New Britain herald., 1927-05-19
PEORIA AND INDIANAPOLIS SUFFER
 DEATHS AND DISASTER FROM STORM
 WHICH HITS PARTS OF TWO STATES
Clergymen Protest Against
 Movies On Sunday Afternoon
Highspots in Message From Weld to Council
 Delivered Last Night

Excerpts from Mayor Weld's message to the common council last night follow:
 Whenever . department turns back a part of its appropriation. it is proof of efficient management"
 Every expenditure made should be with the thought that only by keeping our taxes as low as pos sible. commensurate with our needs. may we encourage and help the home owner"
 "There is need for improvement and enlargement of the Northend school. and the probable necessity of converting the Roosevelt school, which is now an elementary school, into Junior High school, which will make it necessary to build an additional elementary school.'
 Although the police commission has found it advisable to appoint a discipline committee the fact that it has been necessary to bring very few officers before them proves that the morale and discipline of our police department has risen to a much higher standard
 T sincerely hope that the money for an ,incinerator can be appropri- ated next year."
 T feel that better storage rate could be obtained from privately owned garages and 8 lower repair charge secured the same way"
 Cars must be brought in for re- pairs when ordered by the garage commission and drivers of city cars must adhere more closely to the regulations ot~the city garage.
 The project for a proposed para in the northwestern section of the city has not been forgotten and it is still my hope that work may be started on it, if not this year, at least by next year."
 T hope that at some future time some plan may be provided so that we may have community use of the school cryp p cj,1ms,
 "These memorials Spanish and World War) when completed, will be monuments to the men who gave their lives for their country, they will honor the families of those men and their comrades, a gift to posterity proving the honor and the love we have for those who fell"
 Existing pocket streets should be condemned and taken over as public highways. It is my opinion that the policy of not allowing the laying out of further streets of this character should be even more firmly established.
 '1t is again urged that modern construction machinery be secured also that an experienced sewer de- signer study and lay out intercept ing sewers to take the load from the present trunks"
 Piper Brook and Cherry street storm water outfalls should be ex- tended at an early date"
 Steps should be taken as soon as possible to separate the engineering and other works (of the public works department) in order that the person in charge of each should be in charge from the start"
 we are approaching the time when there will be danger of con. tamination. and we must either chlorinate or filter our water tc protect our citizens and assure them water free from pollution T believe that the work (wate1 service eXtension) is of sufficient importance to warrant the employ. ment of full-time engineer during the period of the proposed new construction"
 If the above program (Whigville and Forestville developments) is followed out 1t will increase our present water supply S3 per cent or S,0Oo,oo0 gallons day, and in all proba ability we can defer the raising