New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1918, Page 9

I you want to make a sure hit— get one of our $20 Overcoats. ‘We bought them months ago before e big advance in prices and are kelling them on the old low cost basis which means a saving of at least P0% fo you. ’ All styles from the knee length | blain and belted back to the big, long | varm ulsters. Men’s suits too at ood for that price. 0 that are extra CL‘DT“WG € W a&w BRITAIN, CONB. URTIS RETURNS 10 ATTAGK ON QUIGLEY, st Pagh). (Continued From and 6th. On bidders vere received April 5th hpril 9th the board notified f the rejection of all bids. Nothing urther was heard from the board bublicly until they were requested to ‘Q'DOI'L to the common council as to he cost of the work. One bidder on Kpril 6th agreed to complete the uilding in sixty days and the board see page 137 of the municipal rec rds of 1917 as of April 1st) says hey expected the barn to be com- leted in about days, allowir onsiderable leeway. It should hav been done by July 1st. Under date b December 18 the board reported b the common council it (the barn) s done, inviting them to inspect it, be bills for carpenter work show hat work started past the middle of ay and stopped the latter part of ovember, a period of between six fnd seven months. | sixty On April 6th, when the board re- | a efved their bids they knew then, if ot before, that the building was go- ng to cost far more than their re- uested appropriation, their rejecting L1l bids shows that. If they desired | o =0 on straight they had the oppor- unity at the city meeting on April 7th of having their case stated and ecuring a larger amount. Perhaps is honor's attitude that publicly he yas for economy as he announced in he press and at the meeting also, hat he was in favor of cutting out the ark street paving and the allowance or the south west engine house. Nev- rtheless he is quoted two days later s recommending or agreeing on a ne of procedure by the charity board | by letting the charge of the work to close business associate by the ddy | vith the consequent course pursued by The board, with the results herein et forth. Why did they keep still? Why did ey not let their work that was bid n to the lowest bidder who was per- | lectly competent and responsible, hereby saving, as the bills of cost ow show for that same work coximately $2500 or $3000. It would | leera that they deliberately set about o conceal their position, and by the ethod they pursued in doing the bork hoped to slip alo ithout heir predicament being found out, or t any rate being noticed until their eport was printed in July, 1918, at shich time no interest would be taken 1 it. The way the bills came in with the¥ bills and no one took any otice or knew which were for the arn from month to month and no ccount was kept of barn cost, they ame pretty nearly slipping through. here must have been someone who new of this besides the board and it bias kept pretty quiet. Such conduct consider reprehensible, and men ho operate that way either through lgnqQranc or purpose are not fit to bold office in my opinion. The documents in the Charity De- artment office show that two bids vere received on April 18 and 19 for aking charge of the work on the arn. 1 found no evidence nor was [ot told that any was solicited. No [ne of the several former bidders eré consulted so far as I could learn bn this new proposition, the man who as selected, I am informed, was rec- mmended by one of the board, put his bid and referred to his honor, he mayor, reference. This known as an intimate business and bolitical ociate of the mayor and had not previously, so far as known consulted or submitted figure Three charity officials being O.K.'d by the ad often employed him, he contract with him as on April 20, three ty meeting gave them work with. The one identally heard of the e e s s by the day, a and put in a prico o koc per hour, as against tho mayor jend at $1 per hour, but of p® out on the excuse that he did not me bayor who fhev closed t ho records ays after the c o money t ther bidder ac upposed intc o tho work pance to hat show solicitc bid, cou | other | rorse { barm A amount to only nything ry to s in fact. it being ure a ladder ingling brackets been easily bor- necess and which could rowed. o two somo have 000 the The barn is fifth of tldinga home whe housed and the to set t yposed | butter-n Men and forth to look after mi must the stock, feed \veral miles a day. horse or cow they might