New Britain herald., 1926-12-08

signs demonstrated were guaranteed
 against all wear by weather for 15
 years. Councilman Charles Anderson be- lieyed that the entire city should | not be done at once on account of
 the amount of money involved and 1 the other members of the council
 were of the same mind. The matter
 will be given consideration by the
 street committee. who will make a
 report on the night of December 14. Assessors Maps Proposed A communication was read to the
 city council from City Engineer Carleton w. Buell. suggesting that appropriations be made for the preparation of maps of the entire city for use by the assessors. He stated that 1t would take about three years to complete the work and would cost approximately s2, 500 a year for the services of a man to devote his entire time to the pro-
 feet. He also felt that the maps and data in his office would bo
 worth to the city the additional sum
 of s3, 900.
 A recommendation that MT Buelrs proposition be carried out
 was also received from Assessor | Daniel J. Heffernan. IL was finally
 decided to defer action until a little later.
 Lois Street Argument Settled Acting upon the recommendation of Corporation Counsel William x. DeRosier, the council voted to accept
 the.sum of s4o.72 without interest
 in Full settlement of improvements
 made on Lois street in the East
 Bristol district in 1918. Records
 showed that the assessments had
 been filed on September 1T, 1918
 and lien filed GO days later. Prop crty owners through their attorney.
 Judge Epaphroditus. Peck. contend
 cd that lien was Sot filed within 60 days from completion of work in ac- cordarce with the city charter pro- visions, fact which was found to i be correct.
 Town Meeting Oak
 Tree Warden George Landers ap.
 pcared before the city council to ascertain the attitude Of that body in regard to preserving the historic
 town meeting oak on Burlington avenue. This matter has been dis
 cussed by patriotic organizations on Eprevious occasions and according 10 Mir. 1.anderS it would require ap- proximatelv se5O 10 make repairs. 1 The tree is in very poor condition and it was pointed out by City En- gineer Carleton W. Buell. that 1t stood about o0 feet inside tho street line. This latter fact was the really objectionable feature to the problem. and the matter was referred to the street committee for consideration and later report.
 Offer Free Printing
 An offer to print the new building code free of charge was talked over
 hy the city council. 1t being the un-
 derstandins that the Earl C, Fall
 Co. of New Haven, Conn, submitting the proposition, would be permitted
 to solicit number of advertise
 ments to include in the book to make . the project worth while to them.
 Councilman Raymond Crumb ob- Jected to granting the request as he
 felt that the soliciting of advertise ments would be Commercializing | what was strictly q city affair. Super lntendont of Public Works Oscar An l derson spoke in objection as he felt | that 1t would make the book at least double the size that would be neces- Sary if only the code itself was print ed. Councilman William A. Hayes believed that the publishers might
 use the fact that 1t was city propo-
 sition as a lever to secure advertis- CTS. Councilman Charles Anderson ! spoke against it and then moved that ! the request be placed on file for fu-
 ture reference, q motion that was carried. It was brought out that to
 print about 1000 copies of the code itself would not cost in excess of SS50.
 To Appraise Forestvillc Jail Councilman Raymond Crumb was appointed committee of one 10 ap- praise the value of the Forestville jail and the land on which the build
 ing stands. The work jail is used
 by courtesy, as the affair is simply
 small brick structure known in
 small town" parlance as "coop."
 The inventory taken some years ago shows the building listed at $500
 and the land at S10O.
 The strip of land is about 20 feet
 square and set some distance from
 the street, A right of way to the
 land was granted when the building
 was erected and same still exists.
 Mir. Crumb will report at the next
 council meeting on December A.
 Snow on Forestyille Sidewalks Councilman W. E. HouGh spoke of
 Q complaint which he had received from q Forestville resident on ac-
 count of sidewalks not being cleared
 of snow and it was pointed out that residents under the present taxing system could not be compelled to do ! this. However. it was felt that prop | crty owners should be obligated to do this and the matter is one which
 also pointed out that a few years