New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1923, Page 12

SHURTLE ON CITY ZONING E;pert Gives Views as Applied to FF TALKS New Britain Flaviel national gathering the common night that Shurt zoning calc if of decreasing per \in’s populatior 000 and the be 17,000, the ultimate that year and t city is in a mu lems passing tion to one The g, the ve shrewdly as poss lation will be He pointed out th & city of 43,0 community Increase and that ir on by mome third increase pected each this My that basis erected, and als buildings the when they should This 1s parti Junior high scho stance in Flint, high school was tract of land in c.ity. Spacious footbal nlarly true field was made pula- ) population in zon- popu 1 future time t New in 191 Britain was 1 is now a ants, by Momentum, od has passed when hard rried it one- o reasonably Figured nat ex- on 1 buildings are locating the schoo center the city 1 be on the outskirts. senior ana cited an in- Michigan, where the built on a 40 acre the outskirts” of the playgrounds and a possible and ols, He there is a forest for experimental pur- poses, should one lief that schools should be EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ¥ O} ® ® 0] ® ® O} ® 5 (@] (@](=] 1 ) =& =& 0l0] L) 0] = Ll EE =@ OlC} L) (@] (@] (w] be desir The be. n the cen- | {ter of the city is an old idea, he said. n adopting changes along these lines w England carfully conserva- tive,” the speaker told his listener Traffic problems must also be con- sidered. The need for more and for wider streets mu be given consider- ation in zoning a city Some Observations. vation tour of the city Mr. Shurtleff notices many “three deckers” districts and this em- sized in his mind t need for rounds in the city's layout. He « tindng by one student of ju- which proved that invenile districts ittles or play is In this an obser ifternoon, sted e delinquency nt lelin- in no in per ce comes from the children oy which 1ave ypportunity organized 1 systems, s that zoning tends iential sections gard unk yards, «utomaohiles that Wave been t burie th yzrou 9 to are re four *‘deck” stores. tate values on fluctuations, avoided, Mr, 1 too many keeps rea Violent rops a map_that hung in the Speaker selected in the locality of There is a long area oad tracks that is not developed he said, should be field for manufacturing purposes, on @ comparatively small band being al- lowed while to the west a residential section is advisable, 1In Belvidere he found thr or four small stores, These, he would have remain nuclet small business district. To keep ‘stores out of such a district Belvidere would unreasonable Residential District At this point, the speaker stressed the importance of having a reasonable zoning ordinance. If people are not furnished with a neighborhood store within reasonable reach the courts are likely to frown on the ordinance, he warned 3ut, or ikely to om ineil ¢ the strotch of Seymour park the ‘rai as a of a as be Stores in other ¥ arm to it b where 1T the commodities profits would probably he greater. Unless there are restrictive ordi- ances, it is possible for some light manufacturing company that trucks its goods to points of shipment to leave the area served by railroad Aracks dnd locate in the ci most utiful residential sections, pro- vided the land can be bought, he pointed out. He has found no in- stances of this in New Britain, but he cited the possibility that ever ex- ists when the city zoned New Britain, he shoula seeking is not felt, | | ‘ have | “NO CONNLCTION WITH ANY OT A Remarkably Beautiful Zu Pan industria) zor This should be kept along the railroad line, The business district of this city | now well defined, but provision shold be made for expansion along the cen- | tral streets, ! Residential. Districts In considering the residential tion problem a question Whether it is advisable to have residential district for one and family "houses and apartments, ¢ have one distgict fer one and two family houses and one for apartments. He®favored the second plan, provided it can get the approval of the courts. He urged that the judges of supreme court be consmted in this matter, al- though he advised that if it was in- cluded and found unconstitutional, the ordinance could be so worded that this fact would not render the entire ordinance unconstitutional. | If it is not possible to get the or- dinance through as desired, the city can pass a rule that in certain tions only a certain percentage of the lot can be occupied b; This brings about the having heen tried out succ New York city. There is no fear, he assured, that a be passed which will place an restriction on the city and prevent expansion. An amendment can be made at any time. ments are not made too easy, because opposition by 20 per cent of the land- owners will prevent a change uniess the council unanimously, or by a four- fifths vote, the mode to be decided b: the city, votes to pass the amendfent. Three Ways to Zone. is sec rises: one two sec- result, fully in me law wil irone are three to zone a speaker pointed out. A com- mission can be appointed to prepare an ordinance and this commission can hire any one of about 10 zoning experts now operating in various parts of the country. This method would cost from $6,000 - to $8,000, though it grobably could be done for less than $7,500. The first thing to do would Be to get three maps of the city. On the first, the density of population would be fixed the buildings ir T There city, the ways uses of erent districts won would do the ond plan engineer cause of the abundance