New Britain herald., 1925-02-20
COUNCIL VOTES FOR SALARY INCREASES Widening Of Main Street Is Also
 Up for Discussion THREE FILE DAMAGE CLAIMS

Plays Here Tomorrow-Address on
 Medical Bill at Bristol Club Meet
 ing--Grange in Session Tonight.
 Increases in the salaries of city employees were recommended to the city council last night and were ap- proved, becoming retroactive to De- cember l, the beginning of the fiscal year.
 Tax Collector Francis B. Riley was increased $500 annually while Pro- hation Officer Thomas A. Tracy was given $20O more a year. Corpora ;i0n Counsel William N. Derosier re- ceiyed a $l00 increase. w. l.. Crouch and W. F. Wightman, the city audi tors, were increased $52 a year each. Increases of $52 year each were given to Assistant City Clerk Emma w. Fish and the clerks in the city offices.
 The salary committee also report cd a reduction of S250 in the bills, presented by Health Officer Joseph l. Woisard, and recommended that his account with the city be settled at once.
 Main Street Widening.
 Widening of Main street from the corner of North Main street to the south driveway of the post office vas considered by the city council last night in a discussion relative to tue elimination of the traffic prob- lt ms Of that section. It was decided to call in the affected property own CTS to a hearing on March 8 on the matter.
 The Bristol & Plainvile Electric Co. has expressed its willingness to hove it's tracks to the center of the r.ew street, should the widening take place. The council discrssed the cut- ting down of the sidewalk space anG widening the street five .eet. Shouli this be done, material benefit will re :. suit, according to the city officials as the wider street will allow the pas sage of vehicles when cars arc parked at the curbs and trolley cars are running up or Gown the thor cughfare. At present 1t Is i'm. .,os- sible for trolleys and vehicles to pass at the same time, when cars are parked at the curbs. Many narrow escapes from accidents have taken place and so much trouble has been existent that the matter has been a cne of contention for some time. When Main street, north of the railroad bridge was widened, the im- provement was noted and some sim far arrangement is wanted for the lower section of the street, which is the heart of the banking part of the city, as the three local banks ar. located within a store's threw of each other on the east side of Main street.
 Building Lines Wanted.
 Building lines on Center stree. from Summer to Goodwin streets were petitloned for tt the council meeting last night by interested property owners as the proposed construction of mercantile vstaL lishments on the streets tends to af- lfct property lines. Building lines are also desired on Spring street, ac- cording to g petition presented last night. Hearings on the two matters will be held on March 8.
 Falls Cause Claims.
 Pond street was the nemesis of three local people during the last few weeks as claims. presented at the council meeting were for falls on sidewalks on that street. Miss Irene Save sought roimburs ,ment for in- j ries suffered On December 2G, when she sprained her ankle. Peter | Galpin broke his left arm in a fall cn February IS. z. Novikicz injured his left leg in fall or February 12, , The three claims were referred to the claims committee for .nvcst iga- ten.
 Discuss Paving Assessment. DeCisiC to allow the Main street raving assessment to remain as or iginal)y drawn up was made by tha council, and dates for the payments were set at February 25 and Angus, @5. A misunderstanding had arisen cmong some of the property owners Gs to the amount of paving to be paid for. causing the assessment to be returned to the council for dis cussion.
 TerryyilIe Playing Tomorrow
 The West Ends will play the Ter ryville American Legion five on Sat urday night at the high school gym nasium. The visiting team defeated the locals by small margin in Ter ryville a short time ago and conse- quently the West Ends will be out to avenge the setback.
 The high school five will play the Neriden high quintet in that city to- night and tomorrow night will play N-ilbp lJipl, in