New Britain herald., 1927-09-20
Says No Town Meeting Necessary
TO Purchase Oil Burner
SAVE TOWN MUCH MONEY
Offers Wood to Plainyille Poor
Shower Given for Miss Foran-
Building Activity At Standstill in
Town-Offers Help in Wethers-
field Fire To Celebrate Patron S
Feast.

First selectman John J. Kimmel
fired q broadslde this morning at
his unknown critics who are re-
/ ported to have commented on the
/ fact that no town meeting has been
called to vote an appropriation with
which to install an oil burner in
| place OF coal furnace in the town
hall.
! Mr.. Kimmel stated that there was
! no necessity to call 4 spccia! town
meeting to vote on the question be
, cause OF the fact that the board of
selectmen were well within their
! rights in making the change. He
pointed out that there never is need
! to call the voters of the town into
special session to vote on the ques-
/ ton of oiling the roads of the town,
the cost of which is approximately
81, 600 and the board of selectmen
could see no occasion for calling the
voters into session to spend the $500
for the oil furnace.
He said that the furnace would
pay the town back within year
what it cost TO install it. He pointed
out the fact that with the coal fur
mace, over 80 tons of coal were pur-
chased every winter. This had to be
stored in the basement OF the town
| hall in the rear of the fire depart
ment quarters.
When the furnace was stocked up,
it was necessary for the firemen to
be continually cleaning the apparat-
us because Of the coal dust and
other dirt that congregatcd on the
trucks and other articles kept in the
out the expense involved in remov-
ing the ashes.
The oil burner eliminates all work
in connection with stocking up the
fire. The type installed in the town
hall is an automatic one and no at
tention need be paid to it. There are
no ashes to cart away and every
thing is left spick aud span.
Besides the Improvement In the
heat in the building over the old
type Of coal furnace, is so much
better that this alone compensates
for whatever expense the town has
been put to install the apparatus,
The oil tank is buried in the rear Of
the building apart from the town
hall entirely. There is no danger of
fire and If anything goes wrong it
can easily be fixed, The cost of Oil
will be less than the cost Of coal.
Another argument he advances IN
support OF the action taken by the
selectman IS the removal OF the i'm
mense coal bin in the basement OF
the town hall This gives much
needed room to the fire department
and will furnish a place wherein an
other truck can he installed. All
these arguments. Mr.. kimmel ad-
vances to the fair-minded people of
Plainville, he stated, because he
feels that some Interior motive has
prompted the critics in making the
assertions that the selectnen did not
have the power to install the burner
without calling town meeting.
"Planville is progressing" Mr.
Kimmel stated. "Thc town cannot
stay back where 1t was years ago
The town hall was never in such
good condition as it Is at the pres
ent time and | am sure that no cit
izen In Plainylle who has the inter
ests OF the town at heart, can find
fault with the looks OF the place
now Several years ago, there was
hue and cry raised in the town that
a new town hall should be provided
The quarters as they stand now are
ample for the needs of the commun-