New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 30, 1919, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HER/ | ley, Acting Mayor Richards presided [ ted the ordinance and salary commit- IL B ING ‘ over the meeting. There were 26 out | ever asked that the charity board v of 30 councilmen present, the number |} port and some of the council membe { \w\m: the largest in some time | were in favor of adopting hoth reso- Horwitz New Councilman, L e A special meeting was held before | PR Shears Not in Evidence { Monthly Session al Resolutions. | the regular meeting at which Stanley | Alderman Curtis presenfed o reso- Horwitz of rview street was elected | lution for a change in the city mm ! councilman from the Fourth w. finances nutnorlelesRS e ] (T Sty fill the vacancy caused by the resigna- | ins,_mavor to cal e it W'”"“ " tion of Lincoln Odenkirchen. ¢ of the council on the redne ?t s | man Iorwitz took the oath of office | 7 four ‘(;‘:V,;m\‘,‘,j i ::m'm “mx\:fl”f‘l I [ from the city clerk and then took up MetNE SIHL o™ nother o co among the council members. 2RI ENTTE AjGerman Curtis reques- | He was elected to serve on the same "y "o qinance and salary comiit- committees of the council as Mr. Oden- | (20 ¢18 07 E R o “matter of the re- kirchen had done adjustment of the salaries of the city Won't Reduce Council. -er and assistants.so as to make | The first business taken up water commissioners regular meeting was the matter of re- | 4pq engineering worlk ducing the common council from 30 gone for them. [Under the present ar members to 18 members. This ° rangements the engineers are working before the charter revision committee, | for two different departments which that committce did not Wish 10! have different funds for payment. The | action on the matter without the | Jast r alderman au- vote of the council. Alderman Curtis thorizes the water board, with the ap- spoke in favor of 1 proval of the eity engineer, (o emplo as he felt that the following list of tradesmen for the | mean more e - development of the work on the new a smaller council. | water system at the following vies thowzht more efficiency | One transit man at $125 pe wonth, Alderman May said | one rodman at §80 per month, one the legislature to be | rodman at $75 per month, one in- of this | man at $60 per month, onc chainman it $50 per month, and one inspector Untii She Tried “Fruit (or Frult u cr‘ Tahlgts)’ | { | i | AT fi‘rl I mu | { | | runcil- | s pl long-awaited meeting of the n council was held last night #']1 expectations and ru- | o DEGtations aos at the |4 city building, the { ! to pay for the not meet with a well- pened axe nor did it use any kind an instrument in cutting salaries. showed the opposite feeling | but ted liberally several of the of- | take + incumbents were consid- of the Mayor Quig- olution of the suceess ; i of Tlea g et splendid medicine” 1 i NDER SIAW. onessa also for he, too, would be gained he didn't want asked to investigate the affairs 1s heen asked to investi- alers or sent or FRUIT-A-TIVES price, 1 QUALITY AND VARIETY FRIDAY MONEY SAVING PRICES Slicod Haddock, Cod. Cusk : h 15¢ Fresh Caught Haddock 1b 10¢ Sliced Bluctish b 20c Whole Fresh Cusk . n Chilled Smelts . . b Sliced Swordfish . . b Chilled Herring =i Chilled Butterfish h . Whitinges ... Ib b Opened Clams . .. Pt Oysters pt 33c Scallops pt United States Food Adminis- tration Lic No. G08535 EAD, OTHERS FOLLOW To Give the Public the Benefit of Lower Markets MEADOW BROOK » 57C 1 TO 6:30 P. M. HAMBURG Lean F,n\h. n 25¢c CHEESE Amcrican 34C Brick ..... i PRU Fine e 25c Meaty BUTTER FRIDAY | | the earliest convenience | eter o affairs of the city of Bridge- s strongly opposed to neil changed. and Gustave Johnson opposed to it. Councilman edt was also opposed to the he thought the council should place its faith in its commit- tees and when these committees made their reports the council should back them up. On a vote the measure wa lost. The ordinance committec a change in the ordi provide for the establis fire companies. Tt was adopted. he claims committee recommended 2 settlement of the claim of Delia Cal- Jahan against the city for a fall on a city sidewalk by a payment of $30 The recommendation was adopted. The cemetery committee presented a letter to the council explaining that the si repo 1 property would be removed at | pany. Chavity Board on Grill. A resolution presented by Alderman | board | Curtis asked that the charity be asked to explain how two of its | emploves were over paid. The matter is well known now to the city as'one | of the men was receiving $1,000 in- stead of $800 and the other was ceiving $1,200 instead of ,000. | Councilman Eichstaedt, chairman of | the salary committee and the one who discovered the matter, had tion asking that the comptroller re- port to the council on what authority { he had made the payments when the | salaries had been fixed by the council | Feb. 6, 1918. The resolution of