New Britain herald., 1928-10-16
PMinriM News
PARK REGULATIONS
RECEIVE APPROVAL
No Hunting Fishing Speeding
or Fires in New Park
COOLEY ON BUILDING BOARD

COOLEY ON BUILDING BOARD
Budget b ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Name Carroll Cutting to Oppose
White-Pupils Remembering Old
Teacher-Vtncent-M cClellan
The work OF improving Charles
H. Norton park IL progressing rapid
ly, most OF the underbrush having
been cleared away and an appre-
ciable amount OF the necessary
blasting Of the canal bed done, H. A.
Castle. secretary Of the park board.
stated last night at the adjourned
annual town meeting In presenting
the first report of his board. The
brush is being cut along the borders
of the canal where 1t is planned to
locate a pond. while the Inderbrush
is being cleared away in the wooded
areas Of the parkway. Mr.. Castle
said. and this part OF the work has
been nearly completed.
The old canal bed IL being blast
ed out for a distance Of 1850 to
make a waterway Of that length and
of width of 20 feet. The cost OF the
above work will be about $4,000, the
board believes, while In addition 1t is
planned to construct a dam at the
south end to back the water up and
raise it to a Uniform depth of slightly
more than three feet. This work,
Mr.. Castle said, should be completed
before winter sets in.
A code of rules for the supervision
and Use of the park was then pre-
scented by Mr.. Castle and, on motion
of Attorney Charles F. Conlon, was
adopted unanimously after the
secretary had been called upon to
clarity certain points In it. The regu-
lations forbid hunting or fishing In
the park, also the disturbing Of
birds nests or eggs. They prohibit
motor vehicles from going faster
than Is miles an hour. ban sports
except on the portions which shall be
set aside, and require the securing
of a permit for building Z fire with
In the park limits.
The Park Rules
The rules and regulations are as
follows:
| ANY and all work In connection
with the layout and development of
Plainville parks shall be decided
upon and done by majority vote of
the board Of park commissioners.
And payments therefor shall be ap-
proved by the chairman of the COM
mission and be paid for by town
orders, drawn on the town treas
urer by the board Of selectmen. pay
able out OF funds held by the town
OF Plainville. exclusively for park
purposes.
1.-The board shall elect annually a
chairman and a secretary and may
at such times as 1t may deem nee
essary appoint superintendent Of
parks and fix his salary and desig-
nate his duties.
1.-THE board shall make such rules
from time to time. as it may believe
to be necessary to regulate the
conduct Of its own affairs or of the
general public In the use and enjoy
ment of said parks"
The first set Of these rules is as
follows:
| mo public or privately conduct
ed demonstration, exhibition. or
meeting of any sort shall be held In
said parks except by written license
from the board Of park commission
ers; and no signs. placards. flags. or
advertising device shall be display
ed therein without such license.
mo person shall scatter or dump
any paper garbage, or other refuse
on any portion of the parks and no
sewage or contaminated drainage
from any building or land shall be
permitted to connect with or flow