New Britain herald., 1927-11-09
MASTER BUILDERS
 HIT CITY ECONOMY
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which, if adopted, will strike a hard blow at building law enforce ment and lessen the service Of that office which even with it's present staff and personnel has more work than 1t can handle. Embracing as 1t does many large taxpayers and representing a very large communi- " interest, the association is fully cognizant of the desirability of low ering taxes, but cannot sanction an economy program the i'll effects of which will be as great and as nu- merous as those which are certain 10 follow any attempt to reduce the service to which the public is en- titled.
 Therefore. be 1t further
 Resolved. That the Master Build CTS association respectfully suggests and requests that an additional in spector be added to the force so that an inspector shall be available at the office during the entire period Of office hours, to consult with and advise builders and others interest ed on matter. pertaining to zoning and the building law"
 Criticism for MaNOn
 Councilman Clarence H. MaXon o, the first ward who sponsored the movement to reduce the staff in the building department by one inspeC- tor and one clerk In the interest of economy was criticized and mem bers Of the association termed his attitude as inconsistent in view of his recommendation that the city buy an airport in Newington at cost of s4O,Oo0.
 President Dyson of the association today refused to amplify the criti- cism directed against the Maxon policies, declaring: I'm not inter- ested in any mans hobbies
 The attitude taken by the com mon council toward the building de- partment was attacked by Mir. Dy- son. who feels. he said, the city should be paying money into the department instead of looking upon it as a source Of income. In the case Of the department Of public works q large staff of inspectors is en- ployed and q man is detailed 10 every job with the cost of inspection running entirely out of proportion 10 that of building inspection, MT. Dyson pointed out.
 Politics DeplOrcd
 The spokesman for the builders also touched lightly on the lntro- duction of politics into building ln- spection, condemning the pracuce Of changing inspectors with changes Of administration.
 There is considerable merit in what the Master Builders Assocla- ton has recommended, and l am pleased to see that the contractors are anxious to protect those who employ them by having additional inspection" Mayor Weld comment ed this afternoon. On the question of whether he would favor carrying out the suggestion, the mayor was not prepared today to answer. Building inspection is too impor- 1 tant to the city and the property i owners to be subjected to political meddling. We are now having bet ter inspection than we ever have had, because the office has been sys tematized. Let's keep it up; don't take a step backward. Before zon- ing we had half as much work for the inspectors, and considering that the deputy inspector is on a tenn porary basis. we had twice as much help. Now, with double the amount of work, some member of the conn- cil would give us half the force of inspectors. IL looks like poor econ omy to me-" Mir. Dyson declared. i Members Of the Master Plumbers association will join with the build CTS at their next meeting, which will take the form Of a banquet at the Eurritt hotel, and an invitation will be extended to members of the common council 10 come and ac- quaint themselves with what is re ouired of builders and the difficulty Of accomplishing results with a de plsted inspection staff. Mir. Dyson announced.
 In the opinion Of several Of the builders who attended last nights meeting. an inspector should be available at the office for confer nnce throughout the dav while two outside inspectors should be en- ploved. For the present, al least, only one additional man will be sought.
 Mayor Weld will refer the reso- for consideration before submitting them to the common council.