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uncil Decides to
old Public Hearing
m Junior High Site
DOUGLAS NASll
AGAIN HEADS
sculpt BOARD
Miss Mary Rider Cho-
sen Sbcretary~ Spe-
cial Committee
Named on Building
Program '
Douglas 1'}. Sash, of the Nash En—
gineering \Norks. was rc-clcetcd
lvl'vsitlcnt of the lloard of Education
at the rc-organizaiion meeting hold
last night at the Senior High school.
.\il (tilll‘t‘l‘s \vt-re elected by the sec-
rtmn-y costing one ballot for the
various candidates.
Uthcr oflicvrs v'lected were:
relary. Nils Mary ilider; Assistant
(.fhairnuln. Clinton D. Rowland and
Assistant Chairman. Mrs. George I".
lit-tts. l'n-sltlcnt Ilenry announced
the appointment of the following
pwrnmnvnt committees: .Commlttec
on Schools. Clinton 1}. Rowland,
chairman: Mrs. George, 1“. Belts, Dr.
SI: *-
\Villianl .l. 'l‘l‘acn-y: Committee on
Buildings, l)r. (icorgc U. Fawcett,
Mrs, (.il‘urgt‘. l-‘. Butts. Mrs. Sarah
Lang: Committee. on supplies. Jesse
'l‘. Dunbar, Alilex .l. llunmller and
Miss Mary Ryder; Committee on It‘l—
llflllt't‘, Clinton Ll. Rowland. Dc.
tit-orig; G. 3:3.“ cctt and Jt‘SSL‘ 'l‘. Dun-
lili'.
in the addition to the ammo ap-
pointlnents. l'rt sldent. Nash an-
nomlcrd the appointment of mem-
bers to a special committee in coll-
ncctlon with the new school building
program. This committee consists
Hf Alex J. lininlnlrr. Dr. George G.
l“;|\\("‘ll and Jul-EC '1‘. Dunbar.
The session held last night was
the first of the no. \vycar. At this
meeting. Miss Mary llydcr (lid Mrs.
Sarah Lane. the two members who
were elected at the last, full nleeting.
were officially in attendance for the
first time. llnth, however. June at-
tcnded other sessions of the board at
which the school building progrtfin
value up for discussion. Miss Ryder
and Mrs. Lune. succeed \Villlam P.
\\'ar:l and John 1.. Henry whose
terms expired December It].
SHGSPlTALNOCT
l0 PRINT rrS
ANNUAlltEPORT
Cost of Printing to be
Saved—Report to be
Filed—Nurses Home
to be Discussed
At the, meeting of the Board oi
Directors of the Norwalk Hospital
Association at the Ilorpital last eve-
ning, it was decided not to print the
annual report tlz's year. This action
“:l‘l taken in View of the delicit car-
ried ourr from last year and the in-
creased cost. of printing.
All the. data. that would go into a .
printed report is on file at the lies-
pllal. and is available to any one vzha
m:ly be interested.
The proposed nurscs' home was
again the subject, of discussion. par-
ticularly the matter of its proper
pin-:clllation before the Kiwanis
Club tomorrow. It is felt by the
Hoard of Directors that as this is
primarily a matter of community in—
li‘l't-Sl’. and service, the Kiwanis Club
offers an ideal forum for its presen-
tation.
Routine business only was trans-
acted at the meeting last. night.
There were present Vice-President
Cavannugh, who presided. Directors
llaur, C‘anly, Frest. Gcbbard. Iian-
ford and lloodner. Secretary I‘lubbcll
and the General Manager.
Kills Wife, Shoots
Self, Wounds Escort
HARTFORD. N. Y.. _J.m. 9-—
Grected by s. hail of bullets from the
revolver of Dr. Robert Lee of this
hamlet. as they were returning from
u. sleigh ride. Mrs. Lee, the wife of
Dr. Lee, was killed and Fred Nor-
cross of Dorset. \‘t., was critically
wounded Monday. Dr. Lee then
shot himself to death. ll‘oday 'Nor-
crosa was in a Glens Falls hospital
having been operated upon [or the
removal of a bullet from his abdo-
men.
