New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1929, Page 2

$300,000 BUDGET FOR PUBLIC WORKS Allowance Last Yoar Inadequate, Commission Nembers Caim Claiming that the appropriations allowed the department last year by the common council are proving to be greatly inadequate, the board of public works discussed a tentative budget that will probably amount to last nearly & half million dollars night. It was claimed by City En- gineer Philip Merian that the de- partment was subjected to far great- er expense in important items dur- ing the past year than the amount allowed. This discussion of the pro- posed budget lasted more than two hours. Among the appropriations discuss- ed for the proposed budget was at least one new steam roller, a road scraper, a two ton truck, new sur- faces on West Main street where the brick section is located and also on | Lafayette and Commercial streets. A new car for the engineering depart- ment was also considered. The budget as tentatively outlined will| call for nearly $500,000. Last vear the department was granted §390,- 00, Black Rock Bridge During the discussion of the judget, Commissioner John Fagan asked why an item for a new Black Rock bridge should not be included. He claimed that the board had let the matter slide from year to year without any action. City Enginder Merian suggested that a move be made to learn whether the New Haven road would be willing to erect a new structure over its tracks Corbin avenue bridge was brought up. also he | more important items were as fol. lows: sewer maintenance, $28,000; street lighting, $67,000 and new macadam travelled way about $46,- 000, and full macadam Or new streets, about $100,000, All the figures are only tentative and a meeting will be held at which time City Engineer Merian will pre- sent each member of the board with a copy of the proposed budget. The entire budget will then be gone over again. A petition was read from Rev. M. J. Traynor of St. Mary's church ask- ing for an additional street light near the church. There now is one light but its rays are shaded by tre heavy foliage of trees. The matter was referred to the chairnian and engineer with power, both who tav- ored granting the petition. Barnesdale Scwer Disenssed City Engineer Merian told the board that in seeking rights of way |for & new trunk line sewer in Barnesdale for which there has been agitation during many years, he has been unable to reach an agrecment with the Hart & Hutchinson Mfg. Co. A letter from the company, however, offered a solution of the trouble which resulted from tne board's request ihat the company | grant & 40 foot right of way, 770 feet | long. | Maxwell Hart of the company wrote that his plant already has a |pump and a connestion with the | West Main strect sewer Jine so that the sewage is cared for. He added that he might grant the right o |provided that the city would a'low 'him to make a conncction with the | new line free of charge, The matter will be settled lator. A hearing was ordered on a pe- | tition asking for repaus on Mec- | Clintock street, between Allen street and Eddy-Glover boulevard. A let- ter was read to the board denounc- ing conditions on Sexton streat. City Engineer Merian promised to fill any | holes that exist in the street but otherwise the mattor was lald over. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1929. BOULDER DAM MAY GO TO HIGH GOURT (Wil Try to Carry Case to Sapreme Tribanal Phoenix, Ariz, Jan. 16 (P—A fight in the supreme court of the United States to prevent execution of the provisions of the Boulder Canyon Dam bill was in the making here today as the result of a course | decided upon by Arizona's Colorado River commission. The commission yesterday auth ized State Attorney General E. Bel v Peterson to file the suit in the ghest court in behalf of Arizona. By this action the state takes a fi- nal stand to prevent the building of a great dam across the Colorado River near the point where three states, Arizona, Nevada and Califor- {nia join. | Since the Boulder Dam project began to take form after the aign- ing of the seven-staite compact at Santa Fe, N. M., several years ago, | Arizona has contended that her rights would be transgressed if the provisions of the measure were | made effective. Favors California The Arizona-Colorado River com- mission has taken the position that thke Boulder Dam bill apportions more water to California than that state should have from the stream {and that Arizona would be deprived among other things of some of her | water rights. The commisslon's action, which {defined the position of the state, is a sudden answer to hints in the past fortnight that Arizona might | jeventually decide to ratify the sev- | en-state Colorado pact. | California, Nevada, Colorado, Wy- at Santa Fe aix years ago. Either Arisona or Utah must enter the compact before the bill enacted re- cently by congress can become ef- fective, Reports reached here yesterday were that some of the other atates concerned were adjusting their re- spective positions with regard to the river measure. At Balt Lake City, Governor George H. Dern in his message to the legislature urged Utah to withhold ratification