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SOUTH NORWALK.}CONN.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1926.
‘ 4—-—--t we
Soon
on Sport Page
The Weather
l
Probably snow tonight and Thurs-
day. Rising temperature tonight and
on the mast Thursday.
Two Propositions Dis-
; cussed and Meeting
it if ‘Adjourns Subject to
Call of Chairman
COMMITTEE NAMED
Sharp Conflict Among
' Citizens 0n Suitable
Location for Struc-
ture When Approved
John D. Milne. chairman of last
night's First District meeting. ap-
pointed Emile Hamming. president
of the Central Fairfioid Trust com-
pany: Attorney Edward J. Quinlan
and the three First District Commis-
sioners. Edward .J. Finnegan. Wal-
lace Dann and himself. as the com-
“. mittee to work with the committee
from the Common Council to con-
sider the matter of a municipal
building in the Eli-st District.
‘ The meeting last night was at-
tended by over 100 people. who vot~
ed fol-issue.“ up tawtbmcébmitm
to discuss the two plans presented
last night. .
Milne Chosen
, Last night's meeting was attend-
ed by over 100 pegple and it was a
lively one. Charles H. Dllworih nom-
inated John D. Milne as chairman of
the meeting after District Commis-
gsioner‘Edwai-d Finnegan called the
meeting to order.
Chairman Milne started the dis-
cussion by saying that he believed
the people all wanted to retain a
police station in the First District
where there would be 24 hour
patrols and men available quickly
uwhen needed. He also said that he
Was positive that the police station
would stay uptown following a talk
he had with some of the Council-
men and Mayor Thomas Robins.
"He said thatjie had the word of the
Mayor and Councilmen that the
' station would stay in the First Dis-
trict. He then told of the two plans
that had been brought up
. before the District Commissioners.
Two Plans Proposed
The first was a plan drawn by
Frank Harper Bissell for a building
to be erected over the Not-walk river
at the foot. of Main street.
_ The second was a plan offered by
Mrs. J .R. Bray of Second Hills.
FEut Norwalk. to be erected on
Commerce street next to the Town
Assembly Building and nearly oppo-
site from the present police station.
Rummier’s Position.
AlexARummier was strongly op-
“posed to erecting a municipal build.
ing over the river. Mr. Rummler
suggestedlihat the south side of Wall
street should be widened and that
additional space be used for parking
purposes. He said: :‘It will increase
the value of property across the
street. Some day a large depart.
ment store will be built there and
the parking space will make it more
valuable. Some have said that the
river is unsightly and this space
should be blocked. The people who
have made 'it so should hang their
heads in shame. It should not be
so.” .
7 Kent Waste Space left.
Harvey M. Kent was also opposed
to the‘closing up of the Norwalk
river some point in the center. He
said. “This breathing space in the
city is ofsome value. It is one of
‘ the old landmarks. By stretching
your imagination you can look back
’ and see Indians coming up the river
in stances.“ Thls_.ha‘ppened probably
ever 300 vantage."
' Plans
The plans'ii presented by Mr. Bis-
seli would luciude'a' police station.
Water Commisloner‘soillco and rest
room on the first floor. A court
the second floorwlth the. third floor
for an assembly ball. A basement
could be suspended under the street
the police jail and store
The also of this building
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«or; “ a .1
destroyed.)
room. with-three ofiioes would be on,
Sanitary Inspector R. 3‘. Benjamin
in his report to the Common Council
last evening urges the erection of a
municipal slaughter house in Nor-
walk. _
lie states in the report that san-
itary conditions in Norwalk have im-
proved very much during the past
few months.
The report which was accepted by
the Council follows:
In accordance with existing regu-
lations. Sanitary Report for the
month of December. 1915. is tend-
ered herewith: .
Number public toilets inspected.
iii—found in bad order and correct-
‘dr 1!) ’
Number meat ‘markets inspected.
at (including reinspections.)
Number grocery stores inspected.
do. - .
Number restaurants inspected. 6.
Number ice cream plants inspect-
ed. 1.
