New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 18, 1924, Page 2

- Gifts That Are Distinctive | Gift Dept. } THE Dickinsen Drug Co. g st Page) building commis- 10 irrounding proper | per cent w.“\ the immediate five | | e a tendency proposed | or improvements, the common council nor is it author- ized to carry out any public works Tts fumction is solely to make studles and «pply recommendations to the city govern- ment. Toward the end that we may be able to supply sound and practi- advice, it iy our desire and in-| ntion to proceed slowly and caus tiously but energetically so that !'within about two years we may be able to submit to your honorable Lody a comprehensive plan to gulde the future development and growth of our city, submitting in the mean- time many recommendations for im- provements and the solution of civic problenis as they arise. .)'lrd, a total cost of 169-171 Main St. J Buftons Give a Smart Effect to These FRENCH FLANNEL FROCKS Smartly tai newest shades of Saddle, Green, D The designs are E mmed attrac- in the Penn ues ani hot season's Brown, Navys. in stripes o match t touch for Fall, Sizes 16 to 41, I;;O FALLS =99 Msylum Street ; Hartford. James D. Donahue Baritone VOICE CULTURE Rooms 318-319 Booth's Special Attention to Beginners Open for engagements for Teas, Socials, etc. WET WASH ew Wet Wash Laundry Opens For Business September 22, Work guaranteed satisfactor; Work called for and delives WEST END WET WASH LAUNDRY 418 FARMINGTON AVE. Telephone City Items Beginning Monday, linan’s will every night.—advt. ‘Whether present efforts t Meh universal pe n fu #f the scripty gussed by be oper ¢ ternational E #ton in Odd meeting Sun o'clock. Kirmess hall Thurs, advt. The Burritt Gift Shop, 72 W. MAIN ST. New England- ' made Goods See our Splendid Dis- play_of FINE POT- TERY, GIFT NOVEL- TIES, and CHOCO- LATES, made in NEW ENGLAND The Burritt Gift Shop, Opposite the Hotel ty © | .ed | grax [ withi ‘01 or | the | | | some with at ally | ing | in’ case city plar pr build-| - “Bcfore proceeding upon any am- | bitious and possibly immature pol- lcy, it is our desira that we b placed th the position of securing the assistance and advice of city ptan- ning experts to aid us i’ the prepar- ation of a program to guide our fu- ture work. We desire to call in city planning consultants to make an in- tensive study of conditions in New Britain® affecting or likely to be af- fected by city planning so that we | may have an absolutely unbiased ex- pert opinion of existing conditions | and the city's probable needs con-| sidered from a city planning stand- point. These exptrts would, after | such a study, be in position to in-| form us what matters and conditions are now in &uch good shape that 2 claim- | they need not be considered in form- tion of | ulating a comprchensive plan, as, granting | well as what problems should be L permit for the | thoroughly studied, together ' with | v building or structure | the extent and cost of studies in the ave t of appeal to the | formulation of a comprehensive city ourt of New Britain to be taken | plan. manner as!| "It is our desire to retain for this ordinance re-| purpose the Technical Advisory Cor- any order of | poration, am organization of con- inspector, but said | sulting enginters in New York city. have power only to | This is the same organization which tion is in ac- | is now acting as the consultants to decision | our zoning commission. Investigas te as the | tions discloses that that corporation either as a permit or a| prepared the cemprehensive city permit. During the pen- | plan under which the city of Spring- of such appeal the right to|field is now carrying out all of its ch building shall be suspend- | public works and improvements. the permit been | They are also the consulting engin- Appeals n taken | eers to the planning commissions of n five days after the granting | Worcester, New Bedford and Somer- refusal to grant a permit.” ville, Massachusetts, and many other Asks $1.000 for Zoning. cities scattered throughout the east. irman Saul P. Waskowitz of | ‘“They are at present carrying out »mmission submitted [the zoning work at Enfield and New )1 asking an appro- | Haven, of $1,000 to begin a p “We therefore respectfully request { planning and explaining the | that your honorable body make pro- ierefor. His communcation | vision whereby the sum of $1,000 be made immediately available for the as | purposes of your city plan commis- | sion,"” It was voted to have the communi- cation printed in the minutes for | ction at the nevt council meeting, at which time the board of finance | d taxation will also report in the | matter. Attorney Waskowitz discusesd | briefly the possibilities of an exten- sive city plan program. Vote To Pay Claims, On recommendation of the claifs committee, it was voted to pay Alex Sinskie $15.50 for damage to his car resulting from a road defect on North Burritt strect. was also voted to pay Frank Suzio $175 for dam- ages