The physician is said to have em
tcrcd the yard of his home at the
same time that his wife. Norcross,
and the Lees {our year old daughter
drove in after having been 0:1. for
a. sleigh ride. Several shots were
fired at Mrs. Lce. one of which prov-
ed fatal. The child escaped unin-
jured. Norcross was shot down as
he sat in ,the sleigh. Dr. Lee then
ran a short distance through the
yard stopped and shot. himself to
dog: Lee was 44 years old, while
his wife was several years younger.
They had two children. one four
veers old and one 10. The Lee
lamily lived in Dorset. the home of
Kai-cross. Relative. and friends or
Dr. Lee advanced the theory that
his act was due to :luddealnmity
from overwork. Norman had been
employedjt the. Lee home for
’92?.-.‘§’—3"J~ ~ .-
PREDICTSBIG '
lNCREASE lN
GRAND LIST
Commissioner Balcom
Believes $2,000,000
will be Added for
1923-1924
EQUALIZATION
Re - arrangement 0 f
Property Values and
New Buildings will
Swell City Funds
“Hill the new building projects
completed in the past twelve months
and tho cqualipalion of values of
properties in tho.- l“irst District. the
grand list. of Norwalk will be in-
creased about $2,000,000 for 19239
19:14 over that of 1023-1323 accord-
ing to a. prediction made today by
Tax Commissioner Thomas llaicom.
The tax list for the city will be com—
pleted by tile Board of Assessors and
the Tax Commissioners in about two
\vccks. .
Mr. Balcom estimated the total 0
the grand list for 1923-1924 at. about
$38,500,000 while that, of a year ago
wus’ $36,500,000. ch attributes a.
large part of the. increasrd valua-
tions to the immense amount of
building completed in the past 12
months.
\Vithin a short time, l‘ax Com-
missioner L'clcom will lune conl~
pletcd the equalization cl assess-
ments of properlirs in the First
District. When he f'llll'i‘t‘d olllce two
years ago his lound assessments
varied. For instance a. lot on a
ccrlain street might. be listed at
$300; while an adjoining lot would
be listed at $500. All but. twelve
streets have been t‘UlllplviLd in the
uptown dislricl. .\lr. Halcoln is
spend all of nc.\t Willli‘l working
on the equalization of Second Dis-
trict properties after he has com—
pleted the remaining streets in the
First District.
MONDERER
THROWN lNTO
BANKRUPTCY
M-—
Creditors 'File Petition
Against Main Street
Clothier— Liabilities
$15,000, Assets $5,500
An inxoluntury petition of bank-
ruptcy “as lllf'll in Bridgeport. this
morning by licrnzu'd Mondcrcr, pro—
prietor of a men's clothing store at
15 Main street. The liabilities are
placed at $15: 235.01. The store and
fixtures valued at 35,500 are given
as his assets. He has no open ac-
counts.
'l‘hc petition “as brought by IlliC
Merit Clothing company and other
creditors. '
Attorney A. l)’. Slavatsky has been
appointed temporary receiver. There
will be a meeting of the creditors
January 2:. -
Ridgéfield Re-elects
Brown Fire Chief
lllDG 15191112141). Jail. '.l.—At‘ter a
warm contest for the ofliee of chief
in which he dcl’calcd his rival by a
vote 01' 4!) to 22:. Ellsworth I". Brown
has been re-clccted Cllltf of the
ilidgctichi Fire department. Chief
Ellsworth became a member of the
l', C. Lounsbury Engine company in
April, 1897. lie has served as forc-
man of this company for eight terms,
also as secretary, ~ and treasurer.
Later he was elected an resistant
chief of the department. In 1919
Roy \V. Davis resigned as chief. and
Mr. Brown was elected to the otllce.
Mr. Davis has held the post. contin-
uously ever since.