ome- wter kin and mill If fire s taken bo dead one house wh of 300 somo makir sho co 3 average ed is only of tho barn osed barn 1 or will be eas- out there, This some stato authori- v detrimental and inad- T are slaug feet southeast the | or less f | whe ! ily sensed by is considered | ties to be ve visable. ani Dy Defects. | Cypress ship lap curls and siding splits, tight knotted white pino would not have ven cost any more and would better service. could be made by substi- sht mill construction of or the barn floor, second same could have a, n th, du- 1ties uth and on cedar havo Chang tuting a 1 vellow pine the obta mely tre and wa best Washir itions, ceilir and costs of paint would amounting to $600 of tight-knot- and 2” for floors heathin paper, the 1id be mado just as N water or could have been rabilit the cost of e for pé walls with three have been saved, or more, By the ted r hed N. and good floors and tight and partial fire-proof paint been used, and this construction would prevent the 1ac for rats and mice, and would be less open to fire danger. The beams would show and there would he more opportunities for dust to coliect and rther but a with a broom could go over the an once a ind a renewal of a cost of cold water vint vear would keep the room in much cleaner condition than an painted surface not at- tended to all. On the north end was dug into the hill wall built to carry a concreto a bridgo the barn, second or twelve feet aws A curved road- way or approach comes up each side to the bridge so teams can drive with a load into the Underneath the | bridge and across the width of the | barn a fino concreto floor has heen it, all out of doo nd exposed except under the bridge. Of what vice this is I fail to see. When th retaining walls completed and the banks properly graded and turfed this will look very nice and be on the landscape icning order, but so f: as practicability is concerned for whatever is ngcessary, the end of the barn could have rested on an air- | chambered and waterproofed wall continued out to form a retaining wall and on each side tho road could have como up to the barn door, thereby | saving one retaining wall, the bridg 1d concrete floor and approximat $1,000 as per bill of costs shown the board The ground could have been sloped from the driveway to the barn ecach way so as to have allowed an end window the same as now. and a door could have been put in on the west | side, the milk room heing moved south far enough to allow This bridge business seems to to be entirely unnecessary. Another defect which appears in- | sle and carcless disregard- | rule or regulation of the State | Regulation Board., Bulletin No. | Ghapter tion 15, “livestock | than meat cattle to be excluded | from the room in which milk cows kept.” In this barn there is no ration of neat stock from the stalls, for they adjoin each ind some cows are in stalls im- tely in the rear of part the stalls. ceilir 5 arm. cold cobwebs g room hour week once a a oil hole barn bu are 1y by it. me o is | city med of The ventilatin utility, system is of doubt- ot work at times rvice when there is | of temperature d inside. The should have beecn metal or other thout sharp have to be re- | Tuit mooth Conerete stall ve any connc Is and have for ventilation underneath and next to the side walls. Length of stalls too short had heen four feet stal table cows could have put the extra eXP 3 have ratively built floors shonld the fire not outer tile 1ls ction lines wit of the st It barn | mora been would wider, in and been comy L with brick were outlets for a corlk plank floors th sance if used 1 over two inches flow off. A large number of posed to breakas protected by wire screer The shut- off for all water pipc out doors d will be hard to work, at times to use. It should have inside and casily accessible The of the floor; will he a nui- ids will stand deep before they with a can windows na should © ex- be' been which en dirt on the hillside roads to the top goes will require the rining walls, over floor protection of re and turfing. Unfinished. One door unpainted. No in bins in grain room old one without & old cept one cover, u dry goods boxes ¢ fill nz some out. rness room harness shelves anc requires ould b pates manure requir closet fixtures | renced off with | nd a water- | ptacle lilk room nyard st fenc, and ng recc storage of zons implements s adjoining rn man should 1d furnished is used in | fc other f erected the i -near or room for a t built