New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 22, 1921, Page 10

$400,000 ISSLE OF BONDS REJECTED (Continued from First Page.) of another school bpilding and. the purchase of land therefor.” Commis- wioner Kehoe asked if the land was for the ‘bujlding mentioned or for am entirely new building. Mayor Curtis called upon Corpor- ation Counsel Kirkham to explain the matter which he said, had occurred to him before the méeting. The counsel explained that the lan- #uage of. the call for the meeting was similar to that used in the board of finance and taxation report fo the commen council, and in ' accordance with charter provisiem. He favored adoption of the motion in its form as presented, admitting that i§ was not quite correct, but explained that it was ® copy of the resolution adopted by the taxation board and the council. Like Chinese Tailor. .Commissioner Kehoe remarked that the Meeting board was in the position of the Chinese tailor to whrom a plece of cloth was brought to be made into & pajr of trousers and a pair of trous- ers brought along as a model. Fol- Jawing the model exactly, the tailor placed two patches on the new trousers. The charter provision quoted by the counsel, he said, provided for cases ‘Where the building was to be placed on ‘land included in the item, but in | the case before the board the school was on Beaver street, and tho land on Bond street. _E. Clayton Goodwin, -chairman of the cemmittee on school accommoda- tions told of the need for more school room. The present program of $400,- 000 offers only a partial solution he sald, it being necessary for the board to prepare for a similar request next spring. The entire program will run 10 $780,000, he pointed out. Goodwin Interrogated. Andrew J. Sloper asked if the land for the school has already been pur- chased and he was informed that it was. P. 8. McMahon inquired as to the reason why the Nathan Hale ap- propriation had fallen short. He was told that the condition of the bond market was responsible. Tho com- missioner then asked for an itemized account of what the $400,000 would do. Commissioner Goodwin explained that it will complete the Nathan Hale school, build a scheol on the Carmody site, purchase the Andrews property for a school site, and build additions to the Osgood and Stanley schools. Ex-Mayor George A. Quigley raised the guesticn of standardization of school buildings. He attacked the school committee’s policy of expend- ing large sums on elaborate buildings, expressing himself as in favor of plain réd brick buildings, the cost of which, he pointed out would be about half that of the present scale. Doesn’t Want Auditorium. Alderman A. M. Paonessa disap- oved of the idea of spending large SUNDAY—GLORIA SWANSON Ip Elisor Glam’s “The Great Moment NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1921. A GOOD PLAN Plan to do your ¢ooking with gas this fall and winter Gas is an ideal fuel for all the year.round We will be glad to explain the various ways of heatmg your kitchen durmg cold weather, so that _ you may _enjoy . the comfort and economy of cookmg with gas throughout the year ' sums of money to build auditoriums in the schools. He asked if the costs of such halls was not one-sixth of the entire building costs. With the gym- nasfum included, Commissioner Good- win admitted that it was. Commissioner C. F. Smith asked the chair if it was necessary to vote yes or not on the resolution as submitted or if the improper working could be righted. He was informed that the board must adhere strictly to the busi- ness as contained in the call. Commissioner A. J. Sloper expressed fear that difficulty would be encount- ered in disposing of the bonds if there was a flaw discovered anywhere. Moves Adjournment. P. S. McMahon moved for a two weeks adjournment, but later with- drew his motion in favor of Abraham Gorbach’s motion that the item for $400,000 in school bonds be rejected. Commissioner Quigley questioned the right of the chair to rule a motion ot any description out of order. The charter amendment, he claimed, re: ferred to “‘taxes’” and not to “bond: At this point Messrs. Quigley and Kehoe both launched forth in an at- tack against the charter amendment that created the Meeting Board. “Big Joke” Says Quigley. “It's a big joke,’” Commissioner Quigley stated. *Scarcely a man or woman in this room has seen a copy of the amendment or knows what his duties and powers are.” ‘We're nothing but a bunch of rub- Dber stamps to say ‘ves’ or ‘no’,”” Com- missioner Kehoe said. “The amend- ment should be changed so that this int.lligent body of men and women counci] act once in a while. Senator Hall defended the a,mz'nd- | ment. He stated that its apparent un- 'popularity was due to misunderstand- ing. Commissioner Kehoe again