New Britain herald., 1918-12-19

! commissioners for the installation CT
| a telephone at the residence of the
| clerk at municipal rates was author
| lied The petitions of the superin-
| tcndent and assistant Of the electrical
/ department and Of the members of
! the fire department for an increase in
! their salaries was referred to the sal
| airy committee. The same was done
with a petition for al increase in the
! salaries Of the police force.
! The report Of the committee on
! finance in regard to the bills paid in
November by the board of water
| commissioners was received. The
amount paid was $7,466.01.
Lengthy Water Report.
The report Of the board of water
! water supply was also received. The
report with the recommendation was
long. The board asked that it be
given permission to start work al
once the construction of a water
main from it's present end on Woos
ter street to the west canal and the
construction of a water tower at Il
cost of $40 900. Regarding the cost
of the construction of an intake at
the Whigville plant, a. plan was sub
mitted showing a cost OF $1,000, not
including the cost OF pumping the
! water The estimated cost of the ex-
tension of the Wooster street main Is
$4,000. This includes the extension
of the main. the securing Of the nee
essarv land and the obstruction of the
tower. The plans submitted also
show the extension OF the pipe line
from the tower to Shuttle meadow at
an approximate cost of $4,000. The
estimated cost of the Burlington pro
iect was given at s2SO0O0. Land and
water damages were figured at $780,
900. To clear the water sheds of
both Burlington and Whigville
brooks land to the amount OF $780,
900 must be pure hased. There was
some discussion on the part Of mem
bers of the council concerning the re-
port. Alderman Wells was not in ia
vor Of starting now. Alderman
Paonessa reminded them that when
there were 100000 gallons of water
being wasted daily at Whigville.
Councilman Gillin said they should
cut out the pickering on the water
question and do something. He paid
a high tribute to the city engineer
and his co-workers and said it was
his belief that the city has an efficient
personnel looking after the situation
now. Alderman Paonessa said it was
the duty of the council to work in the
best interests of the people of the
city. Alderman Richards said some
thing should be done and done now
so that the water question Of the city
might be settled.
Police Station to Be Painted.
The report Of the police commits
sioners on the contract for painting
the police station was received and ac-
cepted and the contract ordered rati-
fed. The report shows that there were
five bids received as follows: S. w. |
Trader, s4S5; Crowley Brothers, 1895;
r. Z. Thompson, 1915; Morgan and |
Kingsley, 1910; and John Boyle Co., |
$500 The report further stated that |
though the John Boyle company was |
the lowest bidder on account of an
ordinance recently adopted by the |
common council the board requested |
that the contract be awarded to the |
firm of Morgan and Kingsley. 1t was |
explained that Stephen Robb, a mem !
Der Of the board of police commission |
ers, is also a member of the firm Of !
John Boyle company and the contract |
therefore could not be awarded to that !
company.
Memorial Discussed.
A resolution was received which |
read as follows: Resolved That the |
Mayor be and is hereby requested to |
appoint a committee of ten or more
if deemed necessary to take into con-
sideration the erection of a monument |
and planting of memorial trees in |
existing streets or in a new street or |
streets as may be recommended by the !
committee, in memory of the men
who lost their lives in the late war !
with Germany also to arrange for the |
raising of the necessary funds by pri- |
vate contributions to meet the ex- |
pense of such propositions, such COM |
mittee to consist of members of the |
common council or citizens outside |
the council in accordance with the |
best Judgment Of the mayor. Mayor |
Quigley has already named a commit |
tee to meet Friday night and the fore |
going resolution was not deemed |
necessary. The mayor said it was his !
idea to have committee Of citizens |
including members OF the council, |
Spanish War veterans etc. There was !
no question as to the suita bility of |
erecting a memorial and all present |
showed their deep interest in the |
matter
Charter Changes.
Alderman Q. f. Curtis introduced |
resolutions for several cha rter |
changes. He explained that they
were introduced by request and he did |
not favor all of them. Reductions in |
of board and commissions
as follows were submitted Water
board, three; police board, three: fire |
board, three; charity board, three; |
finance and taxation, nine; compen-
sation and assessments, four. A reso-
luton proposed that the council con-
sist of / s members who shall be called |
aldermen and shall be elected, three |
from each ward; two to be elected
from three wards and one