New Britain herald., 1929-02-07
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IS GIVEN SETBACK
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tees Fil to Support II

| tees Fil to Support II
The expected delegations from the
Chamber Of Commerce and the civic
clubs failed to put In appearance u
the park board hearing before the
board Of finance and taxation last
evening. when the proposed SIS, 000
appropriation for municipal golf
course was discussed. Judge William
F. Mangan, chairman of the park
board, was embarrassed and frank
" stated 10. II have been reading In
the papers that the civic clubs have
voted their approval of the project
and that the Chamber of Commerce
had appointed a committee to attend
this meeting. Frankly / expected q
little help" he said.
The members of the board did not
commit themselves as to their prob
able action. Chairman Edward +,
Hall commented after the meeting
| that with the present tax rate as II
is, he did not see how it was going
to be possible. "Since Mr.. Stanley
gave the land. why doesn't some one
else who can afford 1t. donate the
golf course?" Mr.. Hall asked.
Public Works budget
The greater part OF the evening
was consumed by the board of pub
lie works. In the absence Of Chair
man George Dobson. Engineer Philip
A. Merriam appeared for the board
Mr.. Merriam was kept busy for two
hours explaining items in the
budget.
The board asks for $57e,675. an
increase from SS11.657.34 over the
amount allowed last year, in the
general appropriations and the fol-
lowing increases over what was al
lowed last year In special appropri-
atoms:
Street lighting. from $65.500 to
SG7,5OO; sewer maintenance. from
325, 900 to $4,000: permanent paw
Ing, from $4,000 to $4,000: street
| improvement. from $4,000 to $780,
900: city plan commission. from ST.
600 to $4,000. The last item in.
cludes the proposed opening Of q
new street from Washington street
to High street near the Washington
school.
Among the items asked for in the
new budget is a new car for the In
spector in the street department, a
new pump on the catch basin clean
err, a new surveyors level for the
street department. new motor
truck for street work, new type
writer and filing cabinet in the office
and a recommendation that the city
build its own barns.
Mr.. Merriam pointed out that ad-
ditional appropriation was needed
for the care of trees, since the city
removes poplar trees where they are
likely to interfere with sewers and
plans to replace them with other
types. He reported that Is new
catch basins had been built last
year and at least that many more
will be built this coming year.
The city IL planning to do away
with wooden culvets at Blake and
Barbour roads and replace them
with metal. The engineer explained
the new system of providing men for
the dumps. under which one man
takes care of two or three dumps.
One new motor truck to use on new
street work, where It is planned to
put cinders and crushed stone in re-
surfacing muddy places. is asked.
Resurfacing is planned on Reservoir
road to Shuttle Meadow lake: Shut
tie Meadow avenue beyond Lincoln
street to Lake street; Stanley street
beyond Hartford road and South
street its full length beyond Rocky
Hill avenue.
Permanent Paving
There will be about three addi-
tional miles Of streets to be oiled.
according to the report. Among the
streets where permanent pavement
repairs are planned are the follow
ing: Main street to Franklin Square
West Main to Main and High streets;
Arch street, Main to Hart streets
includes widening: Church street
and East Main street.
Asphalt paving resurfacing is Of
fered as an alternate over practi-
cally the same territory.
Concrete pavement resurfacing Is
planned on Commercial street. La
fayette street. Park street from Main
to the railroad and on Dwight
street.
Plans also are being made to re-
surface the brick paving on West
Main street from High street to the
park entrance and from Russell
street to Grove Hill.
Stanley street from Franklin to
Elm and Elm street from Main to
East Main are considered for semi
permanent repair.
One item calls for 500 signs for
outlying streets.
New equipment needed includes a
Is ton gas roller. a motor grader,
two ton dump truck and COM
pressor. Grading and partial re-
pairs are planned on 30 streets.
Black Rock Bridge
The city will be required to pay
$4,000. or half the cost or a new