New Britain herald., 1930-05-28
AWARD CONTRACT
FOR WAD|NG POOL
Battaglia Gets Washington Park
Job With S7,89S Bid

The contract for the construction
of the wading pool at Washington
school park was awarded to Joseph
Battaglia for $7,s9S.25 by the park
commission last night. There was an
unusually large number of bids. The
bids were as follows:
Battaglia. s7,S9S.25; Wood and
Zetterman, $S.47o; Angelo Tomasso,
sS.491.6l; Foundation Construction
Co. of Hartford. $3.50; Peter Suzio.
s9,c56.50; p. Lcardi. sto,5l7: \. Bel
lini, s10,29o; Hayes Construction Co.
s11.4o0; w. H. Hall Construction
Co. s11,5O0; A. c. Record, sil,S50;
S, d. Simione, SIS 600.
It was voted to engage a full time
superintendent to care for the citys
interests on this job. Clarence Lam
piers application is being consider
ed.
1t is expected the w. II. Hall Con-
struction Co. will turn over the golf
course to the park department on
June ., and that it will be ready for
use by September /. Il. J. Ross, en-
gineer. who was present to discuss
maintenance plans, said he expect
ed the course to bring in $4,000 be-
tween September and January /.
Chairman Bartlett appointed a
committee consisting of Judge Man
gan, Dr. Lasch and Mr.. Lamphier to
formulate plans for the operation
and maintenance Of the golf course.
Superintendent Clyde k,llingwood
was instructed to have white traffic
lines placed on the driveways in
Walnut Hill park.
1t was decided that no tennis
courts will be assigned permanently
TO clubs or organizations and that
no athletic activities will be permit
ted in any Of the parks on Memorial
Day between IL a. H. and IL noon.
Ellingwood Reports on Parks
superintendent Ellingwood sub
mitted the following report, which
was ordered transmitted to Mayor
Quigley:
Walnut Hill Park
zone of our best improvements in
Walnut Hill park this year is the
one half mile of new amiesitc road
80 feet wide, extending from West
Main street TO the New. Britain
hospital. along which We laid $40
feet of new drain pipe. Other i'm
provemcnts at this park consist of
installing a new drainage system at
one of the shelters at the DIR.
and laying SO feet OF water pipe
for the drinking fountains and hose
connection at the flower beds. At
the tennis courts We have erected
100 feet OF fence IS feet high. We
continued our planting program and
rose gardens, and our Memorial
rose garden and rock gardens as
well as the lily and fish pool seems
to be quite popular. We moved about
500 yards of dirt for fiji at the
swamp along Hart street frontage
and laid 1900 feet of drains in the
loRland in this spot. as we'll as turn
ing eight acres of field into new
lawns.
Willow Brook Park
at Willow Brook we resurCaced
tho drive one half mile long. 20
feet vide. and built two footbridgss
with four concrete piers each 40
feet long and five feet wide. Twenty
two hundred and fifty feet of fence
was erected five feet high. and posts
set in three feet Of concrete seyery
Q feet at the boundary between the
Hungerford and Park property. A
walk was laid around the Spanish
War memorial and a flood light
erected as well as a new flag pole.
Five hundred feet of new drains
was laid and 1 900 feet OF water pipe
for the two new drinking fountains
and hose connections at the ball dia-
monds. Two tennis courts were re-
surfaced with five inches of clay and
all the small bleachers were painted,
along With the painting of the out
side of both the field houses and the
Toulouse. Twenty seven hundred
square feet of new concrete side
walk was laid and zoo square feet OF
concrete floor in the Toulouse. We
elSo continued our planting program.
We built two retaining walls OF
100 feet each along the brook, and
we expect to carry out this plan OF