New Britain herald., 1930-01-04

August Matsen. a contractor, was the next signer of the petition to
 be called upon. He stated that he
 had no charges to bring against
 Mr. Johnson and that he knew of l no occasion on which the inspector had not carried out his duty in a capable and efficient manner. He stated that he signed the petition | because he did not believe that a building contractor should hold the inspectors office.
 Denies Signing Petition F. L. King was called next but failed to answer to his name, Frank Caparelli. a local contrac ctor for six years, took the floor and stated that he had no charges whatever to make against the building inspector. When asked by Attorney Pror why ne had signed the petition, Mr. Ca parelii stated that he had not sign ed any petition of any kind. MT. Capareili's name was typ.,
 written on the petition. and in an- s"er to a question by Attorney Prio.., MT. Simpson stated that the petition had been given to him by Michael Sasek. The contractor stated that he mad been approached and aske to slgn a petition requesting the Lester Dow be appointed to the office of | building inspector but he did not sign any paper
 l.. G. Peck said that he lost a iob through Mr. Johnson's interference ard that his business had been poor since the inspector went into office. Asked if he thought that Mir. John
 son was 10 blame for this, he state,l that he did not know.
 | Downham is satisfied | William DoWnham, second selcc,- man and q plumber. stated that he wanted it distinctly understood that he was bringing no charges against the building inspector. As far as he | knew, Mir. Johnson had been very faithful to his duties. When askeJ why he signed tho petition he sad that he placed his signature on the l paper with the understanding that 1 he was booming Mir Dow for office, lie had been given the impression that change was 10 be made in the building inspectors office around the first of the year because Mr. l Johnson was leaving, therefore he had signed q petition favoring Mr. Dow as his successor.
 Favor Dow for Office Harold Fletcher, a plumber. also claimed that he signed the petition with the understanding that it was boosting NIT. Dow for the inspectors office. He stated that he did no, believe in building contractor holding the office but he had no personal grievance against Mir. John- son. Fred s. Spencer also stated that he had signed the petition un- der the impression that 1t was an attempt to get Mir. Dow in office. Tony Sharr told the gathering that he had no charges to mako against the building inspector but had signed the petition merely be- cause he wished to sec "Old Man" Dow get the position.
 A. L. Raymond. electrician. Ike the majority of the signers, said that he had no charges to prefer against Mir. Johnson but he did not believe in a building contractors holding the position.
 Mir. Simpson stated that the build | ing rop1 Doicsinn bo5 poyo, ,ooo;,., any complaints against the work Of
 Mir. Johnson. He frequently asked it the contractors realized that the building commissioners, and not f the builders, appointed the inspcc- tor to office. In regard to a contrac- tor holding office. he said that lle understood that d contractor hal held the position for years in New Britain without any complaints be- ing registered against his work. He also stated that the building com mission was confident that the in- pentry, electrical and plumbing lines
 Spectator Starts Argument
 AS he finished, a young man in the crowd by the name of Evans started q verbal argument with Mir. Johnson and stated that Mir John son had the advantage over othnr contractors because people went to his office to seek information about the building code, etc, with the re- suit that MT. Johnson had a greut opportunity 10 get contracts from them.
 In reply, Mir, Johnson claimed that not more than a half dozen people had come to him for information on the building code in a year and d half. He denied accusations by Evans that he had sought contract ing jobs in his office and claimed that Evans did not know what he was talking about and had lot 70 learn. When Evans became personal, Mir. Simpson stopped the argument.
 The hearing was then closed and the commission consisting of Jamos Simpson, William l.. Cooke, and Q. J. Cooley, went in a private confe"- ence. The session resulted in complete vindication of Mir. Johnson.
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