New Britain herald., 1930-04-15
Bristol Mews
BREAUL7 PROPOSES STREET WIDENING Would End Traffic Congestion on
 North Main Street SAYS BRIDGE IS UNSAFE

SAYS BRIDGE IS UNSAFE Fears Structure May Coilapsc-Doss Kill Poultry, Owners Arc Fined
 Street Impro, cmcnt Bids Opened
 Library Sets Ne. Record. It is believed that the traffic con- sestion problem on North Main istrcet will be solved within the next | few months. Sergeant Aldic Breault of the police department, in charge Of traffic regulation in this city, stat cd today that he intended to ap- proach the proper authorities to re- lieyc the situation by widening the highway two feet. His plan calls for the cutting off Of one foot of side, walk on each side.
 Automobiles become damned on the street every day due to lack of l travelling space. It is almost impos- 1 sib,c, the sergeant asserted, for a machine to squeeze between a trolley car and a parked automobile. To pass an approaching trolley car, an 1 auto muc; pull up to the curbing un- l til its goes past him and then con- 1 tinue. Many muGcuards have been l Nr,l
 cause the driver has been unable to proceed in either direction, the ser gcant continued.
 Some time ago a portion of the sidewalk along Main street. from the New Haven railroad bridge to the Memorial boulevard, was torn away i by city employees. The removal Of the sidewalk bettcrcd travelling condi- tions and, it is thought. stimulated traffic officials to consider a removal Of part of the North Main street pedestrian surface for q bcttcrmcnt there.
 Parking will be restricted in a great many more place on North Main street, the sergeant believes, unless some action is taken soon. North Main is one of the most wide ly traNerscd streets in the city and is one of the narrowest.
 Sergeant Breault has often re- marked that the trolley switch on the street in question. not far from
 police headquarters, should be elim-
 mated and relocated somewhere else
 in the city. It is his contention that
 the switch is nuisance, especially
 to motor vehicle operators.
 Would Condemn Bridge
 Sergeant Breault also declared thai
 the bridge beneath the macadamizet
 road on Main street should be con.
 demned. The paasage of heav,
 trucN or other commercial vehicle
 over it causes the buildings in the immediate vicinity to tremble. Ac
 cording to his statement, there ar, only weak beams supporting tn,
 bridge. StayT. resting in the bed o
 the river, support the structure iron beneath. A heavy rainfall, whicI would cau-c more rubbish and refuse to flow down the stream. would pro
 bably wash the stays away and cn
 danger the lives of drivers who
 might pass over the bridge. The pres cnca Of the shally structure. he ayers
 is the reason why the Ttrcct canno be Didcned at that particular point . Tho bridge is located near tn, Center building. Its surface, O
 macadam. is broken up considerably probably caused by it's unstcadincs5 Dog Owner IiHcd St John BuErin Of Alexander stree ' and Michael JGzalak of Joccph stree were arraigned before Judge Joscpl
 NJ. Donovan 10 answer q charge o keeping and harborinG unlicensed dogs. Tho cGnines owned by the mcl !. ran wild in the southern and easterl sections of the city yesterday an killed poultry, ducks and geese. val ucd at SGG.50. Assistant Prosecute Edward J. Quinlan. following tn presentation of the dog owners t
 the court, HGted that the city woul
 have to reimburse the owners of tn
 slain birds for damages but that Bu grin GllQ JGadluh NOulu De nelu Ic Q sponsible. Becauce of the fact tha the men would De forced to settl Q for damages incurred by their dogs 5 the judge wa1 lenicnt and imposed l fine of only Sl and costs in cacl !. case.
 The animals. two big German DO
 lice dogs. loft their kennels in Eas c Bristol shortly after 3 o'clock ycstcr 0 day morning and first visited tn c chicken coop of Joseph Boucher q 5 S6o South street, where they kille . seven Rhode Island Red hens. Mex c they went to the yard of Patric
 Degnan on Middle street and slc' , four ducks, a drake. and a pair C
 geese. Continuing their tour of dc ' struction they visited the yard ( \ Thomas Doyle on Mitchell street an 7 finished four Rhode Island Red hem
 and went on to the homo of Ere if Tadychuck and another home in tn tt immediate vicinity, whcrc they llillc x four chickens.
 ', The police received several con
 plaints before the dogs had con