New Britain herald., 1917-03-10

the commission get together. dsc( upon a definite policy and make ~
 port at the continued hearing Nd day night.
 Clerk Magnel' of the safety bos presented the requests of his be- relative to the desired appropriatt of $11i.490 for the fire. departmh explained the various items and subjected to close questioning.
 showed what the National Underwx ers' association demands, if the
 is to be placed in the class A tnDe arlce risk table. The amount deeQk for the police department is $7s.y
 Milk station Appeal
 Appearing in behalf of the Nd Britain Milk station. Mrs- I. D. RusDa Mrs. Ira Hicks and Mrs. Psaso s ported a request for an approprta4t of $250 to provide for an extra np1 and meet other expenses. pr. I. Go Reeks, superintendent of the hea4 board, spoke in support of the 1I quest and showed the importance the work being done at the milk n ton. He showed that the object Milk station is to save the life babies by supplying pure milk al along educational lines. Statisti| were given showing that out of 5l Britain, i265 were of children unAj five years of age. About 14s Of 1T number were victims of diseA brought on by poor and improp3 feeding. The Milk station plans supply two nurses this year and a l! maintain sort of open-air nurseN The nurses are to teach the n0tl1Nl how to properly care for their cA l dren.
 Although approving of the genex| idea, Judge Gaffney expressed tho u lief that the appropriation would III be legal unless made through XII charities department or the heq11 board. He said that, if one char1e project can secure an approprtA$6 l others can. MT. Humphrey sugge44 that the money be appropria through the health board. Dr. Re1 did not approve of this, saying that department already has many depAS ! ments and that more development several is desirable before additio1ll burdens are shouldered. He said IT 1t would be liable to cause q p1ateS4 difference next year in the reouisite1 l of his department. The matter N1 left with the expression that sorno sS
 of appropriating the money can
 found, probably through the cha1tt
 department.
 In considering the requisitioM q the fire department, Clerk 1Caen1 | showed that the payron estina&S \
 $s6,ssO with $4s.413 aliowed
 year. He said that the tncs
 pay, recently allowed, h reepoaa
 for . large part of the incre1se. -
 Humphrey made the suggestton fhl permanent department should hes
 reality with the sum asked and CISd
 Magnell expressed the belief th1x
 can be done.
 The idea of q call force wal X
 iculed by MT. Humphrey and clSx
 fled as a farce. He showed thos
 lays caused by the. response of s&
 men and said that they are Of III
 use for a time after arrival on n
 count of their hurried trip. He Eatl
 hin observations of tho work of ptivaII
 fire departmenta In factories to syt|
 stantiate hfs fsScoutentions. Speed
 getting to A re and the first fe
 minutes of work count the most l
 contended. ...s v sS sS
 In discussing call firemen and iii
 pernumerary policemen, who refi1I
 permanent appointments, when r
 cred, or permanent wogk, Judge 0xl | ney and Mayor QuigieS characterfl
 them as merely qualifying for ptl
 sion. <.
 In the police requisition. it was. .e1 plained that there are two vacaAcl& caused by the resignation of SeruG
 T. M. Hertihg, promotion of EerGG
 Theodore Johnson to fill the vacxn1 and death of Policeman William
 Grace. It was also explained iii 1.-two new Sergeanc!es are desired. 0r for desk duty at headquarters IT the other for the detective buYoa, Two additional regulars are deelre this year, to patrol contemplafo beats in the Sunnyledge district n because 1t Is planned to put the r1 l trol chauffeurs,Qn an eight-hour shif making regular appointments to tn l position necessary.
 There was considerable discusiio relative to proposed additions to n l lice and fire department equipmel and apparatus. The taxation boas did not disapprove of the propos4 aerial truck but thought it was Ill necessary to have two hook and Ind der companies. The opinion wAa el pressed that the apparatus should sl more evenly distributed 70 that tlss will be as much apparatus south x the railroad tracks as, are in n northern part of the city.