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\fiwe {zo Mail Orders Filled NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1925, 527! ing Centar: The Response Is Great! From Buyers Far and Near Who Recognize Value on High Grade Furniture at February Sale Prices 3 Piece LIVING ROOM SUITE $175.00 Davenport, Arm Chair and Wing Chair, mohair covered with a choice tapestry reverse on cushion, with Nach- man spring unit construction through- out. Marvelous value! Berlin News HENSINGTON BOYS (LUB PREPARING Meeting Reviews Past and Ar- ranges for Future BUDGET 1S ACCEPTABLE School Board To Meet Friday Eve- ning—Kensington League of Wom- en Voters To Hold Meeting— Farmers’ Club To Meet—Notes., | The Kensington Bovs club held @ business meeting last evening at the Legion hall, Kensington, and a raport was made of the expenses of the club since its organization in Ju 1926, until January 1, 19 Rev. Vernon L. Phillips presided at the meeting and the report was read by Treasurer F. F. Hanford A burget for the coming vear was drawn up and adopted. A supper was glven to the sponsors of the club betore the meeting. There was # large attendance of both members ot the club and the sponsors, about 30 being present. ‘The report of the expensgs given by Treasurer F. F. Hanford is as follows: Printing, $11.66; baseball, $266.11; basketball, $136.36; shoot- . $1000; gwimming, $575; track ot, $5.00; Boys’ cl¥b supper, $12; testimonial, $5.00. The amount to $414.22. ‘The tollowing budget for the com- ing year was drawn up and accept- ed- Baseball, $115; b thall, $100; swimming and trac 1aneous, $15; prin rellaneous equipment, emount of the budget 1 The club holds regular me sach Tuesday evening at the Legior hall, except for one Tuesday in each month. A short business meeting takes place followed bv wholesome mee, boxing etc ship in the club i= opened to all hoys in the communiry School Board Meeting There will be a meeting of the #chool board at the town hall Fri- day evening. The meeting was sched. uled for last week but was postpon- ed because soms of the members were out of town. Matters of rou- tine will be taken up. Midweek Services Midweek services will be held at the Kensington M. E. Church tomor- rowe evening at 7:30 o'clock. A study ©of the crucifixion of Jesus will bhe made. The Neuman fund offering be taken up during the services Rev. May B Lord. pastor, will of- fciate Farmers Meeting The next meeting of the Eerlin Farmers' club will be held Saturday evening. February 11. at the home of Arthur Webster. The speaker of the evening will be G A. Gibbs, ex tension forester at Storrs college Mr. Gibbs 15 making better home woodlots his major project for this vear and will discuss woodlot prob- with the local farmers Entertains Friends Miss Pearl Young of Lower Lane entertaining friends from Wind- | or Locks at her home. Mceting Tomorrow expenses | ¥ ’ | Hrgiene Sland the superintende The member-| LIVING during our F a docket. Police circles have been quiet since the start of the year. Conference Postponed There will be no well child con- ference in Kensington during the month of February, according to A. E. Ingraham of the state bureau of child hygiene Gas Service Interrupted Many of the residences of Ken- sington were without gas for ay few hours this morning because of {he heavy rain. The gas line under the railroad underpass was flooded with water and rendered useless. The New Britain Gas Co had five men working at the scene of the trouble at 7 o'clock Legion Meeting i regular monthly business meeting of the Bolton-Kasica unif, American Legion auxiliary, will be held in the Legion hall tomorrow evening at 3 oclock Whist Winners A large crowd attended the week- 1y whist party of the St. Paul Tabs held last evening at the Tabs hall Kensington, The winners in the women's games were: Miss Mar Skene and Mrs E Ivec The con- solation prize went to Miss Ada [Brown, James Hart and Frank Giana were + in the men's captured the will be held next Tueeday Party Monday A large attendance is expected at the eard party which will be given by Mre. F L. Peck next Monday ning for the League of Women Voterz, The Blue Hills road is in better con than most of the roads in Kentington and of the town and it 15 thought that nothing out. side of a big snowstorm ecan cause the postponement of the party. The general public is invited Kensington League Morton J accepted an invitation from sington League of Women Voters to speak at an open meeting th be held on the evening of March 12th His subject =il be Dantal This is a pertinent nues- tion and parents in the town are | interested as recommendations on |this subject appeared In the annual {town report from the town nurse ot schools These specific recommendations have awakened the interest of the women on that subject Annual Meeting Tomorrow The adjourned annual meeting of lthe Kensington Congregational |church =il be held i the church Iparlors tomorrow evening at £ o'clock The particular