New Britain herald., 1920-01-22


 drew his motion for the appropriation of the money to the Firemen's Pen sion fund and the amendment of AL dermau Curtis was carried.
 Charity Department.
 The work of supervising the wid- ows' pension fund has grown to such proportions that the charity depart ment deems it a necessity to ask for assistance, and asked that authority be granted to name such an aSSlStalIf.
 The board of charity commission CTS reported to the council the results of investigations made by state off cials, in accordance with the resoli- ton of the council. Commissioner J. NJ. Whittlescy of he~dorhestic animal department of the state wrote that tho dairy barn at the town farm is ct model one.
 Public Works Report.
 The chief item in the reports of the board of public works was the pro posed extension of Hungcrford court from Main street to Pearl court. The matter was referred to the board of com pen lsiLtion and assessments.
 Ic Complete Honor Roll.
 The chairman of the honor roll committee reported that the work has been completed and asked for an ap- propriation of S40S. Alderman Cur tis recommended that the sum of $500 Ire appropriated for the completion of the work in proper manner It was carried.
 To Examine Bremen.
 Acting cn a recommendation of the board of fir commissioners the per malncnt members of the fire depart 1nent submit to q physical eXamina- tion each year, !le city to pay the eH- ,{ : .1l,1 man of the board had explained the reasons and said the cost would not exceed $100, to recommend tn e eX- aminations.
 That W. H. Report Again.
 Alderman Paonessa moved a recon sid eratiOn of the audit of the Welcome Home report that it be referred back to the com ptroller. He cited the ap- parent irregularity in connection with the popularity Ncontest. He spoke of the expense account which allowed worker S100 and other expenses, which brought the total up to S450. At the outset of the contest, he ur- t,ersicod that the city was to receive , per cent. of the receipts, and judg- inf from the amounts showed in the daily bulletin. receipts hat would in- dicate that the committee should have received at least $1.000. the fact re- mains that the committee only receiv- eG EiJt
 City Garage.
 The municipal garage committee filed d report showing that the work has progressed very satisfactorily, but there was some parts of construction that was holding up the completion of the building. The building will be erected within the appropriation. t,@ S,,jI hot should prove to be a fine thing for the city. An ordinance will be effected giving the supervision of the garage to the board of police commissioners, and an appropriation of $500 was voted to get the garage in operation.
 Wants Streets Widcncd.
 Alderman Curtis presented q reso1u- tion instructing the city engineer tC prepare maps for the widening of West Main street, between the city building and Grove Hill. He spoke of the congestion caused by the mar rowness of the highway at present. Councilman George Wells also refer red to this condition. Alderman Cur tis said the city would not be put to heavy expense in gettirg the proposed maps.
 Comfort Station Report.
 Chairman J. Gustave Johnson, chairman of the comfort station com mittee, made a report to the council, stating that the committee has gone into the matter of he work with great care, getting data from other cities. The committee favors placing the station at the north end of Central park. f this plan is adopted, it will be possible to heat the station with underground pipes from city hall. He nrti tJa station would be about 1000 with a sum of s7.500 needed for running the comfort house annually. A recess of five minutes was held while the council members examined a map of the proposed station, and on reSump- tion of the meeting it was voted to accept the report.
 Curtis Makes Reports.
 Comptroller H. L. Curtis submitted a report of the audit of report of J. C. Loomis, treasurer of the Welcome Home committee, showing it to be correct. Since the report was com- p1eted. additional bills of sS71.O4 have been turned in, and there are addi- tional receipts of $350. leaving the total amount of cash on hand s5,- Si5.03.
 The carnival committee through it's chairman, W. W. Hanna. has turned over to me, contracts, bills, vouchers, account books, bank books and mem- oranda concerning their transactions for the celebration week, but my eX- animation of the same is not com p1ete at this time as some additional m em oranda has recently come to me and it is requested that this part of inc report be continued until the next m meeting of the common council so