Putnam patriot., 1923-06-08
FiREMEN WANT PAY INCREASE
 FILE PETITION WITH MAYOR
(cOn,inued from Page one1

tconsinued from Page one1 council Mir. Lueier was elected A member of Hose Co. ?, and MT. Keans a member of the Hook and Ladder Co. The monthly report of Acting Cap tain of Police Liard was read and filed. During May there were 30 ar Tests, IS of which were for drunken ness.
 The Putnam Light & Power Go. asked for permission to move the two and one-half story house from its present location at the gas works across the street to the lot recently purchased Referred to the highway committee.
 A. Von Flatern petition for the lay- ing of oil at the corner of Arch and Park streets. Referred to the high way committee.
 Louis s. Carmark, Jr., requested that his house on Grand View be con nected with the sewer. Referred to the highway committee.
 Willing to Pay for oilinG
 In letter the Putnam Mfg. Go. offered to defray all cost to the city for the cling of Ballou street.
 Building permits were requested by: Adhemar Benoit for three story structure at the corner of Walnut and Barber streets, the first floor to be used as a store; John Rucki for a two story dwelling house on corner of South Meadow and Lincoln streets Otto ]. Knoll for two tenement house on Woodstock avenue; William St. Onge for bungalow on Chapel street, next to one he is now having built l: all these permits were referred Go the highway committee.
 Complaint was lodged over the poor lighting of Mechanics street, between the home of Charles E. Dean and the corner of Overlook street. The com plaint was signed by a score of people resident along that section of the street. Referred to the committee on street lights with power to act. AL derman Penny declared that if the light al the corner of Bradley and Grove streets was shifted a little, Bradley street would be better light ed. He also drew attention to the dark spot under the steel railroad bridge. not far from Park street. Both these matters were referred to the committee on street lights with power to act
 Alderman-at-large Richard read a set of resolutions on the death of AL derman Magnan. which the council adopted and ordered spread on the records and published in the papers.
 Consider Sewer Proposition
 Frank Witman appeared before the council and spoke about the matter of laying sewer on Whittemore street, where some houses have al ready been built and where more are to 20 up, if was stated. MT. Witman said certain phases of the situation had been drawn to his attention, par ticularly that some day. and not in the dim distant future, the city would have to put sewer in that street and would therefore like to have regu lation size sewer pipe installed once and for all, and at a point in the street acceptable to the city, and not where he had planned to put in the sewer pipe at his own expense. He offered to meet with the requirements of the city engineers office and to dc the work, if the city would meet half the expense.
 Supt. of Streets Dumas declared Mr. Witman was making the city a generous offer. On motion of Alder man Miller the matter was left with the highway committee with power to act.
 Praise For C. T. Thayer
 Charles T. Thayer, superintendent of the fire alarm and telegraph sys- tenn. reported that the new set of bat teries for the operation of the lire alarm signal system had been install ed and was in good working order. In answer to a question he said he be- Eeyed the new batteries would last about three years. He was eompli- mented on saving the city heavy ex- pense for the hiring of an out-of-town expert to install the batteries. MT. Thayer did the work himself in his erara time