matters of business to be taken up will be the church enlargement and the adop tion of the proposed missionary pro- jects. As both of these matters are deserving of a. thorough discussion, a large attendance is hoped for. Re- treshments will be s:rved Boys Club Notes The Kensington Boys club basket- |ball team defeated the West Crom- | well team Monday evening at West |Cromwell by a 45 to 41 score. A return game will be played between the two teams at the New Britain | Bovs' club on Feb. 15 | The junior team of the club will ! practice this evening at b o'clock At 6 o'clock they will meet the 1T, M ¢ A Juntore The senior team will the Lions in a county "Y' game this levening at the New Britain Boys |club. Ray Anderson will referee | Boy Scouts Supper | The joint supper of the Berhin |Scouts and their fathers was held !last evening at the parlors of the | Berlin Congregational church. About |sixty were present at the supper Speeches were made by Executive 0. A. Erickson. Commissioner meet $25().00 A beautifully tailored Mohair Suite with frieze reverse on cushion, a high !grade number that sells only for $250 ‘ebruary Furniture Sale. Loeb of New Ha-, 3 Piece ROOM SUITE were made by State Master M. Ives of Meriden and State Overseer L. W. Tolles of Southington. George Dyson. president. of the Connecticut elers association, gave an interesting talk on the various methods prac ticed by unscrupulous merchants and dealers in disposing of fake tewelry. He told the large attend ance that the jewelers are making a united attempt to have laws enact ed that will protect the public from these men Fallowing the was served meeting a supper Scout Call Boy Scouts will be made sometime | during the week. All Berlin Boy Scouts are asked to report to their rooms in the Berlin Congregational church when the call {s made to Scoutmaster Emil O. Shierden. The boys are asked to be on fhe alert for the call and be ready to respond im. meduately Numerous Squirrels About ten to twelve squir romped around the road at Upson corner this morning and showed destrians The furry animals tra- veled in a group, which s very u usual It is thought that drove them into town Considerable Discussion Considerable discuseion an ' inter- est has been shown around town ov r the report of Miss Johann Mur- ray of the Murrav Brick company concerning the conditions at the Nye home at Porter's pass East Berlin Ttems The food sale to be given by the ladies of Sacred Heart church will be held €aturdav afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs G E Dalbey, and not Friday afterncon as previously stated The slippery pavements of evening were the cauge of several narrow escapes. Several machines |ekidded into the gnide fence below the Mildrum Jewel company last evening, althongh nons of them crashed throngh The road at this point fs high croewned and is not considered safe ice storms Eeveral from here attended the Father and Son ht at the Berlin Boy Scout camp. Several Fast Ber lin boys belong to the Berlin troop The Girls' club will meet tomor row evening at Community " at 7 o'clock. Physical Director William Ogle will be in charge The Boys' club will meet Friday evening at. 7 o'clock at Community hall | The Boys' club basketball team is |looking for a game on Saturday {evening with a New Britain team, preferably the game to be plaved in New Britain. The local boys average 17 vears. Jack Walsh is managing the team The Commumty club will meet this evening at 8 o'clock. After the (Continued on Page 14) Plainville News ADVANCE REASONS FOR REVALUATION Gommittee of Filteen Claim Plan Has Many Benelits MANY AT GRANGE MEETING Neighbors' Night Planned for Feb- ruary 21—Storm Floods Streets and Closes Schools — Bowling Scorcs—New Jersey Driver Fined. The proposed revaluation of pro- perty would result in greater fair- ness to all taxpayers, the “Commit- tee of Fifteen” which has been in- vestigating this project stated in an announcement made to the public today. Expert appraisers, with past training and figures to call upon in fixing the values of properties, would be able to establish a sound basis for all future evaluations and do away with any possible inequal- ities which may exist under the present system of assessing, the committee states. This matter, which will be brought before the town row night, has created consider- able interest throughout Plainville, and the following announcement of the committee will be of interest to hundreas of taxpayers. “The ‘Committee of which has held several meetings and which voted unanimously to recom- mend fo the voters of the town of Plainville the appointment of a special committee of geven citizens to have charge of the revaluing, re- listing. and recording by up-to-date methods for future use of all the taxable property in the foun of Plainville by the assistance of ont- side appraisers, who have been doing this fype of re-appraising and equalizing values in the state for several vears, is as follows: Stanley & Gwillim, John B. Minor, Charles H. Norton, H. 8. Washburn, Joseph McKernan, George Bartlett, | Ozro Cooley, Robert White, Roland | Hoerle, F. L. Benzen J. T. Me- ‘('ar'hv. Axel Johnson Charles R. Sherman, 1. Birnbaum, F. T. Wheel- er. |branch of the National Retail Jew- | | A mobilization call for the Berlin | little fear of passing cars and pe- | hunger | last ! “This committee of fifteen have gone to the trouble of spending their own time and looking up this mat. ter of revaluation to see if the town could bLenefit by it They have unammously voted to recommend the revaluation and relisting of pro- | perty, starting with a clean slate The several advantages can he stat- | ed brietly: “The appraisal compa with a clean slate and with previous experience in collecting data and keeping records “It is able to arrive at conclusions | upen adequate data by processes of | reasoning. which include several dif. ferent fowns' valuations made by {men frained for the purpose | "It is no easv task for an mun trained person, and perhaps a resi- dent of Plainville, to consider all the elements invelved in ascertan- ing a fajr wmarket value of a Biven piece of propertvy and makes sure that each piece compares fair Iy with other similar propertiea in 1+ 15 deei |and ought not be 1 |any one man or group of men who {have not the advantages of past | specialized study. Such experts can Wwith reasonable accuracy arrive at [fa1r market values of all kinds of {property in all locations and are in 12 position to back up their conclu |stons ana opinions with facts and figures. Their methods are not < for experts ertaken by those of guess or off-hand opinion, | tut methods that will ‘f-%' of careful sgerutiny, “This committes of fifteen be lieves that if this re-valuation 1s carried out by an outside companv tha equalization of property values 1L act beneficially to the faxpaves for the community at large, will reflect eredit npon Plainville through the financial standing whihe it will give us “In NWstening to the requests for {relief, it was apparent that a1l who appeared desired to pay their share of taxes to support the town They however did not want to pav than their fair share stand the In general, they felt their own raises in prop |erty values were out of proportion to the raises of value placed on neighbors’ proverty An outside ap records and past |committee believes to be in a posi- [tion to acquire and establish fair | market values | The committee will azk for an ap propriation of $11.500 for revalu- ation work, and there is some op- position to the voting of such a sum. The meeting tomorrow night meeting in the High school tomor- | Fifteen," | d | Session Clocl praisal company with facts, figures, | experience the | will give the committee a chance to convince these opponents that the expenditure will bring benefits worth even more than that amount. This seems to be the key issue to the pro- position—whether or not the expense will result in eventual greater rev- enue which will more than balance it—and on this point the matter will probably be fought out tomorrow night. Grange Meeting A good attendance listened to a pleasing program at the meeting of Plainville Grane in its hall last night. The program was opened with a reading by Mrs. Ralph Wil- liams. Miss Amy Jacobson played a piano solo. A recitation in ces- tume by Miss 1da Babcock follow- ed. and then Miss Winifred Kensel rendered a piano solo. All mem. bers took part in a contest of wit over a telephone conversation, and the program came to an end with a song by the entire grange. The local Grange will confer the degrees in East Haddam on Febru- ary 15. The bus will leave the hall here at 7 p. m. Central Pomona wilr meet in Rocky Hill next Tuesday. “Neighbors Night" will be observ- ed at the next meeting, which wilt be' on February 21. Four visiting Granges will furnish the program. All applications for initiation in the spring class must be in by that time, New dersey Driver Fined Repeated failure to appear before the court here in answer to a sum- mons on a charge of &peeding prov- ed cosily to Nicholas D. Roberts of Montclair, N. J., yesterday after- noon when he finally put in an ap- pearance. Roberts who is a student at Roxbury school in Cheshire, was arrested last November 13 by Con- stable Thomas Royce following an accident on Farmington road The New Jersey youths automobile ran linto and demolished a wagon driv en by Anthony Camphell of this town, injuring Campbell and a com- panion On two previous occasions when his case was due to come up Rob- | erts failed to put in an appearance. | Last night Judge William J. Malone of Bristol entered a plea of guilty for him. Justice L. § | substituted for Justice William Cun- | s $10 and costs. Grand Juror W. 1. Foran prosecuted The costs came to $25.06. This high total was due to Robert's twice-repeated neglect to appear before the court Storm Floods Streets Streets in the east end of the town were under several