New Britain herald., 1929-08-21

mcnt will study the situation and 1 present their recommendations to | the commissioner. It is probable i that the present culvert will be en- llarged and every effort will be made 1 to have the work completed before winter
 Additional Money Voted Upon the recommendation Of ] Councilman w. F.. Hough, chairman of the sewer committee. the city council last evening voted to make an additional appropriation of s55,- | coo to finish the years program. This amount is recolectible and will be assessed against abutting prop erty owners just as soon as the work is completed.
 The city council also voted to carry out the recommendation of ! the sewer committee to table the proposed extension of sewer facili- l ties on Burlington avenue. i To Place Additional Lights { One incandescent street light | will be placed at Gridley and Wood 1 bine streets and one at the end of 1 Riley place. The council decided
 upon such action last evening fol- 1 lowing recommendation made by ] Councilman William A. Hayes ! chairman of the lighting commit . tee
 Brcault is Promoted
 The promotion of Traffic Polica-
 man Aldie Breault to the rank of
 sergeant in charge of traffic was i confirmed by the city council last evening. The appointment of Su-
 2ornumerary Timothy J. Lambert TO
 the regular force was also unani- ] mously approved. Both men will l assume their new duties at once.
 Councilman Charles R. Anderson,
 who is chairman of the board of po- | lice commissioners, stated that his recommendation to promote Police
 man Breault was based on the i growth of 'he city, which naturally has resulted in increased traffic | problems. He pointed out that
 the duties of the new sergeant will permit him to make a conclusive study of traffic and parking condi- tons and to submit recommends
 tons 10 Chief Ernest T. Belden and members of the police board. Con- ditIon5 at the present time, in the
 opinion of the police board. re not
 entirely satisfactory insofar as the
 handling Of traffic and parking are
 concerned, and it is very probable
 that many changes will be made as
 soon as Sergeant Breaults recom-
 mcndations are received.
 Building Line Rccstablished FoiioWlng hearing before the
 city council last evening, attended
 ny II interested property owners. it
 "&S voted to rescind the councils
 original action calling for a 15-foot
 oulIdlng line on property of Don,-
 mic Seratini of Gridley street an1
 10 establish tive-foot building !iae
 on the south side of the street for I
 instance Of S5 feet from the corner
 or West street. The reestablish-
 mant of the line was reduested hv
 Mr, &arafni who desires to build an addition to his present store build-
 ing.
 Hlneteen of the property owners
 on the street agreed to the building line establishment while but five objected.
 Petition For Hydrant A petition, signed by several property owners, requesting the placing of q hydrant in the vicinity : Of West Washington and King : streets, was presented to the clty = council last night. The matter was l referred 10 the board of fire com
 HlSsl9Ners with power to act.
 sewer Contract Awarded The contract for the construction Of approximately three-ffths of a l1'Ie Of sanitary sewer on Chestnut, Norton. Talmadge, Dutton and Dunn streets will be awarded to salvatore DiMartino of Rocky Hill, provided the contractor is able to furnish satisfactory references, it was decided at the city council : meeting last evening. Mr DiMar- tino's bid of $1 a lineal foot was - New Britain was second lowest bid der with figure of S1.05 a linea,
 foot and Joseph A. Flammito of Waterbury was next with bid of : $1.o9 a lineal foot
 . Other bidders were Carl Posa- : tono, Bristol, Dominto Pasto, Bris- tol; Biello Rambo, Waterbury: : DominiclI Palmisano. Bristol; Fred Hclming, Bristol; Squadrislio and . Son, Waterbury; and Bernardino and NonOcChio. Hartford.
 To Prepare Bridge Plans
 At an adjourned meeting of the city council last evening, City En- | Gineer Carleton w. Buell. was in- structod 10 prepare plans for new bridge over the brook on Per llins street and to submit such ' plans to the city clerk. who will = advertise for bids which will be opened at the next session on Tues
 day, September 3. The plans will
 also call for the straightening Of Q the highway at this point. l Tho city engineer was also au- thorized to prepare plans for the grading of Cedar street and Hoover avenue, and bids for this work, to = he opened at the September meet r ing, will also be solicited. I Elected state Vice President William F. Smithwick of this city ' was elected state vice president of
 the Ancient Order of Hihernians at 5 the annual convention held Tuesday e in Meriden.
 | MT, Smithwck, who is charity = commissioner of this city and demo-
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