New Britain herald., 1930-03-19

expense of the fire department, s74.- 36g.50: new fire house in Federal Hill section, s1o,000; new Terryville avenue fire house, slS,0o0; fuel, Se3,000; new assessable highways. Sl0,000; appropriated library ex- penditures, s17.000; for parks, s2o.- 500; repairs and upkeep of roads and bridges. $14o,00e: paving of boulevard. s2,5OO; common ant high schools. s372.344.27; new state aid roads, sl4,00O: state and mili- tary tax. $31,0O0; street lights, s27,- 00o and unemployment, s7,O0o.
 The principal receipts are: Board of water commissioners, sl70,000: charity department, sl3,000: city court, $12,0O0; dog licenses, s5,590: fishing and hunting licenses, 5000. library receipts, s4516.le: roads, s10,000; city clerk and purchasing agent. $145O0: common and high schools, $2o.9o0. and high school recreation committee, $1,500.
 Additional receipts included: Per sonal tax. $24,000; sale of real es- tate. Uncas No. property. .1o,- 900; corporation tax. $20,000: school street real estate, S9,000; and street improvement assessments, s7,150.
 The net budget to be taxed s .$9l9,546.95. which does not include s512 representing an increase in salariessalaries of city hall em- ployes. The corrected grand list shows s54.9ot,535 of taxable prop erty in Bristol.
 Bids on Fire Station Several bids were submitted to the council on the construction of the new Terryville avenue fire house as follows: r. ", Meyers, $l5.SS4; Cos mo Vacca. s14,l52.50; Colapinto Brothers, $14,950; J. D. Devine. Si$,99e, and Pierre A. Allaire and Sons. Sl4,167. Each bi6 was ac- companied by offers to build of tile i instead of brick and, for that rea- son. they were turned over to the | building committee with power 10 act. It was stated at the meeting ] L1idI II lllC IItN StdlIOil W as Dultl ol brick. the bid would probably be awarded to J. D. Devine, whose fig ure was lowest, but if were to be constructed tile the bid of Cosmo l EaCCa was lowest. The committed will meet within the next few days l to make the decision.
 The applications of Frank Belan- | der. 24. and Albert J. Pare, S2, for appointment to the supernumerary force of the police department were referred to the police commissioners. ] The council voted to hold hear 1 ing on improvements on streets mostly located in F4nway Manor, on April 1 in the council chamber at 1;30 o'clock.
 Claims Committee to Meet Councilman Thomas A. Tracy re- quested that the council call a meet Tuesday evening at 1:50 o'clock. The much postponed hearings of local residents who were injured on slip pery sidewalks recently will be hell and a final report will be prepared. The following councilmen constitute the committee: Thomas A. Tracy, chairman; Homer H. Judd and Frank w. Dutton.
 Earl B. Curtiss appeared and ex- plained the allegedly deplorable conditions existing at the old Mer- riman homestead at Merriman and Federal streets and requested that they be remedied. He stated that children broke windows in the house and played in it. He called it a tremendous heard and ''nuis- ance." The matter of boarding the windows so that the children could not trap themselves in fire was turned over to Corporation Counsel Francis V. Tracy and Mayor w. Raymond Crumb for investigation.
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