inches of water today as a heavy and lasting |downpour of rain flooded them |Along New Britain avenue the walks of the north side were well below the surface, while a growing | pond practically cut- off entrance to |Williams street and other etreets in that vicinity were threatened with the same watery isolation. One side lof East street was completely sub- },“nrgmj The storm sewer was great- Iv taxed by the volume of water but | performed its duties in satisfactory hape There <was no aession in any school here this morning, but 1t |was expected that classes would be held in the afternoon. A number of | children failing to hear the no. |school eignal. frudged through th {downpour to be met with the news !that they might go home again. | There seems to be Some misunder- |standinz in regard to the signals | notifying of no school The notice |of no morning zession is a blast at 80 a. m: that for no afternoon |classez, one at 1115 & m Federation Notea The Woman's Tederation of the Congregational church will hold a | sewing meeting from 2 fo 5 o'clock {tomorrow afterncon et the home of |Mrs Tonald Benjamin. 17 Strong court. The evening group will meet 2t T30 o'clock with Mrs Harold {King of 11 East Broad streat. Funeral of Mr. Greene | Funeral gervices for Charles were held at 2:30 o'clock |this afternoon at his late home on Camp street, Rev. L. O. Melville, {rector of the Church of Our Saviour, |officiated. Burial was in West ceme- treene tery Industrial Bowling League T |Standard Eteer | Bristol Brass American Legion | Plainville Cast | Busifessmen H . Baum FPeck Spring 12 e | The Plainville Casting co drove |its way into fourth place in the In. dustrial bowling leagne by winning all four points from the Sessions Clack team at the Recreation allevs —TODAY snd THURS — Try and solve this exciting Mystery “TONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT" LON CHANEY Marceline Day and Conrad Nagel. See Him. Look! Look TAG!! ! THERE COMES A 7AX| | UP 70 OUR MOUSE ! ! TUATS ONCLE | Charles E. Morgan and Rev. S8am- There will be a mecting of the lyel A. Fiske. The older class of Sunday school teachers of the Ber- |scouts gave an exhibition of their lin Cengregational church at the | work and the cub scouts followed parsonage tomorrow evening at 7:30 | with a short demonstration of the o'clock. Al teachers are asked to | work they have accomplished. be present Grange Anniversary No Court Session A large number of visiting Grang- For the ssive week Lers were present at the 43rd anni Phere wa ccion of the Berlin | versary celebration of the Berl town court because of the absence of Grange held last evening. Epeeches FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS VESSR=ITS STOPPING i AT OUR HOUSE" IS \WUAY I CAN HARDLY WAIT 70 SEE 1284- LackawooD You ISNT ningham found him guilty and fined | last night. Basso's 339 featured for the winners, who have been push- ing their way up through the stand- ing and now stand in a position where they can threaten the leaders. The Peck Spring and H. C. Baum teams struggled to a deadlock, the latter team winning two games but losing the pinfall when the Spring Makers came back strongly in the third string. Leonard was high man. The scores: Plainville Casting 95 84 102— §6— 88— 90— 17— 281 274 257 270 Chester . Subrek Cook Deraslo . Basso Lawernan Bradly .. Griffin Yearus . Dubois ... White -.... Wagner ... Pompey .. Dunbar Cavanaugh .. Dummy . A. Munizzi Munizzi . Subrek Leonard .. 452 461 451—1364 Cosmopalitan League w5 Acorns! ....... Buckaneers Smoke Eaters . Musketeers Night Hawks . M. E. Church .. Store Clerks . Bozukers ........ 1 7 1 The Acorns suffered a severe re- verse in the Cosmopolitan bowling league last evening, when the M. E. church team took three points from them and dropped them back from sole possession of the lead into a quadruple tie Sharples and H |Rogers led the Methodists' sudden spurt, while Duffy Gnazzo was best for the losers. The Buckaneers mov- ed into the quarrangular deadlock by swamping the Store Clerks for four points, €. Heinzman, Peck, and G. Cunnfngham starring. The scores: Casmopolitan League M. E. Church H. Rogers . 83 Morse &n M. Rogers a5 fharples 103 Thomas s Blair . ad — 108 55 a2 102 26 D. Gnazzo |W. Gnazzo Cookie Carucei W. Thompson . 