New Britain herald., 1929-11-06
no car is permitted to proceed unless slgnalled by the green light.
 City Council Meeting

no car is permitted to proceed unless signalled by the green light.
 City Council Meeting
 The city council met at the cham Der last night but nothing of any great importance was decided upon. The petition for Sunday bowling is still in the works" Rev. Henning 1 Johnson pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church, voiced bitter oppo- l sition to the proposal and averred | that six days of each week for the | sport were enough without en- croaching upon the Sabbath day. He said that Sunday was comm ercializ- ed enough without permitting i bowling
 Walter F.. Hyde presented a peti- ton requesting the council to vote against the plan, stating that the paper was signed by only a few names, but that if he wished. the number could be greatly augmented by a solicitation.
 Councilman Frank W Dutton, chairman of the miscellaneous mat ters committee which had been au- Lhorized 70 decide on the matter said that the committee had met but that no definite decision had been | reached.
 A hearing will probably be held on the matter, and it is expected that several supporters of the plan will be present, An unusually large attendance will be anticipated
 Reports Approved By Council
 The reports of the streets and 1 sewers committee were submitted and approved by the council.
 A request received from the library board for an appropriation l for expansion at the library was ap- 1 proved The board wished to ia cilit2te the main library so that they would be able to care for 10000 ad- ditional volumes. The cost quoted was $S.0O0.
 Health Officers Report
 Dr. Benjamin E. Robbins sub mitted his report for the month and announced that 56 cases of con- municable diseases were reported to his department 691 children were | lnoculated against diphtheria in the recent campaign, and. since the , first campaign in 1927. 4,145 chil- dren were inoculated against the disease. The total number is, ac- f.n iyo tN ha I n cent of the total Of school children registered in the Bristol schools.
 Charts were displayed by pr. Robbins showing the decrease in campaign, which, he averred, was very successful.
 Street Lights Sought Petitions were received for street lights and referred to the street lighting committee for investigate Lights were requested for Red Stone Hill road, Russell terrace, Farming ton avenue, Hillside place and Park street.
 Improvements for Stewart street tNiiu | oi lfIiiiE toli avenue NclC lC- ferred to one of the sub- committees. Eight Appointments Approved Mayor w. Raymond Crumb ap- pointed or reappointed eight men to committee positions. The men ap- pointed were approved unanimously by the entire council and will so into office effective November 1. Only one new appointment was made, that to replace Thomas A. Tracy who was elected to the city council in the final elections. Robert J. Stack, former prosecuting attorney was appointed to the board of l- : brary commissioners to succeed Mir . Tracy i
 The other appointments were as follows: Judge Newell Jennings, chairman of the board of education, and Miss Alice Brown, reappointed to the school board for three years; w. S. 1ngraham. reappointed to the fire board for three years; William E. Tracy, Teappointed to water con- missioner board for three years; Samuel J. Large. reappointed to the board of park commissioners for six years; and Judge Epaphroditus Peck, reappointed to board of li- brary commissioners for three years with Mir. Stack who replaced Thomas A. Tracy.
 Dr F. B. Robbins was reappoint- cd as health officer for one year.
 
 Ralph H. Bennett of o4 Laurel street entered claim for s25, al- lcging that the car which he was driving struck a manhole and in- jured a woman companion who was riding with him at the time.
 Henry j.. Dart of Hartford en- tered claim for s2S5.95 as the re- suit Of damages done to his car when struck by fire truck at the Main street and boulevard intersec- ton on October ?.
 Both claims were referred to the claims committee for investigation Blanket Appropriations
 Approval of blanket appropria- tons of s20O,0OO for the general city expenses. $50 for the first taxing district. 1,0Oo for the second 7 taxing district. and s1,000 for the } third taxing district. was given. Vendor FOrfcits Bond , Sebastian Bermudeg, charged witt } selling without vendors icenS' - and without permission. forfeited : } $50 bond by failing 10 appear for { scheduled trial at the city court thi!