The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-04

local police department who was suspended by Chief of Police John Adamson on Sunday, January 25, on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer will be given a hearing by the board of warden and burgesses Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the borough court room. The hearing will not be open to the public, but members of the press will be al- lowed to attend.
 The charges preferred by Chief
 Adamson which were in sealed
 envelope were officially received
 and opened by the board members
 last night. The charges are absence
 from the borough without leave, im-
 moral conduct and conduct unbe-
 coming an officer.
 The exact nature of the charges were not disclosed but it was stated
 that the charges were the outcome
 of a visit of young lady to Chief
 Adamson, who lodged complaint
 against Officer Farrar.
 Previous to the start of the meet
 ing the board members held short
 office, When the charges were read
 at the meeting against the officer,
 Warden Green expressed the opin-
 ion that the officer should be given a fair chance to offer his defense and that witnesses should be pres-
 ent and be heard for both sides.
 Patrolman Farrar has indicated that
 he will have at least two members
 of the borough board with him. If
 this report be true. there is no dam
 ger of the officer being retired for
 it takes five members of the board
 to dismiss an officer. Burgess Henry Zwick offered the motion at the meeting that the hearing be held on Thursday night.
 Asks to Be Retired
 Officer Samuel Grant, a borough
 policeman for a period of 37 years in communication to the board | asked to be retired on a pension. | Officer Grant stated that he had reached the age of 73, and wished l to be retired. For many years he | has done private duty in the Hill side avenue section of the borough, | he was also for a number of years a regular patrolman of the borough. The board granted his request and his pension will be $75 per month. Vote to Lease Hose House Following a report by Burgesses John Sheridan and Henry Zwick, | the board voted to lease the Union
 City hose house on Bridge street to the Polish American Political club. The rental to be $22.5O month payable in advance. The lease will be for period of two years and the borough will reserve the right to use the building for election head quarters and caucuses. Borough At i ty Martin l.. Caine was instructed
 to draw the lease.
 The board voted to install a san itary sewer from the end of the | present sanitary sewer near the | town farm property to the end of l the borough limits, about 1,500 feet | away. This work was suggested by | Warden Green in order that work
 might be given to men out of em- 1 playment. It was first suggested 1 that the sewer be extended to the Milville bridge, but there was some i opposition from residents outside
 the borough limits at the meeting
 and it was decided for the present to run the sewer to the end of the
 borough limits. Warden Green ex-
 plained to the property owners of
 the section that it was good op-
 portunity to have the sewer installed
 as there would be a big saving to
 them, as the unemployment fund 1 will pay for the labor on the job. I dents of the street that he could not give them a definite figure as to the | exact cost of the work for this would | depend on the conditions met with. He assured them however that the borough assesses $5 running foot | for sanitary sewer, this being split between the property owners on both sides of the street. Labor is a big item in the construction of a
 sewer, he stated, and it was appar- ent that there would be a big saving to the property owners. Warden Green also suggested that as the
 road is a state aid road and will some day probably have a perman- ent road bed installed, that the state might order this work done at a
 later date and the property owners
 would not have the chance then per-
 haps to have the work done so
 cheaply. It was thought that after
 the work is started on the inside
 district that the residents in the
 outside district will want the work
 done.
 Work on the new bridge on Rub
 her avenue will also be started soon,
 it is believed. This is a state aid
 road and while considerable work
 has been done on the road a new bridge must be built across the brook beyond the town farm. War den Green has been in touch with State Highway Commissioner Me- Donald in regards to starting this work now 90 as to give employment to men out of work. The commis- sioner informed Warden Green that survey will be started and