This year for the first time his
election was contested by Fritz Fen-
der. .1 member of the department.
capable, but a. man who spends his
summers out of town. and is here
only during the winter season. For
this reason it was the belief of the
majority of members of the depart-
ment that Mr. Brown should be con-
tinued in office. Fender. however,
made an able contest for the place.
Tile Ridgefield Fire Department
consists of three companies, hose,
chemical and engine. and hook and
ladder. Its equipment also includes
a. motor hose wagon, combination
pumper. and hook and ladder auto,
also a. chemical engine and guxlliary
pumpcr of the latest type. The de-
partmcnt has over 100 active mem-
bers and never fails on its job.
Mrs. Leo Davis Talks
to Jewish Women
The Council of Jewish \‘v’rmen
held a. meeting last evening m the
Y. M. Ii. A. building on South Main
street. The meeting was Well at-
tended. and all present were great-
ly inspired by an interesting lecture.
“The \Vomau Citizen," by Mrs. Leo
Davis. Miss Iliildrcd anejoy, ac-
companied by Miss Sarah Ferguson
at the piano, rendered some de-
lightful vocal solos. ’
DOWN AGAIN.
H. Thoele. of Winfield street, re-
ported to the police that he had
broken the traffic Standard under
SOUTH gdang
School '2 3931‘ ’ , . pd Does ,
‘AWayE ' With ‘Final
Exams-in High School
50. Al... 7 WEDNESDAY, QANUARYS, 1924.
To Hold them' Every
Four, Five in: Six
Weeks t .03 Prevent
“Cramming’f
NEW IDEA
If Successful Scheme
will be Extended to
Other Schools—
Teachers Discussed
Acting upon recommendations of
Principal Philip A. Jakob and Su-
perintendent of Schools G. V. Buch-
anan, the Board of liducaliou, at its
monthly meeting held last night at
the Senior High school. voted unani-
examinatio ‘ in the High scho’ol.
Monthly tests will be substituted for
the “finals" which the board declar-
ed led to “cramming" at the end of.
each of the two school semesters.
If the plan works successfully, it
will probably be adopted for the
Junior High school and the grades;
The mater was first brought to the
attention of the board in a. recom-
mendation presented by Principal
Jakob. Tile recommendation urged
that formal final examinations be
abolished for the reason that unan-
nounccd tests given at four, six or
eight week periods keep the stu«
dents up to a. higher standard dur-‘
ing the entire year. Jukobs said that
the students taking college entrancé
cxmninations would not object be-
cause. they received :1 special review
for those. examinations.
Superintendent Buchanan explain-
ed that he had six years' experience
in a school which had abolished ll-
nai examinations and the scheme
worked well. He said that. the chil-
dren did better work when they
felt that their fate didn‘t depend
upon the final examinations. lie de—
t-larcd lhut tests given at four
weeks period eliminated coaching
and cramming.
Alex J. Rummlcr remarked that
he had noticed that his children
didn‘t do such good work in the final
examinations as they did during the
school term. Superintendent Buch-
anan further explained that college
entrance examinations in the cunt
were being done away with as they
have been in the West. Dr.‘George
G. Faw’cett said that he thought the
uboilshmcntpt “duals" would nuxan
ht least: 20 per cent. Better. leor
gludmu-nqucthdww-i , 1
On motion 0:53.122 Rum er. .su~
porintendent Buchanan was given
the power to put ‘into effect Prin-
ciple Jakob's recommendation.
. In lieu of a written repel-t. Su-
perintendent Buchanan gave a re.
sumo of teaching conditions. Ilc
spoke of the numerous rngnations
of teachers, but declared that all
places left vacant had been filled.
He explained that Miss Vivian Stand—
ish. teacher at North Center school,
had resigned to become supervisor
of music in Darion. Mrs. Helen
Vaughn. who had a leave of nbsecnce
until Christmas, is back and is teach-
ing at Fitch school. Mrs. May L‘.
Train. who also had a leave of ab—
st'licc is teaching at Jefferson school.
Miss Delia Ii. St. John resigned to
teach in New York City. while Miss
luth Rider has resigned to go to
California.