or finished o heated unless a pla b and javo an outfit to carry on tho work nd the other party did. This did not | the tion hospital SHouldl el vrovided ol hot | | manufacture or r { hour, | the | somctimes | ent and | spector at Usi | cutting dowr | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1918. W can be for barn use There shonld throvgh the with railing and titions on cach side 3 to form bay Town hc posed son obtained at a driv barn upsta tehed piank par or 4 feet hix for arc such per mental ewa be center of cach side homes use of due to to on or the ble, hacity, 1 have no to care for them. that some able to do some Wo bet their ver is done the up- none are ng or are to be for s are u 1 ci for 1 friends ive It of inmates will be and that it to have them do it tends to lessen th keep of the institution, is supposed for W e near not expected to be. in a hom what its i by the c v ha help in addition to for the of 1 anywhero imates do n town or horough, and what is nec inmateg and ising of products for sale, or for public use, is thereby to some extent competing with pauper labor. Though in fact it turns out to be very expensive labor and would be on a par with city potato raising and barn building, especially in result. The city managers in erecting this rgo bara for the accommodation of 50 to per cent. more stock than it herctofore carried, especially with a drop in the number inmates in tho housa over 120 two years zo tf ¢ to less than 70 this vear are apparently forcing tho city in order to use what they have for us to expend money for s fill tha barn raisc produca and feed from Janua o ock to with, to for the stock, and the city will have less help to do it with than ever. Consequently it would be forced to go into the labor market to hiro help to up the pl Also thero havo been surve maps drawn, and the mayor ha ready broached the subject of procur- ing adjoining land to enlarga our to keep paca with increased farm facilities and live stock possibilitics. After our experlence in the si in potato raising fre and selling, and our profit- able n building, do the pe into the dairy or any specially under our present \gement? Do the people of New in want to go in for $25,000, or »ut with a chance of yearly of §5,000. or more for the sake another visionary scheme? You to understand it would make a few more soft jobs for G. A. Q. to hand out and the public to pay for. Members the that up keep crop capacity man want of board state | the superintendent of the building was eletced and engag of tell th ed upon the recom- nendation ness men imed to tho mayor; two that tho at tho credit man’s be gaged was due him. This party has received for himself and men for lal job bills paid the depart ment; $1,000 approximately for him- self and $2,500 for men at practically in round figure; of and would averago per week for the men, or four men for cach day at $17.60, while the other men re ved for bossing them. Add on $6 per day for ular architeet 1 inspector, aitendent of the board inspector at $5 a day, the city engineer at $12 per day, the town home superintend- timekeeper and assist in- $4 once in a whil the mayor at day and prohabl the city building inspector 1 day, makes a swell payroll, though of coursa mo: of them do not appear in the harn cost, and all except the $1 an hour man were not regular d men and there only a short time on cach v The timekeeper of course wag there every day but only for short time. This work which cost the over $3,600 practically fig ured by four reliahle builders in the bic from $1,400 to $1,500, another practic igured it at less than $1,400. This we I before the work was let. I have been over the plans and specification allowing for all confident that a heen mad thirty quali busi- me m t pe weeks about $100 worl re the and tho o was and contingencies feecl good would at $1.750 to 000 and with my vear nee I consider my wtions for estimating good. Tor reason or othe has been dropped on this line besides extra exp cansed by the For painting 18 bid was ceived $90, out f¢ 60c hour, cost $1 Plumbin ne by the for varions r cost dona peten Ther the profit oxpe: some delay ide, re- 50. an dav. prohably i zement. ason: rore under com- mana has been in contemplation buil adjoining all the stock ht be honse so that butcherir offal e from fed for the tain if thi the state officials in char might parties pigs. . It mi authorities to would be satisfactory to having such matters they go in for an ex- $3,000 Also it time to other plans and fixur, besides those used on the barn. 1 have been informed by well posted men that there are other stall fixtire on the market, practically as good as those hought, for considerably le money, the only feature lacking beineg a long established name and reputa- tion, probably several hundred dol- Jars could have been saved if compe- tition had entered into the same. Mone:; to the city before 000 be weil for pr of or this try unnecessarily expended te estimatc or d, approxima IPxcessive cost of carpenter 2 e ...