Number of slaughter houses in-
spected. t. ’
The following is a list of live stock
killed and inspected during the
it ;* impacted. 8!” head.
" “"‘t were M ‘ do
food in bologna. 8 contained par-islet
viscera that were condemned and
Number calves inspected. to head.
(Of' this number. 5 were rejected
owing to age or weight.)
Number swine inspected. 9 head——
all passed. , 1‘
Butchcring Schedules. . ‘
Owing to the fact that. slaughter
house killing inspection was insti-
tuted during the current month.
your inspector's time has been great-
ly taken up perfecting the most ef-
240 [Files ? in ~
There were. 240 firesVla Norwalk
during the- year of 1935.1ccording
to the 12th annual report ‘of “Fire
Chief George W. Bo’gerdus. accepted
by the Common Council.‘at its meet-
ing. last evening. » ‘ " ' ‘
The report. shows that 76 of these
fires of the past year. that of'tho
in the Second district and ii in the
Third district. . .
A total of 43.900 feet ofvhose. 2.-
787 feet of ladder and 8.825 gallons
of chemical were used to fight these
fires. .
The total loss by fires amounted
to 36.146.125 of which 38.987.650
was covered by insurance. '
Graffic accounts of the two big
tires of the past year. tba tof the
Norwslk Coal and Supply Co. and
the C. & K. lint Co.. Water street.
on April 25. andihat at tho Mer-
cantile Bldg. South Main street.
July 6. are given and emphasis is
placed on the necessity of turning
in alarms as soon as fires are dis-
covered. _ “
The report follows:
Twelfth annual report of the chief
of the fire department. file marshal
and superintendent .of fire alarm
telegraph for the year ending Aug-
ust crisis. ‘ ’ .
Headquarters of the Fire Depsrin
meat. Central Fire Station. Franklin
street. Norwalchnw ' _
To m- iIenor the Mayor and the
Honorable Court of Common Coun-
cil of the City of Norwallt.
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to present for
your condderatlon. my twelfth an-
nual report for the year ending Aug-
ust st. 1925. taclndod is [detailed
statement of urea. lane's. and insur-
ance of the department. together
with other data in connection with
the operation of the Fire doinrtment
is also included: , u ._.
Fire Commi-ionsh-‘dobb it. Fris-
ldll. . , . -
Chief of Department-insane W.
a I iv 1 . .
City Slaii ter House.
Is Uige'd by Benjamin
Inspection Difiicult Now When ‘Butcliering Is
Done in Three Places Oaname Day
Number bake shops inspected. s. .
vmsumiesn- from: he; sold during.
in 1925’, Robert Stays
Chief Points Out Two Bissau, 31.... Resulted
Because of'Delay iii-(Ringing Alarms '
Deputy Chief. First diaries—Wu; .
nclent schedqu at each of the
three slaughter houses maintained in
this city. '
Owing to the fact that all butch-
ering is done on the same day. at the
same time in each of these three
slaughter houses. a proiicient inspec-
tion is hard to obtain. With one
municipal slaughter house. such as
maintained in the adjoining cities of
Stamford and Bridgeport. a much
more proficient and satisfactory in-
spection could be made. At this
time I wish to stress the importance
of one central slaughter house for
the impaction of live stock and re-
spectfully to request that the ques-
tion of promoting and perfecting
such an institution be given serious
consideration ' by the Board 'of
Health.
Food Studs.
In establishments reinspcctod. a
noticeable improvement has been
made in the manner of conducting
the various businesses. Food and
foodstuifs are kept in. a more satis.
factory manner and the premises are
kdpt cleaner in comparison. . In but
a very fewinstances was it nocesoary,
tcvesll attention to a previous fault.
loft uncorrected. '1 ‘ ' “ ‘ ‘
city harshest: collected end-1 so
coc‘lttest made at the Staten Labora-
tories. Thu practice will maintain
until~everyfdeaior selling milk in
Nbl'wailt will have been given a sam-
ple test of milk sold. in this‘ man-
ner and byxinsisiance that the state
statutes 'g‘o‘visrniug the production
nudihsiidlii'i‘g‘oflmilk being sold .will
automatically insuroour residents of
a. better; grade of milk. if possible.
then, is. now produced- .