Mr. Curtis was withdrawn in favor of Mr. Eichstaedt and the latter's was adopt- Coun- | ces so as to. ment of two | | same salary n recently erected on the cem- | of the com- | a resolu- | s 1t $5 per day The salary question brought before the mecting When it came to the salary of the second deputy town and city clerk Councilman Gillin spoke in favor of ng the salary and toid of the zood work done by the incumbent. He told of the long hours of overtime which she has spent and entirely with- out compensation, of the work shc has done since the first deputy has been at war, and he concluded by . moving that the salary be increased to §1,200. Alderman Curtis was imme- diately on his feet. He asked to amend the motion of Councilman Gil- lin for 21,300. He done the wi without mi was next ked why a girl who has k of a man and done it ke should not draw the as the man whose place he took. He told the men that she had saved the city several hundred dollars for the past three years and it was pretty nearly time they woke up and recompensed her for her serv- “The your lady who fil he * Mr. Curtis said, “is really a living encvelopedia and $1,300 for her would be small recompense.” He also told of her r the office dur- ing the illness of City Clerk Thompson and concluded b, ing, “even if she !is a woman why | tice to the women?” Alderman Paonessa | raise. The council passed the reso- | | | he wanted to see the salary | ! now shouldn’t we do jus- | \ favored the lution giving her $1,300 without a dis- | Assessor Given Raise. salary which caused dis- | that of the chairman of the board of assessors. Alderman Curtis spoke in favor of raising the salary. “Sometimes too much econo- my costs pretty well”, Mr. Curtis re- marked. After lengthy debate the salary was voted iner 1 to On down the linc . arose the position of the building inspector Councilman Gillin said he should be increased for it was an important job and deserved more money Mr $2,000. Cur- tis was opposed to the is The | council voted inere: 50. An increase or $300 wa for the corporation counsel each voted for spectors. An incre of voted for Mrs. Kitson, nurse. The last item discussed was the pay of the firemen. Councilman Gillin took the floor and praised the work of the local department. He recom- mended that the pay of the capt be %, per day, that of the lieutens $4.75 and the men in the department U el Grp e CERG: (o £ e pa- trolmen in the police department. Tt appears that there is some mis- rd to the matter and the firemen may have lost a hit through no fault of the council. There are four grades of patrolmen in the po- lice department and but three in the fire department therefore when it comes to placing them on an equal basis the trouble arises laboratory take in r Pure lard , Russell Bros.—advt. The anaual meeting of the Con- necticut Libra association will be held at the state library Thursday, February 27. The program will be announced later Challenge milk 16¢ ssell Bros A raise of $100 | A regiment of field artillery (Bat Div.) ferryin tery o, 7th F. A 1st Copyright Com From Unde the Rhine formation derwood he Moselle at Ruine Beilstein, in the ourse of her triumphant march to “THE CHURCH AND THE RETURNING SOLDIER” SUNDAY EVENING SUBJECT 7:30---AT---7:30 THE METHODIST CHURCH rwood Pub. I & U -J. BIRNIBADIIN ANNUAL JANUARY SALE HIS is our Seventh Annual Clearing Sale and it abounds in bargains in every department. You can save money on everything purchased at this sale. derful values offered. NOTIONS, ETC. 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French Serge, all colors, regular $2.25. Sale $1.50. Silk Poplin, regular $1.25. Sale 95c. Silk, best quality, all colors, $1.75 regular. Sale $1.39. Sale J. BIRNBAUM NOW IN PROGRESS GENT’S FURNISHINGS Lot Silk Shirts, all colors and styles, regular $2.50 to $4.00. Sale $1.95. Lot Men’s Shirts, Men’s ribbed Underwear, regular $1.00—$1.25. regular $1.00 to $1.50. Sale 59c. Sale Men’s Blue Shirts, regular $1.00, $1.25. Sale T5¢. Heavy Flannel Shirts, all colors, $2.50—$2.98. Sale price $1.79. Men’s Ties, black, regular Men's Silk and Wool Scarfs $1.00 to 507 off. Big lot White and Ecru Overalls, $1.50. Sale price 98c. CORSET DEPT. Offering special opportunity to our customers—$1.25 Corsets at 79¢c. $2.00 Corsets at $1.50. $3.50 Corsets at $2.98. price all sizes, regular 75¢ to $1.00. Sale 49c¢. $4.00. .Sale regular $1.25— MILLINERY DEPT. Now on hand a complete line of the Hats. latest spring CLOAK AND SUIT DEPT. 35 Coats, in value $35—$39. Sale price $19.50. 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Sale $2.98. Quilts $2.98. Sale $1.98. Blankets $6, $7, $8. Sale price $4.98. Sweaters, Men’s, Ladies, and Children’s 509 price. Furs, Raccoon, Wolf, Fox at regular V4 price. 482 MAIN STREET. Telephone 1997 Wholesale Dealer in Cloaks and Suts, Dry and Fancy Goods Don'’t fail to visit this store and take advantage of the won- Below are quoted a few of the many bargains offered: