New Britain herald., 1922-12-19

 |BIG BUILDING FUND
 NEWEST PROPOSAL Resolution on Housing Situation to Be Discussed Thursday Night PLAN COMMISSION MEETS
Hearing on Whiting Street Building Lines November 2s--Grange In- itiation Tonight--Christmas Seal SaIe--Plainville BricSs.

There will be special meeting of | the local Chamber of Commerce in | the chamber rooms Thursday evening
 to discuss and, if possible, settle the
 much-)nooted housing question which
 is thorn in the side of progressive
 Plainville.
 | The question has become so impor- ! tant in the minds Of the local towns
 folk that 1t is hoped that every mem-
 Der of the Chamber of Commerce will 1 be present to help with suggestions ! and advice. The hope of future Plainville Is placed in the satisfactory
 solution of the present crisis, and as
 every chamber member in the town
 has the interests of the town at heart
 the entire membership is expected to l be present Thursday night.
 Probably the most important item 1 to come up for consideration is the | recommendation submitted by the | housing committee at the last meet l ing held on December [. w. l.. Calf 1 ferty, secretary of the local chamber,
 is mailing to each member a copy of | i request that every member make 1t
 point to be present to vote on it. The resolution as presented as as | follows: "The committee recommends | to the Chamber of Commerce the or ganization of a Housing Investment Company Cor some such organization) | with a capital of $50,o00 or $100,000 l to be offered to the people of Plain l file, at par. The purpose of which to
 build and sell homes of new construc- tien, to -ake care of tpe immediate acute housing situation, and to take steps at once to organize build.t.g and loan association to take over the work of the above proposed HoIlsi.iG
 Investment Company If found advis- | able later on"
 That supplementing the commit tees recommendation of November &, q so-called Boosters club, or similar body be formed to encourage the building of homes to the end that those wishing to buy homes may be encouraged, that in this way the hous- | ing problem may, as far as possible, be relieved"
 It is expected that many more plans for taking care of the situa- ton will be presented before the ! meeting, and great interest is being
 shown in the proceedings. As no ac- 1 ton was taken on the above resolu-
 tion at the last meeting, 1t could moi 1 be stated this morning whether the recommendation would be adopted or not. The necessity of some such ac- ton is only too evident within the past few weeks and at the present time, and if there are to be any more additions to the, present day popula- I ton, quick action will be needed to ensure the success or Plainvile's | growth.
 Town Plan Meeting
 {. The Town Plan commission hehi a l me eting last evening to discuss the l proposed building lines on Whiting
 street. A special hearing will be
 given to property owners on Whiting
 street on December 2s, and it is ex- ptcted that many of them will seIzc 1 the opportunity to voice their senti- ments with regard to this matter It 1 is proposed by the commission to rs- tablish a 35-foot building line on the
 west side of Whiting street and a 2T- 1 foot veranda line south of Broad
 street to the point where the trolley l tracks swerve off the road On the
 east side. the proposed lines will reach to Hart's Corner.
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