of hand here the work would be com- paratively easy, the expense be- ing that of additional draftsmen and incidenta A third p city with be work data the city or only in would be to have the work in, conjunction rt who could be a zoner or combination of a zoner and | attorney The assessor’s office could furnish the data for the a “use” pioooolooloodoooooooooooboooooooo] Fur Trimmed a Remarkably Low Price $49-50 The enveloping collar and the huge graceful cuffs of lustrous fur would distin- A rare find at this ish this coat anywhere low price. The loveliness of this new coat one that a value so great can be had at a price so small, B ) ] ) ) ) e ) building. | Amend- | an value maps and the population fig- ures would probably be available in |some other office, he felt sure. | With all this material available, | Mr. Shurtieff felt it would be a shame {not to kill two birds with one stone by zoning now. With a scity properly zoned, possible for school committees, engineers, manufacturers, public util-| ities and city departments to know| just what recommendations as to ex-| | pansions they shall make. It makes| it possible to look into the future and | provides a definiteness that it is not possible to attain otherwise. | Zoning, the speaker said, makes city attractive. He pointed out it is city man to a city is*to make a living; . New London, Nov. 16.—Bryan F. a| Mahan, postmaster of this city, for- that|mer congressman and one of the best the fundamental object that brings a|known residents of eastern Connecti- | here early today following there is manufacturing in New Brit-|an illness of many months’ duration. ain, but there is also manufacturing|Besides serving his last year of kis as postmaster ut died elsewhere, and all other things br-ing;srcond term equal a man is going where he can|city and his service in congress, Mr. have surroundings that are pleasing|Mahan be educated in schools that not only have good teachers, but which properly housed. 1If zoned, New Brit- ain will not become beautiful over- night, but beauty will grow with zon ing, he assured. to the eye, where his children can| | In closing his remarks, the speaker|had frequently found it necessary” to said he was convinced that many in|give up his duties as postmaster tem- “sold” on the idea of|porarily this city are the city will proceed. Mayor A. M. Paonessa who had in.|Part of October for him | failed to respond. Mahan was born in this city on 1856, speaker, thanked close of his talk. The mayor him that the city was pro- sive and had gone into the zoning question in a serious vein of mind and that he too hoped that zoning would be adopted very soon. MUST GLOSE SALOONS troduced the Philadelphia Property Owners Order- ed To Oust Saloonkeeper Tenants or Suffer Under Padlock Law. Philadeiphia, Nov their victories Federal Attorncy announced that he 70 owners of proy saloons that “saloon nuisance” Ives of the pre days or face ings. This new method,” said Mr. Coles, adopted not only to give | the property owners a chance, but also to make our against all defend- |ants that much stronger when such | saloons are brought into court on in- sent notices to | ¥ being use must abate the by ridding them- nt tenants within “padlock” proceed they s been case and val! unction proceedings.” | [wi Coat at surprises EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEErREdEEdEEEEEsssEEEEEEEEEsEEEEEEEE)EEEEEE Exquisite care is given,to the making, and the soft, thick, rich material falls in gra- cious slenderizing lines that contrast smartly with the enormous fur collar and cuffs, They are lined and interlined with fine crepe de chine silk; black, brown and gray. CECEOooOo0000 ; zoning and he expressed a hope that]tak May 1, and Dora Dougherty Mahan. tended the public schools of this city and graduated from the Bartlett high school. After leaving school he studied law in the office of Judge Ralph Wheeler who later was a member of the preme Mr. Mahan took his dégree of bache- Albany law school has been a are | this city for two terms. years old. member state legislature having served in the house and senate, and was mayor of He was 67 B. . MAHAN, FORMER CONGRESSHAN, DIES Prominent Politician Also- Was Ex-Mayor of New London a Health Had Been Failing Mr. ng for the on Mr. court or of past this the of th laws at the two son he account n to the Lawrence and Assoclated hospital during the latter ! treatment of state. Mahan's health has been fail- years and Me A In of this He at- and of law in this vicinity. Mr. Mahan has always taken an tive part in local and state - polif having been one of the leaders of democratic party in the state many years. resentative to the general from this city in the session of 1 and 1883 and was a member -of -mittee and also of the committee during the session in securing appropriated $1,000,000 Mr. Mahan was elected from ber of congress on the 15. f . ter by President Wilson and was the Besides his service as mayor of city Mr, ing attorney of the city during he had also held other local offices. and seven children. The death of Mr. was morial Mahan calls he was not only a member but democratic leader a notable Other members of it whom death removed were Stiles Judson 8t ford, Edward W. Hooker, Amos Dickerman of John F, Shanley of New A. Platt of Waterbury Lounsbury of Seymour. bers who have been polit. # nent in the intervening » Jeremiah Donovan of Norwalk, bald McNeil, Jr, of Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford, but ndrew su- 1881 es On! 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