New Britain herald., 1922-09-25
REPORT ON GARAGE
 MANAGEMENT FILED
City Commission Submits State
 ment for Action by Council

The garage committee appointed b, the Common Council to take over tho management of the municipal garage the first of August, 1922 has prepar. ed the following report:
 ''The committee deemed it advis- able to enlist experienced and prac- teal men to assist in If possible draw ing up rules and regulations and giv- Ing the committee first hand informa ton as to the most up-to-date method employed in present day garages. The gentlemen in question added to our committee are: Messrs. J. r. Atwater traffic manager of the American Hardware Corp. and Walter E. Bell, occupying the same position with the North and Judd Mfg. Go.
 These men. up to the present time, have been very much interested in the Municipal garage and have assisted with very much valuable advice. The financial standing of the garage at the present time is not very strong and is on the verge of bankruptcy We find some bills long past due for pay ment, An immediate step should be taken to pay these bills as your com mittee feels that the merchants sub hitting these bills should not have We have a long standing bill of $500 against the building commission or others, which as yet we have not been able to find out who is to pay, and we feel that this money should be paid over to the garage committee as it is rightfully due them.
 The assets of the garage consist of very little equipment in form of work ing tools and accessories Some time ago an appropriation was granted the garage by the Common Council to the amount Of $500 for equipping Muni- cipal garage with machinery and motor, also small tools, which sum has been used to meet running ex- penses and this amount has dwindled to almost nothing at the present time
 Under the head of garage assets can also be added the fact that small tools and some accessories have lately been added, also some stock of Ford parts On August ?, 1922. the garage Mir. Beatty resigned and by a vote taken, MT. L. C. May was elect ed his successor. During the period that existed between ke resigning of Mir. Beatty and the installation of MT. May, much mechanical work had to be done in order that the cars might be kept running, so Mir. Walter Wag- ner was engaged at the rate of 30 cents per hour. The committee thought this was very essential as the cars were in poor shape and Mir. Wag- ner has since been retained as assist ant, the condition of the cars being such that no one man could attend to demands for repairs on various cars. The committee fully senses and realizes the work yet to be done and is prepared to a man to to attain the best results pos slble. Rules and regulations have been formulated and printed and by this time they are in the hands of the ing and repairing their cars at the Municipal Garage and we earnestly solicit the hearty cooperation of the boards and commissions to assist us in successfully operating the garage to both for themselves and Tor the city.
 The garage committee wishes to impress the financial side of the gar sge as forcibly upon the members of he common council as possible and we submit the following list of old pills, which to the best of our know- edge cleans up the outstanding bills 70 date against the garage and we recommend these for prompt pay nent:
 Post and Lester. s56.76; s. N. E. Tel. Co.,, $21.15: s. N. E. Tel. Co.,, 'l6.4o; Conn. Light and Power Co.,, '12S,24; H. l.. Mills, .92: Hartford Towel and Apron Supply Co.,, s2.o0: Economy Tire Co.,, s1.50; A. c. Hawk 1T, $4.96; A. G. Hawker, s3S.35; H. Y. Walker Co.,, s6.25; Fucker Elec- ric Co.,, s0.s9; Fucker Electric Co.,, 1928; w. A. Ingraham, s2.25; John Boyle Co.,, s4.65; Rackliffe Bros. 'oo'G1I oediiddid oAi So', @11o'0-, Automobile Sales and Service Co.,, '10.62; Automobile Sales and Service 'o.. s4.50. Total, $S13.S6.
 We also have found by inquiring nd investigation that any and all makes of cars can withstand a maxi mum and minimum amount of service md that then after a certain length # time they become very expensive o maintain and repair and keep in condition. By this inquiry ve have leaHied that a Ford car had ,est be replaced yearly in order not 0 have too large depreciation of he car fall on the city in the form If repairs which after the first year n said car prove more expensive the onger the car is kept. We would therefore recommend that the fol- owing Ford cars be traded in or sold or the best possible market price ob- ainable:
 Water Department Ford Car No. Water Dept. Ford car No. ?, Sewer Dept. Ford car No. 1, Water Dept. 'ord car No. 4, Engineering Dept. ord car No. 2.
 Respectfully submitted.
 Municipal Garage Committee,
 "G. H. Wells,
 Arthur B. Crusberg,
 Frank s. Caldwell,
 Peter Pajewski.