436 453 Buckaneers E Heinzman ..105 79 Anderson 106 108 MeNulty | Peck | Hginzman { Wensloft Davidson 95 91 -115 Store Clerks A Hogan : &4 €. Smith [R Minelta Cunningham |M Hart Anderson 431 Basketball and Handball A double attraction will be offered local sport lovers tomorrow evening, when a Farmington Valley basket- ball leagus game and a handball match will be plaved in the High school gymnasium. The Plainville entry in the Valley league will go to Simshury tonight and will bring that team hers tomorrow evening. The | game should be a good one, as| Simebury has a fast outfit and Plair ville has held onto second place in spite of the efforts of the other team to dislodgs it The handball match will ba be- [tween 2 team from the New Britain | T. M. ¢ A. and one representing the Trumbull Electric Mfg. Co. This will be the first attempt to bring this fast sport to Plainville, and a battle | worth watching is promised for the | fans Notes The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary soctety of the Advent| Christian church will meet mmarrt"\" afternoon at 2 o'clock with Mres, Gordon Morse at Hanson's station There 15 talk about the town of a |epecial bowling match between Murphy's pinboys and the Acorn A €. The Recreation alley manager is certain his voungsters could defeat the Cosmopolitan league leaders and the two groups may be matched. The Pythian Sisters will meet in their hall this evening The Baptist church Woman's |Home Missionary and Praver circle will meet at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. H A. Temple There will be a mesting of the | propriation of §3 | to offset Women's Auxiliary of the Church of Our Saviour at the parish house to- Bristol News COUNCL APPROVES $1,199760 BUDGET Appropriations for Fiscal Year Gome Before Government INFANT MORTALITY HIGH Mayor Crumb Recommends Pur- chase of Forestville Building— New Fire Station Favored—Honor List at High School Announced. Lstimates for the fiscal year end- ing November 30, 1928, totaling $1,- 199,760.13 were approved last night at a meeting of the city council. The total expense for the year ending November 30, 1827, was $1,078,- 085,63, so that the cost of running the city this year will be approxi- mately 100,600 more than last. The increase in operating costs is partially explained by a special ap- 00 made for the be located at the corner of Farmington avenue and Lewis street. council last night by vote empowered the board of fire commissioners fo purchase the pro- posed site and advertise for bids for the erection of the building. An additional amount of $13,000 is appropristed for the creation of a sinking fund 1o be used for the new firehouse 1 | retirement of the $600,000 five per general general improvement bonds which mature in 1952, Other new items which tend toward the in- crease in this vear's budget are as follows. Playground commission, $3,- 500 new paving, $10,000; new high- ways, surfacing, §$25.¢ Pound street improvements, $4.000: state aid roads, new, $11,000; additional clerk n office of fax collector, $680.35; deputy fire chief, $1.533.38 The following ealary increases have been granted upon the recom- mendation of the salary committee Assesors’ clerk, incregsed from 81, 394 10 $1.570: city attorney from $1,- 750 to £1.500; fwo anditors from $304 to $1.200: health physician, $1.- 200 1o $1.500; board of health clerk, $600 to $750: city hall janitor, $1.- 435 to $1.50 recording clerk, $1.- 460,67 to $1.622.33. The salary of one assistant recording clerk is re- duced from $1.043.33 fo $785. This is brought about by the resignation of one clerk and the employment of a new one To operate the schools of the eity. both common and high, for the present year fhe sum of $317.257.49. which represents an increase of $12,- 000 over last vear The appropriations voted by the council for the first taxing district for the present fiscal vear total $204,797.52, as compared with $150,- 532,89 last vear: the second taxing district $5.425 against $4.714.91 last vear, and for the third $2,457.74 for 1927 Due to the tact that a number of the departments will show receipts several items of expense, ro definite ides of the tax rate to be laid could be obtained. These figures will be included in the city budget which will be compiled and submitted to the council for its ap- proval at the meeting to be held on Tuesday evening, March 6 To Hold Hearings Properiv owners on Lewis, Lex. ington, Concord. Walnut and Fair- fleld streets will be called in to a hearing to he held bhefore the eity council on Tuesday., March 6, to show cause why assessments recom- mended by the sewer committee should not be leviad In order to serve the streets in question. it was necessary to extend the trunk line | {rom Farmington avenue a distance of 1.037 feet. The total cost of the work was $3.09157 and the total value of property served by the new gewer connections i $121,820 A hearing will also be granted en the same date te property owners of Gavlord. Barnes and adioining streets to consider a plan for the connecting of the two strests in question and the eraction of a bridge over the Pequabuck river. The cost of the work, which wonuld necessi- tata taking a considerable pieca of 1and from the Park street school and smaller pieces from other abut- ting property owners, is estimated at approximately $24.000 Of this amount. the city would assume $7,- 600 and the balance would of naces. sity be taxed ae henefits to the fax- pavers interssted The committee however, felt that the amount in. volved was ton great to consider the proposed improvement at this time Renefits will offset all damages cansed by the eetablishment of a building line on Maple streat be. o'clork, Kitchen stove for sale. water front, good condition. 