New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1915, Page 9

S L AND FIRE DEPTS., MUNICIPAL ICE PROJECT, ROLLEY SERVICE AND REPRESENTATIVE E. C. GOODWIN RAPPED BY MAYOR QUIGLEY IN HIS ANNUAL MESS order to bring these department up yagain by insisting upon a better con- | livery and direct sale to to a proper standard of efficiency it | struction, you are not increasing (he | common council committes | would be necessary that the commis- | burdens of cost, but in the course of | was not productive of the sioners devote more time to the solu- ; a/few years you are ahtlndly lessen- | sults owing to the fact that tion of the various problems confront- | ing it. mittee could mot give the ing this department than they could * *Another consideration whi¢h 1} time to the matter, afford to devote any your honorable | would ask you teo mest urgently com- “The matter was therefs body at my request petitioned the | sider is the effect of the wooden six- | in the hands of the water } legislature for a change which would | tenement biock on a neighborhood. ; which has eontracted for create a fire and a police commission. ! Such a building begins to depreclate [ the ice to ome persom um “These two commissions, devoting | the moment it is finished. This means | tract approved by your bo all the time they could spare to sep- | that the very poor who ought to have “There is & possibility {arate departments, would make for [ our inteligent help, who arc least | iract may be terminated greater efficiency. capable of helping themselves, have | tractor is now having . = | to take the neglected leavings of the | Ing up to the terms'of the e e e | class above them, instead of being in- | “Should the contract be Unfortunately politics or personal | t)jgently housed within their means. | the matter will be brought feeling actuated one of our represen- |, means also that a neighborhood is | tention for action. tatives in the present legislature in opposing this most needed change and | oo oL Tor_ SRy | PICRNTIE TReRER lce House Builders N in place of a police and a fire com- | "ot “The municipal, ice ho mission, we will be compelled, on ac- very bad condition, due te count of this interference, to conduct struction and a bullding Ethe police and fire departments under should not have been appre one commission. “On all four sides the “The - request for the placing of f::::‘;: ;::;;I:':: ;:lcz-:::ma‘;fu‘:: bulging out, timbers dus these two departments under separate ; o o\ home, to. make them feel a | Strain have cracked. The commissions was not an act in cri- ',mn of the soil, to give them & sense sagging. In some places H ticism of the work of the present | p0T O LU IO B B G N ad desire | foundation piers are safety board but was made with the | /) SRR R b M CE L shouid | Under the runway where. i idea, as 1 have before stated, of re- |, “UOr IS 0 T B IPOr e O able | Fiers should have beem bl peboole 3 P lieving them of some of their duties j ° FECORSE V. FROT TEESER of planking were placed | ;‘ ;“0 e V“:‘ shcl*"""? °‘=‘€"l‘“”-“‘f";m order that they might devote what - CiitE, e S e sub. | settled causing the runway | lishea chool for feeble minded estab-| time they could spare to separate de- | ! stitutes a shifting population for ome | ~The buliding has been 10, Sek o) far Bmietgrars 1o | e | attached to a locality, thereby also | I 0 mot believe it will be . Schools (two) for foreigners to| " .he bane of the police and fire de- | incidentally checking civic pride and | P'ace ice in the building jteach elementary English for o\'er-agc\ o P o | | Y partments has been political inter- | it has been practically | pupils. Y Sernce. destroying a semse of district citizem- “The only verdict 1 Men have been appointd in | : Vacation schools established. ! tpese departments who would not have | ShiP- The wooden six temement block | 7 L Wl FECUHL SRl Differentiated courses of £tudy ' heen appointed had they not had po- | 4I5courages any attempt of final Ness in the planning, €o Elt ritdan 1 | just solution of the houstng problem, | 1o% v, the PiannIn, COURY a. General. | “Political pull and partisan politics | Pecause it allows the speculative | *UPRTURCR OF T8 FOCOOE b. Commercial. { must be. driven from the police ang | Pullder whose interests are’'only in| .U o " ns"sor raquest ¢. Practical Arts, | fire departments if vou are going to L‘;’“'“i (oot his “_‘i‘(’:""““"fk'y' > | from thie board of water e § 90 s he pltases; without any cemsld: | "oy, "tay contieitn o SR 13. Pre-vocational training for hoys have efficient departments. | aritiot Sr & ML TRt wesls Sewer Beds in Bad Condition. and girls rades seven and eight| With that in view, hon- el + and girls of grades seven ght | i at end in view, vour hon- | ZOlIC TOr 8 Renere B ant with. | With an estimate of the eeet “Several beds at the disposal plant |and a new school for this purpose pro- ' orable body, at my request, authori- necessary repairs, in Berlin were rebuilt during the year | vided, accommodates 500 pupils. | zed me to appoint a civil service com- | 0ut calling for so great a sacrifice of and while the beds operated for a| !4. Vocational school, to be built, | mittee which would draft reules gov- | the personal relations. FORESTRY COMMI {ime better than the old beds they |for 1,000 pupils, at a cost of $170,000.!erning the appointment of men to s‘r"nl"{,\'rM::n:r:;d “mll ‘-‘l:-_s;:mz: “The lne;d of some action . ot | E i A these departments under civil service | . y uls honorable body to conserve ere, at the present time, scarcely do-| 153 School council formed. A isingt to take proper care of the houSIDE | rees of th city grows mors ing any more effective worx than they ! semi-official organization of teachers, | rules. " ] be¥ure being rebuilt. {acting in an advisory capacity of ques-| “I haveappointed such a committee, | Problem and if we should allow this | ach year. Hundreds of o 123,000.00 215,000.00 610,000.00 | 80,000.00 carried .out on sixty-two streets has wiven general satisfaction. Board’s Accomplishments, “About two miles of new macadam | streets have been built, over three and ¢ne-half miles of streets have been : graded, semi-permanent pavement has | bed laid in six streets, over two miles of sanitary sewers have been built and cver a mile of storm water sewer, built., 1 “During the year the board has in- creased the street lighting area of the city at a very small increase in the cost. “The sewage disposal problem is &nother matter the board and the cemmittee appointed by the mayor Lave been investigating. “It. is to be hoped that some solu- tiun of this very serious problem will be recommend@d within the-next year, “According to an act pased by thhe present legislature all sewage disposal systems installed by municipalities must be approved by the state board of health before their installation. “The board and the committee ap- pointed have had expert opinion upon this matter and visits have been made 1o Reading, Pennsylvania, and Wor- | cester and Fitchburg, Massachusetts, where sewage disposal plants have been installed. “A plant such as recommended by ‘Engineer Fuller has been built at ’itchburg, but was not in vperation at the time of our visit and before dis- cussing the advisability of building such a plant for our city it was felt I"that it would be wise to wait until this | plant was in operation and had proven successful. Park bonds .... Municipal bu\ldh)" bonds School bonds Refunding bonds . Not in the history of the city has such a flery message been delivered to ' tife council as that of Mayor George A. Quigley last night. The message is replete with criticism and the may- or does not hesitate to call a spade g spade. Police and fire department econditions, trolley line accomodations ‘and the municipal ice house especiai- fly,meet with his disapproval and the . mayor takes the opportunity to alm A shaft at one of New Britain's rep- resentatives in the legislature for med- “dling with his plans to substitute sep- arate commission for the police and fire department for the board of pub- He safety Discussing the police and fire de- ; Ftments, Mayor Quigley says there ould be a big shake-up in both. He s the present board of public safe- ty anticipated making changes. Re- ferring to his proposed substitution | of separate police commissions for the safety board, he says “political or peronal feeling ‘actuated one of our representatives in the legislature” to' joppose the change. On account of his interference, the message says, it | ill. be impossible to have separate ommission. _ Mayor Quigley was asked toda 0 which representative did you re- ¥ i Total indebtedness ...$3,408.000. 00 Sinking Funds, Water honds .. "$158,139.65 Sewer bends 151,106.39 Street bonds .. 15,134.01 | Park bonds 51,216,13 School bonds 5 25,977.85 Municipal building bonds 4,076.81 $ 405,650.84 { Net indebtedness .....$3,002.349,16 “Balances of the different funds of the city at the close of the fiscal year March 31, 1915, were: General fund Water fund Sewer fund Subway fund Street improvement t‘und Park commissioners .... ‘Cemetery committee .. City building fund [ Now school building fund Dogs . Public amusement com- mission Municipal ice plant Parks purchase fund ... $122,067.83 “The city’s bonded indebtedness should be carefully read by your hon- orable pody and the citizens in gen- eral. The total bonded indebtedness of the city with the new issue of $170,000 Voeational school bonds and the $90,- 000 issue of sewer bonds is $3,594,000. * Caution.in. Issuing. “The future issuanee of bonds should be very carefully investigated and. their nééd fully explained before | a city meeting, and the citizens should attend such meetings in order that “The third other important ob- jection to the six-tenement wooden block is a social one. 1 am sure that you will admit that anything whicn $27,921.22 24,380. 