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SKIDS ALL IN PLACE AND SAFETY BOARD IS SLIDING Charter Revision Committee Favors Separate Heads for Police and Fire Departments—Councilman May De- fending Own Resolution Takes Shot at Board. ments during the past few months, He expressed himself as very well pleascd with the high efliciency of the fire de- wtment. Fle said he thinks the Now One of the most important charter changes that will undoubtedly asked by the charter revision commit- tee will be the organization of the | board of public safety under (wo sep- | Britain police department is also efli- arate heads, one to have charge of the | cient, but could he made more fire department and the other to have | That is why he wants two boards, one charge of the police department. At fo attend entirely to fire department the meeting last evening Councilman | matters and the other (o give its un- | George M. Landers made the suggcs- | divided attention to the police devart- | tion and almost all of the commis- |ment. In this way the police depart- sioners expressed themselve - | ment can be made more efficient, the yorably, except Judge Gaffney. | mayor said. He declared that his ex- of the revisionists thought that such | perience and observation have showed | i be 0 change would serve as & pa ea for | him that the chairman of every board some of the cxisting troubles. Judge | of -public safety has had more in- Gaffney, however, remarked that terest in one department than the | such a move would be bringing the | other and it is true of this board, too. | city back to where it was scveral | Ho was careful to make it cle | years ago and he predicted that such | ho is not criticising the boar action would not cause the city to | Babcock. To show one wa ! escape the evils that the members | tho cfficiency of the police department | think it will. No vote was taken, but | could be improved he said that he the consensus of opinion s plain- | had noticed one policeman while on ly in favor of the move. | duty leaning slouchily against a build- Safoty Commisstonors Divided, | 18 “Thut is ~not efflcienc g i | claimed, and said it is to watch for Chairman B. G. Babcock, who has | 554 Jittle things and the big thin been chairman of the safety board for | ;¢ \well, that he wants the two boards, the past nine months, was present at | ;no por each department, the meeting and his views were solicii- | y,4ze Gaffney did not take the op- | ed. 1le gave them freely doclaring | i gtic view of the matter that the that from his experience he did not | 5 er commissioners did and declared | Ebink the move wwould he & ‘wise lone.iyhpt the trouble is not in thelsystem He said he thinks it possible for one ;¢ jn human nature and human na- idle both departments in {4y cannot be overcome. In rests of cconomy and eff- | cludion he said, “I predict you | not escape tho evils vou think wilL” Ba | board to hs con_ | will | vou | mer Toward M. Stecle, member of the charter ommittee, took a different ve Mr. Babcock all the in the world for his hard work Auring the past nine months and used it as an argument in favor of splitt Caminlssi A. Quigley, Judge B, Gaffney, George M. Landers, T. KKehoe, M. I Jester, Judge J. . C'ooper enator G, W, Klett, H. M ) 1 = 5 Steele, rnest Teich and Clerk Her- eihoard Rexplaining fthatfthe s bert V. Camp. Those present when showed the work is too much for one ’ g e 22 the meeting adjourned about three man. Aldermpn M. Trving Jester was kit | ini ; 8% | hours later were the above, with the of the same opinjon. Senator Klett | 10078 DB B likewlsa favored the move, but sy »*f“‘&“"t:‘ "'I‘ ;“fl % _‘;M i 3 gested having one man In charge of | tor Klctt, who left earlier. each denar ent instead of a commis- slor The was listened plained that it w. ~0f his adminis Mayor George May Naturalize Here. Anderson, Severin Johnson to with interest. He ex.. and Arvid Nero, representing the & 1in 1906, during ono | Swedish-American Republican club in s that the safe- | 1ts petition for a charter change that ty board was or For a while | Will permit aliens to take out their it worke all, but he ad- naturalization papers in this city, mitted that it has proved a fallure as | stated their arguments 1a favor of the to properly manage the police and | change. Mr. Johnson was particularly fire departments it requires the work —convincing when he told the commi of two separate board | sioners that it is estimated that there Mayor Wants Efficiency. l'are 300 Swedes in the city who are : : _ ! not naturalized and about 1,500 of Quisiey. we Hm‘“‘,"“:f;‘m;‘f‘nnm- nationalities who are eligible, B s FHoner s howo.oon Dut wnolhave falledito becomefellzensi e e however: | hecause of the expense and great in- i nae both | depari. | convenience connected with going to 5 i i the superior court at Hartford. He admitted that American citizenship is far too sacred a thing to be weighed {in terms of gold, but he ecxplained | fust what a hard time a foreigner has | when he to the United States, | and he wke from expe enee He dec during the first few ve residence here the foreigner is handicapped by a lack of knowledge of English and customs, Lated, when he gets a Job paylng him | $10, $12 or $15 per week, he may be married and cannot afford to lose the | time and money connected with the trips to Hartford with witnesses. He declared that he knows personally one Swedish resident who took out his first papers eight years ago, vet has been unable to take out his second papers because of the expensive in- convenience. Mr. Johnson contended that more is to he gained b¥ the gov- ernment by having all ellgible and on of ex-Mayor Tanders . 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The Waterman Ideal will give years of ser- vice and the ever increasing pleasure of daily use continually reminds one of the thought- fulness of the giver. We have the largest assortment in the city, having a point for every hand and special points for bookkeepers, stenographers, sales- men, etc. Adkins Printing Co. 66 Church Street | terest | Cooper explained that to give the local | sary 1 unduly cxpensive as it | boards be made partisan rather than | position really w. | Judge | barded him with questions. Those present at the meeting were | 1,400 than passing notice, espectally in | | reference to | plan of | for worry, then in- the posi- | for rsonal ural more ¥ willing aliens s will take in the government in turn will tive claim on them, a thing when they remain as forei -, Nero also argued strongly for a rter change. After he had been ed the commissioner discussed the proposition thoroughly and Judge ! and have a npossible subjects, court