New Britain herald., 1927-11-16
WATER BOARD WILL ADD ID SERVICE Vote Taken to Extend Mains
 in City BUILDING LINE DESIRED
Maple Street Resident Ask City to ACt--SChool Bids to be Obcycd- Police Court Has Several Cases Other News of the City.

Other News of the City. At the regular meeting Of the | board of water commissioners last evening. the following resolutions ! were passed upon the death of Mayor John F. Wade:
 ] Mayor Wade, whose sudden death { is mourned by the entire community, took an active interest in the affairs Of the water department
 "He was always ready to consider plans for the enlargement and im- provement of the plant and for the betterment of the service which the department renders the community. Th" water commissioners could rely upon his cooperation and support
 We record our appreciation of the service which he so faithfully rendered. not only in connection with the water department but in the performance of all his various civic dutlcs.'
 Additional Water Main Extensions
 Practically half a mile of addi- tional water main extensions were voted by the board of water commits sionors at their regular monthly meeting last evening Eight hum dred feet of eight inch main will he laid on King road from Moody street northerIy 10 Pennington avenue. Three property owners appeared in favor Of the extension.
 The petition of Joseph T. Donovan for water mains on Dorothy road was favorahly considered and as a result 600 feet of six inch main will be laid running westerly from Vim cent road.
 A petition from B. R. Lockwood and others for water mains on Cam bridge road also met with favor and as a result it was voted 10 lay ap proXimately 800 feet of six inch westerly from Burlington avenue.
 Five hundred feet of six inch main on Pennington avenue westerly from Stafford avenue will also he laid. the cost of the work having been guar antced to the department
 Bills totaling s6,5lS.7S were ap- proved and ordered paid.
 Petition Building Line
 At q special meeting of the city council held last evening. a petition Was read from the property owners on Maple street requesting an 1S- foot building line on that street 
 road tracks. The matter was referred 10 the street committee for investi- gation and report at the December meeting.
 Vital Statistics
 Vital statistics for the month of October as announced yesterday by City Clerk Thomas B. Steele show 45 births. 2H marriages and 14 deaths. The number Of deaths re- corded Is remarkably low while the birth rate for the month showed an increase over both the previous month and the same month last year.
 To Open school Bids
 Bids for the erection of a new nine room schoolhouse on Pine street for the Thirteenth school dis triCt will be opened at q joint meet ing Of the district and building com mittces to be held tomorrow eye ming. In the event the lowest bid is under the s75.000 appropriation vot- cd by the residents of the district several months ago. the contract will he awarded. However, in case it is in excess of that amount, it will bo to call another school meeting to ascertain the voters pleasure.
 Scntcnctsl to Norwich
 William Kerr of Forestville. charged with being a habitual drunkard was sentenced to the state farm at Norwich for six months by Judge William J. Malone in police court this morning. Kerr has been a frequent visitor in the local court and had q suspended iail sentence hanging over him on charge Of non-support.
 Fined for Breach of the Peace
 Odcl Tlargrovc, colored. charged with breach of the peace. was fined S$ and costs in police court this morning. He was arrested yesterday afternoon after he had created q disturbance at the plant of the Bristol Brass Corporation on Broad street.
 Fined For Statutory Ohcnsc
 Albert Ausdon Of Flainville. charg- cd with a statutory offeuse involving Bertha torbiol. aged 1S. Of lS Will Hams street. this city. was fined s95 and costs in the city court this morn ing by Judge William l. Malone. The date of the offense as indiCat- ed in the warrant was November filth, Prosecuting Attorney James T. Mather presented the case for the city.