Putnam patriot., 1924-03-07
WANT ATTORNEYS TO REVISE ORDINANCES
Common Council Moves to Se- cure Free Services of Law
 yers
Layout of Nine Ne- Streets Con.
 sidersd by AIdsrmen

Another attempt to revise the city ordinances through the cooperation Of aIl the attorneys Of Putnam ia seen in ! the vote of the city council at it's monthly meeting Tuesday evening, ! authorizing the mayor e appoint a committee of two aldermen wao ~1th | himself would confer with the lawyers to determine their willingness to give ! the.r sereices free in ts1e revision l work A motion to this effect was made by Alderman Rogers, and ear ried unanimously b. the council The mayor has not as yef announced his appointment.
 ehibaId Macdonald a campaign Co se- cure the cooperation of Patnam's law | yers in d revision of the ordinances ] free Of charge. was started, and sew eral conferences were held. Then the matter was suddenly dropped. Tn his annual message this year Mayor Chap delaine strongly urged the necessity [ of revision of the ordinances and it ] looks n0w as f another attempt VIII fe made to get the lawyers together to pick up the work where t was drop ped and carry it on to a conclusion.
 
 the city ordinances regarding what fee shall be charged for license to managers of entertainment places Attorney Archibald Macdonald ap- nearcd on behalf of William A. St Onge, who has recently opened his New Music Hall on Livery street. The council decided to investigate during the current month and find out what H aF4 rfk ksaf cities and next month give their decis- lon on what license fee Mir. St. Onge will be charged.
 Police Make 43 Arrests
 The police department reported forty-three arrests for the month a high figure. Eighteen of those arrest d were charged with being drunk, seven with violations Of the motor law, one with conducting . disorderiy house. eight with freqaenting disor- derly house, and four with freqnenting gambling house Ten of the offenders
 were sent to jail, ten others turned over to other officers for prosecutions, and twelve paid fines and costs which totalled yi 099.7s.
 Plans for the layout of nine new streets of which the abutters wish ac- ceptanee as city streets were presented l bv George W. Perry, city engineer. i These streets are Nichols street, of l School street; Alpha street, lntervhle street, and Whittemore street, in the l foundry district; Mill street, of Provi- denee at Jarvis store; Powhatan street. of Providence near the trolley I switch; Maple street. from Church street west to High street; Gilman street. in the same neighborhood, and i Morse street. between Mill and Church I streets. North Prospect street, in the l Woodstoek avenue district, is yet to be i laid out. Since the corporation counsel
 has not as yet given his approval Of l thu plans, nothing could be done at the
 meeting. The only action on the mat
 ter was the designation of Thursday afternoon. March 20, as q time for the highway committee of the council
 and City Engineer Perry to meet and
 look over the proposed new streets. May Attend Conference
 A committee 0f four aldermen was | appointed to go to Hartford with the mayor on next Tuesday to attend . i conference to be held with the public utilities commission regarding trolleys lt Is not definitely decided as to wheth-
 er or not it will be necessary for the committee. but to be sure of having city officials there. Aldermen Ames, Richard. Dubois and Rogers were ap- l pointed by Mayor Ghapdelaine. Three applications for building per
 mits were turned over to the highway committee with power to act. One re quest was from Herbert Morse, for
 permission to change his market into
 a seven tenement house, and also to
 build a private garage. His property
 is located on Market 1treet. In an l other john F. Sahin Esked permission Co extend his garage, ind the third was ] the request of Philip nepuseo to build
 a small frame building for use as a
 store at the corner of Powhatan and
 Providence streets. The request of l Lewis F Battey that the sewer system
 on Church street be extended dis tance sufficient SO that his home might l be connected was also referred Co the highway committee.
 ] Aldermen Delisle and Larosc were i not present at the meeting