unlimited jurisdiction so that it could issue papers it would be ne to <e it in fact a superior court. This would he impractical an- would necessi- tate the hiring of a clerk, a steno- grapher, a sheriff and all other court machinery customary in the suri i > The matter was finally satistac torily settled when Senator Klett sug- gested that a suitable change be mada | so that the superior court will hold | sessions in this city for the special | purpose of issuing papers. This sug- gestlon met with instant favor and on | motion of Mr. Landers the senator was | delegated to draw up an act including | the above. Thus, the proposed statute is passed by the legislature. All Shoot at May, ,Councilman Charles May was the only council member to appear in defense of his council resolution tthat the city bi-partisan as at present. He was asked to state his position on the mat- ter and during the half hour or more that he was on the floor he had a try- ing time explaining just what his | other than that he | certainly favored it. Then when his troubles scemed about over various memh of the hoard, Gaffney and Mr, Kehoe, bom- When one tired of firing queries at him another took up the job, but Mr., May stuck to | his guns and on one or two occasions ve back a hot shot that attracted the present safety hoard as a ult of which the mayor had to My to its defense. From a most care- ful analysis of Mr. May’s petition it appears that his view is to adopt a “to the victor belong the spoils.” In other words he favors having the boards controlled by the party in power. In his argument he declared that under the present system of hi-partisan boards it makes no aif- ference wha is on the boards and Jjust so long as they ‘stand in with the powers that be” they have no cause Mr. Kehoe asked Mr, May why the matter was not threshed out at the last council meeting, ‘“Because the king pin on the other side got the hest of the project at that moment,” Mr, May replied. The joke was an Mr. Landers who had bested Mr. May in the council argument on the matter and a laugh was scored. Returning to the attack, Mr. Kehoe asked Mr. May if he ever knew of any board that put politics ahead of the city welfare and the councilman re- plied that Mayor Quigley is at this time trying to eliminate such a possi- bility. “The main object of my resolution was to place the responsi- bility where it belongs,” he said L Bonrd Wnocked. y here entered the lists examiner and not now re- of his ap- afety Mayor Qui the mn role of a cross asked if the mavor sponsible for the acts pointees. “Take the rceent action of the safe- ty board in its appointment, do you take the responsibility for that?” Councilman May shot at his honor. ““Absolutely, and T endorse their ap- pointment,” the mayor thundered. “Well, others don’t approve of it,™ the councilman retaliated. “Makes no difference to me,” the mayor. Mr. Camp next proceéded to throw the harpoon into Councilman May's resolution by declaring that by hav- ing a partisan board, composed of two members of one party and one of the other it would cause more dicker- ing than ever. When the republicans were in power the democratic mem- ber would soft soap one and then the other member would run the whole thing. 5 “Is that what happened to the board of public safety?” the council- man asked. “It has happened,” Mayor Quigley answered, whereupon Mr. Camp, the mayor and Judge Gaffney proceeded to recite a little anclent history re- flecting none too creditably, on the sald Easy Way to Get Rid of Itching Don’t worry any more about that itching skin-trouble. Just get a jar of resinol ointment and a cake of resinol seap at any drug store. With the resinol soap and warm water bathe the affected parts thor- oughly, until they are free from crusts and the skin is softened. 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According to the opinton of Asses- sor August Burkhardt there is no ob- stacle in the way of the proposition to advance the fiscal year one month that the boards may get their ap- propriations earlier and start their out door work sooner. His suggestion was that inasmuch as the board essors completed its work on Jan- uary 31 the hoard of finance meet at once and prepare estimates from the grand lst. Past history has proved that the board of relief make few changes so the figures as given Jan- uary 81 will be approximately cor- rect. This would make it possible for the city meeting to be called in March. The members all thought this plan a most feasible one and the matter was referred back to the spe- cial committee to make further reo- —————————————y OUCH! BACKACHE! RUB LUMBAGO OR STIFFNESS AWAY Rub pain from back with small trial bottle of old, penetrating “St. Jacob’s Oil.” When your back is sore and lame or lumbago, sclatica or rheumatism has you stiffened up, don't suffer! 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A proposed charter amendment making the forestry commission a separate body and giving it the right to care for trees and shrubbe on all streets and clty property not under control of the water department or | park commission was tabled. It was thought more advisable to have the board of public works glven an ap- propriation to be used as deemed best by the present forestry commis- sion. The plan will be given a year's trial. might receive would have to go to the city treasur; This would make the city actively engaged in the marrying business, remarked Judge Gaffney, as he opposed the measure. In this connection Mr. Kehoe sald he would be in favor, were it possible, of tak- ing away the matrimonial powers of all justices of the peace and limiting this work to clergvmen. Judge Hun- gerford’s proposed amendment was postponed untjl the next meeting. The charter amendment providing for the opening of the polls at 5:30 o'clock on the morning of each elec- tion day was accepted. The amendment making the civil service commission a distinct body, to be composed of four members who are to submit eligibility lists from which appointments must be made from the flve highest men was also accepted. Not In Marrying Business. Judge F. B. Hungerford’s proposed charter amendment which would give to City Clerk A. L. Thompson, “ex officio, all ministerial powers of a justice of the peace,” was occasion for no-little fun making. Mr. Lan- ders humorously suggested that it be referred to the republican town com- mittee. Judge Gaffney and Judge Cooper, by reading how the proposed change wouid affect the charter (section 30), so found that it would make marrylng people one of the du- tles of the city clerk and any fees he NUTMEGS AWAIT HUMPHREYS. 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