Putnam patriot., 1918-09-06
PLAN TO ERECT
 HONOR ROLL BOARD
Common Council Criticizes Wa. ter Commissioners For De-
 lay In Obtaining Bids
Regular Meeting of Common Council
 Held Tuesday Evening

At the regular meeting of the com mon council on Tuesday evening, AL dermen Joseph Lapalme, Arthur Du- vert and Charles Richard were ap- pointed by Mayor Marcy as a com mittee to act with the town selectmen and the Putnam War Bureau with a view to erecting an honor board upon which can be placed the names of the Putnam soldiers and sailors now in the service. Mayor Marcy explained to the council that while to be with out such a board was not necessarily an indication that a community was lacking in patriotism, he did believe that it was rather timely to have a community honor roll. It was the sentiment of the council that the town as we'll as the city should be included in compiling this roll.
 The report of the captain of police for the month of August showed that there were Is arrests, seven of which were for intoxication, and two for violation of the dog laws. Lights were reported out 525 hours, and four doors were found unlocked and se- cured. The report of the milk inspect or was very poor Several samples were found "very bad" others were illegal" and number bad" The report was accepted and placed on file
 Permits to build were granted Will cox Bros and John Daigle.
 Two petitions for extension of sewers, one on Grand View, the oth- CT on School street, were referred to the highway committee.
 The petition of the police depart ment for increased pay was held over for further consideration by the com mittee.
 Alderman Padgett moved that the city treasurer and the mayor be au- thorized to borrow the $75. 1000 which was voted at a special meeting on August 19 for the improvement of the water system. This money is to be advanced by the Travellers lnsur- ance Company of Hartford. and will draw interest at the rate of , 78 per cent.
 Alderman Johnson, as soon as this motion was made, questioned whether or not the water commissioners are going to need this money this fall, and stated that it would certainly be unbusinesslike to borrow this large sum and then not have occasion to use it until spring. Mayor Marcy agreed with this, and said that he would bor- row no money until he was assured a contract had been let, or was to be let.
 The money must be borrowed by October 1. The objection to obtain ing the money and not using it, is that the city would be obliked to pay in terest upon it, which would be an un- necessary expense. The council se- yereIy criticized the water commis- sioners for their delay in obtaining bids and quotations on pipe. Had they done this, the work of improve ment might have been started at once, but the delay may mean that 1t will be impossible to complete the work this year The council is not anxious to have the water system in the condition that it was last winter.
 Alderman Padgett briefly summed up the situation when he said: The gene~al feeling of the council is that we a- u ,rilling to borrow the mon ey r~til it is to be used, and thus avoid payment of interest"
 ",- ertainly," concluded the mayor
 An amendment to the fire ordinance was framed permitting companies to fill vacancies that may occur. Anoth- CT ordinance will permit the payment of employees of the street and police department weekly, instead of month iy.
 The work of improving the easterly tide of Church street, north of Provi- !ence street, was let to Wilcox Broth CTS. They will lay 500 feet of curb ing at the rate of 52 cents per lineal foot, ard S7 per cubic yard for blast ing. This was the only bid received.
 Supt. of Fire Alarms John Daigie was present and recommended that the council authorize an expert to come to this city for the purpose of examining boxes, and putting batter ies into first class shape. This mat ter was referred to the fire commit tee.
 Among the monthly bills ordered paid were: Putnam Light & Power Co.,. s592.16; U Beausoleil. $l9.96; George Potvin, s13; W. B. Chapde- laine, printing, s5.75; Observer, ad- vertising, s24.75; Patriot, advertis- ing, s25.50; A. Pepin, s1.00; Putnam