’ it. i". BENJAMIN
Sanitary Inspector.
Nor-walk
Mechanic—One. ,
Permanent Mon-28. .
‘ Volunteer Companies.
Phoenix Engine Co. ............ 1
Pioneer Book .1. Ladder Co. . . . . . 1
Hope Hose Co. 1
Old Well Hook d: Ladder Co. . . . . 1
Putnam HoseCo... ....... 1
Mayflower Hook. Ladder dz
Hose Co.
.............. 1
Total Companies .............., t
. “reefer-Yelp
FlrstDlstrict................. 'ld
BecondDistrlct ............... 123
ThlI’dDillflcf. noeeoeeassesesee ‘1
————
Total fires ................. 240
li‘estofllose Used.
First-District 11.450
Second District ".700
ThirdDistrict............. 7.750
Total Hose Used 43.900
il'ieotofLadder Used
First District 1.0“
Second District am
Third district m
Total Ladders Used . . . . . . . 2.78?
Gallonleemicel Used.
First Distidct‘............... 1.9:“!
Second District‘............. 1.184
Third District I“
.—---s
m... Chemical uses. ...... am
Value of Buildings and Contents
lites
, Occured.
lot Dist. value of bldg. .. 3 458.100
1st Dist. value of contents
8nd Dist..'valueof.bldg.
Ind Dist. value of contents
3rd Distu’vaiusiof bldg. . .
8rd Dist. value of contents
Total value of Bldg. and
treason
2.862.656
‘ school. and crushed. to the hospital.
. Tree Warden Error
119.060
49.800
, 25.2”
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casual. 85.140.135
Accident . Occurs in
School Yard-Boy Is
Picked 'Up by Prin-
.cipal
SLEDS comps
Is Rushed to Hospital——
Suffers Possible
. Fracture of the Right
Leg
Jared Stabell age 7. son of\liir3
and Mrs. Frederick Siabeil of High.
land avenue. received a. possible
fracture of the right leg while coast-
ing‘in the Rowayton school yards
this morning.
The accident occurred during the
modular: recess while a-number of
the children were coasting in the~
school yard. One of the boys. while
coasting. struckthe Siabellboy with
it sled andknoclted illmfdowmf
.122. . lmmlctedmo new
viina‘. Welcomes}: principal of the
where he was treated by Dr. Wh-
lism Tracey. Jr. _
Mrs. Wakeman stated that lht
mishap was accidental. She shill
that the pupils were allowed in
coast in the school yard. and that
they had been watched very cure-
fuliykto see that they did not t‘otlsi
-out‘ to the- roadway and into the
paths of automobiles, '
Corrected by Council
Henry Beaupain of Woodbury ave-
nue was appointed Tree Warden at
a special meeting of the Common
Council last evening.
He was appointed to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
his brother William F. Beaupain
of Lafayette Circle. .
William F. Besupaln was nominat-
ed for the office by the Republican
party and elected instead of his
brother Henry. who has been Tree
Warden for a number of years.
Exclusive : of Sewers
and Curbs—S t at e
Will ' Pay T h r e e
Fourths
The cost of paving East avenue.
amounted to $96,078.01, accordinl
to a report from. the State Highway
Department. read at the meeting of
tha‘ Common Council. last evening.
The‘nbove amount does not in-
clude the money expended by the
City in laying sewers and curbs.
The Connecticut Company must
pay a total of salts." to the We-
terbury Construction Comapny. eon-
tractors on the Job and to the State
Highway Department. =
The City must m $06,970.50 to
the Waterbury Construction. Com-
pany and ”autumn. . State
Highway Department for cement.
The state will pay three quarters
of the cost of the work. as 4 state
aid in the construction of iberoad.
.The,Common. council voted to
settle Cup.the matter with‘thc con-
struction company and the state. No
payments .have yot"beea made the
state on tbls‘aooountmnd “lists.”
in ductile possum, on company.
‘ knocking home of it down on Noff.