39 MAYOR GEORGE A, QUIGLEY 11,255:8 ZomEAd furniture 24.4 101.55 268.05 29.,163.46 i, 13 in Grammar 2" He replied: “Goodwin.' Dicussing the trolléy system, Mayor pigley says there had not been much ange for the better and “old cars ich should have beén relegated to e.scrap heap” are still in use. Con- Hons are unbearable particularly ring the hours when shop employes solng to or returning from work, § says.. He réecommends that the liroad committee of the common ncil take up the situation with the fPublic Utilitle commission. The municipal ice problem comes n for a resounding whack from the 9r. He tells of his visit t9. t yesterday and of finding te building in the last stages. He lays jhis to faulty construction and says 0me of the concrete pillars are be- nning to crumble. The plan for the uilding should never have beén ap- oved, he says. I “The only verdict possible under e circumstances,” he says, “is gross glessness in the planning, nd supervision of the b ‘The complete message fol10¥ > The Message. o the Members. of the { cil of the City in: S tleme R i “In pursuance of my duty to com- ju 5“: to you an annual statement Common | of New “the. affairs and condition of ity government, I take the lib- ¥y of addressing vou upon some tters which ought to engage your| attention. le matters brought to your at- ion are matters proper to be t before vour honorable body d T firmly believe that matters af- the welfare of the people pnld be brought to your attention dimeans taken by vour honorable ¥, - where possible, to remedy any ha tions atfecting the interests of peopls who constitute our citizen- [The mnnicipal government is very Fe to the people; it is a govern- t dealing directly with peculiar jolemas confrontiny individuals com. 5 its citizenship; tnerofore, we v deal directly with these condi- rom a local standpoint which it possible in state or nationzl fimprovements and changes in the of the city when possible, must loverned ‘by local conditions ana by outside conditions, jVethust not, however, irolate our- fes, but we should at all times for the interest of our 2ty and Mhabitants. [t is a pleasure for me at this time ank the members of the common reil tpr the manner in which they p worked for the interest of the | duning the past year. Partisanship Absent. ere has not been a single in- e where partisan politics has en- into the discussion of rnatters your honorable body. pu have set an éxample that llke might well emulate to the ad- ge and benefit of their city. u shave steadily in view the in- of the city rather than any sel- persondl interest and if this is ed, which T hope and trust it . your attitude will receive the mdation which it deserves. jring the past year I have seen make some changes in officials e of the departments have inges in officials and I believe fhese changes will prove to have made for the best interest of the rernment. CITY FINANCES. e of the board of finance sation, the treasurer and the r are very gratifying. ear our sinking < funds | | to $345,661.36. This year ount in the sinking funds is 84, or an increase of $59, ¥ easurer’s report shows our ledness to be $3,002,349.16. | our net indebtedness was they may be informed upon such mat- ters: “Im the near future it will be neces- sary to issue bonds for the building of new schools, water bonds will have to be issued for the work in Burling- ton and bonds, no doubt. will have to beissued for a sewage disposal plant, a total issue, pernaps, of $1,000,000, 50’ it behooves your honorable body and the .citizens to be very careful that the future issuance of bonds for improvements or work is absolutely necessary. “In connection with city finances, T wish to say a word in commendation of our efficient city tax collector. “The work in this most important department of the city government during the past yvear merits the high- est praise; the ecity is fortunate in se- curing a man of Mr. Loomis’ ability to handle the affairs of this office. “I believe a new system or method of assessment should be inaugura- ted in the assessors’ office and I shall devete some attention to this very im- portant department during the year. “At this time I wish to urge all de- partments of the city government to practice economy lest a deficit (be shown at the end of the fiscal year. “Expenses which cannot be seen w"l occur and must be met. HEALTH, “Too much cannot be said in praise of the work of the health department. 