arose and attacked the provision which requires that 100-names be secured for a pro- posed amendment. He charged that the difficulty of securing so many ! signers was realized and for that rea- son the clause was inserted. The question on Gorbach’s motion was called for and on a viva voce vote it was unanimously adopted. Pay For Normal School. Senator Hall’s motion for the adop- tion of a recommendation for the pay- ment of $116,102 for the old Normal school buildings, was adopted without a dissenting vote. The next action was on the pro- posed transfer of $20,000 from the pavement fund to the board of char- ity. Senator Hall introduced a motion for its adoption, which was seconded by Commissioner McMahon. Quoting sections of the charter, Commissioner Kehoe claimed a delib- erate violation of ‘nw in the attempted tyansfer. He redd sections to indi- cate that such a transfer was permis- sible only when the fiscal year was within 60 days of its termination. ‘Ward Grievance Aired. “The money was appropriated for pavement -.on South Main street,” he said, “‘but it wasn’t done. It if was in the third ward it would have been done.”" Commissioner Quigley - announced that he would stand by Mr. Kehoe. The counsel was again called upon for an opinion, but stated that there was no section of the charter that directly covered such a matter. The sensible section, he felt. would be to adopt the resolution and’ place the fund at the disposal of the charity department whenever its need might be felt. Commissioner P. C. McIntfe's state- ment that he would fayor the resolu- tion since it was for charity, elicited the following statement from Mr. Ke- hoe: Stop Violating Law. “It's about time we stopped violat- ing the law in this city. We've seen enough of it. The federal and state authorities have already found it necessary to come in here and enforce the laws that we wouldn't require obedieace to.” The question was called for and the chair declared the motion to approve the transfer lost. There was no objection voiced to the proposal for the refund of $10,000 to the board of charities. The money will be turned over to the city treas- ury by the state to reimburse the city for funds spent to feed paupers and for the deportation of Spaniards. A resolution for the issue of street bonds to the amount of $50,000 was introduced by Senator Hall. Street Bonds “Pernicious.” Commissioner Quigley characterized the movement, ‘“pernicious business.” LRC VusL Ui i Gaiies tatan.s - gians. York University by a group of prominent Americans and Bel- It will be unveiled by aBron Emile de Cartier de Mar- . chienne, Belgian ambassador to the nUited States. Cartaine Salvatore Paolo, the sculptor, at work on it. . New Britain Gas Light Company - Offlce 25 West Main Street Phone 845 called the discussion off at this point. Commissioner P 8. McMahon in- troduced resolutions to have a roll call at future meetings and for ad- journmeht of last night's session for two weeks. A motion of Senator Hall that notices' of meetings be sent out 15 LRI KC-EL(TEI) THEATRE e \\|r:n/ days in advanced of the session in- stead of 10 days as is now the prac- tice, was carritd. ‘WATCH FOR THE —SFOX»”— TREENTIFE) AN SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ! !! We wish to inform the people of New Britain that the Fox Theater has secured all the- largest Motion Picture Attractions the world offers for the coming season as folows: Way Down East —0— Douglas Fairbanks Calta s wc patstnied WU New Photo shows He did* not approve of bonding the city for anything but permanent worlks. He suggested that the mat- ter be referred back to the board of finance and taxation so that a request for a special tax might be made. The commissioner favored paying for stre:t works next April, instead; of passing the debt along to future gen- erations.- «. J. Sloper agreed with the former mayor that the city should not bond itself for temporary works. The mayor explained that money is needed soon if the present street gangs are to be maintained. Commissioner A. Vibberts remarked that the board of public works has dumped enough of the remains of semi-permanent street pavement on hiS property to pave all the streets of the city. Much of the work Trep- resented in the stuff dumped on his grounds has not been paid for yet, it was argued. The decision of the chair that Sen- a‘or Hall's motion® was defeated, was doulted. On a standing vote the is- sue was found to be lost by a large majority. Other Business Up. Commissioner M. J. Kelly asked for a system whereby members of the board could qualify as such. Mr., Gorbach thought such a system would be good. He claimed to have seen nfen voting who were not members of the board. Commissioner C. 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