carl
 son. one of the largest property own
 CTS on the street spoke in favor of havs
 ing q sewer constructed. and as th4-
 street is an unaccepted ono inc said
 he would assist in trying to get waiv- l
 CTS signed.
 "A communication was received from
 the common council requesting that action be taken on the petition for | the construction of . sewer in; West l End avenue. At 8 previous meeting | the board voted to recom.nend the sewer when tho usual waivers were signed and thfE report will be sub- mitted to the council at the meeting this evening. .4f7
 The board voted to recommend the laying of flag or concrete walk on the nOTIH SluS OI 10NuSS40 1RAVSNOW ~vO- nue. 138 feet westerly, to complete f the work which was undertaken last E year. The work must be completed by August 1.
 The usual ha1f-hohday Saturdays for the employees of the departments was again voted this year. being ef- fective in June. July and August.
 The petition from the English Lu- theran church for permission to place q sign at the conner of Mains street