'fhe problems confronting this depart- ment are not always easy of solution, due in a measure to conditions which are a result of our pecullar housing problem and also the antagonism or indifference of some of our citizens who cannot appréciate the vast im- tions of school administration, etc. | and “We must face this problem in a short time and there is no question | but what the old systém will have to De abandoned and a new system in- stalled, which will undoubtedly cost several hundred thousand dollars. PUBLIC SCHOOLS, “A subject that often agitates the | minds of our citizens is the expense of our public school system. “Many ‘citizens believo that at times our school board has spent money too | liberally and that the school, unlike | other departments of the city goyern- ment, has held aloof from the people. I think the latter is true to some ex- tent, and is the real basis of whatev. er | criticism there be, rather than that: the board has been extravagant. “This feeling is golng to disappear through the medium of the Parents Teachers’ associations. “Through these associations the peo. ple are brought in closer relation to the school system and get a proper understanding of the magnitude of the problems confronting the school board. “Our citizens have éver been gen- erous in spending money for schools and it is to be hoped that with 8,884 pupils registered ip our schovls whose future depends, to a large extent, upon proper education, that we will not be hasty in passing judgment upon onr school expense, Cost Per Pupil Here Low. “The real test of school expense is the average cost per pupil; ~ompared | with _other towns and cities our msd is low. “At this timc 1 take the liberty of vortance of the work of the board -of Lealth. “Nio department of the city can be successful unless it has the support of the citizens, so permit me at this time to suggest that every citizen co-operate with the board of health by keeping his or her premises in a clean sanitary condition. “Let us do our part in this great work of keeping the city healthful, thus making it a desirablte city in Which to live, “‘Our greatest problem i$ the prob- iem of health. “In the health problem we the greater portion of our city prob- lems in one. The sewage plant, clean streets, pure water, play- grounds, housing, street railway ex- {ension, and numerous other problems | all come under the rroblem of health conservation. “The work of the boara or health during the past year has been so ably presented by the and its superintendent in their annual reports, appearing elsewhere in the Municipal Record, that anything I might say re‘a‘@lng the work accom- plished by this®department would be superfluous. “I would, however, urge the mem- bers of the common councit to read; with attention these reports In order tzat they may familidrize themselves with the work and needs of this most important department. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, “The work of the hoard of public vorks and the city engineer during 1he past year is worthy of great praise. ‘“Never before in the history of the city has so much work been accom- piished as was occomplished by this Loard last year, Our streets were never in better condition than at pres- ent. “As was confidently the expected 4, showing a decrease this'| placing of the city engineer in charge r net indebtedness of $17,- t5's indemednest’*.,n fol- 1$1,175,000,00 1,035,000.00 50,000.00 120,000.0 of the entire work of this department has been productive of the highest efficiency. #The board and engineer have been confronted many problems and lave met ‘them immediately and | éffectively. | “The system of macadam repair as have | disposal | board , presenting to your honorable lody, and of incorporating in my message to you, a brief contrast as prerzented by our able superintendent of schools to the school board, of the years 1905 and 1915 which will explain the tremen- dous growth of our school problem. ! A Contrast—Ten Years in the Schools. 1905 1915 L 444485,000 55,000 7,282 12,725 4,176 7,026 City Population. School Census. . .. Average Attendance.. | Evening Schoal Average Attendance .. | High School Registra- don: i ‘Grammar School ration Elementary ichool Reg(s_ tration . Ve Number Te'\chers Day Bchools .. 240 600 e!ementary grade children .on half time due to inadequate accom- modations in 1905, 1,100 children on half time due to | inadequate accommodations in 1915, 1905 1915 586 Reg!s~ 4,109 5,681 “ohin e 132 Total number of schoolrooms avail- able 138 Teachers' sllarles—lo“. { Valuation of school ; property {Number pupils per ! teacher in elemen- tary grades. Number pupils per | teacher in grammar . | grades (7-8). Number pupils teacher in school Average per 1 pupil $27 | Tatal school expendi- ture current ex- penses $112,632 $25%.400 New Things in Ten Years—1905-1915, 1. Medical Inspector (Three inspec- tors. 207 $1,147,300 40 per { High cost i School Nurse. Sanitary Drinking Fountains in' all schools. Sanitary Towels in all schools. Safe Fire escapes on =" Panic bolts for ali ..nocls. | 4. 