New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1927, Page 5

*CITY DROPS APPEAL ONZONING DISPUTE Tt Gie Wil Mol 6o o Supreme Gourt | Withdrawal of the Masonic Temple corporation as an interested yarty in the action brought to re- verse the decision of Superior Court Judge Newell Jennings setting forth that the board of adjustment had no right to grant a special exception on Russell street, has made it neces- sary for the city to close the inci- dent. Judge John H. Kirkham. corpor- ation counsel, so advised the board last night. The corporation counsel regrets the necessity of withdrawal, having anticipated from the su- preme court a memorandum which | would chart the board’s course in tuture actions. Kirkham's Statement Kirkham's statement to the board roads as follows:— “You will remember that you r quested me to appeal from the de sion of the supcrior court to the su- preme court of errors in the matter of the exception granted to the 2 Temple Corporation on 11 street. Ince that time the Masonic Temple Corporation has abandoned its plans for building on the Slqper lot and Las no further interest in the case. I have ascertained direet- ly from the justices of the supreme court information that they will be very reluctant to break the pre- cedents of the court to the effect that the court will not review a case in which one of the real partics to 1he action has no further practical interest, which clearly amounts to this, that the Masonic Temple Corp- oration having no further interest in the case, the supreme court will | consider to he merely a moot or hy- pothetical case. I have therefore| UNE | understand withdrawn the appeal. “I am much disappointed at the necessity of doing 8o, as I had hop- ed that your board might recei from the supreme advice as to the board in the matter of making ex- ceptions. As a practical matter, however, I think that the common |ing 25 foot line. council and your board have it in their power {o secure better results | Acting Chalrman Willlam E. Attwod than could be obtained from an ap- peal to the supreme court by mending the ordinance, so as to more clearly define the cases in which exceptions may be granted. I that the experts who drafted our zoning ordinances now claim that they were not given suf- court valuable | powers of your board for several months, was given | ficient time to adequately cover the ! matter of the powers and duties of the board of adjustment regarding | exceptions. In the light of two years’ experience under the ordinance, it would seem as though the city could itselt now amend the ordinance so that it will be a more satisfactory working document.” Proposed Zone Changes Attorney Elias T. Ringrose, acting | 2'arms of fi in behalf of H. T. Peterson, who sought a special exception to build a two family house in the section of Hillerest avenue zoned for single fumily dwellings, agreed to amend his petition to move for a change in zone. Members of the board point- ed out that favorable action would be liable to revocation since the case would be parallel with the now fam- ous Russell street action. A zone change to restrict Everett street to two-family houses will be acted on when proper and legal ofice Is given. Attorney Donald finey is acting for those asking the amendment A. E. Peterson was refused a per- mit to build a sun porch at 117 Commonwealth avenue. Peter De- nuzzo's petition for a change in set- back line on Stanley street was also refused. I Reicher asked permission to cover in the entrance to a cellar at 383 West Main street. This is an addition to a non-conforming use. Fred Beloin notifled the board of his opposition and on motion of Com- missioner S. M. Davidson it was recommended to lay the matter | | it NEW BRITAIN NATT DATLY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927. over to allow Reicher to submit e NA A .P. White, whose petition for af permit to place sun porches on Logan street has been before the permission to build to a 37 foot line, this being a reduction of the exist- White controls all properties on one side of the street. was opposed to granting a special exception but was favorable to a re- duction in the building line. Judge Bernard F. Gaifney was elected vice-chairman of the board, a position held open since the elgva- | tion of Judge J. E. Cooper to th2 chairmanship. TEST OF FIRE SIREN Rlast Will be Sounded at 8 O'clock Night Alarms Except When Necessary. The fire siren, by which > will he sounded here- after, will he given the final test at | 8 o'clock this evening, in the pres- ence of members of the ioard of fire commissioners, The apn-ratus hav- icg been installed, several tests were given today and satisfactory results were raported. tomorrow, alarms of firs n by three blasts for the first call aad five for a general alarm. ief Noble said today that the siren will not be sounded between the hours of 11 p. m. and 6 a. m., | cxeept for the purpose of calling the firemen who are off duty. Therefore, | there can be no confusion as to! whether the alarm was general or | not, and every fireman on the off | SLift will be expected za report dur- | | This Evening—No new ing the night if the siren sounds. The apparatus will e operated | manually and there whl be no way for the public to learn from the blasts in what part of the city the alarm is sound tofore, the number of the box was fcunded by | the Baptist church bell. A five horse | power ‘motor will operate the ap- land Chapel street SEIZED IN RAID New Haven People Involved in Unusual Scandal New Haven, May 12 (®—Raiding the rooms of the Carr Novelty Co., at 59 Olive street early last night under a warrant Issued by Assistant City Attorney Daniel ~Pouzzner, |based upon numerous complaints received from throughout the coun- try, Sergeant Cornclius J. Heaney and members of the vice squad seized several thousands of photo- graphs classcd as highly obscene with an estimated approximate val- | uation of between $5,000 and $1 000, James Carrano, claimed pro- prietor of the concern, was arrested under a second offense charge of having obscene pictures in his pos. session with intent to sell, and fs under $2,500 bonds. An additional charge of lascivious conduct was placed against him and Mrs. Marion DiCapua, 29, alias Mary Lombardi, of 96 Haven street, Photographer Held. alvatora Fiore, photographer of Chapel street, at whose Olive the pictures are claimed to have heen taken with New Haven re! dents posing, was arrested later by Sergeant Heaney $300, charged with having obscene photographs in his possession with | intent to sell. Numerous negatives and films were selzed and will he developed today for use as additional evidence and an attempt to identify the local people who are alleged to have posed for the photosraphs will be nrade. Whether additional arrests will be made could not be deter- mined, but it was intimated the studio many of | and is held under ; sive morals cleanup in the city. by the police as the largest and most important of its kind for many years, if not in the history of the city. At the same time, many of the photographs were classed as the most obscene ever seized in the city. Issuance of the warrants follow- ed receipt of complaints over a number of weeks from throughout the country by the city attorney's office that a large volume of highly suggestive and almost unprecedent- ed obscene photographs were belng sent out through the mail from New Haven. For scveral weeks an investigation has been under way by local and federal authorities working in co-operatlon. Issuance | | of the warrants was made yester- day. Finding of Mrs. DiCapua at the rooms under compromising cir- cumstances was unexpected, It is |alleged Fiore has been under suspi- | | cion and watched for a considerable i time based upon photographs alle: ed to have been sold through the | mail in reply to advertisements. | New Haven People Posed. | According to police officials last night, many of the more obscene photographs are from life posing, | | supposedly in the Fiore studio, and | | several of the principals are be- | lieved to have been recognized in | photographs and films. These will | be checked up today and an at-| | tempt made to locate some of those || the police claim to have recognized {and a thorough questioning of them | to follow. Not all of those believed | | to have been recognized are of New Haven's underworld, and develop- || | ments as to identity of some of |. the suspected principals are likely to prove a hombshell in circles of | supposedly staid and respectable soclety circles of the eity. 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