$1.632.00 Concreta and iron bridg fl ~.. at north ¢ Ve worlk d 1,000.00 Udin tead of lead cold water paint in- nd oil on the Pt on doors and window i mill cheaper ide, ex Posts constr quality ceilin double 1inst 1 of single sheath partitions the ¢ of thne building to size required for present stock B »mpetition on sta Il fixtures “tion and floors and i built | more | our | 1y time | Better ma sup- | or | health done | [ stor: | fo agement in buying and having work cone. ... 8,308.00 not accepting the contract the Money bid by lost on hy the accepting ving ofi bridge, etc, a abhove . . aving of ceiling, e construction as atl hasing of other ¢ ur nd changes in h wets and buying and mill oV 5 155 of andling mate- 750 $8.7 done to com- for use: rds or screen and putting and refit- windows in glas arain bins for the yom, fixtures for ti lves and closets, pro- tures to keep from freezing, changing and overhauling tho ventilation system to make it workable, fix outlets or lay cork brick in box stalls, partitions and changes to separate from the cows, to arrange the ventilation so that an ordinary inmato of the home can operate it, finish the painting, build more retalning banks and surf of the roadw build a barn yard fence and gates, have the necessary watering trough in the yard, build manure pit or re- ceptacles, make a room or build on room arranged for heating and fur- for a ni in make ar for hot for daily N the barn, huild E for wagons and other imple- ments used in farming, make bays for hay on the second floor, place for e of root crops and stock, esti- mated cost $2 The claim of the hoard that the ad- vance in the cost of timber and mate- 1 is largely responsible for the large expense only partially true and that is partly due to their ness and non interest All increases would not tally up to a thousand dol- lars. Paid out to date approximately $17.- 500, estimated cost to finish approxi- mately $2,500, estimated cost of work done by inmates and not figured in $400, cost of services of different offi- cials and departments not charged, 0, making a total of $20.650. timated cost of stock to fill $2,000, estimated cost of piggery § 000. milk harness room. sh tection to toilet f hor gements nse is DEATHS AND FUNERALS Peter MoAvay. of Peter McAva o'clock this A , was morning solemn high celebrated by William A Downey was Rev John T. Winters sub-deacon. The bearers were Terrence McGovorn, Michael Me- Avay, Thoma phy and Fred X. O'Brien. al services at the grave the thollc ceme- ¢ was cenducted Rev. John E v. John T de new ¢ by Cith Y. Tuttle, itle, aged 67 dicd last evening at his home 3 South in street, after a four da illness of pneumonia. Mr. Tuttle w: a veteran gro clerk, working for the D. C. Judd Co., the W. W. Walker Co., and later for the H. A, Hall, Co., with whom he was connected at thc time of his death. He was well spoken of hy his employers and the publi he came in contact held He was a na- the son of Luc- wd Nancy Curtis ic leaves his wife and two daughters, Mre. R. D. McCullough and Mrs. 1 Teich of this city, a siste Miss N Jane Tuttle Merefield L. Tuttle. The funeral will R 1 ock Thursday after noon o'clock Rev. Dr. G. W. C. Hill w officiate cemetery Meredith L. 92 with wt him in tive of erne W Tuttle, ™ m £h ind hurial will be in Fairview Mre. Anpa Anderson. The Mr funcral of held this from street afternoon her late home at and at 3 o'clock at Bethany church. Rev. J. inted and burial was cemetery. The beare Alfred Johnson, Alex Alson Alfred FEdward Stromquist. The were Alfred Olson and at o'clock ty the B in 5 werc John flower he Harold Miller. M Ella M. Gerlander. The funeral of Mrs. Ella Maria Gerlander will be held at 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon frem her I 177 Kelsey street. Rev. Dr. Ohman will officiate. o G. Burr. >rvices for Mrs. Eliza vere held at 9:30 o’clock th at the home of her daugh- Daniel O’Leary of South street Rev. Dr. E. B. Cross 