Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-21
BOARD OF TRADES PLAN.

the Tax Revision Committee-A Letter From General Manager MeIIen.
 The board of trade held another inn portant meeting last evening, to further consider the subject of taxation. The committee appointed at it's last meeting to confer with the different authorities concerning the solution of this trouble some question reported as follows: To the President and Members of the
 Board of Trade:
 At a" meeting held in the board of trade rooms Friday, May 13, 1899, the following vote was passed:
 "That the president appoint a com- mittee of three to wait upon the mayor, supervisors of the tax revision com mittee or others for information or sug- gestions as to the best method for getting at the correct solution of this matter and to report at an adjourned meeting of this board.
 "Your committee would respectfully report that after giving the matter a goed deal of thought and having talked with the selectmen, the district com mittee, the mayor and the tax revision committee, and with number of large taxpayers all of whom seem to be in- terested in the subject of tax revision, and having met with the boards or chairmen of the above named boards at Q WCOIAuS Ac1u HI tlO Sc1OCOAu0uH O1QC0 Thursday evening where the matter of equal taxation and the best manner to proceed to accomplish that end was dis cussed and talked over, have unani- mously arrived at the following con- clusion:
 "Errors obviously exist in the present valuation of property in the town and city of Waterbury. We believe that if a committee was appointed by the board of trade to act with all of the boards above mentioned the matter of a more equal valuation of the property could be arrived at by taking the list which was made by the tax revision committee, adjusting its discrepancies and adopting it so far as approved, thus arriving at valuation which might be a very great assistance to the board of assessors if not adopted as a whole by them. We therefore recommend that a committee of three be appointed from this board to act with committees from the board of selectmen, the city govern ment, the district committee of the center district and one member of the tax revision committee, and that the ex- pense of the work be shared equally by the town, city, center school district and board of trade. We believe that taking the work of the tax revision committee as basis the list which we have recommended can be made at an expense estimated to be under five hun dred dollars (500.)
 SAMUEL P. WILLIAMS,
 HENRY l.. WADE,
 THOMAS KELLY.
 Committed.
 This report was accepted by the board. Mir Williams on behalf of the committee stated that it was their opinion that the board of trade should pay its share of the expense in arriving at the equaliza- tion of taxes, so much desired by that body, and he was of the opinion that the work could be gone over again for $500.
 MT Wade said that the town, city and school authorities, had shown a dis position to cooperate with the board in any reasonable action looking to the elimination of any errors made by the tax revision committee, and now that the board had proved its good faith, it remained with these authorities to do their part by appointing committees to act in concert with them.
 The chairman was instructed to re- port the names of the committee from the board of trade, at the next meeting, to act with the town, city and school committees, if such be appointed.
 Secretary Sawyer read the following self explanatory communication from General Manager c. S. Mellen of the New York 6 New England road:
 "Your favor of the 7th, enclosing resolution by the board of trade, was duly received, but owing to my un- avoidable absence west, has not re- ceived attention.
 "The train referred to will be discon- tinued upon the issue of our new time card on Monday next, and this decision was arrived at only after a most careful examination of the earnings and ex- penses of the train and the necessity of the road to seriously curtail it's expenses.
 eve have no disposition to reduce the service upon any part of our system that pays, or anywhere near pays it's ex- penses, and the decision to discontinue the train in question was arrived at only after most careful examination of our records showing the expenses of the train and our income from the same.
 tFI regret my absence, because I would have been pleased to have met a committee of your board, and believe an exchange of views would have been of benefit to both you and myself, but as already stated, my absence from the city has prevented any conference up to the present time and it is now too late for one.
 ssI beg to assure you it is our desire to give your city all the accommodation we can find auy excuse for, consistent with our duties to our security holders, and the position we are in necessitates action looking to reduction in our ser vice all over the road in every direction, and the reduction in the train service was decided on only after about every other means of economy had been ex. hausted." Yours truly,
 c. s. MELLEN.
 It was the general opinion that the officials did not fully understand the in convenience that Waterbury people were put to by the removal of these trains. Suggestions were also made that the railroad commissioners should be ap- piled to, for an order to again put on these traina No further action was taken on tho matter.