New Britain herald., 1929-05-22
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VOTE H.AGPlES
 FOR TWO SCHOOLS

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 meak M Shts Lau FLAGS NOT FLOWN NOW Council Approprsa.es sss.ess For
 Street lnarro,eMeats-es Nasacs
 Oa Jwry Idst-Wakers, Hurt b,
 Factory, May Lose Sight Of Eye.
 The Green-Hills school on Pine street and the Jerome avenue school in the Edsewood section of the city are at last to receive the flagpoles for which the district committee members have been ciamorfnE for . long period and which, the state law provides, must be furnished by the city. This fact was assured when the city council last evening authorized Superintendent of Public Works Oscar Anderson to purchase the necessary poles and install them.
 The pole for the Green-H school will be 60 feet in length and will cost 416O. The one selected for the Jerome avenue school will be % feet long and will cost 170. The entire cost involved will De approximately t:Oe and both poles will be In place for Memorial Day.
 The law requires that the dag be flown from every school nagpoie on every pleasant day. In spite of thus fact, since the Edsewood school was completed over two years ago and the Green Mills school last septeal- Der. Old Glory has been missing .n each location for the reason that there was no pole available to sup port her. Unless something uhfore- seen develops, both schools will be properly equipped within the next few days.
 Street Improvements
 Upon the recommendation of Councilman Charles R. Anderson. chairman of the street committee. the city council voted an additional appropriation of tl2,0oo for streets and guetters and an additional ap- propriation Of t:e,0e0 for curbs and sidewalks, Assessabie Mir. Anderson pointed out that unless such appro- priations were made at this time, the city would find itself faced next year with an insurnhountabte prob lem insofar as the street improve ment program was concerned. The council, upon MT. Anderson's recommendation, also voted that Lexington street, Walnut road, Fair field street, Alien street, Concord street, Edward street and Locust street be put in shape for acceptance es public highways, the cost ol ! grading to be assessed against abutting property owners. and the streets accepted; also that the city engineer place the proper bound and record the necessary layout if the city clerks office. and tha curbs, sidewalks and gutters be laid the expense of the first two i'm provementS to be assessed agains property owners. It was also votet to advertise for bids. which will b' \ opened at the June 9th meeting. It was also recommended tha curbs and sidewalks be laid on Birg' road for a distance of zoo feet wes of Burlington avenue; that Gear! avenue be accepted as . public high way; that the walk on Norton stree be postponed until walks are lait on Talmadke street; that the layin, of walks on Rockwell avenue b' postponed until curbs and sidewalk are laid on Divinity street; that worl on Summit street be postponed unti the West Cemetery association formulates more definite plana Residents of Cedar street will b called in for a hearing on July 2 ( show cause why the street shcuit not be placed in proper ccndftic, for acceptance as city highway.
 Petitions Presented
 I A petition s,ened by several resi dents Of Cherry street, requestir lthat the road between Melrose HN' lCrown streets be placed in prope condition, was presented to tn council and by vote referred to tn street committee for investigation and report.
 A communication from Mrs. 1.'i Rowe requesting that Central stree extension, Rowe place and spellma street be placed in proper conditic for acceptance by the city, has als referred to the street committee fo investigation.
 Claims PreseAteA
 l Mrs. E. F. Fairciough of ' Fourth street addressed a letter { Ithe council acauainting them of
 fall received by her on the sideWal linear the stairs leading to the ra!' road station recently. She sustaine an injury to the back and one ey
 was blAckened. The fall, she cor tended was due to the condition { the sidewalk The communicate
 was referred to the claims commit
 tee.