5. 6, | tions established in all schoals. , developing { which supply will no doubt be su ! gineer will have charge of this work | department sinking fund { which we are dependent for our water j feet fairly dance with delight. Away 16: Parents and Teachers’ associa- 17. Employment of supervisor of primary grades. ‘Water Department, “The future work of this depart- | ment will involve the expenditure of | { several hundred thousand dollars in the Burlington supply New Britain’s ears. of the com- the city en- cient to provide for needs for a great many “A change, by order mon council, in which , will no doubt be of material benefit to the city. “The department is in excellent fi- nancial condition. The next bond is- sue of this department to be met by this department, August 1. 1918 of $200,000 can be paid from the water which now amounts to $158,139.65. “An important matter which this department should consider at an ear- ly date and which has been discussed at some length will be reforesting of the water sheds of the city water sup- y. 3 “Many acres on the water sheds have been denuded of trees, many acres covered with chestnut growth have been destroyed by chestnut blight and it will be necessary to forest this acreage in order to preserve the spring which serve to feed the brooks upon supply. Board of Public Safety. “The police and fire departments which are under the management of this board are in need of a thorough | shaking up and T believe the present board has contemplated some changes which w§l be of benefit to both branches of this department. ‘“However it appeared to me that in D e T “TIZ” GLADDENS SORE, TIRED FEET Puffed-up, Burning, Tender \ Sweaty Feet.—No Corns or Callouses. No “Happy! Happy! “TIZ"” makes sore. burning, tired g0 the aches and pains, the corns, | callouses, biisters, bunions and chil- blains. | “TIZ” draws out the acids and poi- sons that puff up your feet. No mat- | ter how hard you work, how long you ! dance, how far you walk, or how | long you remain on your feet, “TIZ” brings restful foot comfort. “T1Z" is | magical, grand, wonderful for tired, aching, swollen, smarting feet. Ah! how comfortable, how happy you feel. Your feet just tingle for joy; shoes never hurt or seem tight. Get a 25 cent box of “TIZ” now from any druggist or department store. End foot torture forever-— ! wear smaller shoes, keep your feet | fresh, sweet and happy. Just think! a | whole year's foot comfort for only 25 cents. t { which is now organized, and will as soon as possible, submit for your ap- proval such rules and regulations as they deem best governing such ap- pointments under civil service rules. “The present board is making a careful study of police and fire matters and no ‘doubt in a short make a repoft of the result of investigation and study orable boty. “Another branch of the work of the board requiring special and im- mediate attention and study is the fire hazard problem in which, to large extent, is included in the hou.l- ing problem. “Fire prevention is as important as fire fighting. “‘Our able their to your hon- building inspector, as- sted by the chief of the fire depart- ment is working upon this matter. “Several ordinances drafted by the time will | most pernicious construction to be ex- { teded through New Britain and ‘hs i outlying districts, we will simply have another repitition of the worst phases of the present six temement district ‘ and that district itself will immediate- |1y sink to a low level, for tenants naturally move out, go to & new place to be replaced by a less desiralle class.’ ELECTRIC CAR SERVICE. “During the past year very little | improvement has been noted in the electric car service. “The management has been impor- tuned from time to time to furnish better service but the appeals have not been heeded. “Old cars which should have been reglated to the scrap heap years ago are still being used, passengers are forced to stand, blocking the aisles trees are being cut down on uf street improvments, other being lost through neglect causes. 4 A system of street tree rhould be adopted by the eityd tain trees, such ag poplars, sh be planted on street lines as whort lived and their roots terfere with water and sewer “In order that thig | have immediate and careful 1 would recommend that lh be authorized to appoint a cf six citizens to study this i and submit to your honorable for approval, a plan of city v ng. Concinsion, “There are many other n I might discuss with you in the city government but building jnspector have been passed |and platforms of the cars, causing | not think advisable at this ¢ by your honorable body. The most important legislation passed by you was the ordinance prohibiting the con- much inconvenience. “During the noon hour and at nigit, when the people going to and from to the lack of specifie in “In conclusion