\thn superintendent Buchanan
had finished explaining the resigna-
tions and how the vacancies had
been filled. Dr. “‘illialn J. Tracey
declared that some way should be
found to prevent school teachers
froln resigning in raid-year. declaring
that it wasn‘t fair to the children.
Superintendent Buchanan told the
hoard that teachers appointed in
New York City received an 80 per
cent increase. in salaly and had to
accept the position in txvo weeks.
Relative to the. building program.
Attorney Jesse T'. Dunbar reported
that he had seen Charles H. Harris,
glass manufacturer here. in refer-
ence to securing a five acre site in
the Broad River district for school
purposes. Air. Dunbar explained that
he thought that some agreement
could be reached with Mr. Harris in
the matter satisfactory to the latter
and to the School Board and the
Building committee of the Common
Council. The matter was referred
back to Mr. Dunbar.
Further reference to the new
school building 'program was made
by Douglas 152. Nash, chairman of the
board. He explained the controversy
which had arisen over the proposed
site in the Second District and said
he. personally. had advised Mayor
Robins that he favored a. public
meeting on the question to be held
Monday night. He also announced
that a. joint meeting of the Board
of Education and the Common Coun-
cil! building committee would be
held Thursday night.
A discussion as to whether t
Board of Education or the Sch ol
Nurse was to pay the expenses con-
nected lwith operating the latter's
automobile consumed considerable
time. The matter w brought up-
with the presentation t a bill {or
storage and gasoline. etc. Superin-
tendent Buchanan explained that the
automobile had been presented to
the Board of Education, but: that
$100 had been included in the sal-
ary of the school nurse for trans-
portation. He'declarcd he felt that
the school nurse should pay for the
upkeep of the machine out: of this
transportation money, explaining
that. it the board took any other ac-
tion the other supervision in the
schools would probany reel aligbled.
He said that if the school nurse did
not. desire to use the automobile. she
could ‘walk or use the tifolley car.
During the discussion, 13:. George
G. FaWeettremnkcd hodidn’t think
that theiéwchcrc‘ .w "
the Washington meet brldce. 3.33:
demeanor: .
a.
mously’to, bollsh the formal final, ~
CITY COUNCIL
HAS A BUSY
SESSION
Acts on Many Matters
——Street Lights and
Sewers Come up for
‘Action -
TAXES ON BOAT
David Deckson 'Asks
Abatement — D o e s
not Own Craft——
._ Printing City Char-
ter
Several matters were brought be-
fore the meeting of the Common
Council last. evening in the City Hall.
‘All of the members of the Council
'werc present when the meeting was
called to order by Mayor Thomas
Robins.
After the minutes of the previous
F’mcetlng had been read the Treasur-
er’s and Auditor's reports were read
and upon a. motion of Councilman
Pohlman were accepted.
A letter from David Dickson of
East Norwalk stating that he had
been paying taxes on a boat. for a.
number of years that he did not
own and asking abatement of the
taxes was turned over to the Cor—
poration Counsel.
Councilman Riordan reported that
the sewer in Raymond Terrace had
been completed and asked that a
Board of Freeholdch be appointed
to lay assessments against the prop-
erty in that street for the sewers.
The recommendations of Councilman
Riordan were carried out and Mayor
Robins stated that. he would appoint
a. Board at a later date.
Councilman Riordan stated that
he had asked for bids on the con-
structlou of the sewer ln Laurel
street and that he had received the
following bids: Chaim». “'estport.
$1.473; s. Charlott.’ $1,670.25: '1'. 14‘.
F0 or and (2 finale. $1,915.90; II.
#44213. $1.92 5.-
ol Councilmnil Riordan..th‘e contract
was awarded to E. Chappa or “Fest-
port, the. lowest bidder.
Councilman Taylor in reporting
on light: stated that the application
of Louis Marine for the installation
of a street light in \Vindsor place had
been gone over by A. L‘. \Vinchester
and himself. that the aplieation had
been acted upon favorable and that
the light would be installed. lie said
that the application of \‘Villiuni A.
