New Britain herald., 1919-08-21

were introduced by Mayor Quigley. The original plans were turned upside down by the 11th hour suggestion of the factories for a Friday and Satur | day celebration only.
 The speeches of Mayor Quigley Chairman Dyson of the decoration | committee, and MT. Kimball repre- senting the manufacturers will be found in another part of the Herald this evening.
 The chairman of the city hall com
 mission, MT. Alfred, reported the poor condition of the tenement house property on the railroad frontage and asked for an appropriation of $5,O0O for improvem ents.
 The discussion was then whether the property was worth keeping or not, or whether it was worth i'm proving. In answer to MT. Gillin's request for information MT. Alfred | said that if the property were his, he | would receive about $240 more for 1 improvements recommended the city
 would receive about $54O more for 1 rents. Councilman Eichstaedt did l not think the tenement warranted the ! expense, and that it was in such | condition that respectable family 1 would not live there.
 1 Councilman Gillen expressed sur l prise about the deplorable condition
 of the tenement, but wanted the prop erty improved because of the lack
 of tenements in New Britain today. Councilman King was greatly eNer- l cised because of Councilman Eich- staedt's slur on the present occupants of the tenen ents.
 Councilman Eichstaed edt answered Councilman Kings objection by say ing that the families occupying the l tenement were not to blame for the condition of the tenement but that if l it were possible for them to move, l he believed that they would do it. 1 Additional fire escapes for city hall
 would be necessary according to the ] report of Building Inspector Ruther- | ford. The fifth floor of the city hall l has been used for meeting purposes l and sometimes having 600 people up ] there, and no fire escapes in the case l of fire. The original estimate of the | cost of fire escapes was cut S2O00 so
 the escapes were not constructed The council voted the matter of 1 apprOpriating the money for improve ! ments to a special committee con- l Sisting of the mayor, corporation
 counsel, chairman of the city hall l commission, chairman of the tene-
 ment house committee and Alderman 1 Curtis.
 The provisions for the erecting o1 l Number Six fire station were passed 1 The original report of the board o1
 fire commissioners of s12,00O was toe 1 low; the lowest bidder was Arthur N
 Rutherford MT. Rutherfords bid was 1 $14,705. The bid for the heating was
 l $820. Alderman Curtis introduced
 and carried a resolution for an ad
 ditional s4,0O0 be added to the orig
 ina1 appropriation of $12,OOO for the
 construction of Fire House Mo- G. The
 money left over should be used fo1
 improving Fire House No. 3. The mayor was requested to call a specia l meeting on the matter.
 MT. Rutherford was authorized tt construct No. fire house for $139Ot and the heating contract was alst authorized.
 The board of fire commissioner. had no trouble in securing the au thorization of $1,39O for equipmen for fire alarms
 Salary Increases. The board of public works recon mended that the salary of the drafts men in the engineering departmen be increased from $166O to s1,S0O and salary of the first rodn an he in creaso1 from $500 10 $1.OOO Alderman Curtis introduced a reso luton for the ordinance committee t. make the necessary changes for al increase of salaries of the temporar.