Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-12
THE MAYORS MESSAGE.
A WELL WRITTEN AND INTEREST,"
 ING PUBLIC PAPER.

Mad River Water Snpply-Believes in
 Tax Revision.
 Following is ths inaugural message which Mayor D. F. Webster rctd to the council Monday night.
 I0 He Honordblp H,e Court ot' Co,nmon Council
 cf Hr CUy of Waterbury:
 Another pros Sperous wear iS past, with mills und fA" uTiuS busy, aud buildings multiplied in every section to meet the demands of the Increasing population. No less has the en- tire country bAen favored m unsurpassed crops, for which there is q ready maI ket. The result of the general prosperity will be an tlditonal impetus t. business, which should conunu" many years. Fms means for the city d continuance of it's increase in business, w"a th lnd population more rapid than ever 'cI"r", W&Irh Will nr,'t ~sItatr lLrgrr eXpendi- lur"s for running expenses aud p"rma- nrnt lmpt OVrmrnt-. To make these eXpen- dlturCS wisely, without cNtraval;ance or fool isl rrrnOmN, i~ not a light or easy task, re- Quirin1 pHtinni investigation, free discussion and int"rChnnIr of oIlulonS with others ln- t"rrs;cd, and thr h Il est purpose, which heltcv" animat"- Us HU tn nct fnr the best in t"rcstS ui those W" represent. ask your ut- G'utIon 10 some of th" n'ttters that Wii re- quir" cousideriItlon nr.i acton on your pnrt dutiuE your term of Uld.".
 Tu" il"7' Hn most lmI' 'rtHnt is concerning our l,namciai r,ndi'I Br the courtesy of the "n'lll"r l ;,m ahl" give you approXi- utnl,jy il'' amount ui .nr clty's debts and crcins. When tr" ll:Ul reports are made several of Inc items will be changed. but will not, think, mttrrl4lly change results.
 The 'ndcd indebtedness of the city Is as follows:
 Water iunds, frs, series. s......... S19O, ,OO0 co Water bonds, 9""and series. ..... 10000 co Sewer s....................... Sj 900 co CIy s1i buds, rity'a on"-haf.... 2O.O00 %
 Toth s3G5 ,OOo % Less amount il stuljog fund,
 "~Im1t d.... .-......... ...... Si,450 %
 Nr: hond,d indebtedness. ...... S28O, ,55O %
 C"riHtt iinhlIIli'~ and aS-"s.
 LIABILITIES.
 Unpnd vrd.Is outstanding ......S 28, ,431. .75 T"mr"raTy loans. .................. 2O4 900 % Water bon L., interest ........... 2l5 co City lHI hpn"-, interest, ,.......... 70 %
 TotaI........ .................. s232, JAG 75
 A~-Er-..
 Ca~b, WHlI al C. k enau IaX.s $ 39,Ol3 S2 Sundry i."l~ sn" account, ... .... 1.454 49 Nj. llr.lU.n nun on lists 1888 So ...... II 65S OS j tH'r- C"u-hiau uu list lS9O. ..... 16 045 43 S'>rr ;.~,,'~,In, n'~, uuVuIl....... 29 S43 26 S.rr"' .t~s"-@;n ills and WOrK doun
 ly N'r'Ht H. gc:Or .... ...... 15 S21 03 SilrH IaNln- n-N--e ut'llt- ........ 16749 36
 To'al.......................... .Sl3O, ,5S5 47
 D 'durtin; lniS from tn" total of our cur lent nHHluDi,'-, We hay" $102 1G1 2S, winch we 1"y vaI 'Gr Il .r il mting indebtedness 0'\"tHt "i tn' it"mS in lnr 7c.lrdul- ut assets HlIl ~GIlnN more or less iu col!tctIHE. AOatr- mnn 5 "Il r'nsI irIahtl T, dur-' the amounts Dn S'r rli lI~l- in th" Euud, of the collectors au,!, uLI'-S "OI"rti pn- art vigorously pushed by jAC city attorney, thA item of street as ~e~sm"nrS and work done by lhe street i'm r"cior Wtd return hu; q small part of its tac- FIlur.
 Fru years arn at this Imn the net bonded ln,!rt'" ines ol lll" city W.IS S235 443. .96 The iiNatiuGln t"n;c iurSa cVuslStt ot d temporary | aG of Si0,0O0, with aSSAts, b. way of uncUi- I"ct"d taxes and benefit s ils-rss4d, amounting lo S22 1l9.1G.
 Our grand li-t Was then S7.534151. The city t'N Was Il mills, and tho town, city and C"Ltcr @chuo! district taxes combined were 2j 'nlliN. Tie total ely expenditures for the y""r 1881 were sl39 473.01, including the pay n'It uf S;2U UO0 uf :! tcmporury lnan The total expenditures x for Inc year 1891 were about S-9S G3l OI, somewhat Increasing the ;,mpmary !Oau-.
 Wr all HgrrG this i5 uut d satisfactory con- GIiIru. u i- not S;ttl-rnctOry that 0ur float. lug iul"ut' dne-S k 50 large and constantly increasing, that extra appropriations have from year lu year brru voted to the different d"IHrtMrht- and tn" money borrowed to m'''t th" uvltI 'ici"s, contrary t. the charter tlHl Otdlndncru ul the city. 1heSe temporary l"tuN ar" mt I"Ear led With favor in 'h' m 'n"N market, and the city IS I'NNllfS lIIItlt St ilI the rate Ct 0 Der cent. ''n tu. '-t 0! th"-" loans, when it should h" a'i' tu nOrrpW at per cent. The interest "I i}lr-r' temporary l'anS now takes a large Sun N"W ".tr yearly income. The appropri- itl'u i. r Nt.r'St for the current year iS SlO- eco ont i"t sum wi pr Imby b" iusuf1icIept II l~ tl:.il. l.'"V.ry OH" this method of con dur'Iu- th" iiuaurI;l aiTtiis of the city must 'on" l"Ho rlld suWe' imr, and We must not only ny a~ w. -p, hu' gradually y reduce these t"n,p"HlN loau~. Il k th" unfortunate ex- 'l'Ir" "' N'IN growing city that 1t is hard | h ih k" ''" I''\"nucS keep pace With the eX- tH.~'.- r. ~u'tinE from such growth. The sim" Nv!sl il N"r com" Tn the history of iE.~ rItN "l,ut' WI h easier to stop borrow |. z ut'H't I'r rl Ht tNpenseS and live WiIAi" iS iH' t"u" H arpr"rrmtlons than al pres. nj. lI this ,.,ur-r i4 not adopted. We sl',tl I"'. '.n.l-'r! t' stop muby needed im- i'ruN.'u W l> ,,ti rlu down expenditures In all . 'I".'iil .r'Ht d"l aftments, fer the credit of FI'' |" 5l ',tG H." I.'W' r L. borrow | limited ~ '~ t.r..t ol uIl i1diy. dual and it will not t,. '"~> {" g1,:sIy Intic c,se Iho amount of the itmp"rLN au- now outstanding. lt i~ n t #lWay~ possible to keep within an HtlH pHriall"n. No One cIn tell in advance what rNIrEuituruS may be necessary uuOn ,hr SItv'.S, dep .ndm z someW hat on storms .'h'. N'."s"n- Nn ot,r can toIteIl what judg- m"hi~ ri courts Will be reudered and the city '"h.l rII'd tV ray. w" cannot leave our T. rNn"u~'"d, thereby iuculr1ng the risk of heavy damages, hCcdu-e of their defective r"I' li!"u. But N0u r'tr, If you find the in-
 
 jt'\" Hrr n saIy aud proper eXpeusrs vote a -l ecLH or extra ;aN st tlici"ht for those tx- tra "l.H"oIri"tluus.
 9r'h H rJuIa IA.y uut be popular, but it is IL" only uHe you eau lawfully take, and wilt h''t NoE!Hiiui educator 10 the public clam "r,I' !,r lgrti"N"urnJs Hhon no funds are p"}'.i"I !" ia, tur Them, and it is at least H"""et "rii'n "" y"ur iur', in not holding "ii tn tho" N"u r"iucS"nt. they can have r"hlr imptor m"nts nt no cost to them sclv,~.
 Thr IJst couorl expended about S298, ,63I. .O7 They LnNr provided for this years eXpend- lturr- about S2j00O0. In addition to the "m"utt they expended they voted $50 000 for thr' Ntresion ot Liberty street and S25 900 r"yHIuonrliY iur Il court house: these last t"" i'rm', Tor which u" funds Were provided, Wu'I9 'tuI Tor an ,Nira or special tax of about D ills, r, added To the tax laid, would make } r''' t.N for th" current year If 24 mills. Ir + lIrl"'.tr the couuci wOud have postponed ,h" "3 lt"Irillon ra'h~r than nave laid the lax.
 ought To ~ay that during the past ten year, what may bc called permanent im- prov, m ,m's have beru the ctuse of u consid-