Semplo for a'strcct light in Evcrsley
avenue had not been allowed as it
was found that the place where the,
light was needed was in the Fifth
District.
Councilman Frizzell reported that.
he had asked for bids on the dis-
carded fire trucks of the fire depart-
ment and that he had not received
any. lie stated that he made arrange-
ments to sell the trucks for the sum
of $60. ‘
Councilman Benton said that he
had asked for tentative bids on the
printing of the City Charter and
Ordinances from five concerns and
that their prices had run from $7.25
to $8.20 per page for 5,000. He
stated that this would give some
idea. as to What the cost, would be
of having the City Charter and the
Ordinances printed and put in book
form.
Mayor :ohins ’statcd that he
thought that something should be
done along these lines and appointed
the following Ordinance committee
to go over the books and see just
what was to be printed: John R.
Frizzcll. M. J. Riordan, Lewis Pugh.
1:. M. \Volfe, Thomas James. .
Mayor Ilobins appointed the fol-
lowing committee to set a building
line in Belden avenue: John Milne,
Edward Finnegan and C. B. Kuhn.
A letter was received from resi-
dents 01 Woodward avenue asking
that this street be re-numbcred as
the vacant lots were not included
in the present layout. A motion was
made that. this matter be turned
over to Councilman Pugh, but City
Clerk Robinson stated that the City
Charter states that all work along
this line shall he done by .10 Police,
Highway and Fire committees. The
matter was turned over to these
committees.
A petition was read from residents
of Fairfleld Park asking that catch
basins and drains be placed in that
section as the water remained in the
streets several days after a. rain.
Councilman Pohlmau stated that the
condition in that section was poor
and made a; motion that the matter
be turned over to the Committee on
Streets with power totact,
Councilman James in making a.
report on the appointment of a
Plumbing Examining Board. recom-
mended that the same board be ap-
pointed as last year. His recommen-
dations were carried out and the
-following)were appointed to serve
on the board: Richard Dean; wu-
liam Star and Edward Voorhecs.
_ The matter at appointiiig a Board
of Electriml Examiners was laid on
the table until next meeting as no
steps hhd~beengrtaken 'as-yet to'ln-
vaunted”; matter; ~ - ~ I
f. . An While]: t? “and tile open.-
*issued during the year
Liwu the Justice
mm
museum
*' ‘SDURINGYEAR
N orwalk, Ninth in Pop-
ulation in State, is
Fifth in New Con-
struction ‘
'lIUBBELL REPO‘RT
Shows Growth of City
‘—-—W‘ants Permit
F e e s Abolished —
Needs Bigger Force-
a
According to the report of Build-
ing Inspector Hubbcll. which was ac-
cepted by the Common Council at
its meeting last evenllfg. 850 build-
ing permits. at an estimated cast
of $2,434,603 for construction. were
just past.
Fees to the amount of 33,123 were
taken in duringthc year.
Building Inspector Hubbell stated
this morning that he thought that
the building record in Norwalk for
last year would compare favorably
with‘ that of any other city its size
in the country. Norwalk stands
fifth among the cities of the state in
the cost of new buildings for last
in
year, although it ranks ninth
population.
Inspector Hubbcll's report fol-
lows:
Gentlemen: The report of the of-
ficc of Building Inspector for the
month of December and summary for
the year 1928, is as follows:
During the month 65 building per-
mits'wcrc issued for construction es-
timated to cost $126,394. Thirty-
two permits were for fresidenccs.
twentymix for garages and seven for
store additions. Fiftydliree plumb-
ing permits and sixty~elght electri-
cal permits were also issued.
Summary for the year:
New buildings and additions. 850
permits. estimated cost. $2.434.-
603.00: plumbing installations. S30
pcrmitsg estimated cost. $277,837.00;
Electrical installations. 808 permits.
estimated cost. $112.l82.00. Total.
$2,824,622.00. Total amount of fees
received. $3.123. _ ~
According to the 1320 census
Nor-walk ranks the ninth city of the
state in population. but actually
stands fifth in cost of new building
construction. as reported in the
National Building Survey;- armatur-
ther tore, the larger cities. with
en t men the much, report only
0‘1 50 per ccnl. more expenditure
to:- new construction: indicating phe-
nomenal growth and enterprise for
Nor’walk.