. woRKER HURT
Bridgeport Man Is Ta-
ken to Hospital'With
Possible Shoulder
Fracture
AUTO HITS ROPE
Steel B e a m Strikes
Wall and Debris
Falls at Krusch Gar-
age '
(um Nerf of lit Washington street.
Bridgeport. received a possible frac-
ture of the shoulder; while at work
on the garage of.\Villinm Kruseh.
Knight street. this morning. Neil
is employed by the Valentine Con-
struction company of Bridgeport.
A large steel girder was being put
in place. when one of the ropes at-
tached to it. was struck by an auto-
mchiie passing through 'Knight
street. .
The girder swung around and
struck the wall of the building.
who min working inside.
He was taken to the Norwaik hos-
pital in the ambulance where be war
treated by Dr. George w. Fawceit.
ills condition is not serious.
innnnn
unmeti
uuumnni
{Employee Sponsor En-
tertainment, Dinner,
Dance — John Cava-
nagh to Be There
In observance of the second anni-
versary in ‘its new East Norwalk
plant. the employee of Crofut and
Knapp will give a birthday party
tonight.
The committee in charge consists
of Robert Howard. Miss Margaret
Bough. Miss Louise Boll. Edward
Barrett. Al Joel. Arthur and Frank
Stack. Kenneth Fagan and Mathew
Burke.
The millinery department will
give a. dinner at 6:30 this afternoon.
The invited guests include Robert E.
Howard. John Famsworth. Frank
Stack. Gregory Riordan and Robert
Parker.
John Cavanegh. president of the
factory. will be on hand this eve-
ning. and as usual will be the center
of all activities.
Phoenix Engine Co.
’Eiects Its Oilicers
The annual meeting of the Phoe-
nix Engine company was held last
night in the Main street fire sta-
tion. Routine business was tran-
sacted and the following officers
elected:
Captain—Ernest Layden.
First flout—Frank Scuily.
Second Limb-William Helms.
Financial Secretary — Arthur
Weekes.
Recording Secretary —- John Mc-
Garrle. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
Treasurer—William Secor.
Captain ‘Layden will appoint the
various. committee menbera at the
next meeting. which will be bold
in February.
Chandler to Speak .
.Até'l‘rade ‘Bd.’ Meet
George 3.3 Chandler. executive
vice president of the Connecticut
Chamber of Commerce. will be the
speaker at the open meeting of the
Norwalh Board of rods. to be held
in the Elks I-Iorne Tuesday even-
me. January 36. His cubicct will be
"The Economic Future of Coaneeti-
Intoxicants Cause About
Two Fifths of Arrests
Out of 372 Seized During Past Six Months 143
Violated Liquor Laws
The Norwaik police department
made a total of 372 arrests during
the second hulf of 1925. according
to semi-annual report of Chief of
Police William R. Pennington. ac-
cepted by the Common Council. last
evening.
In 143 of the arrests. intoxicants
are given as the cause or as a
contributing factor.
The report follows:
Total Number of Arrests were 372.
Causes.
Intoxication. so; Intoxication and
Assault. iii; Intoxication and Breach
of ‘l’eaco, 18: Common Drunkard.
4: Assault. 26; Viplutlon Stale Auto
law. 12: Reckless Driving and
Speeding. 95: No Operator's License.
12: Operating under influence of ii.
quor. 17: Passing standing trolley
car. 5: Non-support of wire and
children. 12; ("arrying concealed
weapons. 6: Keeping disorderly
house. 3: lt‘renquenting disorderly
house, 8; Lascivious carriage, 6;
Evading responsibility, 6: Violating
Game and Fish law. 4: Soliciting. 2:
Violating Liquor law. 4: Transport-
ing Liquor. 3; Theft, 6: Theft of
Poultry. 4; Keeping gaming ma-
chines. 2; Burglary. 8; Violating
board of health rules. i: Manslaugh-
ter, 8: Murder. 2.
Disposition.
Paid, 204; Jail 26: Discharged. 14:
Sentence suspended. 20; Continued
from day lo day. 30; Nollcd. 11;
Pending. 20; Bonds forfeited, 10-.