I want to various boards, oficials, struction of frame houses containing |the factories increase the traffic, very | and commissions for their over four families. “I have taken the liberty of quoting, in this message, from a speech 1 delivered beforc the Commonwealth club on the ‘Fire Hazard Problem.' Fire Hazard, * ‘The six tenement block is not an economic necessity. It has grown up almost wholly through the efforts of the speculative builder who is { more interested in building and dis- posing of a poorly constructed house and getting his money back on the land than he is in any real study ot} the housing problem, and wherever this problem has peen workéd out in a scientific manner, the wooden block has never received any consideration. *“ ‘Nor is the cost of the wooden six little effort is made to handle this increased traffic and the cars are in- variably overcrowded, “The continuance of this condition cannot be tolerated and 1 would re- commend to the railroad committee that they immediately take this mat- ter up with the Public Utilities com- mission, Extension of the Electric Car Service, ! “The absolute necessity of the ex- tension of the electric car service to the outlying districts of the city grows more apparent each year. “Lack of proper car service is hold- ing back the paper growth of tiae city and is one of the contributing cause of our present housing condition. “Accompanied by several citizens 1 courtesy to me as mayor and earnest work and serviee for | gevernment in New Britain. 3 ““Respectfully submitted, “GRO. A, QUIGLEY, “Mayor of New Bri BAS ON TIIE STOMACH Whon ul&ek ins accompany A on the stomach the ntle fl:.uu to clear away & ing food residue is imperative. et s i e i L ery glou o’n the skin, headaches aches soon show that the poisons found their way into the circulation, The use of laxative of a ol’e gentle tenement block a determining factor | made repeated trips to the office of | Pinklets, will not 0"’1 banish thess in the discussion. Figures of Which show that the excess of proper construction over the wood which is now used so indiscriminately, less than seven per cent. on @ building, costng $7,500. This slight excess sc more than counterbalanced by tie an- nual savingin upkeep and by the in- creased life of the structure, so that Of course, you might compete in your own kitchen with the Italian chef who cooks HEINZ Spaghetti But why go to all that bother when you can get such a delicious food all cooked, ready to serve by merely heating in the can? At all grocers’, H. J. HEINZ COMPANY | 57 Varieties !claimed and made a the unemployed. that they investigate the matter draining the marsh land along tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rallroad company which forms part of the Town Farm. cost | the management in New Haven, where | Pleasant gym, the matter of extensions were dis- cussed and an appeal made for an ex- tension through the northwestern see- tion of the ecf “Realizing that further appeal to the company was futile, a4 bill was drafted and presented to the legisla- ture incorporating the New Britain Rallway company and asking that this company be given the franchi l “A hearing was held before the rail- { road committee of the legislature, who cecemed inclined to grant our request, whereupon the railway company re- quested that the bill be withdrawn and they would agree to build the nor west extension before August 1, 19 “While this victory was very grati- fying and will prove to be of great im- portance in developing the northwest section of the city, we must not cease our efforts until further extensions are made and I would earnestly recom- mend to your honorable body that you take this matter up and give it the serious attention which it merits, CHARITY DEPARTMENT, “This department owing to indus- trial conditions prevalemt during the past year was called upon to relieve an unparalleled amount of want and distress. “This department owing to the con- dition mentioned showed a deficit of $3,498.88. “It was expected that the deficit would be greater and it would have been had not the city made an extra appropriation to the board of public works to give work on the streets to “I would recommend to the board the “I believe that this land can be re- uable addi- | tion to tiae Town Farm. v MUNICIPAL ICE. “The matter of municipal ice de- Wheels all Grade Repairing. Prices on Wheels and Repairing. of | Auto Tires. L. A, GLADDIN regularly for a reasonable time, really ovrum’ chronie constipation. A ,H‘nklo- contain no poisons or ul TWrite the Dr. Williame Medicine Bchenectady, N. Y., for free samp get & full-size, 25-cent bottle of from your own lm Don’t buy until you have seen - new lines of High Grade Wheels. also have a large line of Second in' good order. We are now headquarters for Get oUr 4 OWESTNUT STREET, New Britain, O