New Britain herald., 1919-11-04
Recommendation Is Accepted at
 Special Meeting LAND WOULD COST SS,5oO
dissolution is Also Rcceis cd Calling Upon Town to Buy More Land For Ccmctery-HCtchkisS Gets Tow From Rockwell

the town building committee and
 from a. committee appointed to report
 on the purchase of land for the West
 cemetery.
 The town building committee which
 was appointed at a meeting held on
 December 17,<1917, 10 rebuild the
 Town hall which was destroyed by
 fire, reported last evening that the
 most suitable location for town
 building which has thus far been
 found is the Woodford property, sit
 uated at the corner of Maple and
 Whiting streets. The report was &C.,
 cepted.
 A resolution was introduced pro-
 posing that the selectmen be in
 structed to tender for acceptance. on
 or before January 1, 1920, the pur-
 chase of the Woodford property, to
 be used for a site for a town build
 ing to be erected at some future date
 the purchase price of the land not to
 exceed $S,50O The resolution was
 adopted.
 The Woodford property is an ideal
 site for a town building, being situat-
 ed in the center of the town and in
 the business district. It has a front
 age of approximately 175 feet on
 Whiting street and 19S feet on Maple
 street. It's central location and the
 size Of the property increases it's
 value and dcSira bility and it is very
 probable that other prospective buy
 CTS could he found who would utilize
 the land for building purposes raz-
 ing the buildings which now occupy the property namely. a two- story dwelling house and greenhouse Con- siderable doubt has beln expressed as to the possibility of securing the property for the towns use at the price of $S,5O0. The owner, however, has given his opinion in the matter and says that he would rather give the town of Plainville the first op- pOrtunitN to purchase the site. P. J. Prior introduced an amend mcnt to the resolution to purchase the property, proposing that $500 be added. making the sum S9OOO Mr. Prior made an interesting speech in favor of the Amendment predicting that Plainville would within d few years expand to an enormous extent on account of it's industrial develop- mont and that a municipal building instead of Town hall would be ncc- i essarN. He said that, in his opinion it would be q waste of money to build a small Town building which would soon prove inadequate to the needs of the community.
 He introduced g new phase Of the question when he said that by pur- chasing a large building site the town might sometime have an administers = 1 tion building and post office side by 1 side in the business district and that 1 if the subject were broached to the I Post Office departm the United States government might appropriate Q ! money to assist in the purchase. Mr. i Prior evinced his opposition to recrc- l ation for the younger element being l provided by the town. The following 1 quotation from his remarks explains 1 this statement. He said:
 We do not want little town building with a hall on the upper 1 floor where a hand-organ may grind all night and the young people can 1 hold dances"
 MT. Prior explains this opposition 1 hy stating that in his opinion a town l building is subjected to misuse anI 1 is frequently badly damaged by al- 1 lowing the younger set to hold dances 1 and other social affairs therein. He says that if dances or entertainln enf s 1 are to be held in the town buildinc 1 the parties who hold them should be ] made 10 pay we'll for the privilege of i using the hall.
 The speech by Mr. Prior was fol- 1 lowed by a few remarks from Henry ! TrumDull, who said that such building 1 of air castles is all very well, but that 1 such improvements must be reduced l to concrete values in dollars and f cents. He said that such a venture 1 at this time or al any time within the
 next few years would prove to he too 1 burdensOmc to the taxpayers of the l town.
 1 The amendment proposing that
 $500 be added to the proposed pur- | chase price was rejected by vote. 1 More Cemetery Land.
 ie \ resolution was introduced pro- l Viding that the PlainVille Gem etcry association be empowered to pur- 1 chase additional land for the West 1 cem etery. A. H. CondelI chairman 1 of the meeting, was called upon to ! inform the voters as to the need of ! such land. He stated that there is Ut l present only small tract of avail l able land left for burial purposes and l that the tract is very unsightN, He l said there is a strip of land bordering 1 the cemetery on the east Wnlcn IS eX ! actly suited to the needs of the cene 1 tery and which the association de- ! sires to purchase. The land is a part l of the Hadsel estate and menbel: of ! the Cemetery association have at l various times within the past four 1 years attempted to induce the owner ] 10 set a price upon the land Whlch ] he has StCadfastly refused to do -A committee of five men, consisting ot the three members of the board Of selectmen, A. II. Condell and Robert c. Usher. was appointed 10 approach