to his car when it was struck by a train while under the direction of a policeman who had comman- | Phrenology Forbidden, rity of | An ordinance prohibiting the practice of phrenology was adopted, | > Councilman D. L. Nair said Chief W. C. Hart of the police department asked for such an ordinance. Judge Kirkham was of the belief that the state statutes cover phrenology, but | prosecutors are hestiant to bring ac- | tions under the statutes which are| rather vague on the point Amend Gas Station Law. The council passed an amendment to the present gasoine filling sta- tion ordinance which will permit the erection of stations at any point not | within 100 feet of a echool, church or library. Alderman J. G. Johnson - |OpPosed the amendment. He inti- . do. |mated the change was being made for “‘certain persons” and character- ized the change as ‘*ciass legisla- such & com- a permit for eree- | cases where the ling or structure ey to depreei the \l" build- | grant- ¢ (5) days| the same| t of the pro-, ucture either by by advertise. newpsaper New Britain. The ssion shall promptly United States se, any who ¢ commission a writ- | by person ice of its action Any pers 1 by the a nmissic rsued he same *d by fron on our City Plan Commission, constituted, has spent asquainting itself | its duties, studying Jocal condi- | lated mor gener and in taining what is be- | accomplished in and through a number of our eed in nce and value | the need of | to guide the and future im- We are al the sed upon us un also with the ning is a t which can- out success- ng and of ensive plan elopmen with sk ation of tial most compr ately, for | a standing vote it was found favored the change and 12 discussion of the Mayor Paonessa intro- novel suggestion when | action to re- r companies from putting 1 80 many and such expensive sta- 1t money was not “buried” i way gas would be five ro six gailon cheaper, he claimed, | yor estimated that $200,000 | equipment is “buried” in d to authorize the | f public works to place | pavement on Bigelow Park to Chestnut W. H. Hall Co. to e work at a cost of $1.65 a square |tee to witness tests of 186,000 with which to ‘was lost by a large majority. (U. 8. Stedl and Alled Plants| o |T $2,000, and that & similar contract be made for Commercial street where the total cost will be $5,000, A recommendation of the ordl- napce committee that no change be made in the present laws govern- ing the sale of fireworks wis adopt- ed. The matter came bHefore the council on @ recommendation of Alderman Johnson,. To Aid in Selecting Fire Truck On motion of Alderman Judd a | recommendation of the fire board for the purchase of a Scagraves fire truck was tabled and the mayor was authorized to name a commit- tee of three council_members to work with the fire hoard in the se- jection of a fire truck, Councliman Thomas Fay favored appointment of the entire council as a commit- trucks be- for.making a selection, Wants $6,000 For Hospital Dr. R, W. Pullen of the health Woard supplemented a request for répair the isolation hospital, with a statement of the needs and he cxplained that a permanent isolation hospital with | the presont staft and three addi- tional nurses will be required. The hospital js no wcosting the city about $400 a month and there are no patients in it. Councilman A. N. Rutherford said the hullding is not fit for habi- tation now but he has made a personal survey and believes the work can be done for much less than $6,000, The request was re- fterred to the hoard of finance and taxation. g The salary of Bacteriologist Maurice Jones was fixed at $1, 500; that of Miss Olive Keller, clerk of the health department at $1,000, and that of Miss Margaret Mee- ‘han, assistant, at $750. On motlon of fourth ward resi- | dents the rallroad committee Was instructed to request better protec- tlon at the Whiting street crossing especially at night. Move to Curb Mayor Fails = | Alderman J. Gustav Johnson and | Councilmen Lawrence M. Stanley, | Clarence H. Maxon, John Larson | and H. N. Robertson led an unsuc- | cessful attempt to curb the powers of the mayor by passage of an or. dinance requiring him to nnhm!t‘ | his appointments to the common council for ratification. Councilmant Donald L. Bartlett | said he was very much opposed to this idea, After other _members | had expressed themsclves as op- | posed, Alderman Johnson arcse and | said: | “I don’t think T have committed | a crime by bringing in this ordi- | nance; it'’s no more than the gov- | ernor has to do and the mayor of | Hartford is also required to bring his appointments to the council.” | In addition to the signers of the resolution, Councilmen C. Adrian’| Carison, E. H. Christ and Thure | Bengston voted in favor of curhing | the mayor’'s powers, but the motion | The water board was authorized to enter into contract with A. D’Amarco for laying another in- | staliment of the water distributing pipe in Mortroe street at a cost of | $2,100. PITTSBURGHPLLS SYSTEM DROPPED Abandon This Plan Washington, Sept. 18.