New Britain herald., 1929-03-20
PLAN COMMISSION
 CONDUCTS INQUIRY Receives Information Concern
 ing Strong Court Acceptance STATE LAW QUOTED
Slight Hire in Strand Building-lAs- saliIt Gases Postponed Until Next Week - Large Attendance at Grange AfIair-i'Owling Matches.

At the meeting of the PlainVille
 town plan commission held Monday
 evening. a long discussion was held
 in connection with the acceptance Of
 Strong court, which is about 10 feet
 wide. There Was considerable ques-
 ton as to whether the commission
 would receive a penalty if it accept
 ed a street less than three rods
 wide. Because of the doubt in the
 matter, the question of accepting the
 court Was laid over and the town
 attorney was asked to conduct an investigation conccrnig the state law
 on this matter.
 In a report to the members of
 the town plan commission today
 the town attorney stated that section 14G3 of the statutes says that no highway or road shall be laid out less than three rods wide except in
 a municipality. Further along the law states that the selcctman is re- quired to close out any highway laid out in violation of the provision of tEis section and if the selectman does not close it up he is subject 10 a fine of not more than $25 to the town.
 According 10 information received by the commission, it is clearly evi- i dent that the people who laid out Strong court did not intend it should 1 be public road, as they have re- served one foot of land all about the ! property. Under the above condi- 1 tions, it is doubtful whether the l commission will accept the street. as some of the residents may feel that i they are entitled 10 damages because | they bought building lots under the | condition that the street would not i be a public thoroughfare, as cvi- l dcnced by the reserving of a foot i strip of land around the entire 1 property.
 The town attorney advises strong ly against accepting a dcad-end 1 street and names two of the prom 1 incilt courts in New Britain which 1 have never been accepted by the 1 city.
 1 It would seem that the members 1 of the plan commission, as a com. mission. could accept a street less 1 than 50 feet wide without being sub- | ject to a penalty. It might. how ever. prove embarrassing if the com
 mission accepted many streets less
 than three rods wide, inasmuch as
 all the new land schemers might
 want to lay out their streets nor
 rover than that, figuring that they
 would be easily accepted Of what ! ever width they might be.
 The above information given by
 the town attorney 10 the commission will be discussed at the next meeting | cerning the acceptance of Strong
 court
 Brings Suit Against Cavalier Suit for $200 damages against 1 Michael Cavalier of plainylle has 1 been brought by the Michaels, Inc.
 q jcWelry firm in New Britain. i Papers in the action were served by
 Deputy Sheriff E. w. Furrey The
 write was issued by Attorney Lcon- ! GIu APpti tl NtN iblIldIil. Case Is Postponed The cases of Wilbur Coons Of | Mountain View and Andrew Morrow ka of Woodland street. both charged with assault and breach of the 1 peace, were postponed until next
 week at a session Of the court held 1 this morning at 10 o'clock. The men
 were arrested Friday evening by 1 tonstablco George Schubert and F.. 1 W. Farrar after they had engaged in | a furious fight at Coons' home. 1 toons Is represented by Attorney | Cornelius Prior of PlainNillc. Judge i Stanley Traccski of New Britain Is
 counsel for Morowka.
 Slight Fire in C1icc ! The fire department was called out | shortly after II o'clock last night i by a call from Box ?. The fire proved to be in the offices of Dr~. i E. l.. and II. D. protass in the l Strand building. It was confined 0 a slight blaze in d waste paper | basket and was cxtingushed without any damage being done to the or 1 flee. It is believed that the blaze