New Britain herald., 1927-05-19

! ch o-AIbD-NAAk Ss '" all-year supervisor. The commission
 will. as in past years. carry ou
 their program for Fourth of Jul
 and the band concerts that hay
 been so pleasing. It is my hope tha
 it will be possible. with the aid 0 | the Park Department. to provid
 sliding places during the cominl
 winter, and I also hope that at som
 future time. some plan may be pro
 vided so that we may have com
 munity use of the school gymnasi ] ums.
 War Memorials
 It should be very gratifying t | the citizens of New Britain and i | to me as your Mayor that ways ant means were found making it pos 1 sible to erect memorial to thu | Soldiers and Sailors of the Spanish i American War. This memorial i:
 nearing completion and plans fol the dedication of the memorial are now being made.
 It is also gratifying that ground has been broken for the World Wa,
 Memorial. I believe that it is fit
 ting at this time 10 note that New Britain is the first large city ir Connecticut to recognize the service of the veterans of the World War through the building of a memorial This memorial when completed will be the largest of its kind in the East. a fact in which this commun- ity may take justifiable pride.
 These memorials, when complet- ed. will be monuments to the men who gave their lives for their country. they will honor the fan:-
 lilies of those men and their con- rades, a gift to posterity proving the honor and the love we have for those that fell.
 Round Table Discussions
 have found that the monthly meetings of the chairman of our city boards have been of great value to the city, the department heads, and myself. I believe that such meet ings are of sufficient importance to warrant their continuance. Munci- pal officials and executives have Eeen brought into closer contact with each other through medium of these gatherings, with the result that they have acquired a deeper and more intimate knowledge of the problems which confront the city government.
 New Street Planning
 Since many of the branches of City Planning, as Zoning. Building Codes, Water Supply. Sewers, etc. are taken care of already, or are being handled by other agencies of the city government. street planning is now the principal subject for consideration. New Britain has been laid out to large degree already. The remaining area is not in large tracts. but is owned by many per sons. In order to prevent patch work development. each particular area should be mapped and studied individually. Then general street plan should be officially adopted for each area to which the indi- yidual property owner in making his layout must conform in the major details. During the past year the first attempts have been made in preparing such minor City Plans. The area bounded Governor street, (Parkview avenue), Pennington avenue, Osgood avenue, and Hunter Road now has a street plan on file in the City Clerks office. This work can be carried on in this man. ner very reasonably, providing n small sum of money is provided each year for the engineering work.
 Unaccepted and Pocket Streets
 While there were three attempts to take over and grade unaccepted streets under the agreement plan as proposed last year in each case it was found impossible to secure the signature from every owner of property. and the regular procedure was fully carried out. Two of these streets were worked, and the third. Commonwealth av- enue from Pennington avenue to street, will be undertak- en shortly. Apparently the agree ment plan cannot be worked due A hn 1, ri, ture requirement.. However. the Department should be supplied with a special squad as- signed to this particular work (plus he City Plan worlD. and the detail work pushed consistently in order 10 make any progress in reducing the list No report was made by the Special Council Committee relative 10 pocket streets. Personally, it is my opinion that the policy of not lllowing the laying out of further streets of this character should be ven more firmly established. but hat existing pocket streets should De condemned and taken over as pupIlC nlgn"aES.
 Street Extensions
 Three projects for street eXten- 'ions were considerably advanced oward completion. Huell street was 'ut through from Bassctt street to Greenwood street. and the filling partly completed. With the comple- ion Of the fill and macadamizing )f RentsChler street. now officially l part of Buell. street, a continuous street will be provided from Ken 'ington street to South Main street. Willow street extension, from West street to LaSalle street. was pro- tisionally adopted and is before the Soard of Compensation and Assess nent. At an early date Willow street should be further extended to in-