Attention is called to the fact. that
it has been impossible for a one-
nlai‘. building department to Salis-
faclurily handle all this work.
From four to six hours a day are
required to receive applications, ex-
amine plans, issue permits and take
care of other routine office work.
The daylight hours remaining are
insufficient in which to adequately
cover the inspection work and make
necessary tests. \"hile inspections
are being made the office has to be
closed. causing inconvenience and
trouble to those having business
there. Since early last. spring be-
tween four and five hundred jobs
of various kinds have constantly
been under way and there can be
no doubt of the necessity of more
thorough inspection than is possible
under present conditions.
A year's experience with the
Building Code as now in force, has
developed the need for amendment.
It is proposed to submit for your
consideration shortly, changes in
the plumbing and electrical regula-
tions.
'The present fire limits area, which
includes all that part of the city in-
side the Fifth district, is too large
and should be restricted to the
closely built up sections of the city.
It is understood the Zoning Comnlis—
sion .has this matter under consid-
eration. '
Personally the writer would like
to see all permit fees abolished and
the department supported from a
general fund. The builder of a. home
or any other enterprise should be
given all the encouragement possi-
ble and the idea. of slapping on a
tax, however small, before he can
start somethingthat is going to be a
benefit and constant source of in-
come to the city. seems wrong and
;S‘ a. discouragement. It. has been
given up in most cities.
It would probably cast: $8,000 a.
year to run the building department
as well as our neighbors do theirs,
but this should not increase the gen-
eral tax. owing to the increase in im-
proved property.
.In.conclusion, grateful apprecia-
tion IS expressed to all for kind co-
operation.
GEORGE S. HUBBELL.
Building Inspector.
Old V_Vell Commandery
Officers Install
a
The newly elected emcers of the
Old Well Commander-y, U. 0. G. C.
No. 956, were installed last night.—
Guests were present from, the
Bridgeport. Danbury and Wilford
commanderies.
Following the installation a. tur-
key supper was served. Dancing
was also enjoyed.
The new officers are: Noble Com-
mander. Lady Gibbs; vice-noble
knight. J. Barker: prelate. Lady
Nettle Ackerlyfworthy herald; Lady
Maine Router: warder ot the inner
gate, Lady F. Stevens: Wendel-of the
outer sate. Kn ht I. Hazlitt; keep-
er of , lady W'Kelt:
financialvkeeper of accords. Wit.
Moffitrmr Judy Moistur-
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Rowayton
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Richard H. Golden is
Re-elected President
So. Norwalk Trust Co.
At a. meeting or the stock holders
of the South Nor-walk Trust com-
pany held in the director’s room
yesterday afternoon Richard H.
Golden was rc-elected president:
Charles E. Hoyt was re—clccte'l acc-
rgtary and treasurer and Spencer S.
Adams was re-namcd asfir is lit
treasurer. Joseph 1!. Taylor was
elected vice-president. He suc-
ceeds the late Edwin O. Kecler.
' Douglas E. Nash was named a
trustee filling the vacancy caused by
Mr. Kecler‘s death. All the other
trustees were re—clectcd. They are
Richard H. Golden. Joseph R. Tay-
lor, David H. Miller, Charles E.
Hoyt. Andrew J. Collins, Edwin S.
Thomas. J. Irving Dibble and Nev-
ille Bayley.
The City National Bank also held
a. stock holders meeting yesterday
afternoon. The personnel to that
organization remains unchanged.
The officers are: Henry 5. Lock-
wood. president, Frederick H. How-
an, vice-president and C. 0. Fitch.
cashier. The directors are: Henry S.
Lockwood, Christian Swartz, J. “’al-
lace Marvin. John H. Light, Fred-
erick H. Rowan. Lewis R. Llu‘lbutt.
Thomas C. Cavanagh, Samuel 31. Al-
ter and Charles Fable.
