New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

guarantee on an asphalt roof it was pointed out that 1t would be difficult to figure how much was coming to the town.
 Visions of tearing out the roof and building a new one haunted the minds of those present for a mo- ment when Merle Morrisey said he could not see how the town could specify one kind of roof and accept another.
 Judge Welles ruled that 1t could be accepted with a proviso that the difference in cost be returned 10 the town.
 The engineers report was 10 the effect that water on the roof was beneficial to the asphalt. Mir. Welch reported that in some places they are covering roofs with water.
 A comment from someone stand ing on the side of the room was then they ought to cover the who'll roof with water"
 Returning for an instant 10 the auditorium question. one young man asked if the specifications didn't mean 60 pounds to the square inch.
 Running Town Into Debt
 "The building is running the town into debt" Mr. Howard complained. Here we have $l00,000 tied up. teachers engaged and janitor's serv- ices going on. A hundred and sixty dollars seems mighty small item" |"
 Mir Fish asked Do you expect the chairman Of the building com mittee to tie up the building until these changes are made and the s16O collected? If you do you might as well expect to get your school next fall"
 MT. Welch added: Tt has already cost the town s3,0o0 to hold up the building for sls0 and it is costing us more than s16o every week"
 Elmer w. Pape called attention 10 the fact that the same guarantee goes with the asphalt roof as with the slag roof. He wondered what all the argument was about.
 Patrick Mckenna said the speci- fcations do not prevent the town from building cesspool on the roof, and a woman nearby wanted to know why it couldn't be flooded in winter for skating.
 The section finally was .dopted and the roof stays as is.
 The asthetic tastes Of people who look at the mortar between bricks and demand a perfect match in col of variation in the mortar was dis cussed
 BrickwOrk Looks Like Hell'
 Speaking for the engineers, Mir. Holt said. MT. Bennett looked over the patchwork and said it looks like he'll"
 It was reported that the contrac- tor is prepared to make the neces- sary changes so that the brickwork will match.
 MT. Mckenna, who is said to be no mean mechanic on brick and plaster work, gave come technical information. When you come 10 clean out the joints you will break the brick. You are robbing Peter to pay Paul by trying to tear out the mortar between the bricks" He suggested that uniform mortar he made and pointed in betwee- the bricks.
 ''The man who mixed the mortar was a guesser," continued Mir. Mo kenna. He didn't know his busi ness. He would put two bags Of cement into a barrel of lime, and He didn't know how to mix it. That's what caused the Holsten marks on the wall"
 Mir. Fish reported that William H Allen. contractor, was prepared 10 make what corrections are neces- sary.
 On motion of Mir. Holt 1t was vot- ed to withhold $500 from the final payment on the general contract un- til certain minor changes to which objections have been raised be made. The motion was passed.
 Sewage Disposal Inadequate
 According 10 the state board of health the sewage disposal is not adequate. The system as construct cd is the best the appropriation could provide, Mir. Holt said. He consumed 12 minutes reading all the