New Britain herald., 1926-05-20

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 and can be deferred for a later date,
 with some repairs. The amount of
 work which will be required in re-
 placing the wood block cannot be | determined until the work has per mitted the uncovering of the present concrete base. If this is not in good | condition it will most likely be necessary to remove the same com- plctely, and build an entirely new i pavement similar to the pavement i constructed on Hartford avenue in l 1925. This work is now underway and we have found it necessary to replace the base on the south side l of West Main street from the park 1 entrance 10 Park place. AS 10 how much money will be available for | other streets will not be known un- ltil this work progresses. The fol- l lowing streets have cOnduits com- | plcte. so that paving work could be carried out; Glen street (Hungerford CourD; Washington street, Myrtle ] street to Broad street; Myrtle street, Grove street 10 Curtis street, and | Broad street, Washington street to 1 Horace street. There are one or two other streets where paving work could be done as conduits are not ! 10 be placed. One small piece of work is the completion of South Main street, from the end of the present pavement 10 the city line bridge. cutting back the corner on the park side.
 Cleaning and Sprinkling Of Streets
 Tn 1925 the purchase of pickup street cleaner was investigated, but due 10 the lateness of the season no decisions as to the type of the ma chine was made. Such q machine would decrease the cost of the pave ment cleaning particularly and give an entirely better appearance to our streets. This problem should be taken up early.
 Housing And Repairing of Equip ment.
 "The present buildings at the storeyard are inadequate for housing the equipment now owned by the city, being designed only for housing of the larger equipment. All the equipment requires more or less re- pairs, and more satisfactory condi- lions for repairing and housing should he available.
 Central Park Lighting While Of minor importance, the lighting of the center of the city could be improved by the removal of the cluster lights around the cen tral park and the substitution of the type Of lights as now used on the other sections of Main street.
 Sewer System
 with the rapid growth of the city and the building of residences in sections beyond the limits of the. present sewer system the Public Works department has been bcsieg- ed with requests for sewer eXten- sions. The assessments against ab- putting property for sewer benefits being limited to $1.75 per front foot, and averaging nearer s1.50 per front foot, does not equal the cost of con- struction of the dual system of sew CTS being built in most sections. In several sections we have been com- pe1led to build sanitary sewers only. Our rapid expansion has brought
 into the sewers throughout the cen- ter of the city. quantities Of sewage these sewers were not designed to carry There are at present under order of the Common Council sewers whose estimated cost will exceed the funds available until further legis- Iative authorization has been se- cured.
 "This same condition also applies to the trunk lines leading from the city to the disposal plant. Early en- largement of these trunk lines will be necessary, and before enlarge ment can be made a complete study ought 10 be made by experienced en- gineers in order that such enlarge ments will be adequate to care for our future expansion.
 Water Supply
 "We are following as closely as possible the plans that were submit- ted in 1920 by Mir. Allen Hazen who is an expert engineer on water supply problems. Part of his pro- gram has been completed, and we are at the present time working on diet ri hut inn mains which will, when completed, practically encircle the city and 1n- sure an adequate water pressure for fire protection. The next large pro- feet that will come before us in connection with our water supply will be the enlarging. and raising of Shuttle Meadow dam. This in1- provement should have careful planning as to procedure and tinanc- ing.
 The reforesting of our water sheds is being enlarged each year. This constant planting of trees will help protect the water sheds, and will give us some day very valuable timber,
 Municipal Garage
 "Whether we should continue our municipal garage under the present system should be given immediate attention. l believe that there arc several plans that could be worked out to make this department more profitable to the city. The garage commission have recommended that the departments at present operating Ford cars each year turn in their old cars and purchase new ones. They are also of opinion that the taxi system could be operated by many departments to good adVan- .tagc. believe that these sugges- tions should be given careful