—The United Btates Steel corporation and diary concerns have abandoned subsi- the Pittsburgh plus aystem of price quo- tation and will otherwise conform to the order of the fedcral trade com- mission in this long-fought case “in- | sofar as it is practicable to do so.” | In their formal response to the or- | der,. announced by the commission | last night, the steel companies, how- | ever, agree to conform “without ad- mitting the validity of said order or | the jurisdiction of the commission | to make the same.” In reporting their abandonment of the Pittsburgh-plus system under which the stcel corporation and ita subsidiaries quoted prices from | plants outside of Pittsburgh at the Pittsburgh base price plus freight rate from that city, the com- panies undertake not to quote prices on their rolled steel products “upon any other basing point than that where the products are manufactur- ed or from which they are shipped.” hey undertake further to conform to the order by “distinctly indicat- ing” on invoices the f.o.b. price and amount of frelght charge on all ke our coats off*ar work toward as- nment to make tter, m ofad Sweeten the e thon e breath, steady the nerves "dlwex; Good Taste” bigger, re s respectfully di- | hat thys commis- ority X funde other provided by especially sales at delivered prices ht companies joined the stec corporation in the response to th commission's order, which was sued on July 21 after rcarings and arguments in the most celebrated inquirics the commission has undertaken commission held the practice ed to be an unfair method of « petition in violation of the rade commission act and a me of prie¢ discriminatidn in of the Clayton act The commission was joined in fight ageinst the practice by 32 ; soclated middle-western states and steel consumers throughout the af. fected territory, who supported iis contention that it tended to retard development of all steel centers ex- cept Pittsburgh and added greatly to the cost of steel products. exhaust one of ns violat BACKING LA FOLLETTE. Jackson, Miss, Sept. 18.—Organi tion. of supporters of Senator La Follette and Wheeler for president and vice-president on the indepen- dent ticket, was effected at a meet- Ing here last night. Plans seceking the placing of names of the ecandi- dates on the November ballots were completed and presidential clectors | were selected. WELL, THESE THINGS HAPPEX. | Morris F. Sahlin of Bristol re- | ported to the police that he had parked his autemobile on ,\'-a»\‘wvl reet, near Whiting, and it rolled | down the hill, breaking two trees JUNK IN HER STOMACH Saginaw, Michigan, Child of 15 Years, When Operated Upon, Ase tounds the Surgeons, Saginaw, Mich, Sgpt. 18, ~From the stomach of @ 1b.year-old girl whose identity is being kept secret at the request of her parents, sur- goons at a hospital yesterday remov- ed hundrods of small arttbles—a mass welghing three pounds, 14 ounces, Artieles found include stove bolts, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 192 i Miss Littlehales Wins Prize in Lux Contest Miss Ethej I, Littlehules of 8 Elm street, teacher of domestic solence in the Central Junior High achool of this city was one of the first prize winners In the great nation-wide Lux contest which closed yesterday when checks amounting to” $12,125 were distributed by the firm of Lever Brothers, soap manufacturers of Cambridge, Mass. Miss Littlehales is a graduate of Simmons College and of the New Britain State Normal school. She Is a member of the Trinity Methodl church of the Hit the And Sa Trail Talked about all over town for its ex- safety pins, ear rings, watch chains, coins, Lrooche tape, ribbons and lacees. included a five reons estimated the total number of few symptoms of stomach trouble. Clemens of Owatonna, Minn,, heen elected president of tional Chaplains' aesoclation of the American Leglon. Other officers are the Rev. Willlam P, Callahan, Great Fall historian and press The association has 2,364 chaplain members, nations. ceptional quality and for the number of rich and beautiful patterns shown REAL NECKWEAR VALUES - 95¢ Others from 35c to $1.50 College Club and {he Teachers' Club. 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Paul, Sept. 18.~The Rev. Ez has the. Na- Mont 8. Pri secretary, and the Rev, St. Petersburg, Fla., representative, representing all denomi- Knocks But Once— That Once Is NOW PropERTY OF INEW BRITAIN REAL ESTATE Mav 1924 ArTium W Bacow, Ena'w We are offering 70 choice lots, properly restricted, 15 miputes’ walk from City Hall, and in the best residential section, just east of Lincoln street. of this development, yet these lots are a great deal lower in price than in other desirable locations. A small cash deposit is all that is required, the balance on easy payments. Ask fis to show you these lots today. The W. L. Hatch Co. CITY HALL BUILDING 29 WEST MAIN STREET "Phone 3400 Representative on the Grounds Saturday, 1:30 to 5:30 p. m.