On Probation. 6; Out of town par-
ties. 13; Annealed. 15: Doors found
opened. 123: Lost children restor-
ed to parents. 6; License received
from public pool rooms. 14. $140.00;
License received from junk dealers.
70. $50.00; Renewals for revolver
permits. $22.50; Turned over to City
Treasurer. $212.50.
Will. R. I’ENNINGTON
Chief of Police.
AUDITORS' FOR
TAX?» RECEWTS
ARE SELECTED
Books —— Work Will
Begin Soon
tWork on the. audit of the Tax
Collecior's books will be started in
the near future.
The recommendations of the au-
dit committee. made at the regular
meeting of the Common Council last
evening, were to the effect that the
audit be confined to the books of
the Tax Collector and that the con~
tract for this work be awarded to
the firm of Hadfleid. Rothwell and
Souls of Hartford.
These recommendations were sc-
repted and the contract will be sign-
ed.
Slot Machine Motion
To Be Heard Tuesday
The. hearing on the motion to dis-
solve the injunction allowing the use
of slot machines in Norwalk,
scheduled to come up Friday in the
Court of Common Pleas. Bridges
port. has been continued until next
Tuesday. at which time it will be
heard before Judge Frederick Hux-
ford.
“POST
General Manager of St.
George Paper Co.—
Was Sold by Father
to N. Y. World
Charles A. Murphy. general man-
ager of the. St. George Pulp and
Paper Company's mill in this city.
has resigned his position to become
effective between Feb. 1 and 16.
Mr. Murphy will announce his
new connections at the. time his re-
signation goes into effect. His new
position willbe in New York City.
it was learned today.
Mr. Murphy has been employed
at the local mill for the past 10
years. going into the mill when it
was owned by his father. E. G. Mur-
phy, who later sold it to the New
York World.
Many of the labor saving devices
at the mill were installed under the
direction of "Chic" ‘Murphv.
COASTING ORDERED STOPPED
ON THE COUCH STREET BIL!
The South Norwalk police receiv-
ed a. complaint about boys coasting
on the Couch street hill last evening.
Patrolman Henry Webb ordered the
coasting stopped.
issued during the year.
of 192‘ and'a decrease of fill in
log ordinance. should be appointed.
The report in full follows:
The Honorable Mayor and Council.
City of Norwalk. Conn.
Gentlemen:—
New Building Values Gain
$668,959 During Past Year
Annual Report of Inspector Hubbell Shows Im-
pressive Increase in Norw‘aik Construction-
W
Building permits issued by Building Inspector George S. Hubbell
during the year of 1936 total 83.660586 according to-his report ac-
cepted by the Common Council. at its meeting. last evening.
A total of 2.022 building. electrical and plumbing permits were
The report shows an increase of 8668.959 in value over the permits
number of permits granted.
According to Building Inspector Hubbeli. a building code commis-
sion to revise the construction and plumbing sections of the local build-
January 2nd. 1926.
The report for the office of Building. Inspector for the month of
December and summary for the year 1926. is as follows:‘
During the month at building permits were issued for construction
estimated to cost "88.185. an increase of ”nuts over the November
record and ”98.555 over December. 1024.
Summary for the Month. ‘
PRICE THREE CENTS
munitions
T0 ‘REORGANIZE’
‘ POthi_FORCE
A d o p t s Councilman
Tallmadge’s Resolu-
tion for Precinct Sta-
tion in First District
VOTE UNANIMOUS
Mayor Robins Will
Have Committee to
Consider New Police
Arrangement
Norwalk's police force will be re-
organized. A motion to this effect
was made by Councilman Stanley
Taiiniadge and passed at the regular
meeting of the Common Council.
held in the Council Chambers. lust
evening.
The motion also stated that suit.
able quarters should be found in
the First District. for a police, sla-
tion.
Councilman 'I‘allmudge stair-cl that
by a. police station in the. First
District. that he referred to a pre-
cinct station. which ‘would mean
that there would be no coils in the
uptown elation and that all business
would'ba done through Central
headquarters. ’
The letter from Arthur ’l'erris
asking that the First District police
headquarters be vacated by Febru-
ary or March i. at the latest who
accepted and the quarters will be
vacated.