4 and burial was in Norwalk, A. 0. H. AUXILIARY BIRTHDAY. The committee for the anniversary of the Ladies' Auxiliary, A. O. F meet this evening at 8 o’clock at home of Mrs. James O'Brien of Main The affair will be held in Elec- Mrs, itt will the strect tric hall be held on February 8. after the regular meeting to The commit- tee is made up of the following: chair- W. I entertain- Mrs. man, Mrs ment, M Poyer, O'Keefe, Mrs. M Tarr, Mrs. Cary, Mrs. Kerwin vin, Mrs. McCrann, Mrs. M Carthy, Mrs. M. Monahan, and James O'Brien. The state and ty officers are expccted to be at the affair. Coogan; Miss Dveitt, Price, Mis cou in CARL YOUNGBLAD, M asseur, 74 West M St.. Phone, 428-13; Residence 'Phone, 67 Thermolite Bath, Massage, Vibration, Neuritis, Rheumatism, Impeded Circulation. Electric treat- ments. Open afternoons and eve- nings. By appointment at your res- tdence. 1,000.00 | the grain room, fixtures | wells and grade the | the | slow- | the barn | years | Financial B STRENGTH SHOWN Rails, Utilities and Bethlehem Lead Way During Atternoon Wall Street—Stocks were firm to 's mar- strong at the opening of today ket, the absence of disturbing devel- opments ovor the holiday resulting in gains. U. S. Stecl and some of the less prominent industrials and equip- ments made one-point gains. Ship- | pings, coppers and motors also re- corded substantial improvement. Pa- cifics and coalers wero strongest of the rails. Bonds developed an ir- regular trend, Liberty 33;'s declining to the new low record of 97.90. Rails became more prominent in tho afternoon, Paci ngers and coalers augmentir gains. rcorded extreme advances points under lead of Peo- and Industrials made fur- provement on declaration of | regular Bethlehem Stee] dividen teel and other lead 1% points in tho dull The closing was firm. Liberty 3%'s and first 4's made new | low records at 97.60 and 96.52, re- spectively, second 4's selling at 96.30 to 96.16. Sales approximated acted 1 to final hour. hares. New York Stock tions furnished by members of the New change. Ixchar quota- Richter & Co., York Stock Ex- Jan 0w Close Am Beet 78 Alaska Gold Am Ag Chem 5 Am Car & Fdy Co. Am Can Am Loco ... Am Smelting Am St %o Am Tel & Tel Anaconda Cop Sug: 3aldwin Loco S Beth Steel B Butto Superior | Canadian Pacific Central Leather Ches & Ohio Chino Copper .... Chi Mil & St Paul. Col F & I Cons Gas 1cible Steel Del & Hudson . Distillers Sec i ceoono Erie 16t pfd ..... Genera] Electric | Goodrich Rub | Great Nor pfd .. | Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. Tllinois Central Inspiration Tnterboro ptd Kansas City Kennecott Lack Steel . Lehigh Val Louis & Nash Mot com so Cop and a brother, | Anna Anderson | 23307 68 | UNITED Fresh Pork c Shoulders . .. 1b 28 b 28¢ (‘I‘je,»an Pork CHOPS ... FRANKFURT Sliced Calves LIVER Mghican Pancake FLOUR . ... pkg 15 unbrite CLEANSER 2 s € Good Tabl SYRUP pt bot 25¢ 5c Mohican Special 9 COFFEE 1 Ib can? Mghican Asst. SOUPS .. can IOC 23¢ » 23¢ Mohican Pure CATSUP pt bot Pure Luncheon COCOA ... b et D ] 3to 5 p.m. HOUR SALE 4 Smoked Pdc B Shoulders A‘4 ALONG THE STREET | | | |8 l N Y NYC Nev Co YNH N Y@ Nor Pac. Pac Mall Penn R Peoples Pressgd Ry r.4d 1fp 14 Rep I So P So B Westinghouse Western Union Willys Overland 913% 17% 91 171 RED GUARD SEIZES FINNISH GAPITAL (Continued From First Page). tentions with fine words, but were in reality demanding all they could zet “Thev thought Russia needed peace at any price,” Trotzky said. ‘They were mistaken. This is not the posi- tion of the Workmen’s and Soldie. government. We still insist on a dem- ocratic peace. “When the nation has becomo ex- hausted and when all the efforts that ) at Luneburg to society will be held tomorrow evening in Talmud Torah hall. Constable Fred Winkle will sell at auction the jewelry store of M. Tka. on Lafayette street tomorrow after- noon to satisfy an execution secured by Ernst E. Muecke for $348.96. William Lamb was operated on'at the Charter Oak Hospital yesterday for the removal of tonsils. The W. C. T. U. will hold a meet- ing on Friday of this week at which Dr. Valeria Parker of Hartford will speak on “Social Hygiene and the War.” The public is invited to hear her. TERS KILLED, Jan. 29.—Three their way to work at were killed and four Boston d Maine crashed into their car DEV S CART Leominster, caryente Mass., s on Camp Devens injured by a freight which Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co. 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