New Britain herald., 1925-01-31
PERMANENT PAVING |
 PROGRAM OUTLINED
Board of Public Works Budget Includes SiSi,i5O Request
BROAD POLICY PREPARED

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 With New strccts--Budget for f925-2e Completed After Discus sion Lasting Through Week. Included in the budget prepared by the board of public works after A series of meetings this week is a program of permanent paving. grading and other types of highway work that provides for street im- provements in every section of the city.
 New work contemplated for the year includes: Permanent Pavement.
 Myrtle street, Main to Grove streets (requires subway $1s,700; Elm and Stanley streets. East Main to Hartford avenue, s19,OO0; stan ley street, Chestnut to Kelsey streets Subway advisable) s1250o: North street, Main to Hartford avenue, $21,350: Broad street, Washington to Grove streets (requires subway s10.000; South Main street, at south city line. s7,000: Washington street, Myrtle to Broad streets (requires subway s9,60o; South Main street. High, school to Roberts street (re- uuires subway s3o,5oO; Ash street, South Main to Maple streets, $2,500. Total $131,15o. ....4.
 Grading -'
 Putnam street, Oak to Willow, $500: West street, Talcott to Short street. $500; Hunter road. Clinton street northerly, s3,000; Rhodes street, Chapman to Market street. s1,00o; Boulevard. Stanley to Carl ton street, s4,0Oo; Pond street. Rentschler to Mill street, $3,oo0: AL bany avenue. Clinton to Alden street, s2,500; Carmody street, Grove to Gold street, s1.000: osgood avenue, Harrington avenue westerly, s5,O0O; Hillcrest avenue, Stanley to Euston street, s10o. Total s20,700.
 New Macadam -
 Henry street, Stanley to Rocky Hill avenue, $11,200; East street, Kelsey to Henry street, s3,S50: Hor- ace street, Broad to Lyman street, s3,S50; Gold street, Broad to Ly- man street, s3,S5o; Silver street, Broad to Lyman street, s3,S5O. To- tal s26.600. ..
 Concrete Cutters
 Curtis street, $i,65O; Smith street. si,3s0; Clark street, s3,50O; Wooster street, s2.20o. Total $S,670.
 Other Items
 Other items include Linwood street bridge. $3,500: Monroe street bridge, $l,500; Boulevard culyert, $2.200; oil tank at storeyard. $4.0G0: storehouse and workshop, $16,000: Jubilee park pavement, etc, $S,S00. Total. s31.000.
 Separate appropriations includes: street lights. $52,500; new state highway constructions $5,5o0; street sprinkling, s15,o00; sewer mainte- nance. s26,500; street improvements S2T,5UU, Total, Sl27,OD0.
 Other appropriations sought are:
 Autos $5,200, an increase of $50; bridge maintenance, $1,000, an in- crease of $500; care of trees, $1,750, an increase of $250; cleaning catch basins. $5,o00. no increase; cleaning streets, $26.000, an increase of $G,0o0; compensation, SITS. an in- crease of $73: crosswalks, $500, an increase of s200: culverts, s1,000; no increase; dumps, $2,7O0. an in- crease of $7o0; engineers expenses, $1,100, an increase of $500; en- gineering department services, 5000. no increase; general repair of streets, s35,000, an increase of s18,500; macadam repair, $20,000, an increase of $6,000; office ex- pense, $l,500, an increase Of $400; oiling of streets. $12,000. an in- crease of $1,000; pavement repair. $15.000. an increase of $5,000; rail- ings, s700. an increase of s400; salaries, s10.000, no increase; semi permanent paving repair. $15,000, an increase of $6.000; snow and ice s5,0o0, no increase; storehouse and yard, s2,0O0, an increase of s20O; j street and school signs, $900, no in- crease; street line monuments. $500 no increase; new tools, Sl1, ,135 s1,sG5 less: tooE and machinery re- pair. s1,00o. $500 increase: traffic lines, $1,250, s250 increase.
 Charities Department Budget.
 An appropriation for the purchase Of an automobile for the board of charities will be sought this year in conjunction with q budget amount ing to S90,716. This is an increase of s7,6S0 over the appropriation for the current year.
 The budget, which will go before the board of finance and taxation is as follows: Town Home, Sl3, 800; Town Home repairs, $500: Town Home insurance, $lS5; outside poor s2S,000; hospitals and asylums sa6.000; hospitals. tuberculosis S5,000. office expense, $500; miscel- laneous. s700; office salaries. $7,6S6i z Town Home salaries, s5.172: auto, mobile, San00.