New Britain herald., 1927-03-19


 cessful party.
 Mayor Weld took the government
 al helm with the usual overwhelm
 Ing republican majority in the com
 mon council, with Senator Edwart
 r. Hall, a republican, directing tn,
 activities of the board of finance aNt
 taxation, and with members of hi
 own party firmly entrenched il
 many of the important boards anC
 capable of carrying on the routine
 Of duty He had as a legacy from the preceding administration a pub.
 lie works department which admit. t"dly had not been granted sufficient ! money with which to efficiently : function, and this fact was one of ! upon to consider. True, the appro- l priation was made by a board pre- 1 sided over by a member of the mayors own party and it was sanc- l toned by a republican common council, but even partisan democrats will admit that the tax rate would have been higher and moro money l given this board had ex-Mayor faoncssa not put the lid down tight ly on boost in the mill rate. The anticipated house cleaning of officials and employees was some what delayed but nor~ the less thorough. The only position of im- portance and profit not yet changed in spite of prediction is the chair manship of the board of assessors. This is still held by democrat, Frank M. Zimmerman. The admin is'ration had planned abolition of the board of three assessors and substitution of a one-man commits sion. but leaders in the mayors own party counselled against the change and it was not attempted. The police board and the fire board were hacked at, only one commis- sioner remaining on the latter and none on the former. Both comnis- sious had an uneventful year with the exception Of the dismissal of Chairman P. J. Pajewski of the former group. The building board practically monopolizcd the lime light with criticisms and repudia- tions coming so fast that the de- partmcnt finally won the characteri- zation of "'lhc laughing stock of the city," from member of the com- mon council. The salary commit tees refusal to grant salary in- creases to employees of that depart ment Is attributed directly to a lack J ,,, II mission, and this is made the more em phatic by the councils later de- cislon to increase one of the en- ployes after a campaign instituted without reference to the commission and totally ignoring it's members wishes.
 The chairmanship of the charity board changed twice. Rev. Dr. J. F. klingberg succeeding Frank +. Riley, and J. ". Marsland succeed ing the minister when he retired.
 A permanent pavement was plac- cd on West Main street; a new fire station was erected in Bclvidere and manned; the Theodore Roose- i ,clt SC hool was completed and work on the Robert J. Vance school be- l gun; work was commenced on ! million dollar sewer disposal plant: ! md bonds of S3.040,00 are 10 be ! aii aside 10 complete installmcnts l If q water service extension system.
 These are the outstanding evcnta : 1t inc first year of Mayor Welda administration. His term of office tI~ md already there are rumorings of second Wcld-Paoncssa fight at the polls. The administration activities will be watched closely by both parties during the coming year, the in expectation Of finding laws which may be recounted from he political stump to draw votes, md the republicans for the purpose # cataloguing achievements for the anne purpose.
 The Observer, ever anxious to 1cep abreast Of the times, has de- ided to present list of questions ,f the How Much DO Iou Know" nature to the citizens Of New Brit tin, questions which will take con-
 derahle thought and many Of which are unanswerable, because Of he fact that strong language would 70 necessary il one were to express himself fully. The list, answers to which will be published now and hen and then again, maybe never. $:
 l. Do you like the color of the raific lights on Main street" Ii
 ,. Do you approve of the in ome tax law, and why not?
 5. When are they going to rip ? the trolley tracks on Arch street?
 4 Name q street anywhere in , lew England that's in as poor con- ition as South Main street (Other , lew Britain streets exceptedD z ,. How many dirty looks are z lcre in a ham sandwich and coffee , lnch at any given restaurant? f 6. Do you think we'd catch cold 6 we changed to light weights now? i, :. What New Britain playhouse 1,
 located in the Strand theater uilding? S. What did the governor of q orth Carolina say 10 the governor | South Carolina? A {. Where is it possible to park , car, within good brisk walk of !, le business center? fl 10. Suggest one yourself, r. The Chinese civil war is q terrible ling-to the Chinese themselves q ld to the poor Americans who try , understand what it is all about e ometimes it seems as if it were n bout nothing more than what starts 70 small boys shouting, You're a I or," and You're another" at each \ her, but then again We felt that !ere must be some deep underlying use such as whether Chinese ban