New Britain herald., 1928-04-19

Even parts of West Main street. one ot the principal highways lla,lin.; into our city, is dangerous to traffic. Again, as with | ile dirt streets.
 laid - the door Of any particular administration. We have built new 1 macadam but hay. not always taken the best of care Of that which
 Was already built. and these impor- i tant streets have gradually i.econl 1 worse from year to year until now. We find ourselves confronted with | tn" enormous task of repairing : them. We have certain recom- 1 m"ndationS regarding these streets ] which will also be submitted later in this report. We have listed the
 following semi-paved streets as being
 i0 need Of immediate repairs and
 th'r" are many others: High. Broad
 East. Maple. West Main tpartD
 Washington. North, Stanley. shuttle
 Meadow avenue, Rockwell avenue.
 Pennington avenue, Carlton, Whit
 ing, 'orbin aVruuo tparD, Glen. Railroad Crossings
 since the Railroad company a few years ago abandoned the old method Of planliing crossings and
 substituted macadam and amaSltr,
 our crossing have been in ' nor"
 Or less bad condition, due 10 the fact
 that it is impossible to lay material close to the inside of the rail. q shoulder must be formed and d channel left beside the rail for thc tlange on the car wheel. Tine shoul- G"r thus formed breaks down under the blows of auto wheels and other traffic, pot holes are formed and dangerous conditions are created. The only remedy seems 10 be con- stant and continuous repairs by the railroad company and your commit tee feels that this might well be left in the hands of the railroad commit tee of the common council, and made a part of their regular duties, they to receive reports from the superin- tendent of streets showing where re- pairs 10 crossing are needed and handle to a conclusion with the Railroad company.
 store Yard
 Tn an attempt to check Up on the | tools, machinery, laborers and other l resources of the board of public i. works, insofar as they might anply.i 10 the repairing of streets, yonr | committee made two or three visits | to the store yard on Harvard street. 1 We met with difficulty here and ! were unable to carry out our check ! tip to your satisfaction. because ol the general untily condition of inc 1 yard. tools and machinery. Nor | were We able to set very clear idea [ of the duties and the scope and eX- tent of the work of some of the la borcrs and others on the payroll.
 'rhe general condition of the store yard did not come within our province as a committee on streets. but it did not help the interest and pride we. as individual citizens. have in our city and it's property, to see doors fallen from their hinges, ma chinery allowed to stand out in the weather and sink into the soil rub bsh, old tools, scrap iron and worn out vehicles scattered about, and the general atmosphere of rust and de cay that pervadcd the place. Only part Of our large tools and machines {. were found at the yard, the balance being stored in the buildings of diff f"rcnt individuals about the city
 "Thc catch basin cleaner which by the way. is charGeablc to the street department but is under the supervision of the sewer department, We found stored in the Aero Garage on Elm street where we were told lt is stored five months Of the year at rental of S25 per month. The large concrete mixer is stored in on Elm street owned by one Frank Omotoro. five months of the year at a rental Of SIS per month. X small cement mixer a stone Spreadcr air compressor. portable holl"r, water cart together with