New Britain herald., 1917-11-13
OFFICER RECEIVE
 INCREASE IN SALARY
Result of Adjourned Town Meet
 ing Held Last Evening
CAMPAIGN GETS GOOD START

Over $4OO Donated For the War Camp
 Fund-People Enthusiast Work.
 CTS Appointed Do Good Work George Frank Neale Dies in Hart ford Hospital.
 That the officers of the town should receive greater remuneration for their services was the opinion of those pres- ent at the adjourned town meeting held last evening in the Town hall. The meeting which was called to or der at S:30 by Chairman Condell, one- half hour later than usual, in order to 1 give the Home Guard chance to get in full hours drill. was scantily .at- tended only a dozen of citizens being 1 there in addition to members of the local military unit.
 Before any action was taken to- ward granting increases in salaries for the present incumbents of office. 1 Judge A. H. Condell, as chairman read his report. From his report it was seen that the salaries paid In this town to officers did not compare fa- Vorably with remuneration earned by l those who represented the people in 1 other towns
 FolloWlng the reading of MT. Con- l dells report a resolution was drawn 1 up which contained in 1t a schedule l of salaries for the respective town off, 1 cers The resolution follows: l Resolved: that beginning with the present fiscal year, to wit; the 16th day of August 1917, the selectmen, treasurer, auditors, collector of taxes, town clerk, assessors and members of the board of relief of the town of Plainville shall be paid for their ser vices actually rendered and not other ] wise. as follows:
 First selectman-$9O0 per annum. | Other selectmen-$5 per annum. l Town treasurer-$150 per annum.
 Auditors-$1O per annum
 Collector of taxes-1 1-2 per cent. to be computed on the amount of l taxes and the accrued interest there ! on, if any, collected by him and given i over to the town treasurer. Town clerk-$3 a day. l Assessors-$4 day.
 Members of the board of relief $3.
 l Under the old system by which the l town officers were reim bursed for l their. work the first selectman of the town received $2 a day and the other selectmen received $40 per annum 1 Tho town treasurer was granted $100 1 per annum, the auditors s2 a day, the 1 collector of taxes received 1 IA per cent, the town clerks salary was $2 a day, which was the sum also allotted ] to the auditors and members of the | board of relief.
 Under the old ruling there was lit-
 tie or no object in running for any political office in the town especially
 those offices to which a citizen would
 have to devote his entire time This
 because the salary granted to one
 elected to office would be scarcely
 enough to satisfy the wants of the in-
 ner man. For this reason there was
 seldom an aspirant for office. who ii
 he were elected to represent the town
 and forced to spend the greater share
 of his time in carrying out the duties
 of his office, could not fall back on
 a previously accumulated share o1
 worldly goods and not be forced tc
 depend entirely on the salary granted
 him by the town.
 The new schedule of prices as ar.
 ranged by the committee composed
 of Judge Condell, Henry Trumbull anG
 Harry A. Castle seems to meet with favor of the townspeople who are o1 , the opinion that the increase was justly granted.
 George Frank .Neale. . Plainville lost it's third resident
 within week when George Frank
 Neale passed away this morning at the Hartford hospital. Death was due tC heart trouble from which he had sui. , fered for some time.
 MT. Neale, who was 59 years ol age, is survived by a sister Mrs. Lev Newell of this town. and a brother who Is a railroad man and located ir
 New Haven.
 The funeral will be held at tht Plainville Baptist church Thursda, ] afternoon and internment will be 1T 1 West cemetery.
 2 MT. Neale worked for a number O. q years in the Sessions Clock compan. in Forestville and fraternally was af l filiated with Sequassen lodge, I. o
 O. F.
 r Plainville Man in Collision.
 Wilson Ellis yesterday complained e to the police in the Hardware Cit. S that while he was driving his auto = mobile east on Church street in Nev V Britain, at the intersection of .Stanle! n street, a Hartford trolley car, whicl 5 was going south, sideswiped his we
 hicle. MT. Ellis stated that he though
 the car was about to stop and at f tempted to cross the tracks when thu
 electric car started. MT. Ellis sai, F that he tried to avoid a collision anc ! l swerved to one side but in such manner that the trolley sideswipet
 the lighter vehicle. His machine wa only slightly injured. l Campaign Gets Flying Start.
 The campaign to raise $2,600 fo