New Britain herald., 1927-02-25
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Selectmen Ask Budget Be In
creased at Special Town Meeting
WASHBURN ON COMMITTEE
VIII Serve ON Body to Rent High
School observation-disclosures Rear
rested-Strand Theater Opening
Spare Tire Stolcn-Driver Nabbed.
An upward revision of the budget,
giving the selectmen more money
to expend for the town. will be
necessary, First Selectman John ].
kimmel said today. and the call for
the special town meeting next We'd
! nesday evening has been revised to
include action on this. Several mis-
takes in the budget approved at the
last regular town meeting have been
discovered by the present board OF
selectmen and these must be cor
rected if the town finances are to be
put on an orderly basis.
The principal difficulty Is with the
highway account. The budget calls
! for $4,000 on this item, while S.
I J. So has already been expended and
| $500 more must be paid out for the
snow removal bills, leaving almost
nothing at all for repairs or new
work this spring. This situation Is
due, Mr. Kimmel stated. to the in
clusion of two items under the high
! way account when they should have
, been kept separate. These are the
snow removal and the Trumbull ave-
nue. surfacing.
Trumbull avenue. after acceptance
last summer, was surfaced by the
| town on the assessment plan, the
property owners being assessed
enough to cover the cost. But in
stead of making this a separate &C
count, the officials included it with
the rest of the road work. In this
way about $4,000 was spent out of
the highway account, while the as
sessments, when paid, had to go into
the general fund along with other
taxes. Thus the highway account
melted away without any money
coming in to build it up again. The
snow removal should also be kept
separately, Mr.. Kimmel believes.
No recommendation will be pre-
scented by the selectmen, but the
voters at the meeting will be told of
the facts and left to take what ac-
ton they deem advisable. They may
authorize further expenditures for
highways, appoint a committee to
look into the matter, or do nothing
at all. But if no action is taken,
there will be no money for repair
ing the streets this string, and no
repairing will be done in that case.
And the streets are in need of much
repair.
Another error was made in the
town attorney account only $500
being allowed for this while the bill
last year came to $3.50. In regard
to the street lighting item, only
enough was appropriated to pay for
the current for the old lights, moth
ing being put in the budget to take
care Of the new lights voted for
Trumbull avenue. There were also
several unpaid bills left over from
last year.
Washburn on Committee
Henry S. Washburn has been
named as the appointive member OF
the hall committee OF the high
school. This committee, provided
for when the high school was au-
thorized, will have charge oNthe
renting of the school auditorium and
gymnasium to the various organiza-
lions which desire to use them. 1t
will consist of First Selectman John
j. kimmel and Joseph Mccarthy
chairman of the school committee
ex- oflicio. and Mr.. Washhburn. who
has been selected by the other two
He has accepted the appointment.
Strand Theater Opening
The Strand theater will open to-
night with an audience composed OF
Governor John II. Trumbull, the Of
ticlals of the town OF Plainville, and
most of the prominent businessmen
of this town and surrounding ones
The theater has been pushed ahead
rapidly by the Sequassen Corp and
Lessee George lie Witt and today
stands as a worthy rival of those ir
large cities. Tonight's performance
is an invitation one; the first public
shows will be given tomorrow.
Joseph Gnazzo Rearrested
Joseph Gnazzo Of Bank street wa.
arrested yesterday afternoon by
Deputy Sheriff E. w. Furrey on {
technical charge of vagrancy, Il
being his third arrest for this of.
Tense. Several months ago he wa.
given suspended Jail sentence o.
80 days and ordered to find work OF
serve 1t. A few days later he lef
Plainville. and SAC and watch be,
longing to his brother, Nick, disap
peared at the same time.
The police were notified of tht
theft but no trace OF Joseph wa.
found. Two weeks ago he suddenl,
appeared In Selectman John J
Kimmel's office and promised to gt