New Britain herald., 1929-10-12
PLQinuiUe Neus
PLAN ID PURCHASE WATER CO. DROPPED
Action Taken Following Report
 by Special Committee
ANNUAL BUDGET APPROVED

Sclcctmcn Given Oath of Office By
 Town CIcrk-Scryiccs in Churches
 Tomorrow Morning-School An
 nouHccmcnts Madc-Itcms.
 The proposal to have the town Of Plainville purchase the Plainville Water company was dropped at the adjourned town meeting held last evening in the court room of the Town hall before fair sized gath ering of citizens. The attendance, although not very large, was very representative, practically all Of the prominent residents of the town being present.
 The motion to drop the plan was made following q report by the committee appointed on May 3, 1928, by the board of selcCtmen to conduct an Investigation into the advisability of purchasing the water company. A complete report was read hcforo the meeting by Harry o. Rex, chairman of the committee, in which were explained the steps taken on the matter. At the con- clusion of the report, the chairman stated that the committee was not in favor of purchasing the company because it believed that it would not benefit the town and would prove burden to the taxpayers.
 In the report 1t was stated that the 37 wells owned by the company and the Plainville reservoir were not adequate 10 supply the water demand here. The committee also stated that it was evident that the company was willing to sell at only its own price and terms It was made definitely understood, how ever that this was not meant as a criticism of the water company by the committee. The committee an nouno"d that it was in favor of municipal ownership but that it did rot deem it advisable in Plainvilc because of existing conditions.
 Ii was also explained that the committee had figured the possibil- ity of cnlarging the Plainville rescr- vOir but had discovered that it would cost q large sum of money, as would also be the case at Ham, lin's pond which had come under consideration because of the springs existing there. It was stated that a privately owned water company could be conducted at q lower ex- pcnSe than municipally owned one.
 A motion was made to accept the report of the committee and its recommendation. It was seconded and a vote was cast In favor of the motion. The motion also called for the discharge of the committee with vote Of thanks from the town.
 sidewalk Construction
 A resolution to have the town pay Onc-half the cost of constructing sidewalks was passed. Two amend ments were made to the resolution. Tn" first one was that the sidewalks shall be constructed subject to the approval of the selectmcn. The other was that the amount to be paid each year by the town toward the construction of sidewalks is not to exceed the amount included in the budget.
 The original resolution was placed before the meeting by Second Select man William Downham. Up until now. tho town has been paying one fourth of the cost of constructing sidewalks. The amount set aside in tn" budget for this purpose is s1.500.
 Considerable discussion was held over the matter. many present voiC- in@ their views on the subject. There seemed to be some question as 10 whether the Sclrc'mcn had the right 10 order the construction Of sidewalks if they saw fit. First Solcctman James Simpson stated that tn" scloCtmcn are given this power in the state statutes and gave examples where this right had been exercised in the past few years.
 It was also explained that the town would pay onc-half of the cost of constructing sidewalks on any street, no matter where it was To- Catcd. The question was brought up