25 East St.—Advt, taxing | | district $3.141 70 as compared with tween ‘Conter street and Dw crossing. Ag s matter of ever, & hearing, to which ested property owners will' ¢ vited, will be held also on the ning of March 6 before the council. v To Attend Plainville Hearlag Mayor W. Raymond Crump & City Engineer Carleton W, were selected by the city assnell) attend a hearing in Plainvill Monday evening on the igh ment of a bullding line op . Ferest street. A peculiar situation €3 on this particular street in"thet' east ‘'side of it is located in Plalf- side is taxed by the city of Bristel. A 25 foot building line is mended by the planning com! of the town-of Plainville.: By however. on its side of the strest will insist on a 20 foot' building line. A letter from the Technical Ade visory Corporation, relative to sonifg plans and ordinances, was received by the council last night and by vote referred to the city planning commission for consideration. Recommends Land Purchass Mayor W. Raymond Crumb pec- emmended to the city couneil last night the purchase of property |owned by J. Fay Douglass, Miss | Clara B. M. Douglass and Mrs. Etiza- | beth Douglass, located at the corner |of Washington street and Stafferd A large store . |avenue, Forestville. building is located on the site, which ill be torn down and the corner widened if the mayor’s recommen- | dations are favorably acted upon. | The price placed on the property by the owners is $7,500. Benefits to abutting property owners would total approximately $500, sccording |to figures presented by Mayor Crumb. B ‘ There is considerable traffic at the point and only recently 'a trafiic standard was placed there to reduce the possibility of accident. While the price placed on the property by the owners is considered reasonable, it 18 not believed that the city coun- cil will eanction the expense. The | matter, was referred to the street |committee and the city engineer, who will make an engineering siar- vey to be submitted at the conuell’s | next meeting Police Chief's Annual During the year ending November 130, 1927, there were 1,003 .grrests {made by the police department..@c- ording to the report of Chief Ernest T. Belden. The total expenses of running the department for the |vear was $45.67¢ and the ve- ceipts from the city court totaled $30,039.94 " Obituary of Former Mayor An obituary of the late Mayor |John F. Wade, who died on Novem-, | ber 7, 1927, while in office, will'be 1 |corporated in the annual eity ‘ve- port, a vote to this effect being taken by the city council last night. Mayor | W. Raymond Crumb was sppointed committee of one to draft the | obttuary. Petitions Received ‘Three petitions were submitted at last night's city council meeting. | Requests for the placing of street lights, one on Rustic Terrace and one at the junction of Woodland and | Walnut streets were referred te: the lighting committee. A petition for the establishment ’ol a 20 foot building line on sides of Bellevue avenue between. | High and Center streets was referred to the street committee. Presents Clatm A claim for damage to his suto- | mobile caused by a hole in the high. | way at the corner of Staflord ave: |nue and Brook street was |from C. W. Stewart. This was ve- ferred to the claims committes te 8- vestigate and report at the mext meeting. 3 The contract for furnishing the city's crushed stone requirements for the yvear starting February 1, 1938 |and ending Februury 1, 1939 was awarded to the Connecticut Quarries Company of New Britain. The total of that concern’s bid was $10,§02.80 approximately $1,000 lower that of the nearest competitor. Other bidders were Konopas Brothers. Page Brothers and | Brothers, all of Bristol. Police Court The report of Judge Willlam J. Malone of the eity court for - the month of January showed a total of |$646.05 collected in fines. Of this amount $70 was remitted to the state motor vehicle department. % Health Officer's Report During 1327, 666 babies were born in this city. according to figures in the report of Dr. B. B. Robbins, eity i health officer, which was submitted to the eouncil last night. 'The death |rate of infants during the 12 menth perfod was approximately ejght eut of every hundred born, which s re- markably high, according te the |health officer. The number should |not excaed four and Dr. Robbims {721t that the city would be:teking a step forward by emploving an 84- ditional nurse, whose duty it weuld be to look after this one festwre. [ The value placed on the lite of sagh |infant by the state is $5,000. No.se- |tion was taken on the recommeg- dation. Since the first of January, 61 cases of communicable diseases have been report to the health depart- ment. One of these was a csse of diphtheria in which the family af- (Continued on Page 14.) ville whereas property on the weit Crushed Stome Contrect Awarded MacDonnell: e o S esenen s ety