The committee of three to be ap-
pointed for the reorganization of the
department will report back at the
next meeting of the Common Coun-
cil.
Guns Predicts Siiukcup.
When Police Committeeman Ed—
ward M. Guns was questioned fol.
lowing the meeting. as to what the
motion meant. he said that it would
mean a general shake-up of the
departmenf and that many changes
would he made. He hinted that
there might be some promotions and
some demotions and that the beats
of the policemen would be changed
around and patrolmen working in.
the downtown section would be
transferred to the First District and
the First District men would be
transferred to South Norwaik.
Mayor Thomas Robins said after
the meeting that the committee
would be appointed in the near fu—
ture and that it would start its
.work of reorganization immediately
after. He added if it was necessary
to calla special meeting of the
Council to hear the report and re-
commendations of the Council, he
would do so.
Outsiders Suggested
‘The Mayor hinted that additions
might be made to the police force
of persons from other cities; This
he would not verify when question-
ed.
Six members of the Council prel
sent when the motion was passed
and all voted in favor. They were:
Edward M. Gena. ’I‘owars Hamilton.
Robert Oliver. Stanley Tallmadge.
Clarence Buttery and John A. Mills.
Councilman Herbert 0. Pollard had
been excused earlier in the eve-
ning and Councilman Harry Mather
was not present when the meeting
was called to order. '
QUINLAN SPEAKS
0N CITIZENSHIP .
AT CENTER HIGH
Attorney Edward J. Quinlan
spoke on “Kiwanis and Citizenship"
at the assembly of all the students
at Center Junior High school this
morning. Mr. Quinlan emphasized
the idea of self-expression.
Mr. Quinlan told of the work that
the Kiwanis did in organizing the
school baseball league last year and
how the club hoped to further the
interest in sports during the winter
season. .
oFlVE YEARS AT IT
and not done yet—for you still have
the family washing to do next week
and the next. Why not turn that
Job over to Brophy's Laundry—
You'll be amazed at how much hap-
,.:%>..A..,.. ,. ._ my.
Item I. Powell. . ;
Deputy Chief .Becond district I-
Charles A.
Insurance airbase and
«romaine. on biog. .. s tram
New buildinga and additions so permits. cstima'tedcost 'ussasaoo
. . , I
Plumblns installations s: permits. estimated cost "134,047.00 9'" u" “"1 59°01"! . The W N
out and New England."
‘ charged will prove to be money well
M,
r
automobile show will
5"
soon to start on the sport page. of
SENTINEL.
i3 V ‘
Veils. , l, ' f
annuity lot. This! iii-um “- :m 1min“. ”mum“ r: 000 Norwa‘iirs . com""‘sct.\'o Electrical installations 5's permits. estimated cost 1 scene
macs ‘, a . w " surnames. mater. .. 1.2mm open osj fro in the .Ar- The many friends of Mrs. Edison * ._... ’ ......'___...‘. mfi'fiom g;;""nd“?§u,.:“§l‘,',““;‘:
Hm Madden mm glad. Diablna‘on .ents :.iu.800 ‘? ' _ p 1 '1‘. Harris. ”who has been seriously Total ......... ill permits. estimated cost "29.62030 calledpfor —Adva , '
Chief,“ Donna‘s“. Bradford Wilton 1. .. 88.70! ' ”will rudder ill at. her home. 15 Taylor avenue. ‘ ,e‘unnnary for the y... "a, > ' ' 2
fire 11.1” ., «by? . local Willbepleasod.“ know that she has New buildings and ,sdditions' . 813 permits. estimated cost 33.193.733.00 -"Biliy Lauder-”s Own Column" i
Tahiti. -' superintendent pg
mm!“ on 'Cdbtentg
Dew”. Chiefs-Three. h '
M‘W
‘ “3"”. 370,497.00
reco‘ ‘ vered from her illness Plumbing installations 308 permits. estimated cest
his to receive visits from , . - -
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