New Britain herald., 1927-11-02

| had been filled in.
 The contract referred te Was made between Mir. Wilcox and the l city when the former acquired tho land north of the Pequabuck river after the bed of that river was changed by the city. No definite time is specified, however. in which , the river bed is to be filed Mayor John F. Wade explained that tho reason it had not been filled In was l because Mir. Wilcox insisted that only good, clean dirt be used for filling purposes.
 Mir. Prise informed the council that he would be willing to complete the filling himself if the city would | stand their portion Of the expense. It was decided. however. to first as- certain just how many cubic yards of fill would be required and the es- i timated cost. City Engineer Buell. 1 was requested to investigate and 1 submit his figures at the next meet 1 ing.
 Board of Education Meeting ! A joint meeting Of the board of ! education and the board of health will be held at o'clock this evening in the office Of Superintendent of Schools Karl A. Reiche. The matter of conducting d diphtheria immuni- Zation campaign will be discussed : and it is expected that the school commissioners will make known their attitude toward the proposals of Dr. B, R. Robbins, city health of- , iccr, in this respect
 Discuss Drainage on stafford Ave. Councilman W. Raymond Crumb suggested that the matter of laying 1 proper drain pipes to take care of surface water at the junction of , Stafford avenue and Brook and Fair streets be again taken up with the | state highway department with . 1 View Of having the work done before snowfall. State engineers went over the ground and prepared plans sev. , eral months ago and at that time It was agreed that the state would do the work and the city would aS. l sume two-thirds of the cost. By . vote taken, the mayor was instructs | ed to get in touch with the state | highway commissioner.
 Request Tax Abatement
 A letter received from Edwar4 l 1ngrahan, president of the Bristol | Hn,Sb nI ho IoS A0 of taxes on property recently ao- quired by the club on Laurel street. In the opinion of CorporA~ , tion Counsel William N. DeRosiepk this could not be legally done, d. though he asked for an opportunity 10 look into the matter furtheA
 Upon motion Of Councilman Charles R. Anderson. the request was rec
 ferred to Mir. DeRosier, who will submit his decision at the December meeting of the board.
 To Collect sidewalk Assessment
 A request was received by tho council from Douglass K. Warnsy asking that a reduction be made in
 the assessment for sidewalks and curbs laid in 1923 in front of his property on School street. This
 communication was referred with. out comment to Corporation Counsel William N. DeRosier with instruc. tions to collect the amount of tho
 original assessment, 3203.4:. Playground Burget
 The playground budget for 1s2S
 will amount to approximately s.
 O0o according to figures included
 in the report Of the playground
 commission, which was read at the
 council meeting last night. This
 amount will cover the establish-
 ment of playgrounds in East Bris-
 tol and Forostville in addition to the
 maintenance of the Roots Island
 and Burlington avenue grounds.
 Health Officers Report
 The report of Dr. B. B. Robbina
 for the month of October indicated
 that during tn t period there were
 six cases of scarlet fever. five casea of diphtheria and two cases of pneu-
 mona reported to the health dc. | lltl lllltill. bul HIS tlIC 1iohtAis @NAAA0
 Benedicta Lambert. health departs
 ment nurse, made 2.75s inspections.
 nine house calls and delivered ten
 lectures in the city schools. Two
 children were placed in the health
 school by the department.
 Dr. Robbins in his report dweN briefly on the public health meeting
 held in the high school auditoriuns on Wednesday evening, October %
 and expressed himself as pleased with the large attendance which
 gathered to hear the discussion on dipntheria, which he hopes to stamy : out of the city entirely by tho anas munization campaign.
 Police Application
 An application requesting tAQ appointment of Christ Scholl to th@ supernumerary force of the polioe department was submitted to tho city council and in turn referred h them to the police committee. 5l Hearings
 No one appeared to object to the [ assessments laid by the city fos th< construction Of sidewalks and curna on Muzzy street, North Main stres( : and Melrose street and the council [ voted to accept the assessments aa
 laid.
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