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the National Rank
of Norwalk held yesterday aft irrioou
the following Board of Directors
were re-electcd: D. XV. Fitch. ,J. l".
Treadwell, A. C. Wheeler. ‘3'. C.
Ilaur. George 1.. “\Voodward. A. I‘.
Malkin, \V. L. Olsen. M. R. McCaus—
land and Henry P. Price. The elect-
tion of ocficcrs will take place next
Tuesday.
$186,102 l0Sr—
lN—llNES HERE
DURING YEAR
Chief Bogardus’ Re-
‘ port Shows Depart.
ment Answered 227
l Gauge—Other _Fir e
Data '
In the report of the Chief of thct
Fire Department. George “I Bogar-
dus for the past year, made at. the
vmccting of thct City Councu last
evening. it was stated that. during
the past year that the Fire Depart-
ments of all districts in the City
responded to a total of 2:27 tires. and
during that time used a total of 2.-
270 gallons of chemical. The total
number of hours 'vcn to fighting
tires is listed in thcgkport as 159.25.
Buildings and their contents,
where the fires occurred dur’rg the
year were valued at $3,519,570.00
and the loss on these buildings and
contents is estimated at 318610220.
Insurance paid on these losses am-
ounted to $167,783.55. making a
total loss over insurance paid of
36.064.10. Most of this loss is ow-
ing to the fact. that insurance was
not carried.
The value of the motor fire ap-
paratus is given at $36,345. This
list incluf’s the new pumper. three
hose carts and chemical cars. two
ladder trucks fully equicpcd. one
Ford service truck and the Chief's
car.
An inventory of the equipment in
the First District. gives the “Linea!
the Fire fighting equipment at 335,-
916.85. in the Second District 327.-
679.75 and in the Third District 93.-
836.
It is stated in the report that the
fire alarm system during the past
year. has received many needed im—
provements. In the Third District
the system has been rewired and one
new box has been install:d. Chic.r
Rogardus recommends that the
three systems be centralized so that
the fire alarms will register i:- all
stations. '
Total expenditures for the year
are given at $61,181.30. There is
at the present time and unvxpcrded
balance of $255.74. The sum of $150
of this unexpendcd amount. was ob-
tained for the use of the pumping
engine.
Home Brew Refuse
Filling City’s Sewers
WORCESTER. Mass" Jan. 9—-
Mash from which home brew and
moonshine arc manuflctured. is
clogging the sewer mains of Wor-
cester with surprising frequency
and eflectiveness, Superintendent of
Sewers Ralph G. Liugley declares.
He says this evil is fast becoming
acute in thickly populated settions
of the city. particularly'through the
east side.
In some instances where the
moonshine industry is flourishirg the
refuse fills manholes and even
reaches the street . level. through
catch basins. On Mayelte Street:
Mr. Lingley said. one manhole re-
cently overflowed. with mash which
had been dumped into the sewer
through sinks. bath tubs and other
receptacles connected with the sewer
mains. Fermentation of yeast. rc-
xuae in heaps of accumulated mash
is; the sewers adds to the emu-give-
new! of the odor given at. when
such a clogging takes place team!-
” rut fights com.
For, Felice Force
PRICE THREE CENTS; .
__
Request 7
by ,Mayo‘rif”
Mr. Robins and Conn...“
cil Decide to Refer}
Matter to Mr. Cuneeé
for Decision .. .3... .
ONE POLICE FORCE.
Mayor Declares he hadi' '.
Plan for Protectioi‘tg
of Fifth District ‘
Considerable discussion arosa at.
the Council meeting last evening“-
vvhen a petition was presented Halt}
ing for permission to form constabu-i;
lary in Itowayton. The petitionvtag
signed by 1255 residents of that seen:
tion. i
\Vhen 't was presented, a motto _,
was ma e by Councilman Pohlma 3 '
that. it. be turned over to the Cor-cf
poratlon Counsel so that the leaf:
ity of the matter might be inquired?
into. and a. report made at the next;
meeting. ~-— .