of the Colora- do River compact until Arizona reached a decision on it. Utah once ratified the compact but withdrew its approval later. It also was learn- ed that an unofficial movement was under way in Wyoming to withdraw ratification. Governor John C. Phillips in his message to the Arisona legislature yesterday declared that a tri-state compact between California, ada and this state offered the only so- lution to the Colorado River prob- lem. He said the Boulder Dam bill gives Arizona less water from the | main stream than was thought right by the governors of the upper basin | states at the Denver conference. Mulford Winsor, secretary of the Arizona commission, said that body had before it the names of ‘“emi- | nent counsel,” to represent the state | in the supreme court “to prevent | |the unfair Boulder Canyon Dam | from being foisted upon Arizona.” Suit will be filed immediately, he said, adding that steps already were | under way to set the necessary le-! gal machinery in motion. | {Members of Hoover | Party Are Decorated | Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 16 (M—Sev- eral members of the party accom- panying Herbert Hoover on his re- cent visit of Ecuador have been decorated by the government by presidential decree, The Order of Abdon Calderon first class was awarded to Captain Victor A. Kimberly, commander of the U. S. 8. Maryland which carried _the Hoover party down the west coast of South America; Commander Augustin T. Beauregard, Hoover's naval aide; Captain B. B. Wygani, commander of the U. S. 8. Cleveland who brought the president-elect to Guayaquil; Rear Admiral Harley H. Christie, of the Panama Canal Zone; and Rear Admiral David F. Sellers, commanding American naval forces in Nicaragua. Second class: Com- mander A. W. Brown, executive of- ficer of the Maryland; Commander Harold C. Train; Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher and Licutenant Com- mander H. J Shiclds, executive of- ficer of the Cleveland. Let the Herald rent that tenement Floating University Students in China Canton, China, Jan, 16 UP—Sixty American college men and women, | comprising one division of the fioat- ing university touring the world, arrived today for a stay of ten days. They took Canton City and Shameen ‘lsllnd, the foreign residential quar- ter, by storm.” The Chinese government has done everything possible to entertain the students, The program includes a ‘recepdon by Mayor Lum Wen-Hoi, an alumnus of Syracuse university, and by the provincial governor, Chen Ming-8hu. ARMY BARRACKS BURN Portland, Me.,, Jan, 16.—(UP)— Hundreds of soldiers and coast| | guards cooperated with firemen in fighting fire which partially destroy- ed the barracks of Company D, fifth U. 8. infantry, at Fort McKinley in The lack of street signs in the city | ——— — oming and New Mexico have rati was deseribed as “deplorable” and it | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS fied the pact which was drawn uj was decided to ask for $£3,000 at i Jeast for mew signs oF for siEns in | T addition to those mow in use. m mber stated that the doctors are handicapped in calling on tfir pa- tients because of the lack of street signs. Yoach item in the proposed b was discussed wrately by th board and City Enginecr Merian, For cars and maintenance which in- cludes a new car, it was decided to ask for $4,500. Bridge maintenance was left at § 1t was voted to request $5,000 for trees which includes spr: , cut- | ting and trimming. Discussing the tree problem. Mr. ~ Merian recom- mended that a contract for the year's work be given to some com- pany because the work was danger- ous and coyld be done more reason- ably by a private concern. An amount of $7.500 will be asked for use in cleaning catch basins. It was explained to the board that| there are 1,302 basins in the city. The budget for cleaning strects was, placed at $27,000, compensation $1,- 400, maintenance of dumps $5,000, /ngincering department expenses 21,300 and engineering office ser -1 wx and salaries $20,000. | $60,000 for Street Repalrs After a long discussion it was| voted to ask for 860,000 for the ge wral repair of streets. Last year the | hoard asked for $35,000 and received | 327,000, 8o far during the past year| the department has spent $42.600 or | about $15,000 more than the budget | allows for. | (] The budget for macadam repairs was placed at $35,000. Last year the board asked for $30,000 and re-| ceived $18,000. 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City Engineer | Merlan stated that there are num- | berless streets in the city which need | grading and the budget for this work | was placed at $50.000, Some of the other ftems discussed | and the amount to be asked in the proposed budget are as follows: ofl- | ing streets, $25,000: office expenses and equipment, $1,500; rails, § H estimate of salaries, $6,500; semi- | permanent pavement repairs, about | $12,000; snow and ice removal, $10,- } 000; storchouse and yards, $6. 0;1 school and street signs, $3,000; new tools, gas-roller $5,500, road scrap- | er, $3,000; two ton truck, $3,000;! tool repairs, $7,500; &treet monu- | ments $1,000. 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