New Britain herald., 1927-05-04
PUTS IN BEE HIVES
 TO OFFSET GOATS
Neiehborly Dispute Brought to
 Attention of Council
MANY HEARINGS HELD
Kensington Man Fined For Driving While Under Influence of Liquor -$16,00O Raised in Community Chest Drive.

l SA4(St OAANCs
 i Variety has been called the spice
 of life, in which event Dr. B. B. Robbins, city health officer, must
 be enjoying his sojourn on earth to
 the nth degree because of the varie- l ty of cases which he is called upon to investigate.
 Last fall. a resident in the north ern section of the city presented .
 complaint to the health department I on account of one of her neighbors 1 keeping goats in the back yard. She
 maintained that goats to be admired
 should be'seen through telescope. but when they came within the yi- sion of the naked eye, they became l a nuisance. An investigation was
 conducted by Dr. Robbins. who re-
 ported to the council that the con- 1 p1aint was unwarrantcd and the matter was dropped by everyone ex-
 cept the complainant.
 The goat nuisance now has Its 1 sequel which was explained to the city council last evening. The wom- an complaining of the goats has set up a number of bee-hives in her | own back yard and what are sup | posed to be perfectly tame bees have taken up their residence there. The i honey gatherers, which have been keeping in seclusion during the win- ter, took advantage of the balmy weather during April and proceeded to stretch themselves. Naturally sluggish after the months of idle ness. they seemed to select children as the most fitting place to light, with the result that many youngsters ! were badly stung by the insects. Dr. Robbins was called in and in his statement to Me council last eve ming, he intimated that the matter had been taken care of but failed to mention how.
 Possibly the bees were secured to combat the goat nuisance but up to the present time the assaults of the bees have been misdirected. Proba- bly, their sense of smell. always susceptible to the odor of honey. is as much offended with the netghbor- ing quadrapeds as is that of the owner.
 Hearings Held No one appeared at the scheduled hearing before the city council last evening on the sewer assessment on Edgewood street and the recom- mendations of the sewer committee were passed. Payments on the as- sessments are to be made on May 15 and November IS.
 There was no objection to the re- establishment of the street line of South street as far as Downs street and the council voted to re-establish the line in accordance with plans prepared by City Engineer Carleton w. Buell..
 Eleven taxpayers appeared and signif7ed their willingness to accept the proposed grade on Field street and the construction of curbs and sidewalks. There were no objections and City Clerk Thomas B. Steele was instructed to advertise for bids which will be opened at the ad- journed meeting of May IT.
 There was no objectors to the &C., ceptance of grade on View street and the construction of curbs and sidewalks and bids for this work will also be solicited. The contract for this work will also be awarded on May IT.
 All the property owners on Sigourney street were in favor of the establishment of a building line of IS feet on one side and 10 feet on the other and 1t was voted to estab- lish the line in accordance with the petition.
 Five property owners on Muzzy street objected to the laying of curbs and sidewalks the entire length of the street and the matter was re- ferrcd back to the street commit tee for further investigation.
 It was also voted to accept the grade on Melrose street and to con struct sidewalks and curbs, bids to be received and the contract award ed on May 17. There were none op- posed to the proposed improve ments.
 The proposed improvements on South street extension met with no opposition, but before the work Is started it will be necessary to con- demn some property to straighten out the street. A legal vote will be available for the meeting to be held on May IT and formal action will be taken at that time.
 Desires Appointment to Police Force
 An application was presented to the city council asking the appoint ment of Joseph J. Foley as a super numerary officer. The matter was referred to the police committee for investigation and report at . later meeting.