New Britain herald., 1918-09-19

Elihu Burritt school and authorizing the sale of bonds at some future date was adopted for brief discussion. "Why does this matter come here?' asked Alderman PaOneSsa saying that he thought tue city meeting called l for Tuesday night was for that pur- pose. He said he understood the 1 school board considered it did not | have to come to the council City 1 Clerk Thompson explained that the 1 corporation counsel ruled that this l had to come to the common council "They come here because they have to. Is that it?" asked the alderman, New Ordinances.
 Several reports from the ordinance 1 committee were re-committed to the | committee after having been reported 1 to the council. An unfaVorable re- port was made on the request of the 1 board of health for an ordinance to | require the washing of dishes and l cutlery used in resta urants and at ] soda fountains. Health Supt. pr. , Moore explained that this matter was l taken. up because of the activity of l the federal authorities. Speaking as ! regard the washing of glasses at soda l fountains he said it was impossible | to clean them with cold water and disease is spread in that way. He 1 cited Spanish influenza and diphtheria as common diseases spread that way. l Dr. Moore said the installation of hot 1 water would not be a burdensome expense. A question raised by Chair man Mueller of the ordinance com ! mittee was how effectively would the 1 ordinance be enforced pr. Moore | replied a similar ordinance is enforced ! in New York and is recommended by 1 the government. Some members of l the council thought 1t would enforce 1 a. hardship. pr. Moore suggested 1 that the desired result might be se- 1 cured by an ordinance requiring the
 use Of sanitary drinking. cups. When questioned, Judge Cooper said it
 would be possible to draft ordinances | that could be enforced, but he would ] not venture an opinion as to whether ! or not 1t would be. On motion of | Councilman Gorbach this ordinance | was recommitted for further consid- | eration.
 The ordinance committee did not 1 recommend the passage of the pro- 1 posed ordinance requiring the placing
 of vent traps in garages and places
 
 1 mittee recommended that the matter 1 be referred to the building inspector
 and board of public works to prepare
 an estimate of what the expense will 1 be to make all the changes. It was ] done.
 No ordinance is necessary to make l it 8 misdemeanor to scatter glass, scrap metal etc, in roadways as there | is a state law on the subject and also
 a city ordinance. What good are ! they unless they are enforced P 1 aked Alderman Paonessa. father of 1 the resolution. He explained his pur- l pose was to save tires and he fore | casted that in 8 year tires cannot be l bought.
 An unfavorable report was made on | the resolution suggested for the licens- | ing of electricians and requiring them 1 to take out permits for work Later , it may be advisable to separate the
 city's electrical department from the l general electrical work, but it is not
 advisable now on account of the war, 1 said Chairman Mueller's report.
 The ordinance requiring the restau-
 rants to serve milk in individual ] bottles was adopted
 A new ordinance proposed that
 utensils used in handling milk be
 washed with hot water Tor sterilized
 with live steam" Councilman Gorbach
 inquired if this was satisfactory to 1 the board of health pr. Moore sug-
 gested that the word Tor" be changed
 to and In explanation he said that
 the bacteria in milk served in New
 Britain is too high. We are swallow
 ing too many microbes" said Dr.
 Moore. He said that even without
 an ordinance the health commission
 is meeting with success in having
 dealers of milk install sterilizers.
 Councilman Wells inquired what the cost would be to the milk men. pr. ! Moore was unable to state. Chair
 man Mueller aid he thought it would 1 be expensive and that's why the re- 1 quirement for sterilization was not
 made compulsory. This was referred
 to the committee to go over again.
 An ordinance to require all city
 owned automobiles to bear large signs designating city ownership and pro- l hibiting the use of them except for city business was discussed. The term
 large signs" was regarded as too elastic and too indefinite. Alderman Spencer said they might carry a
 Cremo Brewery sign. It would be a , sign Chairman Mueller explained that he was willing to leave some thing to the judgment of the city
 officials. Alderman Spencer moved
 to refer the ordinance back to have
 the size of the signs specified and al so requiring the name of the depart , ment to which the cars belong. , Councilman Gillin said he thought the
 council was making itself ridiculous when 1t got down to specifying the
 size of the letters, etc.
 The rate for nl1h1ic rarrjage hirc