Councilman Benton declared theft 5,
he had gone over the matter with.
the Corporation Counsel and had
found out that the Mayor and Counv'o
cil could appoint such a. body. 39'
then read from the City Charlen-i
section which states that the Mayor
shall be head of the police Depart-
ment and that he shall have the right'
to appoint special officers if he shall
see fit. He stated that they ward
doing this in other citiesgnd cited
instances in Newark, Battle Creek.
Yonkers. and Mt. Vernon. He said
he had a letter from Mary McCrane
of liarbor View. complaining about
her house being burglarized and (hue
several such cases had occurcd it;
Rowayton during the past year.
Mayor Robins. in speaking on the‘
subject. stated that he did not want‘
to criticize but that he had received
no requests as yet from residents of
that section or any other section of
the city. asking that he help pre-,
serve peace and harmony. l ,
He said further: 3 ‘
"I think that the matter should .
be referred to the Corporation Coun»:
cil and that we should receive bk
advice upon SUch an important rant-g
ter. The Charter of our City '
that we shall only have one Pollcol
Department and that it may be vol-l
unteer another-wise. If any owed
or the law in this city had failed to
do his duty when called upon;-
chargcs should be preferred mm _
him.h - -3
. "I hate plans-at the present,
that I am working on for the p
tection of the Fifth District. 1’
think that it is up todhe Mayor
make any recommendaions along
these lines. 1 am willing to wot-k.
with the committee of cifizcna 0,:
any section. creed or color. is
"If necessary. I will send an 9519'
cer in answer to any call that} max
receive for police. I am also will—
ing to talk the matter over with I; g.
committee by calling a, special meeto
ing. but I think that all of the pop‘
'licc work should be under one head"
not three or four." ;
“In going into this matter wt
must take its course into considerate
lion. There is no big hurry to
this matter along as there is no
more crime today in our city thnn
there was previous to this period. All»
that I ask is that the president at
the Fifth District be patient and
they will receive protection.” 5
The opinion of Corporation Counc
citl John Cuneo was asked on th.
mater. He stated that. he thoué‘li;
that Councilman Benton had made 6
little mistake when he said that tag
Corporation Counsel had stated t9
him that a Constabulary pellet
would be legal. He added that
was outside the City Charter
that it could not. be done. He .. .
that the Mayor had the right us~
present names to the High Sharia;
asking that he appoint certain mu: _
as special deputies. .-_
Councilman Benton said that 116
had understood the Corporation-
Counsel and that the Protective As—
sociation, in forming. had made it C
point to avoid calling the men can-"1
stables. He asked the mayor l! h. '
had considered the fact that 20 pan!
of eyes would help to keep order In
that district. Councilman Bentoi
had the men who an: to been.
members stand up. so that the Conn.
cil could see what type 01 men had.
been picked. Ile asked for an eafrli‘
consideration of the matter.
Mayor Robins stated that he be-
lieved that the morals 0! our city,
should be taken care of but that It.
had not received any calls that word
out of the ordinary since be A
been in office. Ile said that he and
think that it would look very g
to have it. broadcasted that we
to have a. volunteer police force, 1‘
large as our paid police department.
to keep order in our city. »
Councilman Frizzell stated that M
was glad that Councilman Bent“!
had asked the candidates to appett
so that the Council could look their
over, as he had noticed three med
among them who worked in Nam:
York and were there the greats;
part of the time.
Clinton B. Rowland asked if
citizen should be heard on the mat-
ter.
In answer )Iayor Robins dated
that. the regular representatives Q‘.
the district had presented the m
ter and that he did not think v 3
it was necessary to prwcnt ft m
but that it there were two or
present who wa'nted to be heard.
was willing if the council was. »
Councilman Riordan stated
the action of that body depended
on the opinion or the Corn-
Counsel. and that he did not
that there was any. need of ..
speaking until it had been in
gated by the Corporation Counsel.
-'I'h‘e matter was then reforms!
the Corporation Counsel for up ,»
pert. cube next regain meet!"
nip cm, 7 - > 7 .
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Norwalk Chronicler